Liberty Township in Hillsboro in Highland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Highland High School World War II Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 15, 2025

1. Highland High School World War II Memorial Marker

Inscription.
2nd Lieutenant John W. Bowen, Jr.
July 14, 1922
Killed in Action Apr. 14, 1944

Flight Officer George D. Collins
Nov. 11, 1922
Killed in Action July 10, 1943

2nd Lieutenant Spencer L. Shaw
Sept. 8, 1921
Killed in Action Feb. 20, 1945

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Aug. 20, 1940. Sir Winston Churchill

This monument was erected by the H.H.S. Class of 1940 and their friends. Not only to honor these three classmates who died in aerial combat over Europe in W.W. II. But also to pay homage to all those that served or contributed in any manner what so ever to the defeat of the Axis in that great conflict.

Erected 1940 by H.H.S. Class of 1940.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 39° 13.991′ N, 83° 36.09′ W. Memorial is in Hillsboro, Ohio, in Highland County. It is in Liberty Township. It is on Diamond Drive half a mile south of North High Street (U.S. 62). Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 201 Diamond Drive, Hillsboro OH 45133, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall (a few steps

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from this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial Field (a few steps from this marker); Hillsboro (approx. half a mile away); Military Memorials (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Lincoln School (approx. 1.8 miles away); Highland County Civil War Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Highland County Unknown Dead Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Early Civil Rights protest to desegregate Hillsboro, Ohio schools (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsboro.

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Photographed by Craig Doda, March 15, 2025

2. Highland High School World War II Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 15, 2025

3. Highland High School World War II Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 181 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 24, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.