Cowles in Webster County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
War Memorial
Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 28, 2025
1. War Memorial Marker
Cowles Alumni Killed in Action
WWI
Dewey Fuller
WWII
Robert H. Beitler William H. Harrington David Johnson Donald Merrill Charles E. Riggins Robert Taylor Ralph Thompson
Korean
Wayne J. Fair
Vietnam
Donald R. Buckles James Roberts Terry J. Sutton
Erected 1999 by Cowles American Legion Post No. 0116.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 10.297′ N, 98° 26.917′ W. Memorial is in Cowles, Nebraska, in Webster County. It is on Cowles Main Street east of 4th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 398 Cowles Main St, Blue Hill NE 68930, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Nebraska’s Smoky Hills, in Eastern Nebraska and in the Republican River Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cowles Consolidated School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grace Episcopal Church (approx. 6.8 miles away); Webster County (approx. 6.8 miles away); Cottonwood Tree - 1871 (approx. 6.9 miles away); Red Cloud (approx. 6.9 miles away); Red Cloud Volunteer Fire Department Bell (approx. 6.9 miles away); Cather Childhood Home (approx. 7 miles away); St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church (approx. 7.4 miles away).
Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 28, 2025
2. War Memorial
Memorial is on the right side of the brick wall.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 2, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
