Breckenridge in Wilkin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Wilkin County Veterans Memorial

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1. Wilkin County Veterans Memorial, Side One

Inscription.

Wilkin County Veterans Memorial. . , World War I , 1917 – 1918 , Keith Edner · Alfred J. Lockman · August S. Gredvig · Adolph Pechlat · Frank H. Braun · Harry H. Hansen · Frank Duncan · Thomas Haraldson · Wilt Edwin Keller · Hjalmer Otteson · Gustav J. Pelvit · Ezra E. Robinette · Wesley Brush · Emil Haugen · Henry Das · Leo Nebraske · Eugene Joy · Clarence J. Nelson · Andrew M. Larson · Harold T. Swenson · Giles B. McDunn · Adolph M. Sorlie · Fred Starkey , Orval Manning · Oscar Sandrock · Michael P. Leick · Clifford L. Nelson · Albert J. Bolgrehn · Chester C. Beaudin · William E. Larson · Edward L. Ouse · Emmett Carroll · Joseph Lambert · Ole S. Karlgaard · Randolph I. Rohweller · James F. Keane · Jack J. Mohr · Nels Anderson · Rolfe E. Heifner · Fred W. Daly · Oscar Skriden · George V. Furst · Henry Poppel · Harold J. Smith · William E. Brown · Theodore Johnson, World War II , 1941 – 1945 , Thomas R. McIntyre · Robert C. Coleman · Harold Hexum · Simon F. LeNoue · Ervin A. Loeks · Helmer J. Anderson · Marvin A. Ramse · Neil Smith · Willmer Fankhanel · Lewis Loff · Andy Bontjes · Robert F. Dreier · Charles A. Johnson · LeRoy D. Leshovsky · Wilbur L. Marsh · Derrill G. Mellon · Roy C. Loff , Elmer W. Schwankl · Harry E. Crepps Jr. · Robert P. Robison · Clare Sheelar · Ardell Johnson · Oscar Carlsrud · Maynard O. Ettesvold · Vernon A. Kissell · Ernest A. Link · Carroll W. McKeowen · Walton E. Polikowsky · Elver S. Syverson · John Kalash Jr. · Eugene C. Pasch · Ardell Nord · Leonard Slinger · Henry Hunkins, Korean Conflict , 1950 – 1953 , Vance R. Leinen · Duane Kent · Duane A. Miller · Charles Aksamit , Edward Fleming · Ferdinand C. Schillinger · Bruce I. Lovdokken · Robert D. Monk, Vietnam Conflict , 1964 – 1973 , Richard Terry Bronson · Gary V. Lovellette , Milo Maahs · Gary Lee Lantz, The gentle wail of a bugler's taps echoes forever in honor of these our fallen , Call out our names... As the years go by, remember us and we shall never die., Prisoner of War Medal , Ervin Westphal · Arthur R. Olthoff · Orval I. Kissell · George J. Hansen Jr. · John J. Sittarich · Gordon O. Hoffman, Medal of Honor , Otto Boehler, Dedicated Sept. 14, 1991

World War I
1917 – 1918
Keith Edner · Alfred J. Lockman · August S. Gredvig · Adolph Pechlat · Frank H. Braun · Harry H. Hansen · Frank Duncan · Thomas Haraldson · Wilt Edwin Keller · Hjalmer Otteson · Gustav J. Pelvit · Ezra E. Robinette · Wesley Brush · Emil Haugen · Henry Das · Leo Nebraske · Eugene Joy · Clarence J. Nelson · Andrew M. Larson · Harold T. Swenson · Giles B. McDunn · Adolph M. Sorlie · Fred Starkey
Orval Manning · Oscar Sandrock · Michael P. Leick · Clifford L. Nelson · Albert J. Bolgrehn · Chester C. Beaudin · William E. Larson · Edward L. Ouse · Emmett Carroll · Joseph Lambert · Ole S. Karlgaard · Randolph I. Rohweller · James F. Keane · Jack J. Mohr · Nels Anderson · Rolfe E. Heifner · Fred W. Daly · Oscar Skriden · George V. Furst · Henry Poppel · Harold J. Smith · William E. Brown · Theodore Johnson

World War II
1941 – 1945
Thomas R. McIntyre · Robert C. Coleman · Harold Hexum · Simon F. LeNoue · Ervin A. Loeks · Helmer J. Anderson · Marvin A. Ramse · Neil Smith · Willmer Fankhanel ·

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Lewis Loff · Andy Bontjes · Robert F. Dreier · Charles A. Johnson · LeRoy D. Leshovsky · Wilbur L. Marsh · Derrill G. Mellon · Roy C. Loff
Elmer W. Schwankl · Harry E. Crepps Jr. · Robert P. Robison · Clare Sheelar · Ardell Johnson · Oscar Carlsrud · Maynard O. Ettesvold · Vernon A. Kissell · Ernest A. Link · Carroll W. McKeowen · Walton E. Polikowsky · Elver S. Syverson · John Kalash Jr. · Eugene C. Pasch · Ardell Nord · Leonard Slinger · Henry Hunkins

Korean Conflict
1950 – 1953
Vance R. Leinen · Duane Kent · Duane A. Miller · Charles Aksamit
Edward Fleming · Ferdinand C. Schillinger · Bruce I. Lovdokken · Robert D. Monk

Vietnam Conflict
1964 – 1973
Richard Terry Bronson · Gary V. Lovellette
Milo Maahs · Gary Lee Lantz

The gentle wail of a bugler's taps echoes forever in honor of these our fallen
Call out our names... As the years go by, remember us and we shall never die.

Prisoner of War Medal
Ervin Westphal · Arthur R. Olthoff · Orval I. Kissell · George J. Hansen Jr. · John J. Sittarich · Gordon O. Hoffman

Medal of Honor
Otto

Wilkin County Veterans Memorial, Side Two image. Click for full size.

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2. Wilkin County Veterans Memorial, Side Two

Boehler

Dedicated Sept. 14, 1991

Erected 1991.

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

Location. 46° 15.636′ N, 96° 35.252′ W. Memorial is in Breckenridge, Minnesota, in Wilkin County. It is on 5th Street South (U.S. 75) south of Dacotah Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located on the grounds of the Wilkin County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 300 5th St S, Breckenridge MN 56520, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hyser Hotel Site (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wahpeton-Breckenridge Street Railway Company

Wilkin County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

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3. Wilkin County Veterans Memorial

(approx. 0.2 miles away); The Last Rail Spiked into Breckenridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); "Boomer" (approx. 0.2 miles away); By the Waters of Three Rivers (approx. half a mile away); AH-1 Cobra attack Helicopter (approx. half a mile away); Red River of the North (approx. 0.6 miles away); Breckenridge / Steamboats (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Breckenridge.

Flag Pole Marker image. Click for full size.

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4. Flag Pole Marker

"Flag pole donated by Spies Super Value of Breckenridge 1991"

Credits. This page was last revised on December 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2024. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 4, 2024.