Columbia in Boone County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Boone County World War I Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025

1. Boone County World War I Memorial Marker

Inscription.
(Center panel)
In Memory of Boone County Boys who lost their lives in the World War
1917-1918

(Left panel)
Barton, Joseph T. • Brown, William G. Jr. • Bryson, Shannon L. • Caldwell, John F. • Carr, John R. • Challis, Joel H. • Coats, Lindsey L. • Cochran, Earl • Cole, David I. • Cole, John W. • Collins, Ivan L. • Cowden, Clarence B. • Crist, Angelo • Easley, Buford • Easley, Leroy R. • Hay, Wendell P. • Hill, William • Hudson, Noah M. • Hyde, Harley C. • Jonas, Lemuel W. • Jones, Roy C. • Kelley, Richard T.

(Right panel)
Kincaid, Leslie • Kite, John F. • Kite, Vernie F. • Lewis, Frank I. • Meyer, Albert W. • Moore, Jerome E. • Pace, Oran C. • Pipes, Herbert C. • Powers, Dennis E. • Rice, Clinton T. • Richardson, Elra L. • Ridgeway, John C. • Sargent, Cliff • Stewart, Lawrence W. • Turner, William L. • Walker, Robert M. • Waller, Charles W. • White, Dudley H. • Wilhite, Harry • Williams, Herbert C. • Wise, Willie B. • Wood, James R.

Erected by American War Mothers, American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 38° 57.17′ N,

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92° 19.719′ W. Memorial is in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County. It is at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North 8th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Walnut Street. The memorial is on the Boone County Courthouse Plaza near the columns. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 803 E Walnut Street, Columbia MO 65201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Little Dixie

and in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

and in the Corn Belt.

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 walking distance of this marker: Civil War Memorial Honor Roll (here, next to this marker); Boone County World War II & Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Boone County Vietnam Memorial (here, next to this marker); Cold War SW Asia Global War on Terrorism Memorial

Full view Boone County World War I Memorial near Boone County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025

2. Full view Boone County World War I Memorial near Boone County Courthouse

(a few steps from this marker); Old Boone County Courthouse Columns (a few steps from this marker); Union Church Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Lynching in America / The Lynching of George Bush (within shouting distance of this marker); Boone County Bicentennial Monument (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Boone County World War I Memorial behind far left column at Courthouse plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025

3. Boone County World War I Memorial behind far left column at Courthouse plaza

Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 157 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.