Harrisville Township in Alcona County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Harrisville Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 24, 2025
1. Harrisville Veterans Memorial Marker, front left plaque
Erected by the Women's Civic League of Harrisville in memory of our boys who sacrificed their lives in the Great World War.
Percy Anderson John E. Armstrong Delbert Atchison Harvey G. Alexander Asa Baird Ernest R. Berry Louis Balmer William A. Brenner Orval Cade Rex Conrad Grant Gordon Frank Gerchewski Ray Keegan Clarence R. Kimberlin Albert A. Lance George A. Moran Harold H. Newman Guy W. Ostrander Elijah M. Peters Glenn Roberts Emery E. Ranger Carl W. Richardson Joseph E. Shurbneau Ward Wilcox
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Erected by the Lions Club of Harrisville, Michigan, in the memory of our Alcona County boys who sacrificed their lives in World War II
Richard J. Bamfield Steve Bielusiak Melvin Burger Victor Burt Malcolm Carnahan Ralph Curl Ernest Dellar Richard Elmer Hubert Ferguson John La Baza Manley La Fleur Basil Lee Charles Mays Noble McCulloch Richard McGuire Grover C. Noyes Glen Pamamee Erwin Seymour William Thompson Ned C. Wiedbrauk Floyd Yuill Ralph W. Moore
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Reverse
Erected
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*Korea*
Samuel Mogg Robert A. Ward
*Vietnam*
William H. Travis Robert R. Cecil Dennis L. Waszkiewicz Steven V. Slatinsky
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his country that, others may live in peace.
Operation Desert Storm
SSgt. David A. Shaw USMC
Erected by Women's Civic League of Harrisville and The Lions Club of Harrisville, Michigan.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 44° 39.403′ N, 83° 17.724′ W. Memorial is in Harrisville, Michigan, in Alcona County. It is in Harrisville Township. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (Michigan Route 72) and North State Street (U.S. 23), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. The memorial is on the southwest grounds of Alcona County District Court. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 49 W Main St, Harrisville MI 48740, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula and in one of the Lake Huron Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Harrisville Consolidated School (about 300 feet away, measured
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 24, 2025
2. Harrisville Veterans Memorial Marker, front right plaque
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 24, 2025
3. Harrisville Veterans Memorial, rear side plaque
Photographed by Mark Parker, June 24, 2025
4. Harrisville Veterans Memorial
Alcona County District Court is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 123 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 3, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
