Near Gene Autry in Carter County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
In Memory Of Of Those Who Died In Training Accidents During WWII And The Korean Conflict
Ardmore Army Air Field, WWII 1942-1946
Photographed by Jason Armstrong, August 29, 2015
1. In Memory Of Of Those Who Died In Training Accidents During WWII And The Korean Conflict Marker
Emil M. Horkavi Gary, Indiana Frank M. Dimond Wilmington, California
November 4, 1943 B-17 Flying Fortress
Derald C. Holland, Santa Ana, California Lee R. Woodall Jr. El Dorado, Arkansas Frank G. Adair Chicago, Illinois Clair W. Davidson West Lafayette, Indiana Andrew J. Matthews Farmington, Missouri Robert W. Smith -- Englewood, New Jersey Wendell R. Wheelock -- Baltimore, Maryland Robert L. Ruebsam -- Ocean City, New Jersey George A. Hileman -- Washington, DC Henry A. Post -- Fulton, Illinois Marion K. Himebaugh -- Bronson, Michigan Willie Glaze -- Adger, Alabama Deeb A. Jabaly, Jr. -- Daytona Beach, Florida James R. Wilson -- Hattiesburg, Mississippi Charles E. Freeman -- Caddo, Texas Gaetano Marchese -- Lawrence, Massachusetts Daniel D. Cote -- Chicago, Illinois
February 12, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress
William R. Heck -- Middletown, Ohio Robert N. Bulloch -- Cedar City, Utah Collins O. Gerstner -- Minneapolis, Minnesota Jack L. Rider -- Glendale, California Oswald L. Bernich -- Biloxi,
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April 24, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress
Milton Hansberry -- Seattle, Washington Charles H. Boyer Jr. -- Ft. Worth, Texas Loren Crites -- Cape Girardeau, Missouri Edward W. Hamlin -- Mason, Michigan Andrew L. Lasater -- Sikeston, Missouri Forrest W. Weissert -- South Bend, Indiana Victor E. Turner -- Waterloo, Iowa Billie F. Marrs -- Paris, Illinois Donald G. Petersen -- Lansing, Illinois Walter O. Dytman -- Elmira, New York James C. Demetry -- Chicago, Illinois
August 3, 1944 Truck Accident
Alfred E. Ott -- Waucoma, Iowa Jess L. Jones -- Germantown, Tennessee Maleon M. Stanford -- Warsaw, North Carolina Archie Nimmer -- Dermott, Arkansas
September 24, 1944 B-17 Flying Fortress
Stanley G.Parsell -- Angola, Indiana Melbourne Roy Rieke -- Burlington, Iowa Donald Lynn Cooper -- Los Angeles, California
Ardmore Air Force Base, Korean
Photographed by Jason Armstrong, August 29, 2015
2. In Memory Of Of Those Who Died In Training Accidents During WWII And The Korean Conflict Marker
March 19, 1954 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Gene T. Coppedge -- Pittsburg, Kansas Roy C. Kemmerling -- Pine Grove, Pennsylvania Henry T. Johnson -- South Portland, Maine Richard L. Roloff -- Iselin, New Jersey Ernest V. Crabtree -- Hawthorne, California Jon G. Taylor -- Adrian, Michigan
All Gave Some----Some Gave All
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World II.
Location. 34° 18.008′ N, 97° 2.196′ W. Memorial is near Gene Autry, Oklahoma, in Carter County. It is at the intersection of Armstrong Street and General Street, on the right when traveling north on Armstrong Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gene Autry OK 73436, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Oklahoma’s Chickasaw Nation. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rosella Hightower / Joseph Callaway (approx. 8½ miles away); Hargrove College 1895-1914 (approx. 9.7 miles away); The Original Whittington Hotel (approx. 10.1 miles away); Ardmoreite Building (approx. 10.2 miles away); Hotel Wisnor / Carter-Booker Building (approx. 10.2 miles away); Daubes Store (approx. 10.2 miles away); Killing of US Marshal Dow Braziel (approx. 10.2 miles away); Masonic Temple 1896 (approx. 10.3 miles away).
Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 473 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 4, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
