Marseilles in LaSalle County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Marseilles Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 30, 2023

1. Marseilles Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory of those who gave the supreme sacrifice
for their country from the Marseilles, IL area
World War I
Edwin Prichard
World War II Charles Arnold • Ernest Atchley • Wayne Berta • Charles Brinkman • Charles Ashton Brown • Edwin Carlson • David Churchill • Denny Gash • Leo Downey • Arlie Eirhart • Raleigh Farmer • Fred Haney • Harold Netelle • Harold Lewis • Eugene Malosti • Armen Manougian • Sam Millikin • John Micor • John Rath • Vernon Rexroat • Eloise Richardson • Maurice Christenson • Savino Serena • Elwood Simpson • Phil Spampanato • Walter Tauchert • Vernon Twait • Glen Viano • James Wylie • Bernard Glazier
Korean War
James Costello • Amos Jackson • Floyd Knudson • Carl Pitts
Vietnam War
Norman Treest • Jon Sapp • Michael Vangelisti

[Below plaque] In memory to Larry Shelhorn May 4, 2006

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 41° 19.75′ N, 88° 42.5′ W. Memorial is in Marseilles, Illinois, in LaSalle County. It is at the intersection of

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Washington Street and Main Street (County Route 15), on the right when traveling east on Washington Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 451 Main St, Marseilles IL 61341, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Illinois

and specifically in the Illinois River Valley.

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 Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sgt. James Sanborn (here, next to this marker); Marseilles Civil War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Marseilles Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); First Marine Division FMF Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Mistaken Shoot-out at Marseilles Dam (approx. ¼ mile away); The Death of “Big Steve” Sutton and the Birth of Laborers' Local Union 393 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Waterways that Built Chicago (approx. 5.2 miles away); Landing Ship Tank Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marseilles.

Regarding Marseilles Veterans Memorial. Eloise Richardson, a flight nurse from Marseilles, was aboard a U.S. Marine Corps C-47 in Papua New Guinea when the plane went missing on May 18, 1944. All aboard were later presumed dead after their bodies were not recovered. Richardson was among 16 American flight nurses, and at least 543 women in the U.S. military, killed in World War II.

Also see . . . Second Lieutenant Eloise Marie Richardson. Born on April 18, 1920, Eloise Marie Richardson

Marseilles Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, December 30, 2023

2. Marseilles Veterans Memorial

was the second eldest daughter of William Floyd and Cora (Corrigan) Richardson. (Amanda Reid-Cossentino, National History Day Silent Heroes) (Submitted on January 14, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 14, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.