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WWI Memorial

 
 
WWI Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 27, 2025
1. WWI Memorial Marker
Inscription. This tablet is dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in the World War

Raymond Bates
Herbert Burns
Alton Calder
Clive Couple
Fred Demming
Alfred Hall
Amos Hoeft
Seth McConkie
Ralph Perry
George Peters
Leroy Shaffer
Alden Witbeck
Evan Witbeck

This monument was erected by popular subscription of the citizens and school children of Uintah County November 11 1924
 
Erected 1924.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 40° 27.354′ N, 109° 31.558′ W. Memorial is in Vernal, Utah, in Uintah County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and N 100 E, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 152 E 100 N, Vernal UT 84078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Utah’s Uinta Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: AH-1F Aircraft (within shouting distance of this marker); Shipped Another 12,000 Hen Fruit by Parcel Post (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Now Playing at the Vernal Theater... (about 500 feet away); Cobble Rock Station / Vernal Auto Company / "A Splendid Specimen of Architecture" (about 600 feet away); "Fort Scared-to-Death" / "Biggest Little City off the Railroad"/One of the Top 50 Small Cities in US (about 600 feet away); If You Were an Outlaw Where Would You Shop? (about 600 feet away); How Far Would You Carry a Brick for Seven Cents? (about 600 feet away); Where Can You Get an Iron Port, Phosphate, or Suicide? (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vernal.
 
WWI Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 27, 2025
2. WWI Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 222 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 29, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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