Downtown in Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Grand Rapids World War Memorial
Photographed by Craig Doda, October 12, 2024
1. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Left Obelisk Plaque 1
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Grand Rapids World War Memorial. .
Left Obelisk Plaque 1
. , Erected by the Citizens of Grand Rapids, With funds voluntarily subscribed therefor and dedicated November 11, 1926., To the memory of the men and women of Grand Rapids who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country in the World War.,
Plaque 2
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. George Henry Allen . Einar O. Anderson . Jerome Angell . Wilmer Ellsworth Atkinson . William Frederick Austin . Peter Bakker . Leonard Balcerzak . John Baranowskas . Ernest Jaline Barclay . Elmer Lyle Barnaby . Horace Melvin Barnaby . Lynn E. Barnes . Max Barney . James Alexander Bayne . Frank Beattie . William T. Beattie . Gustave G. Becker . Harry A. Bennett . William John Berghuis . Leon Bielecki . Raymond L. Blemming . Burg Blonk . Albert C. Bobczynski . William C. Bobekowsky . Lucius Comstock Boltwood . George Boneburg . Alfred Wesley Brake . Kryn Breen . Gordon D. Brewster . William Charles Brinkman . Fred Stephen Burdick,
Plaque 3
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. Charles Burggraff . William Alden Bush . George R. Butterfield . Claude D. Bywater . Daniel Waters Cassard . Horace Grover Caster . Salmon Philip Champion . Harold J. Christie . Orie Vern Church . Peter Paul Cirwyski . Budd Walter Clark . Joseph King Clark . Paul C. Cleightman . Patrick M. Cole . John Nelson Compton, Jr. . Thomas F. Connolly . Earl Eugene Cornell . Gilbert Corson . Richard L. Covert . Everett D. Crocker . Gordon M. Crothers . Alonzo B. Cummings . Charles Edward Cunningham . Samuel J. Dagg . Carl William Dahleen . Roy Dalrymple . Earl L. Davidson . Maurice Lyle Davis . Daniel De Hammer . Arthur David De Vries . Cornelius De Young,
Plaque 4
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. Edward Charles Doyle . Martin Joseph Doyle . Charles H. Dunham . Frank S. Ellis . Frederick Walter Evans . Peter F. Farrell . William Mead Ferris, Jr. . Leo Martin Finnegan . Harry E. Fonger . Neal Ernest Fonger . Irving Jenner Ford . Reginald Stott Franchot . Irving J. Freeman . Roy Gale . Peter Garbauckas . Lionel Hiles Gardiner . Thomas Browning Gehring . Frank J. Gerschewski . Peter Cominic Giacoma . Charles A. Gillis . Clyde Gillispie . George Franklin Goebel . Herman S. Graves . Donald Eugene Green . Lawrence D. Groh . Naseeb Shalen Hadlah . Ivan Raymond Hamilton . Florence Hankinson . Clyde Morris Hastings . Henry Helms . Willard H. Helsel,
Plaque 5
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. John Hiemstra . Hubert Hilferink . Abe Hoeksema . George Merrick Hollister . Karl Hootkins . Leonard . Horrevoets . William Mckinley Huff . Gaetano Imperi . Frank B. Jannausch . Carl A. Johnson . Harmon R. Jones . Harry Ralph Jones . Nicholas Jonker . Jay S. Kantz . Harry Kapteyn . John Karolczak . Lyman J. Kennedy . Wesley W. Kerr . Walter Kimber . Herbert P. Kimball . Harold J. King . Stanley Kmiec . Rhoda O. Knapp . James Kooistra . Herman Korringa . Joseph Kozloski . Joseph Leo Krzykwa . John Kubilis . Thomas L. Kulhawik . Max J. J. Kurowski . Homer E. La Bar,
Right Obelisk Plaque 1
. , Erected by the Citizens of Grand Rapids, With funds voluntarily subscribed therefor and dedicated November 11, 1926., To the memory of the men and women of Grand Rapids who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country in the World War.,
Plaque 2
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. Albert C. Labutsky John H. Lake . James W. Lamoreaux . William George Lanski . Pearl Edward Lawrence . Edward William Leonard . Albert Lofquist . Anthony T. Loibl . Clyde Arthur Loomis . John Kendall McConnell . Albert Daniel McDermott . Ralph Fisk MacMillan . George Fredrick Maitner . Joseph Walter Malewitz . Julius Charles Manshum . John Matel . Richard Mazereeuw . Samuel B. Meisels . Leland R. Menter . William Merizon . Clarence F. Merry . Edward Mieras . William G. Mierow . Leo Anthony Miller . Peter John Miller . Frank Molesta . Maurice Moseley . Clare Ernest Mosher . John Henry Mouw . John Neilson, Jr. . Kenneth Alonzo Nelson,
Plaque 3
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. Stuart R. Nicholson . Elmer Anderson Noblett . Frank James O'Connor . Paul Edward Omans . John M. Orlikowski . John Ostrowski . Johannes Overmars . Leon Parks . Ray Harrison Parmelee . Albert Pekelder . Virgil B. Perry . Carl Sigfrid Peterson . Joseph M. Pieszko . Frank Adolph Pilecki . Johannes Post . Leo Victor Prelewitz . Oliver William Prescott . Peter Prins . George G. Printup . Leon Radecki . Albert Rauschenberger . Howell Lewis Reid . Christopher Richard Reinsma . Vera M. Rockwell . Randolph Rogers . Alexander J. Romanowski . Edward Adrian Roodvoets . Elmer Roos . John Leo Ryan . Joseph Frank Sandusky . Roland Sargent,
Plaque 4
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. Paul Edward Schmidt . Eli H. Schoonmaker . William Adam Schulte . William Sears . George Seven . Herbert J. Sheldon . Gus Shoemaker . George Arthur Cyril Sifton . Anthony Skorupski . Adrian Slootmaker . Edward Smallegange . Gerrit John Smeelink . Gerrit Smith . Orra L. Snyder . Harry G. Spoelstra . Ford Lee Stearns . John Stellema . Edwin T. Stiles . Edward Daniel Sullivan . Joseph W. Sziekarskas . Louis Ernest Teistler . Joseph M. Todd . Harry Joseph Vanden . Berg Cornelius Vander . Heide Leonard Van Der Hooning . Jacob J. Vander . Leest Fred Van Dyke . Wynerd Van Dyke . Louis Van Kuiken . Bernard Van'T Hof . Leon D. Van'T Hof,
Plaque 5
Gold Star Honor Roll 1917 - 1918. William Carl Van Wingen . Ralph Van Zanten . John Volkers . John Vonk . Harold H. Wagner . William E. Ward . Elizabeth M. Watson . Henry Judson Webster . George Weertman . Clifton G. Weisgerber . George Arthur Wells . William Edward Welmerink . Irving Wenger . Ira L. Wescott . John Westerhof . George Williams . Carl Edward Wilmes . Dale L. Wilson . Charles F. Wood . Philip B. Wood . Loyd Ambrose Woodmansee . Robert Percy Woodworth . Leander F. Yant . Martin A. Young . Samuel Zive . Robert Aloysuis Zoellner . Czeslaw Zurawski . John Sylvester Smith
Left Obelisk
Plaque 1
Erected by the Citizens of Grand Rapids
With funds voluntarily subscribed therefor and dedicated November 11, 1926.
To the memory of the men and women of Grand Rapids who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country in the World War.
Plaque 2
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
George Henry Allen Einar O. Anderson Jerome Angell Wilmer Ellsworth Atkinson William Frederick Austin Peter Bakker Leonard Balcerzak John Baranowskas Ernest Jaline Barclay Elmer Lyle Barnaby Horace Melvin Barnaby Lynn E. Barnes Max Barney James Alexander Bayne Frank Beattie William T. Beattie Gustave G. Becker Harry A. Bennett William John Berghuis Leon Bielecki Raymond L. Blemming Burg Blonk Albert C. Bobczynski William C. Bobekowsky Lucius Comstock Boltwood George Boneburg Alfred Wesley Brake Kryn Breen Gordon D. Brewster William Charles Brinkman Fred Stephen Burdick
Plaque 3
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
Charles Burggraff William Alden Bush George R. Butterfield Claude D. Bywater Daniel Waters Cassard Horace Grover Caster Salmon Philip Champion Harold
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J. Christie Orie Vern Church Peter Paul Cirwyski Budd Walter Clark Joseph King Clark Paul C. Cleightman Patrick M. Cole John Nelson Compton, Jr. Thomas F. Connolly Earl Eugene Cornell Gilbert Corson Richard L. Covert Everett D. Crocker Gordon M. Crothers Alonzo B. Cummings Charles Edward Cunningham Samuel J. Dagg Carl William Dahleen Roy Dalrymple Earl L. Davidson Maurice Lyle Davis Daniel De Hammer Arthur David De Vries Cornelius De Young
Plaque 4
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
Edward Charles Doyle Martin Joseph Doyle Charles H. Dunham Frank S. Ellis Frederick Walter Evans Peter F. Farrell William Mead Ferris, Jr. Leo Martin Finnegan Harry E. Fonger Neal Ernest Fonger Irving Jenner Ford Reginald Stott Franchot Irving J. Freeman Roy Gale Peter Garbauckas Lionel Hiles Gardiner Thomas Browning Gehring Frank J. Gerschewski Peter Cominic Giacoma Charles A. Gillis Clyde Gillispie George Franklin Goebel Herman S. Graves Donald Eugene Green Lawrence D. Groh Naseeb Shalen Hadlah Ivan Raymond Hamilton Florence Hankinson Clyde Morris Hastings Henry Helms Willard H. Helsel
Plaque 5
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
John Hiemstra Hubert Hilferink
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2. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Left Obelisk Plaque 2
Abe Hoeksema George Merrick Hollister Karl Hootkins Leonard Horrevoets William Mckinley Huff Gaetano Imperi Frank B. Jannausch Carl A. Johnson Harmon R. Jones Harry Ralph Jones Nicholas Jonker Jay S. Kantz Harry Kapteyn John Karolczak Lyman J. Kennedy Wesley W. Kerr Walter Kimber Herbert P. Kimball Harold J. King Stanley Kmiec Rhoda O. Knapp James Kooistra Herman Korringa Joseph Kozloski Joseph Leo Krzykwa John Kubilis Thomas L. Kulhawik Max J. J. Kurowski Homer E. La Bar
Right Obelisk
Plaque 1
Erected by the Citizens of Grand Rapids
With funds voluntarily subscribed therefor and dedicated November 11, 1926.
To the memory of the men and women of Grand Rapids who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of their country in the World War.
Plaque 2
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
Albert C. Labutsky John H. Lake James W. Lamoreaux William George Lanski Pearl Edward Lawrence Edward William Leonard Albert Lofquist Anthony T. Loibl Clyde Arthur Loomis John Kendall McConnell Albert Daniel McDermott Ralph Fisk MacMillan George Fredrick Maitner Joseph Walter Malewitz Julius Charles Manshum John Matel Richard Mazereeuw Samuel B. Meisels Leland R. Menter William
Photographed by Craig Doda, October 12, 2024
3. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Left Obelisk Plaque 3
Merizon Clarence F. Merry Edward Mieras William G. Mierow Leo Anthony Miller Peter John Miller Frank Molesta Maurice Moseley Clare Ernest Mosher John Henry Mouw John Neilson, Jr. Kenneth Alonzo Nelson
Plaque 3
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
Stuart R. Nicholson Elmer Anderson Noblett Frank James O'Connor Paul Edward Omans John M. Orlikowski John Ostrowski Johannes Overmars Leon Parks Ray Harrison Parmelee Albert Pekelder Virgil B. Perry Carl Sigfrid Peterson Joseph M. Pieszko Frank Adolph Pilecki Johannes Post Leo Victor Prelewitz Oliver William Prescott Peter Prins George G. Printup Leon Radecki Albert Rauschenberger Howell Lewis Reid Christopher Richard Reinsma Vera M. Rockwell Randolph Rogers Alexander J. Romanowski Edward Adrian Roodvoets Elmer Roos John Leo Ryan Joseph Frank Sandusky Roland Sargent
Plaque 4
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
Paul Edward Schmidt Eli H. Schoonmaker William Adam Schulte William Sears George Seven Herbert J. Sheldon Gus Shoemaker George Arthur Cyril Sifton Anthony Skorupski Adrian Slootmaker Edward Smallegange Gerrit John Smeelink Gerrit Smith Orra L. Snyder Harry G. Spoelstra Ford Lee
Photographed by Craig Doda, October 12, 2024
4. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Left Obelisk Plaque 4
Stearns John Stellema Edwin T. Stiles Edward Daniel Sullivan Joseph W. Sziekarskas Louis Ernest Teistler Joseph M. Todd Harry Joseph Vanden Berg Cornelius Vander Heide Leonard Van Der Hooning Jacob J. Vander Leest Fred Van Dyke Wynerd Van Dyke Louis Van Kuiken Bernard Van'T Hof Leon D. Van'T Hof
Plaque 5
Gold Star
Honor Roll
1917 - 1918
William Carl Van Wingen Ralph Van Zanten John Volkers John Vonk Harold H. Wagner William E. Ward Elizabeth M. Watson Henry Judson Webster George Weertman Clifton G. Weisgerber George Arthur Wells William Edward Welmerink Irving Wenger Ira L. Wescott John Westerhof George Williams Carl Edward Wilmes Dale L. Wilson Charles F. Wood Philip B. Wood Loyd Ambrose Woodmansee Robert Percy Woodworth Leander F. Yant Martin A. Young Samuel Zive Robert Aloysuis Zoellner Czeslaw Zurawski John Sylvester Smith
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 42° 57.834′ N, 85° 39.988′ W. Memorial is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in Kent County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Fulton Street East and East Park Place North East, on the right when traveling west on Fulton Street East. Touch for map
Photographed by Craig Doda, October 12, 2024
5. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Left Obelisk Plaque 5
. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids MI 49503, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in West Michigan. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
7. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Right Obelisk Plaque 1
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8. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Right Obelisk Plaque 2
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9. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Right Obelisk Plaque 3
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10. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Right Obelisk Plaque 4
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11. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Right Obelisk Plaque 5
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12. Grand Rapids World War Memorial Right Obelisk
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13. Grand Rapids World War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 16, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 7, 8, 9. submitted on February 15, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 10, 11, 12. submitted on February 16, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 13. submitted on February 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
