Falls City in Richardson County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Richardson County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 14, 2023

1. Richardson County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

In eternal gratitude that we may forever be free

World War II
Allison D. Babb • John S. Bachman • Don C. Belden • Robert J. Bossom • Ralph C. Bowman • John D. Buchanan • James P. Cain • Joseph H. Durfee • Paul F. Forney • Rex G. Gradin • Raymond E. Herr • Elmer C. Hey • Donald W. Jones • Harold W. Jones • James E. Jones • Everett M. Lee • Noel R. Lundy • Jean A. Morris • Cecil L. Murphy • Ray A. Palmer • Eugene F. Prater • Kenneth D. Prater • Jeremiah J. Ryan • Alois L. Schuetz • Albert L. Wenz • Victor D. Wittwer • Leonard H. Wood • George L. Barkee • James H. Coupe • Robert G. Fisher • Frank E. Vandeventer • L.G. Buckminister • Robert L. Campbell • Berkeley L. R. Chelsey • Charles G. Curtis • Gerald C. De Long • Jesse E. Fouraker • Francis J. Hartzell • F. A. Hebenstreit, Jr. • Charles L. Morris • Frank G. Ruch • Clinton A. Rexroth • Bernard E. Sanford • Robert W. Schaible • Donald B. Schultz • Robert G. Sinclair • Leonard J. Strecker • Leland C. Thacker • Franklin H. Weinert • Jerald M. Hendrickson • George D. Johnson • Ernie O. Thomas • John L. Schock • Marvin

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Young • Donald O. Smith • Cloyd B. Vice • John B. Wiezorek • William T. Resch • Raymond Lercy • Norman Ramsey • Lloyd Meinheit • Woodrow W. Heikes

Korean
Robert F Moore • Charles C. Budeit • Robert D. Harmon • Merlyn K. Williams • Herbert F. Robertson
Dedicated to those who served

Vietnam
Gary W. Dunn • Paul A. Holtz • Robert C. Marks • Robert D. Murphy • Melvin E. Kuhlman

Iraq
Nicholas S. Nolte • Jacob N. Fritz

Erected by The People of Richardson County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 2nd Iraq • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 40° 3.709′ N, 95° 36.113′ W. Memorial is in Falls City, Nebraska, in Richardson County. It is at the intersection of Harlan Street (U.S. 73) and East 17th Street, on the right when traveling south on Harlan Street. The memorial is at the southeast corner of the Richardson County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1701 Harlan St, Falls City NE 68355, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial

Wide view of Richardson County Veterans Memorial in front of the county courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 14, 2023

2. Wide view of Richardson County Veterans Memorial in front of the county courthouse

is in Eastern Nebraska. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the prairies.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte (within shouting distance of this marker); To the Pioneers of Richardson County (within shouting distance of this marker); The Dorrington House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nemaha River Falls (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Oil Well (approx. 3.7 miles away); Lewis and Clark Campsite (approx. 9.3 miles away); Missouri River (approx. 9.3 miles away); Lewis and Clark (approx. 9.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Falls City.

Richardson County War Memorial Time Capsule image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, October 14, 2023

3. Richardson County War Memorial Time Capsule

July 28, 1984. To be opened July 28, 2059

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 22, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.