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In Honor of Fallen Soldier

 
 
In Honor of Fallen Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
1. In Honor of Fallen Soldiers Marker
Inscription.
SPS William Seth Blevins
December 22, 1989-May 23, 2011

Let us never forget our military
forces and their sacrifices for us

God bless America

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 44.733′ N, 83° 50.708′ W. Memorial is in Ripley, Ohio, in Brown County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and North Second Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Main St, Ripley OH 45167, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati and in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 walking distance of this marker: The Squirrel Hunters (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery F Ripley / Ripley Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); James Poage House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Eli Collins House (about 300 feet away); This Church (about 500 feet away); PFC Thomas G. Defosse (about 700 feet away); Site of the Home of Senator Alexander Campbell (approx. 0.2 miles away); Doctor Beasley (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ripley.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Liberty Monument (was about 500 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Ripley and the Ohio River
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(was about 600 feet away but has been confirmed missing).
 
In Honor of Fallen Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
2. In Honor of Fallen Soldiers Marker
The Ripley National Bank image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
3. The Ripley National Bank
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 106 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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