Mount Vernon in Jefferson County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Jefferson County Heroes
These loved ones gave their tomorrows so that we could have our todays
World War I
Arnold, Robert E. Blankenship, Fred Bond, Roy Borden, Clyde Foster, Floyd A. Fred, Gale Glasebrook, Harlay Glenn, Harry Gowler, Samuel Hopper, John E. Kelly, Raymond S. Lane, William Rosier Lyerla, Harry Maddox, Richard Mendenhall, Glenn E. Moss, William Merritt Myers, Johnny B. Patterson, Willis A. Pavey, Clyde Smith, Lloyd B. Thompson, William Tish, Ervin War, Harold Warren, Bryant Watts, Harry Williams, Fred
World War II
Akin, J.B. Alexander, Wilton Allen, Donald Allen, Larren M. Anderson, Jack B. Arnold, Earnest L. Aydt, Robert V. Baker, Everett N. Baker, Samuel W. Baldridge, Clarence I. Barry, Joseph J. Black, Howard T. Bounds, Robert D. Bradford, Burl Bradford, Lawrence W. Braun, Edgar L. Breeze, John D. Brink, Harold E. Brock, Gene C. Brookman, William R. Briesacher, Harold G. Brown, Walter R. Bumpus, Carl L. Bumpus, Samuel E. Casada, John R. Casey, William D. Chesneck, Mitchell B. Chesneck, Raymond Childs, John K. Clark, Isaac M. Coberly, Harold J. Coberly, Herman R. Cockrum, William L. Coffin, Charles B. Colle, Howard Colvin, Robert H. Combs, Claude D. Conner, Olin D. Cummings, Thomas Curtis, Robert E. Dame, Williard E. Davis, Charles W. Deck, John W. Decker, Ralph P. Deichman, Luther M. Delp, James E. Demier, Ralph Dixon, William R. Echert, Herman D. Elliot, Walter F. Ehrlich, James L. Erwin, John H. Ferguson, Jesse R. Fisher, Charles W. Fisher, Edward N. Flanagan, Williard R. Foreman, Henry E. Forth, Robert T. Friend, Junior R. Garren, Willis Jr. Gibson, William R. Gioanini, Lorenzo Granger, Will Grant, Charles R. Grant, Evan H. Greer, Raymond D. Grissom, George R. Haley, Charles O. Hamilton, Joseph R. Hanna, Beauford Hardy, Edwin J. Harrison, James B. Harvey, Albert H. Hays, Richard A. Hays, Thomas H. Henderson, Lee E. Henderson, Leo G. Henderson, T.B. Hendrick, Calvin K. Hester, Darrel J. Hoddy,Joseph M. Hoit, Clinton J. Holloway, Floyd K. Horbinski, Raymond T. Houseworth, Wayne N. Howell, Claude R. Humstein, Carl Hunt, Owen W. Huntman, Roy B. Ingram, Connard D. Jennings, George A. Jester, Lloyd E. Jines, Ralph E. Johnson, Harold E. Johnson, Raymond C. Johnson, Roy R. Jones, Ardell Jones, Ralph Justice, Oren R. Knauss, William A. Knox, John R. Kramer, James F. Kunci, Robert J. Leffler, James C. Lewis, Paul W. Lingle, Glenn Locher, J.H. Lovin, Fred A. Malone, Carl L. Mann, William H. Marvel, Homer R. Mattix, Dale Jr. McCormick, Paul S. McIntosh, Dencil J. McKinney, Lee McMurtry, Vernal R. Mendenthal, Waldo N. Mieczio, Walter J. Minor, Chester H. Minor, Robert W. Mitchell, Oel S. Mitchell, Paul B. Mleczko, Walter J. Moreton, Glen H. Morgan, Robert R. Morris, Robert L. Morss, Willard Murphy, Martin R. Murphy, Frank J. Murray, Henry R. Nelson, Wilford C. Northrup, J.R. Osborn, Marion, C. Padgett, Roy H. Page, John W. Palmer, Elwood Parker, Frank H. Jr. Pate, Charles S. Pate, John M. Payne, Orville R. Pero, Conrad A. Peyton, Fred Jr. Pickett, Sylvan S. Piercey, James H. Pigg, Charles C. Pruett, Hugh V. Quinn, Harold Ramsden, Rayner E. Randolph, Donald M. Reed, Roy L. Roehm, H. Turner Rogers, John W. Russell, Everett E. Rutherford, Ted R. Ryan, John P. Sawyer, Roy D. Jr. Schorle, Frederick Scott, Eugene Scott, Harold W. Scott, Roy E. Scrivner, Leonard Sefried, Clifford R. Settle, John R. Severs, Ralph A. Sherman, Irvin H. Sherwood, George H. Shirley, Elmer R. Sigwerth, Arthur R. Simmons, Leroy Smith, James A. Smith, Lester C. Smith, Lowell Sneed, Chester M. Sneed, John W. Snow, Arnold F. Spurlock, Roy D. Stern, Kermit H. Stevens, James E. Stewart, Alton H. Stout, Wray M. Talbert, Gus S. Thompson, Robert V. Throgmorton, Harrison A. Tish, Oren J. Trotter, William O. Trout, Jerry A. Troutt, Glenn H. Turkington, James R. Van Hoorbeke, R.L. Vaughn, William N. Walkowisk, George Warren, George A. Webb, George L. Webb, Heber R. Whisenhunt, Charles E. White, Clyde Whitlock, Charles L. Wilkins, Claude E. Williams, Clarence R. Williams, Ernest G. Wilson, William D. Wlecke, John S. Yarbrough, James H. York, James E. York, Walter K. Young, Homer D.
Korea
Bradford, Herbert Brown, Charles J.A. Calhoun, Cecil O. Hill, James R. Lacey, Lynnfred K. Malcolm, Howard Martin, Wendell Jr. McCormick, Oren Payne, Oliver E. Payne, Richard R. Richardson, Edward H. Rubottum, William R. Jr. Tate, Robert E. Tolley, Orlan W. Ward, John Wilson, Duane E. Scott, Elmo W. Phillips, William N.
Vietnam
Beckmeyer, Fred H. Clinton, Eddie D. Crouch, Jack E. Jr. Hale, Paul E. Johnson, Jack L. Kiselewski, Vince R. Lloyd, Lowell R. Pierce, John R. Pigg, Edward N. Pilkington, Carl E. Richards, Leonard Settlemire, William D. Shoemaker, Ken R. Smith, Stephen J. Stewart, Ronald W. Thomas, Kenneth D. Jr. Witt, Jerry P.
Middle East
Price, Jonathan K.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 38° 19.344′ N, 88° 51.216′ W. Marker is in Mount Vernon, Illinois, in Jefferson County. Memorial is on Aviation Drive north of New Fairfield Road (Illinois Route 15). Memorial is on the grounds of Mt. Vernon Airport. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Aviation Dr, Mount Vernon IL 62864, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Women Veterans Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); War Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Appellate Courthouse (approx. 3 miles away); Why Is Lincoln Beardless? (approx. 3 miles away); Attorney Abraham Lincoln (approx. 3 miles away); The Appellate Court in Mt. Vernon (approx. 3 miles away); State of Illinois v. Illinois Central Railroad (approx. 3 miles away); The Illinois Supreme Court in Mt. Vernon (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Vernon.
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