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

Macon County World War II Memorial

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

1. Macon County World War II Memorial

Inscription.
Macon County
honors its men and women who served
in World War II • 1941 - 1945
This Memorial is dedicated to those
who made the supreme sacrifice

Carl W. Gwinner • Walter I. Behnkendorf • Schuyler N. Fisher • John Preston Walker • Harold Maurice Richardson • Clifford G. Pillers • Orville Lester Rusher • Tony Rusher Dorrell • Emmett Lee Welz • William Thomas Harris • Wm. E. Horstmeyer • Charles Lee Snow Jr • Byron R. Belt • William B. Belt • William Vaughn Cox • Russell Dudley • Von Webber Gordon • Robert Ramsey • James Stewart Riley • Albert Murr • Donald E. Cahoon • Bill M. Baker • John R. (Jack) Potter • Wallace V. Penton • Robert Kisor • Merce Gail Bork • Dale Howe • E. B. Houser • Charles Wesley Turner • Emory G. Kitchen • Richard Stanton Boyd • Paul Eugene Lowery • Robert Thomas Llewellyn • James Ralph Decker • John W. Bell • Richard M. Kunder • Lambert J. Geerlings • Homer Earl Dille • Wayne A Dille • Jerry David Hall • George William Self • John W. Campbell • Calvin Carl Sullivan • John S. Phipps • Ural Fay Ausmus • Don E. Steele • Gordon M. Clarkson • Victor Wayne Meyer • Jack Eldon Miller • Dean Charles • Grove M. Mathis • Kenneth Mosty • John W. Pearson • Kenneth L. Slightom •

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George Kavanaugh • Earl F. Polite • R. B. Foster • Harry E. Owens • Harold M. Chrisman • Denver Wayne Burnam • Lloyd King • Paul W. Baker • Edward Lee Franklin • Wilford L. Ancell • Vyvion Behrman • Edward Paul Ridings • James Thompson • Lester Roy Pate • Willard J. Allen Jr. • Raymond E. Dallas Jr • Orville Hansen • Richard Tate • Russell Lowell Craven • Frank G. Binder • Howard O. Brant • Charles Loranzo • John T. Clarke • Marvin R. Crane • Earl H. Graham • Forest W. Harris • Leo D. Hoyt • Byron E. King • Gerald D. Sacre

May we so live that the principles for which
they died shall not be forgotten

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

Location. 39° 44.518′ N, 92° 28.362′ W. Memorial is in Macon, Missouri, in Macon County. It is at the intersection of Washington Street and Rollins Street, on the left when traveling east on Washington Street. Memorial is on the Macon County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 East Washington Street, Macon MO 63552, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Missouri. 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Macon County World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Freedom Will Never Be Free (within shouting

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

2. Macon County World War II Memorial

distance of this marker); Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 3rd Courthouse in Macon County (within shouting distance of this marker); Macon Kiwanis U.S. Bi-Centennial Time Capsule (within shouting distance of this marker); Macon Sesquicentennial Time Capsule (approx. ¼ mile away); Macon (approx. 1½ miles away); Bevier & Southern Locomotive No. 112 (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macon.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 50 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.