Napoleon in Henry County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Henry County's Fallen Heroes

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 27, 2021

1. Henry County's Fallen Heroes Marker

Inscription.

Henry County's Fallen Heroes. . , World War I , Ward L. Adams . Rudolph Arps . Eugene Ash . August Badenhop . Charles A. Bahlman . Gilbert Baughman . Franklin Bevelhymer . George W. Butler . Albert Debacker . Carl Desgrange . Walter Furney . Harmon J. Goller . Merl L. Greenfield . William Helmke . James H. Hurd . Fred J. Kipp . Oscar C. Knepley . Frederick H. Kraegel . Karl S. McComb . Warren L. McUntire . Robert C. McMillen . Thomas Navin . Terry Norcross . Cloyd Rakestraw . Sidney Roberts . John Sickmiller . Bert G. Taylor . Wayne Tobias . August Witte . Thomas B. Yates , World War II , Edward R. Allen . Robert M. Armstrong, Jr. . William H. Arps . Donald B. Babcock . Ernest F. Badenhop . Ernest L. Baer . Raymond C. Bales . Leo Beals . Vernon C. Beck . Arthur P. Bick, Jr. . John W. Bost . Dorris B. Brandon . Ernest A. Breece . George W. Brown . Paul Brown . Paul R. Budde . Guy Burdue . Donald W. Carter . Richard A. Carver . Richard R. Crumrine . Eldon Dachenhaus . Chester E. Davis . William A. Davis . Raymond R. Diemer . Russell L. Diemer . Luther H. Drewes . Norman H. Drewes . Franklin A. Durham . Harold W. Durham . Donald L. Edgar . Ralph E. Farquharson . James H. Fleming . Doyle W. Frysinger . Kenneth C. Funchion . Harold E. Gerdes . Burdette H. Gerken . Edgar H. Gerken . Paul J. Gerken . Rudolph H. Gerken . Wilbur G. Gerken . Norbert E. Gerschultz . Franklin P. Gilliland . Robert K. Good . Thomas I. Gray . Robert C. Guelde . Marion G. Harmon . Kenneth O. Hershberger . George K. Hickman . Albert J. Hill . Ralph W. Hoff . Wilson Homan . Donald J. Kesselmayer . Marion W. Kessler . Walter Kessler . Thomas Kieffer . Robert Q. Kiser . Doyle W. Logan . Howard K. Long . Julian Long . Benton E. Lowry, Sr. . Don Ludeman . Lester G. Ludeman . Daniel H. Ludeman . Elmer Maassel . Paul M. McKay . Dorenz H. Meyer . Rudolph H. Meyer . Robert N. Mitchell . Dwight W. Mohler . Malcolm Mohler . John R. Motter . Douglas R. Nesmith . William E. Noske . Melvin L. Ordway . William H. Parker . John D. Patton . John H. Radke . John F. Rhoads . George W. Riches . Clyde Rohrbaugh . Raymond E. Savage . Robert H. Schnabele . Paul E. Schroeder . Harold Schwiebert . Lyle B. Shartzer . Charles R. Shunk . Harry Sickmiller . Donald W. Thrasher . Bernard H. Tietje . Henry VonDeylen . Edwin G. Wachtmann . Carl H. Wurthmann . Harold A. Weimer . Kenneth Wiley . Raymond F. Yackee . Julian A. Yocom . Nelson R. Zachrich , Korea , William F. Baden . Forrest W. Bastian . David L. Beltz . Robert E. Donley . Marion F. Eitzman . Robert G. Fenstermaker . Richard F. Helmke . Larry E. Hicks . William J. Houck . Virgil J. Kigar . Giles C. Linthicum . Donald H. Loudon . John Pesky, Jr. . Robert H. Quillman . Walter Riefers . Charles E. Schuller . Donald G. Spangler . Arthur L. Stites . James L. Sturdavant . Lloyd C. Vajen , Vietnam , Dale C. Allen . Ronnie H. Bishop . Raul Casarez . John W. Jackson . Hilario O. Perez . Arthur D. Petersen . Virgil B. Terwilliger

World War I
Ward L. Adams • Rudolph Arps • Eugene Ash • August Badenhop • Charles A. Bahlman • Gilbert Baughman • Franklin Bevelhymer • George W. Butler • Albert Debacker • Carl Desgrange • Walter Furney • Harmon J. Goller • Merl L. Greenfield • William Helmke • James H. Hurd • Fred J. Kipp • Oscar C. Knepley • Frederick H. Kraegel • Karl S. McComb • Warren L. McUntire • Robert C. McMillen • Thomas Navin • Terry Norcross • Cloyd Rakestraw • Sidney Roberts • John Sickmiller • Bert G. Taylor • Wayne Tobias • August Witte • Thomas B. Yates

World War II
Edward R. Allen • Robert M. Armstrong, Jr. • William H. Arps • Donald B. Babcock • Ernest F. Badenhop • Ernest L. Baer • Raymond C. Bales • Leo Beals • Vernon C. Beck • Arthur P. Bick, Jr. • John W. Bost • Dorris B. Brandon • Ernest A. Breece • George W. Brown • Paul Brown • Paul R. Budde • Guy Burdue • Donald W. Carter • Richard A. Carver • Richard R. Crumrine • Eldon Dachenhaus • Chester E. Davis • William A. Davis • Raymond R. Diemer • Russell L. Diemer • Luther

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H. Drewes • Norman H. Drewes • Franklin A. Durham • Harold W. Durham • Donald L. Edgar • Ralph E. Farquharson • James H. Fleming • Doyle W. Frysinger • Kenneth C. Funchion • Harold E. Gerdes • Burdette H. Gerken • Edgar H. Gerken • Paul J. Gerken • Rudolph H. Gerken • Wilbur G. Gerken • Norbert E. Gerschultz • Franklin P. Gilliland • Robert K. Good • Thomas I. Gray • Robert C. Guelde • Marion G. Harmon • Kenneth O. Hershberger • George K. Hickman • Albert J. Hill • Ralph W. Hoff • Wilson Homan • Donald J. Kesselmayer • Marion W. Kessler • Walter Kessler • Thomas Kieffer • Robert Q. Kiser • Doyle W. Logan • Howard K. Long • Julian Long • Benton E. Lowry, Sr. • Don Ludeman • Lester G. Ludeman • Daniel H. Ludeman • Elmer Maassel • Paul M. McKay • Dorenz H. Meyer • Rudolph H. Meyer • Robert N. Mitchell • Dwight W. Mohler • Malcolm Mohler • John R. Motter • Douglas R. Nesmith • William E. Noske • Melvin L. Ordway • William H. Parker • John D. Patton • John H. Radke • John F. Rhoads • George W. Riches • Clyde Rohrbaugh • Raymond E.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 27, 2021

2. Henry County's Fallen Heroes Marker

Savage • Robert H. Schnabele • Paul E. Schroeder • Harold Schwiebert • Lyle B. Shartzer • Charles R. Shunk • Harry Sickmiller • Donald W. Thrasher • Bernard H. Tietje • Henry VonDeylen • Edwin G. Wachtmann • Carl H. Wurthmann • Harold A. Weimer • Kenneth Wiley • Raymond F. Yackee • Julian A. Yocom • Nelson R. Zachrich

Korea
William F. Baden • Forrest W. Bastian • David L. Beltz • Robert E. Donley • Marion F. Eitzman • Robert G. Fenstermaker • Richard F. Helmke • Larry E. Hicks • William J. Houck • Virgil J. Kigar • Giles C. Linthicum • Donald H. Loudon • John Pesky, Jr. • Robert H. Quillman • Walter Riefers • Charles E. Schuller • Donald G. Spangler • Arthur L. Stites • James L. Sturdavant • Lloyd C. Vajen

Vietnam
Dale C. Allen • Ronnie H. Bishop • Raul Casarez • John W. Jackson • Hilario O. Perez • Arthur D. Petersen • Virgil B. Terwilliger

Erected 1989 by Defiance Memorials Inc., Defiance Ohio; Memorial Committee: Lloyd Fanz, Galen (Hub) Houser, Gary McMaster.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean •

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 27, 2021

3. Henry County's Fallen Heroes Marker

War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 41° 23.479′ N, 84° 7.411′ W. Memorial is in Napoleon, Ohio, in Henry County. It is at the intersection of East Washington Street and Monroe Street, on the right when traveling east on East Washington Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 123 E Washington St, Napoleon OH 43545, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Black Swamp

and in the Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

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 walking distance of this marker: Freedom Is Not Free (here, next to this marker); Fallen Soldiers Battle Cross (a few steps from this marker); Lloyd W. Franz Veterans Memorial Park (a few steps from this marker);

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 27, 2021

4. Henry County's Fallen Heroes Marker

Henry County Sheriff's Office (within shouting distance of this marker); 123 East Washington (within shouting distance of this marker); The Henry County Courthouse (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 221 East Washington (about 300 feet away); 102 East Washington (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Napoleon.

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 27, 2021

5. Henry County's Fallen Heroes Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, June 27, 2021

6. Henry County's Fallen Heroes Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 769 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on November 16, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 17, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.