Jacksonville in Morgan County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial

You Are Not Forgotten

— United States Armed Forces —

Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

1. Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial

Inscription.

Eagle Scout Project of Dan Selway
Boy Scout Troop 107
Jacksonville, IL
Fall 2002

Erected 2002 by Dan Selway and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 39° 42.433′ N, 90° 13.024′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Illinois, in Morgan County. It is on Holkenbrink Drive, on the left when traveling south. Monument is in Nichols Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Jacksonville IL 62650, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Morgan County Chapter Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (within shouting distance of this marker); Morgan County Vietnam Memorial

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(within shouting distance of this marker); First Illinois State Hospital for the Insane (approx. 1.1 miles away); Big Eli Wheel No. 17 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Stephen Arnold Douglas (approx. 1.3 miles away); C.D. (Pat) Kenny (approx. 1.6 miles away); Jacksonville Bandstand (approx. 1.6 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

2. Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

3. Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial

Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 25, 2026

4. Morgan County POW ★ MIA Memorial Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 37 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 26, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.