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Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial

 
 
Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
1. Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In memory of
Franklin F. Dicke
Оct. 10, 1971
Presented by:
Eldora Enterprises

Albert C Ahlers
SSGT US Air Force
World War II
Oct 14 1925 - Nov 30 1992

Merlin F Hirschfeld
USMM WWII
Sgt US Army
Aug 5 1925 - Apr 8 2006
Husband Father
And Grandfather

Orlando C Maurer
Ohio
WAGR US Army
World War I
May 4 1892 - Jan 6 1974

 
Erected 1971 by Eldora Enterprises.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 27.654′ N, 84° 21.814′ W. Memorial is in New Bremen, Ohio, in Auglaize County. It is in German Township. It is on New Bremen New Knoxville Road (County Road 65A) north of Kettler Road (County Road 74), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8164 New Bremen New Knoxville Rd, New Bremen OH 45869, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s 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
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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: German Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Kuenning Dicke Natural Area (approx. 0.8 miles away); New Bremen World War II Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kuenning Family Farm Site (approx. 0.9 miles away); Ohio 37th Infantry Company C Third German (approx. one mile away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); History Of The Bell (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Bremen.
 
Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
2. Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
3. Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
4. Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 24, 2023
5. Willow Grove Cemetery Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 1, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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