Jackson in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

World War I Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 21, 2021

1. World War I Memorial

Inscription. In memory of those from
Cape Girardeau County
who gave their lives in defense of liberty in
The World War
1916 — 1918
Benjamin H. Thompson • Clarence Altenthal • Cleveland Baker • Charles A. Crass • Jesse Fitzgerald • Clark A. Joernes • Arthur F. Graden • Randall Mattingly • William B. Snider • Ben. Z. Wunderlich • Birdie A. Walker • Louis Friedhoff • Wilton Davidson • Julien Dearmont • Ralph G. Medley • Frank Spradling • Clyde Underwood • John R. Pearson • Roy W. King • John Neal • Florence Baker • Ellis Caldwell • Richard Tucker • Arthur Winters • Joseph F. Koch • Charles H. Poe • Fred Guy Smith • Harry J. Jones • Louis K. Juden • Ben. F. Eggers • Arthur Knight • Henry Stedham • Cephus Estes • Louise Wasem • Charles Reed • E.S. Taylor • Harry Crumb • Ezra Taylor • Fred Howard • George Lacy

Addendum 2018Paul E. Rasico • James M. Coleman • Ruel C. Meador • Dephonia Jones • Henry Hovis • George Alt • Charles E. Enderle

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I.

Location. 37° 22.963′ N, 89° 40.046′ W. Memorial is in Jackson, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street and South High

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Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street. The memorial is located near the southeast corner of the historic Cape Girardeau County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Court Street, Jackson MO 63755, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: They Passed This Way (within shouting distance of this marker); Most…are poor and exceedingly dissipated. (within shouting distance of this marker); Pfc. Richard Wilson (approx. 5.1 miles away); Cape Girardeau Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away); Cape Girardeau (approx. 5.1 miles away); The History of the 140th Infantry Regiment (approx. 5.1 miles away); Bollinger Mill / Burfordville Covered Bridge (approx. 7½ miles away); George & Fred Naeter (approx. 7.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.

World War I Memorial – 2018 Centennial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 21, 2021

2. World War I Memorial – 2018 Centennial Marker

(mounted on the base of the memorial)
1918 2018
World War I Centennial MemorialThis designation is conferred by the United States World War One Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 21, 2021

3. World War I Memorial

The marker is mounted on the south/front side of the memorial.

World War I Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 21, 2021

4. World War I Memorial Statue

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 21, 2021

5. World War I Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 21, 2021

6. World War I Memorial

Looking northwest; the historic Cape Girardeau County Courthouse is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 27, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.