Coggon in Linn County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Amvets Auxiliary Coggon Honors its War Dead

1941-1945

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 27, 2021

1. Amvets Auxiliary Coggon Honors its War Dead Marker

Inscription. Bishop M. Toms
1916-1942
Wayne C. Caldwell
1923-1943
Donald M. Ratcliff
1917-1944
Harold W. Nietert
1920-1944
Charles W. Gater
1920-1944
John L. McDonell
1923-1944

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II.

Location. 42° 16.868′ N, 91° 31.864′ W. Memorial is in Coggon, Iowa, in Linn County. It is on East Main Street just west of 2nd Street North, on the right when traveling west. The marker is mounted at eye-level on the southeast corner of the Coggon City Hall building, facing East Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 118 East Main Street, Coggon IA 52218, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Iowa. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6

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miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: J. C. Clegg Building (approx. 5.3 miles away); Central City Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.9 miles away); Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (approx. 5.9 miles away); PFC Nicholas Aberle (approx. 5.9 miles away); Mancil V. Root (approx. 5.9 miles away); Robert Naughton (approx. 5.9 miles away); LTC Charles A. Clark (approx. 5.9 miles away); Salvatore Guinta, SSG (approx. 5.9 miles away).

Coggon City Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 27, 2021

2. Coggon City Hall

The marker is mounted on the far right [southeast] corner of the front façade, between the front entrance and the east side of the building.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 6, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.