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World War II/Korean War Memorial

 
 
World War II/Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2019
1. World War II/Korean War Memorial
Inscription.
297 men from Muskingum Co. Ohio died in World War II 1941-1945, and the Korean War 1950-1953. This monument is a tribute to that sacrifice. 297 empty helmets (symbolic of each fallen soldier, sailor, marine, and airman) have a name upon them. They are scattered atop an earthen mound (used for millennia to honor the dead) in an irregular chaotic manner as is the nature of the battlefield and war.

To the rear of the helmets we have a 7' soldier in full battle gear grieving his fallen comrades, while being comforted by yet another soldier. In the front of the helmets we have a strapping young man striding forward with a purposeful gaze into the future, secured by the sacrifice of the men being honored in this monument.

Many thanks to the donors who made this tribute possible.

Alan Cottrill/Sculptor
2012

Names on the helmets of military men from Muskingum County
who gave their lives for freedom in WWII and the Korean War

Names on the helmets of military men from muskingum county who gave their lives forfreedom in WWII and the Korean War

Abbot, Theodore • Adams, George • Adkins, Richard • Allman, Gale • Alter, James • Anders, Thomas • Anderson, John • Arnett, Lloyd • Bailey, William • Balentine, William • Barker, Clarence • Barker, Donald • Barker, William • Bateman,
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James • Beisser, Chester • Bates, Howard • Bennett, Walter • Best, Howard • Bishoff, William • Boetcher, John • Bowers, Charles • Braden, John • Bradford, Carl • Burkholder, Marion • Bramovich, Oscar • Burley, Robert • Burley, Wilson • Butterfield, David • Carcins, Vernon • Carney, Arthur • Chambers, Kenneth • Chilcote, Albert • Clark, Richard • Cochran, Donald • Conway, Richard • Cook, Theodore • Corder, Joseph • Cotter, John • Craig, Freddie • Craig, John • Craig, Raymond • Crane, Charles • Cremeans, Ralph • Darnell, George • Darnell, John • Davies, George • Davis,Arthur • Davis, Harold B. • Davis, Harold L. • Davis, Malcolm

Dean, Paul • Dement, Dayle • Denbow, Clayton • Dick, Robert • Dishong, Leland • Dollings, James • Dorsey, John • Dougherty, Joseph • Dozer, Russell • Drumm, William • Dusenberry, Walter • Dysinger, Richard • Earnest, Lewis • Eck, Donald • Emmert, Bernard • English, Clarnece • Eppley, Merle • Erwin, Robert • Erwine, Glenn • Fairall, Russell Jr. • Faires, Jack • Fattlar, Francis • Ferrell, Edward • Foreman, Edward • Forrest, Ernest • Foust, Grover • Frazier, Herman • Freeman, John • French, Joe • Gannon, Ronald • Gheen, Raymond • Gibbs, Charles • Gibson, Clifford • Gibson, Marion • Gildow, Leon • Gill, Bobby • Goody, James • Graham, Russell • Gray, Emory • Green, Walter • Greten, Vincent • Hahn, Carlos • Hall, Donald • Hallack, Charles • Hambel, Lawrence
World War II and Korean War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
2. World War II and Korean War Memorial Honor Roll
One of two honor roll plaques
• Hamilton, Gilbert • Hamilton, Perry • Hanifan, John • Harlan, Donald • Harmon, Clarence

Harris, Earl • Hart, David • Hayes, Doddrid • Hayes, Frederick • Heather, William • Helriggle, Elmer • Heisel, Joseph • Hennessey, William • Hickman, Carlos • Holdcroft, Fred • Hughes, Frederick • Hull, Richard • Hunter, Richard • Inman, Floyd • Insley, William • James, Karl • Johnson, Marion • Jones, Frederick • Jones, Glen • Jones, Harry • Jones, Oscar • Joseph, Cyrus • Kappes, George • Keith, Everett • Kennedy, Delbert • Kennedy, Marshall • Kildow, Walter • Klinger, Karl • Koogler, Jack • Kopchak, Walter • Kroskoupf, Eugene • Lacy, Burvil • Lee, Chester • Lefever, Isaac • Liggins, Alvin • Lindsley, Albert • Loterbaugh, James • Luby, Albert • Lucas, Ronald • Lucas, Donald • Luzadder, William • Martin, James • Martt, Edward • Martt, William • Mautz, Perry • May, Dan • Mayle, Elbert • Mayle, Robert • McFarland, Frederick • McHenry, Herbert

McKee, Paul • McVay, Hobart • McChancy, James • McLoy, Hubert • Mercer, Harold Jr. • Mercer, Marion • Mercer, William • Messerly, Harry • Miller, William • Mitchell, William • Monroe, Raymond • Moore, David • Moore, David N. • Morehead, Charles • Morgan, Clarence • Morozowsky, Peter • Morrison, Jack • Mullinex, James • Murphy, Robert • Musgrove, Charles • Mussleman, Paul • Myers, Arthur • Myers, Bernard • Myers, Jack • Neff, Robert • Nelson,
World War II and Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
3. World War II and Korean War Memorial
Paul • Nessline, William • Nethers, Keastel • Noble, Richard • Nolan, Leonard • Norman, Amos • Norman, Charles • Noyes, Dale • Olden, Ray • Omen, Leonard • O'Neil, Ernest • Painter, Joseph • Park, Norman • Parkinson, Bruce • Patterson, Jack • Payton, William • Pettry, Richard • Pickens, Leonard • Porter, Jack • Porter, Joseph • Ramsey, Jack • Rarick, Neil • Reed, Richard • Reif, Edgar

Riggle, Floyd • Rhodes, William • Roach, Donald • Roach, Russell • Roberts, Zail • Ruland, William • Rzepka, Joseph • Salahub, Andrew • Sarbaugh, Donald • Schmitt, Max • Schultheis, Charles • Schooler, Forrest • Scott, Harold • Scott, Paul • Seckman, Buster • Semon, Charles • Senhauser, William • Shaefer, Charles • Shaheen, Felix • Shannon, Eugene • Sharp, Wade • Shatto, Clyde • Shaver, Ophir • Shaw, Robert • Sheridan, William • Shipley, Charles • Shreve, Charles • Shrigley, Ralph • Sims, Eugene • Sines, Howard • Singer, Vincent • Slatter, George • Slaighter, John • Slenker, Donald • Smith, Carl • Smith, Clarence • Smith, John • Smith, Max • Smith, Russell • Snider, Raymond • Snyder, Robert • Soller, Paul • Sorrell, Robert • Spinks, Robert • Stackhouse, Duff • Starrett, Charles • Stephens, Floyd • Stephenson, James • Stigler, Vernon • Stotts, Lester

Stotts, Russell • Suder, Richard • Swingle, Ivan • Taylor, Paul • Taylor, Robert • Teel, Harry Jr. • Teisinger, Donald • Tetak, Frank
World War II/Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2019
4. World War II/Korean War Memorial
• Tetak, Steve • Tewksbury, Donald • Thomas, James • Thome, David • Thome, Paul • Toll, Frederick • Torbert, Roy • Trout, James • Tusing, William Jr. • Updyke, Lee • Vogel, Richard • Vousden, John • Wade, Clarence • Waldron, Harold • Walker, Arthur • Walker, John • Watkins, Richard • Watson, Glen • Watson, James • Watts, Lester • Welchman, Richard • Weller, Emerson • White, Edgar • Whitlinger, John • Whyde, Maxwell • Wickham, Wesley • Wiles, Edgar • Williams, Harold • Williams, Sanford • Wiseman, Osborne • Withers, John • Wolfe, Robert • Wood, Paul • Woodward, Howard • Woodward, Paul • Woolfe, Chester • Wyer, Okey • Young, Kenneth • Yates, Roy • Yurich, Joseph
 
Erected 2012 by Muskingum County Veterans Council and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 56.415′ N, 82° 0.4′ W. Memorial is in Zanesville, Ohio, in Muskingum County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 40) and 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Memorial is at the southeast corner of the Muskingum County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 401 Main Street, Zanesville OH 43701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest, 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.
World War II/Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2019
5. World War II/Korean War Memorial
At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ohio Flag Unit (here, next to this marker); World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (a few steps from this marker); Combat Wounded Veterans (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Ohio Bicentennial Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Zanesville (within shouting distance of this marker); Second Capital of Ohio (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Zanesville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. The History of Zanesville (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).
 
World War II and Korean War Memorial Helmets image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
6. World War II and Korean War Memorial Helmets
World War II and Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
7. World War II and Korean War Memorial
Representative memorial helmet
World War II and Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
8. World War II and Korean War Memorial
Representative memorial helmets
World War II and Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
9. World War II and Korean War Memorial
Representative memorial helmets
World War II and Korean War Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
10. World War II and Korean War Memorial Bench
World War II and Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 18, 2012
11. World War II and Korean War Memorial
World War II and Korean War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 3, 2025
12. World War II and Korean War Memorial Honor Roll
One of two honor roll plaques
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,530 times since then and 62 times this year. Last updated on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos:   1. submitted on September 12, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   2, 3. submitted on December 15, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   4, 5. submitted on September 12, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on December 15, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   12. submitted on June 3, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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