Dinsmore Township near Botkins in Shelby County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Shelby County Veterans Who Died While Serving Their Country
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 29, 2024
1. Shelby County Veterans Who Died While Serving Their Country Marker, Side One
County-Wide Bridge Dedication Project Shelby County, Ohio, Bicentennial 1819-2019
Charles Beers Civil War James R. Blakely Civil War John E. Blakely Civil War Oliver P. Bogart Civil War Pvt Virgil E. Boyer World War II Pvt Frederick Broering World War II Pvt Linus F. Broering World War II James H. Coleman Civil War Thomas Curts Revolutionary War Richard Dill War Of 1812 Benjamin L. Englerth World War I Kale O. Fogt Korean War Robert C. Fogt World War I Pfc Lloyd Fogt Korean War Leo J. Francis World War I Stephan L. Francis World War I Ralph E. Hineman World War I John Hinskey Civil War Melvin G. Johnston World War II James M. Latimer World War I Elton L. Schumann World War II Cpl Frederick J. Sitzman World War II Thomas W. Smith Civil War Anthony J. Wiford Civil War
Erected 2019 by Shelby County Commissioners Shelby County Vets to DC.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 27.212′ N, 84° 10.826′ W. Memorial is near Botkins, Ohio, in Shelby
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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 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Shelby House (approx. one mile away); Wenger One Room School (approx. 2.7 miles away); Collins Cemetery (approx. 2.8 miles away); Sts. Peter and Paul Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Site of first Sts. Peter & Paul Church & Graveyard (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); Lois Lenski
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 29, 2024
2. Shelby County Veterans Who Died While Serving Their Country Marker, Side Two
Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 198 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 11, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
