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Marion County War Memorial

 
 
Marion County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 17, 2025
1. Marion County War Memorial
Inscription.
(Panel 1):
In Memory of Robert Dale Dalton US Army Korean War 52-54 • In Memory of Alva Clifford Groves US Army Korean War 50-51 • In Memory of John Romano US Navy/USAF Korean War, Vietnam • In Memory of Cpl. Robert Debalski USMC Korea Era • In Memory of Robert W. Bom Bom US Army Korean War • In Memory of George Denver Carr US Army Korea (MIA) • In Honor of Mark J. Rankin US Navy Seabees 1974-75 • In Honor of David R. Ramage Sr. US Army 1952 • In Honor of Edward M. Nickolich US Army WW II • In Honor of Johnie Galen Warner Cpl 1951-1952 • In Memory of Aubrey Moore Jr. US Army Korean 1948-1952 • In Memory of SFC Joseph R. Manzo Army Co E 8th Cav. Regt Korean War • In Memory of Jack D. McGinnis US Army Korea • In Honor of FSG Richard A Fortney Army Desert Storm; Iraqi Freedom • In Honor of David Kyer US Air Force Desert Storm 87'-95' • In Memory of Carl W. Pearl US Army Korea • In Honor of Danny E Greene US Marines Vietnam • In Honor of C. Rick Hardman US Navy Vietnam • In Honor of Porter J Southern US Army Vietnam 1968-1971 • In Honor of Lyle T. Dallison USAF Vietnam
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• In Honor of Oscar Hamilton Gillespie USAF Vietnam • In Honor of Paul Edward Hunt National Guards • In Honor of Russel Delake US Army World War II • In Honor of Susan R. Walls Army National Guard 1983-89 • In Memory of W. Randall Leggett US Navy World War II • In Memory of Donald Earl Powell Jr Army Vietnam • In Honor of Jeffrey A Greene Navy Vietnam • In Memory of SP5 Lioyd E (Buddy) Greene Jr Army KIA Vietnam • In Memory of Dorsey C Beard PFC US Army WWII • In Memory of TEC 4 Dominick Oliverio Army World War II Dec 7 1944-Aug 19 1946


(Panel 2):
In Honor of Jimmy M. Fluharty US Army Korean War 53 • In Honor of Charles Melvin Bunner US Army Korea 08/09/1954-09/01/1974 • In Honor of Robert M. Lashley US Army 24th Infantry Korean • In Honor of Billie Frank Muto Army Korean War • In Honor of Cpl Edgar Earl Heiskell Army National Guard Korean War 50-52 • In Honor of Lewis R. Daft US Army Korean War • In Memory of Kenneth Earl Vincent US Marine Corps Korean War • In Honor of John Patrick Pvt E2 US Army Korean War • In Memory of Danny J Meo Sgt First Class Army Korea • In Honor
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2. Marion County War Memorial
(Panel 1)
of George H. Goff BT2 US Navy Korean War • In Honor of Harry CJ Hall US Army Korean War • In Memory of Howard Hayes Navy Korean • In Memory of Sgt Robert L Jackson US Army 35th Infantry Div Korea 1952-53 • In Honor of O.W. (Bud) Tennant US Army Korean War 49-52 • In Honor of George W. Hall US Army, Medical Corp Korean War July 1951 • In Honor of Paul Theodore Hall 8th Army, ORD AMMO 858 Korean War • In Memory of Victor Ray Carter Pvt Army Korea 1950 • In Memory of Billy J. Jones US Army Korean War • In Memory of Elzie Jack Cottrill US Army Korean War 53-54 • In Memory of Harold E. Warnick Army Retired Korean & Vietnam • In Memory of Cpl Norman D Stanley US Army Korean 1951-53 • In Memory of Sgt James R Phillips Army Japan & Korea 1949-1953 • In Memory of Billy J. Jones US Army Korean War • In Memory of PFC Carl Lee Carter Army Korean 51 • In Memory of William C. Price Sr. Air Force - Korean War 1952-1956 • In Memory of Harold E. Warnick US Army Korean & Vietnam War • In Honor of Patsy F. Thobois US Navy Korean War • In Honor of John Prunty, Jr. US Army Korean War 51-52 • In Honor
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3. Marion County War Memorial
(Panel 2)
of Troy L. Snyder, Sr. US Army Korean War 53-54 • In Memory of James E. Bragg US Army Korea


(Panel 3):
In Memory of PFC Edwin C Martin US Army Korean 53-55 • In Honor of James H Furbee USAF Korean • In Honor of Eugene Hardman Army 45 Div Korea • In Honor of Donald R. Maxwell US Army Korean War 54-56 • In Honor of Donald Dobbins US Navy World War II 48-52 • In Honor of William C Watson USAF Korean • In Honor of Sgt Robert Lee Mullins Army ORD Korean • In Honor of Hartis Gene Mcintire US Army Korea • In Memory of Corporal Martin T. Allan Jr. US Army Korean War • In Honor of James Rogers US Air Force Jan 1950-1954 Korea • In Memory of Marvin Davis USAF Korean War 22 Jan. 54 SSgt • In Memory of Jack D. Rankin US Army Korea War 50-52 • In Memory of Sr Chief Fire Control Tech. William J Moran Sr Navy 6/45-9/66 WWII - Korea • In Memory of John W. Moran US Army Vietnam Era (Korean) • In Honor of Kenneth H Huffman Sr Marine Corp Korea War • In Honor of Robert M. Lashley US Army 24th Infantry Korean War • In Memory of Albert J. Pellillo US Army Korean • In Honor of Chance W.T. Moore US
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4. Marion County War Memorial
(Panel 3)
Army 2000-2007 Operation Iraqi Freedom • In Honor of Donald R. Luketic US Army Engineers Korean War 53-55 • In Honor of Stanley B Tennant US Army Korea • In Honor of Sgt Edward Thompson US Air Force 1945-1948 • In Honor of Lee Jacob Evertt Moore US Army 2002-2008 Operation Iraqi Freedom • In Honor of Jonathan S Carter Sgt Army 2003-04 Iraq • In Honor of Sgt Marisa K Hess 372 MP Unit US Army Iraq • In Memory of Roger (Buck) Bish Navy USS Forrestal Korean War 52-56 • In Honor of Gary M. Cox USAF-Sgt 1961-66 • In Honor of Frederick R. Davis USAF 23 Jan. 75-22 Jan. 79 • In Memory of Howard William Long USAF African Campaign-Corsica-Italy • In Honor of John A Urso US Air Force A1C Jan 2 1962-Jan 3 1966 • In Honor of Robert L. Kozul US Army 11th Airborne Korean War 51-53


(Panel 4):
In Honor of Carl E. Vandetta US Navy YNT3 Korea 1951-1959 • In Honor of Staff/Sgt Kenneth R Waddell US Marine Corp Korean • In Honor of Cpl, Adolph F. Prangl US Army Korean War 50-52 • In Honor of Albert J. Romain USAF Korean War 51-52 • In Memory of Sgt. William Conner US Army - 24th Infantry Korea • In Honor
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 17, 2025
5. Marion County War Memorial
(Panel 4)
of David A. Hansen US Army Korean War 52-54 • In Honor of Patricia Tennant USAF Korean War 52-55 • In Honor of Charles Dale Gillespie US Army Korea - Vietnam • In Honor of Sgt. Donald Neptune US Army-Arty Korean War 51-53 • In Memory of Delmas C. Brown US Army - Vietnam 1967-1968 • In Honor of Sgt. Rudy E. Banick US Army Korean War 53-54 • In Honor of Donley Kennedy US Army Korean War 51-52 • In Honor of Jack Bish USMC Korean War 52-54 • In Honor of Mike Strum US Army Korean War 50-51 • In Memory of Ronald Lejeune US Army Vietnam • In Honor of Donald R. Trimble USAF Korean War 53-54 • In Honor of William George Meighan US Air Force Korean War & Vietnam War • In Honor of Dennis Ray Jackson US Army - Sgt Korea 79-80 • In Honor of Cpl Ronald Ervin Boyce USMC-1967-1973 Vietnam-1969-1970 • In Honor of George F. Church U.S. Army Vietnam • In Honor of Orval "Bud" Satterfield US Army Korean War 50-51 • In Honor of Frank Pulice, Jr US Army Korean • In Honor of Paul E. Oliver US Army Korea War 59-60 • In Honor of Ronald Ray Freeland US Army E4 Specialist • In Honor of E-4 George Johnston
Marion County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 17, 2025
6. Marion County War Memorial
(Panel 5)
USMC 1966-88 • In Honor of Kenneth F. Goodin, Sr. US Navy Korean 96-97 • In Honor of Loren Jackson US Army Korean War 52-54 • In Honor of William Robert Layman Army Korean • In Honor of Robert Bartus Army-Staff Sergeant Stateside • In Honor of Clifton E. Tennant, Sr. US Navy 1954-57


(Panel 5):
In Honor of Sgt E5 John Edward Starn US Army Vietnam 66-68 • In Honor of Robert E. Thompson US Army Sgt 1957-64 • In Honor of Harold S. Duvall USAF World War II 42 - 48 • In Memory of Carl Nestor, Jr. US Army World War II 46-48 • In Honor of Charles William Satterfield US Navy World War II • In Honor of Marisa K. Hess US Army 2006-2012 • In Honor of Delbert "Butch" Phillips US Army Vietnam 66-69 • In Memory of William A Carter Pvt Army World War I • In Memory of Frank G. Rankin US Army World War I 17-19 • In Memory of U.N. (Buzzy) Tennant US Navy World War I 1918 • In Honor of Arthur Burton Gillespie Navy • In Memory of Billy "One Time" Gillespie US Navy • Thomas Slatt • In Memory of Oscar O. Carpenter US Army Sgt WWII • In Memory of Robert Isaac Hunt, Sr. US Army World War II • In
Marion County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 17, 2025
7. Marion County War Memorial
(Panel 6)
Honor of John W. Metcalfe Army SP-4 1958-1960 Stationed Italy • In Honor of James R. Alfred USMC 1953-55 • PFC Michael Resetar US Army 1951-53 1952 • In Honor of Eric C. Brown USMC. Gulf War & Desert Storm 1990-1991 • In Memory of Sgt William Lipscomb US Army World War II 43-46 • In Honor of Elwood Toll USAF Korean War 51-58 • In Memory of Troy S. Bailey US Army Air Corps World War II 42-45 • In Honor of Richard Monroe Knotts Marines Korean War 1949-1951 • In Memory of Charles Dole Hunt US Navy World War II • In Honor of Columbus "Bud" Carpenter Army Korea 1953-1955 • In Honor of Linda S Bongiorno USAF and USAF Reserves 14-Feb-1974 17-Mar-2004 • In Honor of David Blair Tennant USAF 1960-64 • In Honor of Wade Clinton Skaggs US Air Force Korea • In Honor of Robert E. Nickolich US Army Korean War • In Honor of Sgt. Edward E Debalski USMC Korea Chosen Few


(Panel 6):
In Honor of Harold S. Duvall USAF World War II 42 - 46 • In Honor of SI/C Jack Neptune US Navy World War II 1944-1946 • In Memory of Lioyd E (Bud) Greene Sr US Army Ww II • In Honor of Herbert H Howenstein US Army Korean
Marion County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 17, 2025
8. Marion County War Memorial
1950-1951 • In Honor of Wayne R. Cunningham, Jr. US Army Korean War 52-53 • In Memory of James L Cross PFC Co B 314 Medical BN WWII • In Honor of Roy H. Fisher US Navy World War II • In Memory of Paul "Dusty" Brown Infantry 201st, Alaska 81st Italy World War II • In Memory of Russell L. Hall US Army Infantry Korean (KIA March 1953) • In Honor of James Paul Wood US Army Korean War 51-52 • In Honor of William Benton Hammond US Army Korea War 52-54 • In Honor of Charles M. Bunner US Army Korea and Vietnam • In Memory of Clarence L Thompson Sr Army Korea • In Memory of Harry P. "Huck" Jones USAF Korean War 51-53 • In Honor of James L. Gaskill US Army Korean War 51-52 • In Honor of Alden J. Bennett, Sr. US Army Korean War 52-55 • In Honor of Cpl. James O. Floyd, Sr. US Army Korean War 51-53 • In Honor of Donald Ray Hayhurst US Navy Korean War 54-58 • In Honor of CPL Richard M. Knotts USMC Korean War 49-50 • In Honor of Sam Secreto, Jr. SN US Navy Korean War I 53-54 • In Honor of Thomas Keener US Navy Korean War 52-55 • In Memory of James R. Humphrey US Army Korea War 51-52 • In Honor
Marion County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, September 17, 2025
9. Marion County War Memorial
of Thomas F Martin US Marine Corps Korean 1951-52 • In Memory of James J. Arcure US Army World War II • In Memory of Charles M. Shrader US Army World War I 17-19 • In Memory of Seaman 1st Class Ronald O Davis US Navy Korean • In Memory of Ralph Sypolt US Army Korean War 50-52 • In Memory of PFC Alex Slaman USMC 1951-1953 Korean • In Memory of Raymond Paul Jones Army Korean • In Memory of Harry D. Meighen US Army WWII 1941-1945

Ernie VanGilder, President • Linda Longstreth, Commissioner • Bobby DeVaul, Commissioner • Kris Cinalli, County Administrator

 
Erected 2025 by Marion County Commission.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 28.152′ N, 80° 7.88′ W. Memorial is in Fairmont, West Virginia, in Marion County. It is at the intersection of State Street (County Route 64/13) and Song Bird Lane, on the right when traveling south on State Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1150 State Street, Fairmont WV 26554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is
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in North Central West Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Owen (Mac) McCafferty (about 400 feet away); Somehow (about 400 feet away); "Huey 109" (about 500 feet away); "The Purple Heart" (about 500 feet away); Gold Star Mothers (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairmont.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 10, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 90 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on January 11, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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