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Jefferson County War Memorial

 
 
Top Center Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
1. Top Center Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial
Inscription.
(Middle Panel - Top)
Dedicated
To the memory of these Fallen Comrades
who, in answering the call to arms,
paid the Price of Freedom.

(Left Panel)
World War I
Harrison B. Buckner • William Buckner • Earl E. Cleek • Carl J. Coots • George Crank • Earl Glover • Alfred Housefield • Christopher M. Herbig • Raymond D. Herner • Fredrick J. Hall • Paul S. Jackson • Chauncey Land • Walter H. Land • Elzie Lewis • Clarence M. Littrel • Louis Littrell • Frank Morgan • William S. Nichols • Ulys E. Ricketts • Charles H. Ritchey • Morris P. Sappington • Merrill N. Selig • Robert Shepherd • Earl V. Slater • Ezra G. Stevenson • William G. Smith • William C. Warner • John Warren • Nicholas J. Weber • Benjamin D. Whitham • Everett C. Wyne • John W. Wyne

(Middle Panel - Lower)
World War II
(Row One:)
Don E. Allen • Irvin H. Anderson • Warren Badger • Glen O. Baker • George K. Black • Raymond Brown • Albert S. Buchanan • Will A. Byers • Richard C. Callaway • Paul P. Carothers • Raymond L. Cart • James R. Chandler • Thomas F. Consley • John D. Cook • Nelson M. Copeland • James W. Coulter • Edwin D. Cox • William
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W. Crozier • John L. Cundy • Norman L. Davis • Harold A. Dew • Albert S. Eldridge • Ernest T. Ferguson • Thomas W. Field • Robert B. Finch

(Row Two:)
Loren H. Furnish • George F. Green • Frank O. Hartman • William N. Heath • James A Heilman • Norbert W. Heitz • James R. Hockersmith • John R. Holsclaw • Lloyd H. Jackson • Robert H. Johnson • Tilford A. Johnson • Charles T. Judkins • Arthur V. Keller • Kenneth K. Kitts • Ralph E. Knoebel • Kenneth A. Kyle • Orville Law • Roy L. Leach • R. C. Maupin • Ronald V. McKay • John E. Mix • Kenneth H. Monroe • John M. Neal • James A. Norris • Harold W. Orrill

(Row Three:)
Emily Rea • Lester Reed • Richmond C. Reed • Lester C. Renschler • Forest E. Richmond • Robert L. Righthouse • Andrew J. Scott • Walter F. Shaddy • William F. Smith • Alton L. Spencer • Clarence M. Staples • George E. Stephenson • William R. Strasemeirr • George R. Temperly • Lee T. Thompson • Ira P. Tilley • Paul E. Tull • George F. Walters • Edward R. Wallace • Robert C. Wedding • Charles E. Williams • Donald R. Wright • Charles N. Wyatt • Clyde B. York • James M. Young

(Right Panel:)
Korea
Charles
Left Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
2. Left Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial
World War I
S. Branch • Glenn L. Cox • Marcus L. Harmon • Robert E. McGee • Wendel W. Marshall • Clarence Reed • Alvin Robinson • Shelby T. Sims • Ralph E. Sooy

Vietnam
Donald W. Brown • Dickey Craig • Gale W. Dixon • Donald R. Hoskins • Robert Howell • Cecil H. Humphrey, Jr. • Marvin L. Miller • Leonard I. Moore • Carrol H. Pender • Barry L. Rigsby • Louis L. Speer • Harvey D. Gray
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. Memorial has been permanently removed. It was located near 38° 44.166′ N, 85° 22.613′ W. Memorial was in Madison, Indiana, in Jefferson County. It was on East Main Street east of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east. located on the North lawn of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Madison, Indiana. Touch for map. Memorial was in this post office area: Madison IN 47250, United States of America.

We have been informed that this memorial is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

Regionally, this memorial was in Southern
Lower Center Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
3. Lower Center Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial
World War II
Indiana. It was also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 walking distance of this location: Replica of The Statue of Liberty (a few steps from this marker); Jefferson County Honor Roll (a few steps from this marker); Lt. General Walter Krueger (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Samuel Woodfill (a few steps from this marker); Old Courthouse Treasure (within shouting distance of this marker); Jefferson County Courthouse / Madison's Commercial District (within shouting distance of this marker); Jefferson County (Indiana ) Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); First Chartered Bank in Indiana (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madison.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Samuel Woodfill (was a few steps from
Right Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
4. Right Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial
Korea and Vietnam
this marker but has been permanently removed).
 
Full Middle Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
5. Full Middle Panel - Jefferson County War Memorial
Full View - Jefferson County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
6. Full View - Jefferson County War Memorial
Best photo possible - due to fenced off property after a fire at the Courthouse.
Jefferson County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ginger Drenning, August 26, 2009
7. Jefferson County Courthouse
The War Memorial can be seen in profile (in front of the Courthouse) on the left in the photo. (Click photo to see details.)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 2,751 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on February 25, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 9, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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