Pride of the Prairie Rest Area near Argenta in Macon County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Illinois Remembers POW/MIA

You Are Not Forgotten

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2025

1. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker

Inscription.
SP4 Richard Wiley [Vietnam, 1972] • MSGT Timothy Bodden [Laos, 1967]

Erected by Illinois Dept of Transporation.

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

Location. 39° 59.544′ N, 88° 46.967′ W. Memorial is near Argenta, Illinois, in Macon County. It is in the Pride of the Prairie Rest Area. It is on Interstate 72 at milepost 153, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Argenta IL 62501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois.

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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Friends Creek Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Dr. Robert Ferrier Carr and Emily Smick Carr

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(approx. 1.1 miles away); Prairie Park Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Grain Elevator Office (approx. 1.9 miles away); Potawatomi Trail of Death (approx. 4.2 miles away); Lorton's Trading Post (approx. 4.3 miles away); Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District (approx. 8.9 miles away); Macon County Museum (approx. 11.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Argenta.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2025

2. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker

Sgt Myron G. Deckard/Pride of the Prairie Rest Area Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 22, 2025

3. Sgt Myron G. Deckard/Pride of the Prairie Rest Area Markers

Markers are inside the comfort station

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 49 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 30, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.