Hillsboro in Highland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Highland County Veterans Memorial
In honor and memory of all veterans of Highland County who served our country in times of peace and war, and to those who paid the supreme sacrifice so that we might enjoy freedom. Their spirit, devotion and love of country will be forever remembered.
WWI 1914 - 1918 WWII 1941 - 1945 Korea 1950 - 1953 Vietnam 1959 - 1975
"They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."
Laurence Bunyon
World War I
Edwin O. Rockel Chester F. Deardoff Scott H. North Delbert Kellis Lawrence White Walter L. Smith A. M. Stanley Washburn John B. Donohoo Alva E. Smith Homer Whisler Harry L. Driscoll Pearl Martin Frank W. Rockel Owen W. Barr Harry Mills Foster T. Christy Glenn P. Stultz Marion Dean Carper Robert A. Smart Gustie Gibler Howard L. Gillespie Walter Wise Raymond R. Stout Sherman Crum Russell Smith Arthur R. Carper Calvin N. Ellis Forest H. Barrett Fred H. Kier Ezra L. Barr Harman Houck Stanley J. Griffith
World War II
Roy Jones Richard J. La Haie Joseph W. Bowers Jack D. Butler Luther R. Cordell Lowell Hart John W. Carl William Bowen Frank E. Chenowith Walter L. Humphrey Garnet E. Jodrey Cleo A. Garrison William Russell Bobb Walter M. Housman Willard E. Chapman James H. Fletcher Harry Gossard William J. Brooks Roy L. Hopper Emery I. Harris Charles R. Hill Chilton C. Ison Charles C. Stratton Spencer L. Shaw Berle S. Noble Hurschel W. Wilson Robert Tolle Charles E. Wright James Orr Robert G. Thompson Clarence E. Smith Virgil E. Payne James W. Vanzandt Sloan B. Peterson Eugene Wallingford Walter H. Seltzer Oscar Whiting Charles M. Upp Howard B. Tolle Alvin H. Young Floyd Leo Suthers Delbert L. Humphrey Richard Dixon Walter L. Mcdowell Everett Graves Donald Miller Kenneth J. Arnott William K Fulkerson John W. Bowen, Jr. Herbert E. Moore Howard L. Bumgarner William H. Burton Willard E. Caplinger Robert Fritzmeir Charles E. Floyd Wilbur H. Helterbrand Donald Mccoppin Jack Holt Doyle Cadwallader George W. Fent Austin C. Chesnut James K. Carroll Robert B. Crites Robert Cope William Foy Linkhart William Cotterill Woodrow W. Whistman Russell D. Walker Cecil D. Tolle Ray E. Blazer Dale Kellis Foster E. Troy Wilbur L. Wilkin Charles N. Quallen Paul B. Moore Emery James Gray Harry W. Burns Paul S. Ward Charles C. Perry Robert S. Oberhelman Stanley P. Siders Sanford Ritchie Pat Short Edwin Eugene Wolfe Elmer Rhonemus William Wisecup Bobby D. White Edward T. Morrow Harold Eugene West Roy Willis Wilson Thomas E. Stanforth Bernard Walker John A. Smith Nelson L. Garman Richard L. Chapman Yale K. Huffman Walter S. Fultz Ralph Mcquitty George D. Collins Sherman Carter, Jr. Harry Hamilton Leroy J. Beidler Raymond Logan Fredrick Linn, Jr. Francis L. Brooks Wendell W. Higgins Isaac L. Butcher Raymond E. Garrison James Michael Davis Roger R. Donohoo Donald W. Caplinger David H. Bragg Duane Deakyne Harley E. Miller Carl A. Smith Robert Whittle Oliver S. Thompson Dayton L. Presley Donald D. Yager Joseph B. Runyon Edwin L. Ridgeway William E. Pierce Charles J. Oiler Lloyd J. Southers William R. Nace Richard L. Tannehill Clarence Yager Harry L. Parks David W. Smalley Delmar McCarty Vernon E. Donohoo Stanley Larrick
Korean War
Robert E. Skeen George L. Miley Donald W. Cropper Milton B. Allen Hubert R. Mathews Earl Highley Neil R. Scott Edwin Hollis Jack V. Duncan Ray Willoughby Richard A. Self James M. Hart Harold I. Stroop W. Wilbur Knox William H. Hottinger Carroll L. Newland Edwin G. Justice David E. England, Jr.
Vietnam War
Cary F. McAfee Neil J. Morris Donald W. Priest, Jr. Charles R. Lovedahl Robert Charles Wing David L. McConnaughey John R. Crouse Mark L. Hook William E. Brown Ollie J. Gross James H. Waulk, Jr.
Iraq War
Zachary R. Gullett
Erected 1990.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 39° 12.152′ N, 83° 36.745′ W. Marker is in Hillsboro, Ohio, in Highland County. Memorial is at the intersection of Foraker Place and West Main Street (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north on Foraker Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 119 Foraker Pl, Hillsboro OH 45133, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Highland County Revolution War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); War Savings Stamps (within shouting distance of this marker); John A. Smith Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Highland County Unknown Dead Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Highland County Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools (within shouting distance of this marker); Bell's Opera House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stagler's 5 & 10’ Store (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsboro.
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