Smithville in Clay County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

World Wars Memorial

For God And Country

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2025

1. World Wars Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In Loving Memory Of Those Who Gave Their Lives In

World War I
April 6, 1917-November 11, 1918

Sparrill Harris

World War II
December 7, 1941 July 25, 1947

Arthur C. Demoss • John C. Suell
William B. Bender • J. W. Stephenson
W. M. Humphrey • Donald D. Taylor
Baker Mayfield • Jack Wilson
Franklin P. Miller • William Clay Woods
Howard Porter • Charles Runyon
Donald E. Rule • Robert Kerr
Junior J. Rule • Oakley A. Whitmore

May They Rest In Peace

Erected 1950 by Community American Legion Post No. 58 and Auxiliary.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 39° 23.548′ N, 94° 35.089′ W. Memorial is in Smithville, Missouri, in Clay County. It is on U.S. 169, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is adjacent to the flagpole in Smithville Memorial Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 126 US Hwy 169, Smithville MO 64089, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri

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River Corridor

and in Greater Kansas City.

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: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Purple Heart Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sesquicentennial Celebration Time Capsule (approx. 0.4 miles away); Flood of 1965 High Water Mark (approx. 0.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Smithville High School Flagpole (approx. 0.4 miles away); 9/11 Remembrance Rail (approx. 0.4 miles away); Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad Caboose #3 (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smithville.

World Wars Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 21, 2025

2. World Wars Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 32 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.