Decatur in Brown County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Byrd Township World War I Memorial

Byrd Township World War I DAR Monument Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018

1. Byrd Township World War I DAR Monument Marker

Inscription.
In honor of the boys
of Byrd Township
who served the American colors
in the World War 1917- 1919
for liberty and humanity
Earl H. Baird · E. Victor Bennett · Walter F. Bennett · + Frank Brooks · George B. Brown · Alonzo Davis · John W. Gaffin · Raymond K. Kirkpatrick · George H. Miller · * Walter E. Miller · Harvey H. Milligan · Fred Pickerill · + Horace M. Pickerill · Lynn Pickerill · Byron N. Pittenger · Herschel G. Pittenger · W. Verner Pittenger · Wilbur Plummer · Hamner P. Purdin · Arthur Reeves · Glenn Reeves · Howard Rickey · Elden D. Stairs · Louis Swanger · James Sydnour · Grover Wiles · Ray Self · Charles R. Sroufe · Emery H. Sroufe · Stanley Sroufe · G. Olin Wilson

erected by Lieutenant Byrd Chapter D.A.R. 1922
* killed in action + died in service

Erected 1922 by Lieutenant Byrd Chapter D.A.R.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.

Location. 38° 48.91′ N, 83° 42.217′ W. Memorial is in Decatur, Ohio, in Brown

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County. It is on Park Street (Ohio Route 125) near Eagle Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker is in Decatur Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6468 Park St, Winchester OH 45697, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati

and in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Decatur Civil War Monument (a few steps from this marker); Decatur Community (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Decatur / A. N. Marquis and Who’s Who (within shouting distance of this marker); Logan's Crossing 1796 Directional Marker (approx. 5.7 miles away); Russell Shaw

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018

2. Byrd Township World War I DAR Monument Marker

(approx. 5.8 miles away); Cherry Fork Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 6½ miles away); Covenanter Church (approx. 6.6 miles away); The Bentonville Anti-Horse Thief Society (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Decatur.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018

3. Byrd Township World War I DAR Monument Marker

marker, with flag pole and cannon

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018

4. Byrd Township World War I DAR Monument Marker

the D.A.R. logo

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 14, 2018

5. Byrd Township World War I DAR Monument Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 499 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on January 22, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 18, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.