Metropolis in Massac County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 8, 2024

1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial. . Killed in action Lt. James Boyd Artman . P.F.C. Phillip Glen McCall . P.F.C. Everett Dale Riepe . P.F.C Paul M. Wooldridge. To the fallen – honor . To the wounded – healing . To the captive – freedom . To the missing – repatriation . To the returned – solace . To the future – peace , [Back] Massac County Vietnam Veterans. Michael W. Swinford†† . Billy Joe English . Bobby G. Kaylor . James H. Kittle . Gary E. Robinson . Woodrow Junior Story . John Louis Childers . David Lee Baggett . James A. Johnston . Edward T. Bell . Robert W. Chick . Larry K. Blankenship . Ronnie W. Stokes . Reuben L. Oliver . Lloyd E. Eller . Robert Tim Stout . Dennis Paul Stratmeyer . Edwin Dale Mittendorf . Charles D. Cagle . Stephen R. Woods . Ellis McComas Jr. . John H. Steele . Rick A. Brock . Lloyd Alan Kidd . Robert Adams . Ernest Bud Murphy . Walter Loyd Maess . Robert R. Barwick . Delbert R. Snell . Charles Irving Foote . David Randall Worthen . Gerald L. Eleam . Alvin E. Blankenship . William W. Childers . Gary L. Cunningham . Robert W. Wagner . Billy Charles Cunningham . William L. Williamson . Jack W. Anderson . Darrell L. Turner . William T. Hopper . Steve O. Norsworthy . Marvin Deon Belt . James Melvin Johnston . Dennis "Tinker" Anderson . Gary L. Jeffolds . Ronald W. Wallace . Ronnie R. Williams . Robert Alan McCluskey . Charles E. Reynolds . Charles Glen Evitts . Wayne Hille . Sammie L. Scott . Ronnie W. Metcalf . Terry Bruce Lewis . Franklin G. King . Roy T. Cooper . Steven D. Montgomery . Harley L. Story Jr. . Robert J. Hannah . Glenn P. Collins . William H. Meyer , Clifton M. Greer†† . Robert Rush Cosby . Melvin Clifford Austin . Jesse Edward Paschal . Robert D. Potterbaum . James L. Brown . Kenneth Paul Sweitzer . Gary E. Gray . John A. Metzger . Harry W. Douglas . Thomas H. Terry . Charles L. Anderson . Jeff Lasley . Jerry Lee Mizell . Charles M. Beal . Charles Warner Stafford . James W. Howard . Jerry L. Yarbro . Don Robert Elkins . Gary D. Krueger . Johnny Marvin Powell . Harold D. Lange . Louis C. Roberts Jr. . Joe A. Troutman . Charles L. Cochran . Paul K. Young . Charles E. Rickman . Kenneth Ray Searles . Dan Gray Jones II . Jerry Rulan Roundtree Sr. . Marvin N. Teckenbrock . Donald L. Borem . Larry R. Timmons . Richard O. Baldwin . David G. Yeatts . David D. Bunch . Stephen G. Jessing . Mike Meacham . Thomas Hardy Tucker . Michael Louis Neal Sr. . Edward Melton . Boyd R. Stewart . Ricky Don Tanner . Glen A. Flora . Carl W. Williams . Terry L. Younkin . Mike Jeffords . Terry Neil Angel . James Jackson . Stanley E. McGhee . Walter J. Bunch . James L. Stewart . Corwin D. King . Danny Reagor . Guy W. Wlicox . Simon A. Purcell . Steven L. Cochran . Gary A. Douglas . David W. McManus . Jerry W. Wilkes . Lloyd J. Inman . Richard M. Hellin , Joseph M. (Mike) Souders . Terry Arnold Kittle . Danny Clyde Williams . John L. McCorkle . Ellis Wayne Reynolds . Joseph Jay Jackson . Ralph Huffman . Dale Edward Witt . William Monroe Douglas . Johnnie B. Barrett . William R. Cromeenes . Harvey B. Parker III . Danny R, Douglas . Merrell Heflin . Lennard Harlan Neely . Bobbie B. Lee . Franklin Cale Godbee . Danny L. Jaco . Homer L. Cissell Jr. . Hollice J. Davidson . Michael David Jacobs . E. J. Keipp . Bobby Williamson . John W. Mathis . Fred Dale Russell . Gary W. Neace . Thomas A. Worthen . Luard C. Belt . James V. Chambers . Richard A. Neftzger . James Michael Stubblefield . Ronald D. Rodgers . Robt. Wayne Helm . M. Douglas "Chick" Kendall . Stan Penrod . Allen McQueen . Ellis L. Stephens . Gilbert Wayne Butler . Kenneth L. Trampe . Gary J. Stephens . William T. Konemann . Alfred E. Neill . Ronald Dean Black . Ronald L. Crenshaw . George A. Lawrence . James William Bell . Michael L Curtis Sr. . David Jeffords . Eugene G. Smith . Kenneth DeWane Korte . James R. Hall . Loren C. Bradford . Cary R. Kilgore . Jerry M. Russell . Larry J. Weaver . David Edwin Brinker . Stanley R, Brinker . Donald E. English . Charles Larry Fisher . Harold L. Hinds . James R. Flora . Robert E. Witt , To those who have chosen to remain anonymous, may God grant you peace and honor for your loyal service to America. , †† Memorial designed by , [Side 1] Edward J. Fossie . Charles T. Stevens . Claton R. Knapp . William J. Humma . Ben Copley . David S. Jordan III . Victor R. Bonner . Robert Stark . Ted Williams Jenkins . Kenneth L. Eutsler . Lewis C. Brimm . Jesse L. Obermark . Donald P. Konemann . Jack D. Barfield Jr. . Michael Jennings . Rickey D. McCluskey . Robert "Bob" Adcock . Kenneth L. Mathis , [Side 2] John A. Guynn . Charles E. Ragain . James R. McBride . Donnie G. Cochran . Tommy Hurst . David E. Eaves . John G. Speckman . Larry G. Knapp . Larry L. Meinders . William (Jay) Waggener . Billy F. Faulkner . David W. Wiedeman . Robert J. Harrison . Louis W. Reynolds . Tim Baumgartner . James S. Ray . Michael D. Haverkamp

Killed in action
Lt. James Boyd Artman • P.F.C. Phillip Glen McCall • P.F.C. Everett Dale Riepe • P.F.C Paul M. Wooldridge
To the fallen – honor • To the wounded – healing • To the captive – freedom • To the missing – repatriation • To the returned – solace • To the future – peace

[Back]
Massac County Vietnam Veterans Michael W. Swinford†† • Billy Joe English • Bobby G. Kaylor • James H. Kittle • Gary E. Robinson • Woodrow Junior Story • John Louis Childers • David Lee Baggett • James A. Johnston • Edward T. Bell • Robert W. Chick • Larry K. Blankenship • Ronnie W. Stokes • Reuben L. Oliver • Lloyd E. Eller • Robert Tim Stout • Dennis Paul Stratmeyer • Edwin Dale Mittendorf • Charles D. Cagle • Stephen R. Woods • Ellis McComas Jr. • John H. Steele • Rick A. Brock • Lloyd Alan Kidd • Robert Adams • Ernest Bud Murphy • Walter Loyd Maess • Robert R. Barwick • Delbert R. Snell • Charles Irving Foote • David Randall Worthen • Gerald L. Eleam • Alvin E. Blankenship • William W. Childers • Gary L. Cunningham • Robert W. Wagner • Billy Charles Cunningham • William L. Williamson • Jack W. Anderson • Darrell L. Turner • William T. Hopper • Steve O. Norsworthy • Marvin Deon Belt • James Melvin Johnston • Dennis "Tinker" Anderson • Gary L. Jeffolds • Ronald

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W. Wallace • Ronnie R. Williams • Robert Alan McCluskey • Charles E. Reynolds • Charles Glen Evitts • Wayne Hille • Sammie L. Scott • Ronnie W. Metcalf • Terry Bruce Lewis • Franklin G. King • Roy T. Cooper • Steven D. Montgomery • Harley L. Story Jr. • Robert J. Hannah • Glenn P. Collins • William H. Meyer

Clifton M. Greer†† • Robert Rush Cosby • Melvin Clifford Austin • Jesse Edward Paschal • Robert D. Potterbaum • James L. Brown • Kenneth Paul Sweitzer • Gary E. Gray • John A. Metzger • Harry W. Douglas • Thomas H. Terry • Charles L. Anderson • Jeff Lasley • Jerry Lee Mizell • Charles M. Beal • Charles Warner Stafford • James W. Howard • Jerry L. Yarbro • Don Robert Elkins • Gary D. Krueger • Johnny Marvin Powell • Harold D. Lange • Louis C. Roberts Jr. • Joe A. Troutman • Charles L. Cochran • Paul K. Young • Charles E. Rickman • Kenneth Ray Searles • Dan Gray Jones II • Jerry Rulan Roundtree Sr. • Marvin N. Teckenbrock • Donald L. Borem • Larry R. Timmons • Richard O. Baldwin • David G. Yeatts • David D. Bunch • Stephen G. Jessing • Mike Meacham • Thomas Hardy Tucker • Michael Louis Neal Sr. • Edward Melton • Boyd R. Stewart • Ricky Don Tanner • Glen A. Flora • Carl W. Williams • Terry L. Younkin • Mike Jeffords • Terry Neil Angel • James Jackson • Stanley E. McGhee • Walter J. Bunch • James L. Stewart • Corwin D. King • Danny Reagor • Guy W. Wlicox • Simon A. Purcell

Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 8, 2024

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• Steven L. Cochran • Gary A. Douglas • David W. McManus • Jerry W. Wilkes • Lloyd J. Inman • Richard M. Hellin

Joseph M. (Mike) Souders • Terry Arnold Kittle • Danny Clyde Williams • John L. McCorkle • Ellis Wayne Reynolds • Joseph Jay Jackson • Ralph Huffman • Dale Edward Witt • William Monroe Douglas • Johnnie B. Barrett • William R. Cromeenes • Harvey B. Parker III • Danny R, Douglas • Merrell Heflin • Lennard Harlan Neely • Bobbie B. Lee • Franklin Cale Godbee • Danny L. Jaco • Homer L. Cissell Jr. • Hollice J. Davidson • Michael David Jacobs • E. J. Keipp • Bobby Williamson • John W. Mathis • Fred Dale Russell • Gary W. Neace • Thomas A. Worthen • Luard C. Belt • James V. Chambers • Richard A. Neftzger • James Michael Stubblefield • Ronald D. Rodgers • Robt. Wayne Helm • M. Douglas "Chick" Kendall • Stan Penrod • Allen McQueen • Ellis L. Stephens • Gilbert Wayne Butler • Kenneth L. Trampe • Gary J. Stephens • William T. Konemann • Alfred E. Neill • Ronald Dean Black • Ronald L. Crenshaw • George A. Lawrence • James William Bell • Michael L Curtis Sr. • David Jeffords • Eugene G. Smith • Kenneth DeWane Korte • James R. Hall • Loren C. Bradford • Cary R. Kilgore • Jerry M. Russell • Larry J. Weaver • David Edwin Brinker • Stanley R, Brinker • Donald E. English • Charles Larry Fisher • Harold L. Hinds • James R. Flora • Robert E. Witt

To those who have

Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Side 1) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 8, 2024

3. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Side 1)

chosen to remain anonymous, may God grant you peace and honor for your loyal service to America.

†† Memorial designed by

[Side 1] Edward J. Fossie • Charles T. Stevens • Claton R. Knapp • William J. Humma • Ben Copley • David S. Jordan III • Victor R. Bonner • Robert Stark • Ted Williams Jenkins • Kenneth L. Eutsler • Lewis C. Brimm • Jesse L. Obermark • Donald P. Konemann • Jack D. Barfield Jr. • Michael Jennings • Rickey D. McCluskey • Robert "Bob" Adcock • Kenneth L. Mathis

[Side 2] John A. Guynn • Charles E. Ragain • James R. McBride • Donnie G. Cochran • Tommy Hurst • David E. Eaves • John G. Speckman • Larry G. Knapp • Larry L. Meinders • William (Jay) Waggener • Billy F. Faulkner • David W. Wiedeman • Robert J. Harrison • Louis W. Reynolds • Tim Baumgartner • James S. Ray • Michael D. Haverkamp

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

Location. 37° 9.116′ N, 88° 43.959′ W. Memorial is in Metropolis, Illinois, in Massac County. It is at the intersection of Superman Square and West 5th Street, on the left when traveling north on Superman Square. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Superman Square, Metropolis IL 62960, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dedicated to the Men and Women of Massac County

Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Side 2) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 8, 2024

4. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Side 2)

(a few steps from this marker); Superman Statue Facts (within shouting distance of this marker); Super Heroes (within shouting distance of this marker); Oscar Micheaux: 1884–1951 (within shouting distance of this marker); Annie Turnbo Malone: 1869–1957 (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring All Our Defenders of Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker); The Cowling (within shouting distance of this marker); Jim Hambrick (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Metropolis.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 575 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 12, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.