Odin in Marion County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Our Honored Dead

Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 3, 2024

1. Our Honored Dead Marker

Inscription.
They gave their lives for their Country and for us

Jack Day
Charles H. Day
Charles R. DeChenne
John Loomis
Dale H. Spitler
Herschel E. Stroud
Bernard Gerald Ward
2nd Lt. Bennard E. Gillihan

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 36.554′ N, 89° 3.34′ W. Memorial is in Odin, Illinois, in Marion County. It is at the intersection of S. Merritt Street and W. Shield Street when traveling south on S. Merritt Street. The memorial is located in Peaceful Valley Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 206 N Merritt Street, Odin IL 62870, 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 are within 7 miles of this marker,

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measured as the crow flies: Peaceful Valley Cemetery WW I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Charles and Naomi Bachmann House (approx. 6 miles away); Marion County Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 6.1 miles away); Salem, Illinois (approx. 6.2 miles away); William Jennings Bryan (approx. 6.2 miles away); To The Memory of All Soldiers And Sailors (approx. 6½ miles away); You Are Not Forgotten (approx. 6½ miles away); Veterans Memorial for All Wars (approx. 6½ miles away).

Photographed by Thomas Smith, November 3, 2024

2. Our Honored Dead Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 143 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.