Spring Valley in Greene County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

1. Spring Valley Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Veterans Memorial. . Dedicated to those veterans interred here who sacrificed so that we might remain free. Virgil Shaffer . Clyde D. McCall . Keith A. Beam . Herman M. Osborne . V. Wayne Virgin . James Osborne . Fred E. Spears . George W. Knee . Raymond Holladd . Richard S. Balthaser . Thomas S. Holland . Edgar H. Mills . Clarence E. Mills . James K. Armentrout . Lawrence Smith . Donald E. Randall . Howard Craig . Martin E. Craig . Fred E. Smith . Otto L. Haines . Moses Walton Jr. . Leslie E. Constant . William D. (Bile) Haines . Clarence Joseph Tipton . Donald M. Compton . James C. Smith . Webster A. Compton . Lan Pence . John J. Grant . Clarence G. Puruis . Charles S. Bradley . Mitchell Peyton . Norman D. Fear . Joseph L. Walton . Joseph T. Miller . Clay N. Swafford . Richard C. Bolin . Kenneth R. Koverman . Myron D. Poling . Robert L. Jordan . Bruce B. Smith . George Bottorfe . Kenneth Huffman . Robert King . June A. Balthaser, Kenneth M. Barber . L. Guy McCoy . R. Roy Stoneburner . William G. Wilson . Ralph W. Hill . Iva W. Phelps . George Ennis Jr. . Gerald E. Coyle . Everett Hickel . A. N. Vandeman . George H. Smith . Kent C. Holland . Glenn R. Stephens . Robert M. Chaney . John J. Grant . Warren K. Holland . Delbert E. Hurley . David J. Martin . Robert R. Meredith . Lawrence R. Benson . Ralph W. Yost . Carl L. Sakaitis . Sherman Bonecutter Jr. . E. Leon Milburn . Howard L. Shrack . Solomon Maeder . Glendon E. Leach . Herman L. Weidner . Jack N. Jordan . Kenneth Kratzer . Cleo (Jinx) Boccieri Riley . Charles D. McKee . Donald A. Queary . Vivian Baughman . Aster Fraley . William Grill . Delmer F. Johnson . Robert Pollack . James R. Stroup . David L. Holland . Wendell C. Johnson . Luther Howard . Ronald W. Stephens, Harlan A. Andrew . Russell E. Gearhart . Jerome C. Hartsock . Victor E. Brady . Robert I. Edens . Ernest G. Carlson . Walter L. Boss . Earl C. Confer Jr. . Ivan L. Holton . Ernest W. Crawford . Donald L. Hartsock . Benjamin E. Cline . Perryd Cline . Luther Llumpkin . Harold R. Cartwright . Gordon E. Bacley . Vernon L. Stiles . Ralph W. Dill . Harley Benson . Lewis W. Crane . Richard A. Cooper . Jesse B. Shanks . Thomas N. Hayslip . Melvin Dale Pennington . Orval E. Stephenson . Charles M. Johnson . Mitchell Ross . Clyde Frasnake . Norman A. Reeves . Kenneth R. Baughman . Donald F. Thompson . John R. Martin . Richard R. Holland . Bruce Dewine . Paul C. Magill . Jack Ponder . Robert P. Jordan . Jack G. Tiffany . Harry W. Woolard . James B. Kynе . James Michael Kyne, Mary Elam . Robert E. Wright . Eugene V. Haines . John K. Haines . Charles S. Neeld . Carl E. Smith . Ralph J. Funk . Lee Smith . Bascom White . Harold C. Mason . Austin H. Mouser . Harrison B. Carr . Homer L. Long . John W. Lowman . Wynnel Mouser . Harry W. Muffler . Lawrence W. Malone . Harvey L. Smith . William H. Wakely . Henry E. Woodard . Thomas J. Craig . Robert C. Morgan . Richard A. Zehring . Anthony G. Weiss . Lee Edward Hamer . Herbert Boettcher . George M. Bottorff . Leonard Yancey . Paul E. Colwell . Jack T. Walton . Frank T. Thompson . Donald E. Melvin . Hugh W. Bledsoe . Raymond C. McCall . Donald E. Melvin . Roger Young Sr. . Benjamin W. Keyton . Raymond F. Slouffman . Robert T. Melvin . James H. Weber . Thomas E. Peterson . John L. Bowers . David Gasaway . Everettir Smith . Paul M. Sackett, Grover Adams . George Benson . Thomas S. Clark . John Coyle . John F. Dougherty . Charles Gage . John A Hood . J. S. Jackson . Jacob Knee . William Lucas . Francis M. Moffett . Henry Osborne . Silas M. Riley . Frederick Spellbring . William J. Stump . George Vetter . Billie R Baker . Charles B. Bruce . Fred J. Yoder . Ernest C. Thompson . R. Elton Evans . Jesse L. Folkerth . Harold E. Mouser . Edwone L. Edison . Robert M Urschel . Ted R Jordan . George Lovett . Jona King . Tom Dill, Harmon Anderson . Richard Bogart . William Collins . Lewis Crane . William Elam . Daniel H. Gest . Eli Houston . Loren C. Jenson . Tillman Lloyd . William V. Luce . James N. Moore . George F. Pier . Ryan Salisberry . Isaac Stiles . George B. Talbert . Marvin K. Byrd . Harlan Andrew . Sherman L. Holland . Harry L. Brown . Billy L. Agnor . Richard R. Zarth . Richard A. Cooper . Ted D. Wysong, James R. Anderson . Peter P. Brown . David Cornell . Joseph Day . Robert C. Finley . Oliver Griffy . Thomas S. Houston . James A. Jones . Charles M. Lucas . Robert A. Manington . Andrew Moss . Franklin Pratt . Francis B. Sims . Charles W. St. John . George Truman . Ernest E. Edson . Lawrence Ferguson . Robert D. Collett . Simeon Carey . Carey L. Doggett . Robert P. Doggett . Theodore E. Applegate . Donald C. Compton, William Brown . William H. Hopping . Robert McKnight . Charles Bell . George Brunk . Sylvenus Cornell . Abner Dill . William Fulkerson . Harley M. Holton . H. Hudgell . George S. Kinney . Solomon Lucas . Frank Mills . Harvey A. Murphey . Samuel C. Quigley . Joseph C. Sims . Daniel S. Stump . J. O. Turner . Troy J. Kidd . Eugene Stiles . John A. Macduff . Ronald P. Cloutier . Loren J. Krug, This monument given in memory of our veterans, past and future, by loving families, friends and patriotic organizations..

Dedicated to those veterans interred here
who sacrificed so that we might remain free
Virgil Shaffer • Clyde D. McCall • Keith A. Beam • Herman M. Osborne • V. Wayne Virgin • James Osborne • Fred E. Spears • George W. Knee • Raymond Holladd • Richard S. Balthaser • Thomas S. Holland • Edgar H. Mills • Clarence E. Mills • James K. Armentrout • Lawrence Smith • Donald E. Randall • Howard Craig • Martin E. Craig • Fred E. Smith • Otto L. Haines • Moses Walton Jr. • Leslie E. Constant • William D. (Bile) Haines • Clarence Joseph Tipton • Donald M. Compton • James C. Smith • Webster A. Compton • Lan Pence • John J. Grant • Clarence G. Puruis • Charles S. Bradley • Mitchell Peyton • Norman D. Fear • Joseph L. Walton • Joseph T. Miller • Clay N. Swafford • Richard C. Bolin • Kenneth R. Koverman • Myron D. Poling • Robert L. Jordan • Bruce B. Smith • George Bottorfe • Kenneth Huffman • Robert King • June A. Balthaser

Kenneth M. Barber • L. Guy McCoy • R. Roy Stoneburner • William G. Wilson • Ralph W. Hill • Iva W. Phelps • George Ennis Jr. • Gerald E. Coyle • Everett Hickel • A. N. Vandeman • George H. Smith • Kent C. Holland • Glenn R. Stephens • Robert M. Chaney • John J. Grant • Warren K. Holland • Delbert E. Hurley • David J. Martin • Robert R. Meredith • Lawrence R. Benson • Ralph W. Yost • Carl

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L. Sakaitis • Sherman Bonecutter Jr. • E. Leon Milburn • Howard L. Shrack • Solomon Maeder • Glendon E. Leach • Herman L. Weidner • Jack N. Jordan • Kenneth Kratzer • Cleo (Jinx) Boccieri Riley • Charles D. McKee • Donald A. Queary • Vivian Baughman • Aster Fraley • William Grill • Delmer F. Johnson • Robert Pollack • James R. Stroup • David L. Holland • Wendell C. Johnson • Luther Howard • Ronald W. Stephens

Harlan A. Andrew • Russell E. Gearhart • Jerome C. Hartsock • Victor E. Brady • Robert I. Edens • Ernest G. Carlson • Walter L. Boss • Earl C. Confer Jr. • Ivan L. Holton • Ernest W. Crawford • Donald L. Hartsock • Benjamin E. Cline • Perryd Cline • Luther Llumpkin • Harold R. Cartwright • Gordon E. Bacley • Vernon L. Stiles • Ralph W. Dill • Harley Benson • Lewis W. Crane • Richard A. Cooper • Jesse B. Shanks • Thomas N. Hayslip • Melvin Dale Pennington • Orval E. Stephenson • Charles M. Johnson • Mitchell Ross • Clyde Frasnake • Norman A. Reeves • Kenneth R. Baughman • Donald F. Thompson • John R. Martin • Richard R. Holland • Bruce Dewine • Paul C. Magill • Jack Ponder • Robert P. Jordan • Jack G. Tiffany • Harry W. Woolard • James B. Kynе • James Michael Kyne

Mary Elam • Robert E. Wright • Eugene V. Haines • John K. Haines • Charles S. Neeld • Carl E. Smith • Ralph J. Funk • Lee Smith • Bascom White • Harold C. Mason • Austin H. Mouser • Harrison

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Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

2. Spring Valley Veterans Memorial

B. Carr • Homer L. Long • John W. Lowman • Wynnel Mouser • Harry W. Muffler • Lawrence W. Malone • Harvey L. Smith • William H. Wakely • Henry E. Woodard • Thomas J. Craig • Robert C. Morgan • Richard A. Zehring • Anthony G. Weiss • Lee Edward Hamer • Herbert Boettcher • George M. Bottorff • Leonard Yancey • Paul E. Colwell • Jack T. Walton • Frank T. Thompson • Donald E. Melvin • Hugh W. Bledsoe • Raymond C. McCall • Donald E. Melvin • Roger Young Sr. • Benjamin W. Keyton • Raymond F. Slouffman • Robert T. Melvin • James H. Weber • Thomas E. Peterson • John L. Bowers • David Gasaway • Everettir Smith • Paul M. Sackett

Grover Adams • George Benson • Thomas S. Clark • John Coyle • John F. Dougherty • Charles Gage • John A Hood • J. S. Jackson • Jacob Knee • William Lucas • Francis M. Moffett • Henry Osborne • Silas M. Riley • Frederick Spellbring • William J. Stump • George Vetter • Billie R Baker • Charles B. Bruce • Fred J. Yoder • Ernest C. Thompson • R. Elton Evans • Jesse L. Folkerth • Harold E. Mouser • Edwone L. Edison • Robert M Urschel • Ted R Jordan • George Lovett • Jona King • Tom Dill

Harmon Anderson • Richard Bogart • William Collins • Lewis Crane • William Elam • Daniel H. Gest • Eli Houston • Loren C. Jenson • Tillman Lloyd • William V. Luce • James N. Moore • George F. Pier • Ryan Salisberry • Isaac Stiles • George B. Talbert • Marvin K. Byrd •

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

3. Spring Valley Veterans Memorial

Harlan Andrew • Sherman L. Holland • Harry L. Brown • Billy L. Agnor • Richard R. Zarth • Richard A. Cooper • Ted D. Wysong

James R. Anderson • Peter P. Brown • David Cornell • Joseph Day • Robert C. Finley • Oliver Griffy • Thomas S. Houston • James A. Jones • Charles M. Lucas • Robert A. Manington • Andrew Moss • Franklin Pratt • Francis B. Sims • Charles W. St. John • George Truman • Ernest E. Edson • Lawrence Ferguson • Robert D. Collett • Simeon Carey • Carey L. Doggett • Robert P. Doggett • Theodore E. Applegate • Donald C. Compton

William Brown • William H. Hopping • Robert McKnight • Charles Bell • George Brunk • Sylvenus Cornell • Abner Dill • William Fulkerson • Harley M. Holton • H. Hudgell • George S. Kinney • Solomon Lucas • Frank Mills • Harvey A. Murphey • Samuel C. Quigley • Joseph C. Sims • Daniel S. Stump • J. O. Turner • Troy J. Kidd • Eugene Stiles • John A. Macduff • Ronald P. Cloutier • Loren J. Krug

This monument given in memory
of our veterans, past and future,
by loving families, friends and
patriotic organizations.

Erected 1990 by Loving Families, Friends and Patriotic Organizations.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 39° 36.796′ N, 84° 0.08′

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 4, 2025

4. Spring Valley Veterans Memorial

W. Memorial is in Spring Valley, Ohio, in Greene County. It is at the intersection of Old U.S. 42 and East Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 42. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16 Old U.S 42, Spring Valley OH 45370, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spring Valley Township and Village Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); George Barrett Cement House (approx. half a mile away); You Are on the Buckeye Trail (approx. half a mile away); Historic Little Miami River (approx. 0.8 miles away); Spring Valley Wildlife Area (approx. 3½ miles away); Unknown Union Soldier (approx. 4.1 miles away); Chester Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Spring Valley.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 55 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 8, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.