Bloomington in McLean County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

McLean County Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2024

1. McLean County Korean War Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Korean War
1950-1953
1Lt Wayne Eugene Boyles (MIA) • PFC Charles G Conley • Pvt Edward Joseph Hartzold • PFC Jerry Joe Kerns • PFC Melvin E Lipscomb • PFC Roger Leon Morgan (MIA) • Sgt Carl R Mosson • Cpl Kenneth A Nylander • Cpl Louis Peter Plagakis • Cpl Vinel Rist Jr • Cpl Charles W Rouse • TSgt Carl Madison Spence • Cpl Orville A Brown • Pvt William V Croke • Cpl James D Duke (MIA) • c PFC Kenneth W Meints • PFC Charles P Matson • Cpl Raymond C Morrissey • Pvt Laurin A Nelson • PFC Harold J Petticord • PFC Thomas R Price • PFC Franklin E Rodgers • PFC Eugene Franklin Sommer • PFC Thomas P Stapleton

Donated to the families of McLean County who lost a loved one in the Korean War by AMVETS Post 270 Bloomington IL November 11, 2022

Erected 2022 by AMVETS Post 270, Bloomington IL.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.

Location. 40° 28.779′ N, 88° 59.631′ W. Memorial is in Bloomington, Illinois, in McLean County. It is at the intersection of West Washington Street and North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bloomington IL 61701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois.

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

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are within walking distance of this marker: The Phoenix Block (here, next to this marker); McLean County Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Sigmund Livingston (a few steps from this marker); Lincoln The Lawyer (within shouting distance of this marker); Lincoln's Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Phoenix Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bloomington.

McLean County Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2024

2. McLean County Korean War Memorial

This memorial plaque is on the right.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.