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Lest We Forget

 
 
Lest We Forget Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 4, 2024
1. Lest We Forget Marker
Inscription.
Lest we forget freedom is not free remembering and honoring all veterans.

United States Presidents who served in our military dedicated Sept. 11, 2010

George Washington United States Army • William Henry Harrison United States Army • Millard Fillmore New York Militia • James Monroe Continental Army • John Tyler, Jr. Volunteer Military Co. • Franklin Pierce United States Army • Andrew Jackson United States Army • Zachary Taylor United States Army • James Buchanan Volunteer • Abraham Lincoln Illinois Militia • James A. Garfield United States Army • Ulysses S. Grant United States Army • Chester A. Arthur Union Army • Rutherford B. Hayes United States Army • Benjamin Harrison Army of the Cumberland • William Mckinley United States Army • Dwight D. Eisenhower United States Army • Theodore Roosevelt United States Army • John F. Kennedy United States Navy • Harry S. Truman United States Army • Lyndon B. Johnson United States Navy • Richard M. Dixon United States Navy • Ronald Reagan United States Army • Gerald Ford United States Navy • George H. W. Bush United States Navy • Jimmy Carter United States Navy • George W. Bush
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John J Hoy Pfc Army Eng WW II • Raymond R Hoy Pfc Army WW I • John E Lantz Pfc Army WW II • George Lantz T Sgt Army WW II • Jason Messelrotte Et 2 Navy Persian Gulf • Paul Nesselrotte U.S. Navy Vietnam • Joseph Christman Sgt Army Air Corps WW II • Matthew West Ln Cpl Marines Nat Gd Far East • Frank J Wallace Cpl Marines WW II • Alfred L Eckhart Sgt Army Korea • Clarence Briggs 1st 565 Navy WW II • Robert L Starner End 3 Navy 1955-1957 • Robert A Dorsey Spc 4 Army Vietnam • P Virgil Hite Pvt U.S. Army WW I • William R Thompson S 1st V Army Vietnam • Fred A Kreitz Sp 4 Army Cuban Crisis • Roy Hunter Cpl Marines Vietnam • Patrick Wohrle Sgt Air Force Vietnam • James A D'Onofrio Cpl Us Army Korea • Carl C Hite Pvt U.S. Army WW II • Lester St Clair Sgt E5 Oh Nat Grd 1965-1971 Vietnam • Richard L Coakley Army Vietnam 1966-1968 • J A Kip D'Onofrio S Sgt U.S. Air Force Gulf War • Pvt Robert Bates Co B2 Infantry Span Amer War • Wayne Papageorge Sp4 Army Vietnam 1971-1973 • Franklin D Glenaman Air Force Korea 1952-1956 • Cpl Keith Dawley Army WW II and Korea • Robert J Murphy Seaman Navy Korea • Sp4 Kenneth O Martin U.S.
Lest We Forget Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 4, 2024
2. Lest We Forget Marker
Army 1964-1968 Military Police • Martin Miller Army Pfc Navy Rm3c Japan 1946-47 48-50

Charles C Sayre Pfc Army European Theater • Harold D Ross T 5 Army WW II • Jack Ross S 1st C Navy WWII • Don Ross S Sgt Army WW II • Leonard D Fink Sp 4 Army Vietnam • Wintor K Fink Cpl Army WW II • David Joe Blosser Sp 4 Amy Security 1956-1959 • Walter G. Blosser Pvt Army WW II • Gerald E Stump Pfc Army 4th Inf Div Korea • Vaughn E Bennett Army WW II • Patrick Brannon 69 OVI Army Civil War • Earl L Miller Cpl Army WW II • James Starr Spc Army Wetario Pers Gulf • Dane Stara Amm 3 Navy WWII • Leo A Trader Pfc Army WW II • Tracy E Trader Sp 5 Army Vietnam • Monte E Amnah Bt 3 Navy 1965-1969 • John T Amnah Cadet Air Force ACAD Cl of 2007 • Wm Saolbramere T Sgt Army WW II • Richard E Eberets Cpl Army • John Thomas Shiltz E 3 Air Force Desert Storm • John P Sweeney T Sgt Army CIC WW II • Andrew B Sweeney Cpl Army WW II • Clinton St Clair Army WW II • Dick Crane Cpl Army Korea • Frank M SpicerBm 1st C Navy WW II • Joseph E Friel Seaman 1st C Navy WW II • Everett T Addeasot Navy WW II • Wayne Owings Sgt Army WW II • Don C. Smith T Sgt Air Force Korea • Dick
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Smith C P Navy WW II • Don Wheeler Fic Navy WW II • Joseph D Pacino Jr E 3 Narvy Vietnam • John A Roberts Sgt Army WW II • Jerry R Robinson Em 2 Navy Korea • Larry E Herbert Pfc Army Vietnam • William E Pacino E3 US Navy Vietinam 1965-1967 • Marido Prochcce Pvt Army WW I 1918-1919 • Wilfred E Burley Cpl Army Korea • Andrew J Allen Tec 5 Army WW II • Lewis J Allen Sgt Army 1951-1953 • Bob Reider Navy 1953-1957 • Francis W Blosser US Air Force WW II • Hazel G Blosser Womens Air Force Fort Belvdir VA • Herman L Devore US Army WW II • Raymond F Mohler Sct US Army 1954-1956 Koread Conflict • Earl Thomas Bourne Jr Cpl US Army 1951-1953 Korean Conflict • Sgt Thomas M Thomas US Army - Iraq 1976-2005 • Bobby Joe Forester Po 3Rd Class Navy 1962-1966 • Michael Karshner US Army Sp4 Vietnam • Jacob Newton Denny Pvt US Marines WW II 1944-1945 • Richard U Denny Tec5 US Army WW II 1943-1946 • Bouard Berhad Sgt USMC Korea & Vietnam 1952-1970 • Harry B Bernard Pfc US Army 1953-1958 • David L Slatzer E 3 USMC 1958-1963 • Larry McHenby M Sgt Vietnam 1967-1967 • Kenneth R Norerr US Army Sp 4 Victorm 1969-1976 • Jeffrey Briggs Spec 4 Army 1967-1969 • Sgt Lary Wilson USAF 1999-2008 • S Sgt Adam Wilson USAF Iraq Afgan 2006-
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 34.666′ N, 82° 14.238′ W. Memorial is in New Straitsville, Ohio, in Perry County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 93) and Clark Street ( Route 93), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 403 Main St, New Straitsville OH 43766, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Hocking Hills. It is also in the American Midwest, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Loving Memory (a few steps from this marker); First Raising of the U.S. Flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima (within shouting distance of this marker); Robinson’s Cave (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); New Straitsville Mine Fire and Rock Run Reclamation (approx. one mile away); World’s Greatest Mine Fire (approx. one mile away); Paynes Crossing (approx. 1.6 miles away); Welcome to Tecumseh Lake and the Wayne National Forest! (approx. 2.1 miles away); You're on the Buckeye Trail! (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Straitsville.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 355 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 13, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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