Ada in Norman County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Norman County War Memorial
"Lest We Forget"
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
1. Norman County War Memorial (north tablet)
Inscription.
In memory of the Norman County sons who gave their lives in the World War 1917 1919 this monument is dedicated
Almer Aasgaard Alfred T Aamodt Fred K Allen John P Ambuehl Joseph M Anderson Henry Anderson Emil H Andree Clarence H Bennefeld George M Benthagen Erwin C Betcher Axel Carlson Elmer Charlson Rudolph Chloupek Henry Christenson Jens M Erickson George Flakne Gilmore Foss Raymond H Gardewine Elmer E Gjerde Lloyd B Harvey Oscar A Halstad Dr. Samuel Henderson Bennet Hellerud Alfred Hoff Sylvester Hoven Helmer O Hovland Oscar C Hovland William R Icheln Edwin S Jacobson Selmer G Jensen Oscar N Kaste Gustave T Knutson Maynard O Kvidt Christian H Larson Oliver G Larson Lawrence W Larson Selmer Lee William W Lee Conrad Leiness John A Lien Olaf J Lovik John Loken Thorwald E Lunde Charles Medinnis Joseph Mjolsness Stanton A Mount Maurice Nelson George Nesseth Russell W Olin Carl E Olson Carl Ovaldson Hans W Pederson Oliver Pederson Clarence H Rasmusson Alfred I Redland Oscar Sather Alfred Sather Hjalmer O Simonson Ole O Siverson Edwin Severson Alfred Stole James A Templeton William Tompkins
In memory of those Norman County sons who gave their lives in World War II 1941 1945
Elmer Anderson Palmer M. Backen Morris A. Bell Ernest A. Bjorge Edwin Debeer Henning O. Degerness Maurice R. Doerfler Earl V. Evenson Harold N. Flaaten Selmer A. Garness Clifford Grendahl Walter Grosfield Lloyd A. Hanson Russell A. Hanson Harry C. Hartwig Louis J. Hauge, Jr. Lowell Heiberg Harry M. Helgoe John H. Hellerud Millard W. Hellerud Vernon J. Hoff Earl M. Holland Leonard M. Hougan Raymond J. Hove Donald Jarve Clarence O. Johnson Terry E. Johnson Earl R. Krogstad
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Amos W. Laport Clifford J. Larson Selmer I. Larson Maurice L. Lee Floyd R. Lien Hilding Lindbloom Sigurd Lindseth Leonard P. Martel James L. Mauritson Anthony J. Merck Melvin L. Norby Loyal C. Ogard Alfred O. Oren Gerard B. Peterson Andrew T. Pinske Leonard M. Rasmusson Walter E. Rockstad Eldred J. Scheff David D. Scherf Carl Schultz Stanton J. Shefveland Tonnes L. Stene Herman J. Sundstad Donald J. Swenson Lester Thoreson Ivan N. Torfin Asphell Vehle Chester L. Wigesland Arthur B. Wolberg
In memory of those Norman County sons who gave their lives in Korea and Vietnam
Arnold Andring Kenneth G. Eley Donovan L. Ewoldt Marloye K. Halgrimson Orville T. Halstensgaard Nicholas A. Kappes Donald Kindseth Kenneth J. Miller David L. Nysetvold Gregory A. Parsons Arvid B. Skuza James P. Sorkness William D. Sterton Lawrence M. Svobodny
Location. 47° 17.923′ N, 96° 30.813′ W. Memorial is in Ada,
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
2. Norman County War Memorial (south tablet)
Minnesota, in Norman County. It is on 3rd Avenue East just east of East Main Street (State Highway 9), on the right when traveling east. Monument is located along the walkway on the north/front side of the Norman County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16 3rd Avenue East, Ada MN 56510, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Minnesota’s Northland. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
3. Norman County War Memorial (west tablet)
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
4. Norman County War Memorial Statue
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
5. Norman County War Memorial Statue detail
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
6. Norman County War Memorial
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 26, 2022
7. Norman County Courthouse (north/front elevation)
(Norman County War Memorial in foreground)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,876 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 5. submitted on September 20, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 6, 7. submitted on September 19, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
