Westside in Crawford County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Lest We Forget

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2021

1. Lest We Forget Memorial (left/south panel)

Inscription. To the men and women of this community who helped
preserve the freedoms of humanity for all ages to come

US Army ☆ US Navy ☆ US Marine Corps ☆ US Air Force
Lester L Peters • Donald H Bornhoft • Floyd E Koenck • David J Mason • Gene A Meyer • Larry L Flink • Gerald D Tripp • Russell A Brockmann • Robert R Hagge • Ralph Huisman Jr • Arlo W Gottsch • Charles O Taylor • Henry H Stoffers • Ted Kraus • Curtis J Brotherson • Wilmer Wiese • Harold W Groen • Arthur W Pahl • Mary Puck • Kenneth Danner • Mary M Putt • Marlyn G Brockman • Wayne W Jans • Walter J Johnson • Clarence R Wiese • Emil C Wiese • Mary B Martins • Glen E Martins • Reuben G Gertz • August Englehardt • Harry D Frank • Ewald W Stark • Ralph Bilsten Jr • Hugh McBratney • Martin V B Knowles • Willis C Carter • William Buck • Frederick C Bock • Isaac Patterson • Edward A Maher • Atkinson • George Parkinson • Benjamin H Fodderburg • James Killeen • Ed Kruse • Herman H Nobiling • Carl E Koepke • Jack Hansman • Carl Luethe • Robert Paterson • Paul A Peters • Keith Doyle • Walter Rothmeyer • Herman H Meyer • Arthur Schulter • Dillman Benton Jr • Woodrow W Strathman • Lowell Everett Buddin • William Nobiling • Walter Noack • Robert F Brandenburg • Larry A Petersen • Glen E Lenz • Dean Meyer • Merlyn D Lenz • Winston Wulf • Raymond H Boger

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• Ralph A Johnson • Rufert Scheldorf • Frederick J Mumm • Leonard C Petersen • Alvin Wiese • Francis D Young • Harvey F Vetter • Harold Voege • Wilbert A Elias • Edward J Allison • Merlin J Schroeder • Leroy G Koch Jr • Elmer Pete Wiese • Elmer J A Petersen • Dale R Marsh • Amos F Petersen • Robert L Brietenbauch • Wilbur G Gottsch • Dale R Brady • Dale Lindstrom • Raynard M Koenck • Lowell A Rickers • Johnnie E Stender • Dale W Gottsch • Alfred J Feilmeier • Roger J Meehan • Robert J Meehan

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 42° 4.918′ N, 95° 5.576′ W. Memorial is in Westside, Iowa, in Crawford County. It can be reached from 400th Street half a mile north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the left when traveling north. This memorial is located in Westside Cemetery, about 100 yards west of the 400th Street north entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Westside IA 51467, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western 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 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World's War Soldiers (here, next to this marker); Eugene Kock Memorial Park (approx. half a mile away); Westside (approx. half a mile away); Influence of Railroads and Elevation (approx. 3.3 miles away);

Lest We Forget Memorial (<i>center panel</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2021

2. Lest We Forget Memorial (center panel)

Manning Steel Water Tower (approx. 12.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial Wall (approx. 12.2 miles away); Manning Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 12.3 miles away); Slip Scraper (approx. 13 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Westside.

Lest We Forget Memorial (<i>right/north panel</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2021

3. Lest We Forget Memorial (right/north panel)

Lest We Forget Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2021

4. Lest We Forget Memorial

Looking west through Westside Cemetery.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 238 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 23, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.