St. Paris in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

1. St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial Marker

Korea/Vietnam Memorial to left and World War II Memorial.

Inscription. In grateful remembrance of
“Our Boys”
who answered their Country's call
in the World War Apr. 6. 1917-Nov. 11. 1918
Saint Paris Johnson Twp.
When the service flag has faded, and the hands that it caressed have been folded calm and peaceful on each Mother's loving breast, then the torch they passed unto us, we will bear forever on. With our lives we will defend it, we like they will carry on.

Ammon Lowell L. • Apple Ray H. • Argabright George M. • Arnold Eldridge T. • Ayers Charles A. • Baker Walter D. • Barger Carey R. • Berry Clarence F. • Beekman Joseph O. • Bodey Westley • Bollinger D. Donald • Brown Herbert F. • Brown Nat R. • Bunker Pearl • Cretors Keith • Crouse Floyd • Crouse Orlie F. • Currey W. Carl • Flaig Charles M. • Fields Glen M. • Gardner Ernest E. • Goldberg Leon • Grubbs W. Guy • Guthridge Ralph W. • Guthridge Earl W. • Hahn Raymond J. • Hamsher John F. • Harrigan Frank J. • Hill Harold H. • Irvin Ross R. • Jenkins Byron G. • Jenkins Walter I. • Jenks Albert E. • Jenks Hayden • Jenks George • Jones Caleb G. • Jones Ossis G. • Jones Lowell K. • Jordan John S.

Kelley Ferry A. • Kessler Earl H. • Kessler Wilbur • Klapp Don C. • Klapp Ralph H. • Long Emerson W. • Loudenback Donald A. • Loudenback Harvey M. • McIntire Clarence W. • McMorran

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Samuel N. • Moore Frank E. • Norman John W. • Pence Frank I. • Pence Harry • Pence Grover E. • Pence Roger • Pence Wilbur L. • Purk Roy L. • Ralston Arthur • Runkle Elva C. • Shadley A. Dean • Spriggs Wilbur • Spriggs Cecil • Sutton Marion E. • Sweiger Ernest • Taylor B. Allen • Taylor Lawrence R. • Taylor T. Forest • Urban Leo L. • Van Culin Paul B. • Vickery Glen D. • Walborn Earle E. • Wirick W. Gaylord • Winstel Harvey J. • Wertz Herby L. • Wertz Charles J. • Weatherhead Walter E. • Wilt Emanuel • Zeller Harold F.

Erected by St. Paris and Johnson Township.

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

Location. 40° 7.643′ N, 83° 57.812′ W. Memorial is in St. Paris, Ohio, in Champaign County. It is on Jefferson Street near Plum Street, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is on the Veterans Walk in Harmon Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saint Paris OH 43072, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Paris Korea and Vietnam Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); St. Paris and Johnson Township World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Site of Walborn & Riker Co. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lincoln Funeral Train

St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial Rear Inscription image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

2. St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial Rear Inscription

(approx. 0.3 miles away); St. Paris (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named St. Paris (approx. one mile away); A. B. Graham (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lena (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Paris.

Regarding St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial. Includes honor roll of township men who served, denoting war dead with an engraved star next to the name.

World War I-Era Field Piece image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

3. World War I-Era Field Piece

On Veterans Walk.

Harmon Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

4. Harmon Memorial Park

Looking west from Plum Street intersection.

Flagpole Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 9, 2008

5. Flagpole Memorial Marker

Dedicated in memory of Josephine and Harold Printz Shank. Lifetime residents, educators, friends of St. Paris, 4 July 1997. At base of flagpole behind World War I Memorial.

St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025

6. St. Paris and Johnson Township World War I Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,475 times since then and 21 times this year. Last updated on September 12, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 23, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 6. submitted on September 9, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.