McPherson in Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial

and All Veterans' Memorial Walkway

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 2, 2009

1. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial

Inscription.
Welcome to the
Ohio Korean War Memorial
and All Veterans' Memorial Walkway

During the 120th General Assembly regular
session 1993-1994, both houses of the
State of Ohio Legislature unanimously
voted Dayton as the official site
of the Ohio Korean War Memorial.
This memorial site was dedicated by
Lieutenant Governor Michael Dewine on
July 19, 1993

As you enter the 475-foot-long All Veterans'
Memorial Walkway leading to the Ohio Korean War
Memorial, you will notice gray and black granite
tiles on the right-hand side. The gray tiles
list alphabetically by state the names of the
8182 Missing in Action from the Korean War.
This list is the same as that located in the
Punch Bowl Crater National Cemetery in Hawaii.
This is the only memorial within the continental
United States which lists the names of these MIA's.
The black tiles chronologically explain the 10
major campaigns and other significant events of
the Korean War from the first action on June 25, 1950
through the signing of the cease-fire armistice
on July 27, 1953.

On the left-hand side of the walkway are engraved
bricks purchased by individuals

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and organizations
to honor veterans who have proudly served their
country from the time of the Revolutionary War
through Desert Storm. The bricks near the end of the
right-hand side of the walkway recognize Medal of
Honor Recipients and Prisoners of War.
This memorial was dedicated September 9, 1995

As you enter this area of
the memorial to your right
the gray granite tablets lists
alphabetically by county
the 3625 Ohioans killed as
a result of the Korean War
Dedicated September 9, 1995

This memorial and all veterans memorial
walkway is dedicated to all who
served in the military during
the Korean War
especially those who made
the supreme sacrifice and
those missing in action.

This is a place for their
family and friends to
come and know their loved ones
are not forgotten

All Veterans Memorial Walkway
On your right - the names on gray
granite tiles are the MIA's from the
Korean War listed alphabetically by state.
The black granite tiles list the 10
major campaigns of the Korean War

On your left - are bricks purchased
in memory of someone or those listed
who supported the efforts of
this memorial.

The

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gray granite tiles list major
monetary and in kind contributors
to this project.

Donated by
UAW Local 696 Dayton, Ohio
The heroic, selfless and invaluable contribution of the Army nurses to the
eminent success of the Army Medical Service throughout the Korean Conflict
is beyond the power of words to extol. Certainly, you have enhanced in the
highest degree the esteemed record of the glorious and galant [sic] Army Nurses Corps.
General Matthew B. Ridgway

Little has been written about the women's role during the Korean War, but much is remembered about those angels in O.D. [olive drab] whose hospitals were tents called MASH units, often in sound of gunfire, and in direct threat of loss of life. During the Korean War over 2000 women saw duty. These nurses are credited in helping bring the ratio of wounded to deaths to the lowest factor of any American war to that point. We choose to honor those brave and galant [sic] women by sharing a few quotes of two individuals who experienced first hand their valor.
With Army nurses somewhere in Korea - 1951 This is the story of the Army nurses, a small group of women so devoted and so

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humble in their service here to the wounded fighting men of all countries that they seem a species apart from ordinary people. I have met these girls in forward mobile and field hospitals, watched them at work, and billeted with them for days at a time through their light and heavy loads of the wounded. Often in their Army slacks and olive drab sweaters pulled over rough shirts, they don't even look like women but field soldiers. Yet they are women in the richest and most merciful sense - women who sometimes show stress at the demands of their skill, endurance and courage who react with human, though controlled, emotions to terrible sights and conditions - but never quit. No praise can be too extravagant for the great physical and psychological contributions that they are making for not only do they know how to handle the complicated medical equipment and processes, the anesthetics, the splints, the blood that will heal and save what the guns and machinery have sought to destroy, they also understand above all - because they have brothers and fathers and sweethearts - how to talk to the wounded in spirit, to ease their mental shock,

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Listing image. Click for full size.

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to free their minds. Gertrude Samuels

Erected 1995 by State of Ohio, Veteran Organizations, Grateful Citizens and Others.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 39° 46.048′ N, 84° 11.391′ W. Memorial is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in McPherson. It is at the intersection of Riverside Drive and the north bank of the Great Miami River, on the right when traveling north on Riverside Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 130 Riverside Drive, Dayton OH 45405, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Miami Valley.

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At

All Veterans' Memorial Walkway image. Click for full size.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colonel Edward Deeds (approx. 0.2 miles away); Huffman Prairie (approx. 0.2 miles away); J. Bradford Tillson (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Solution: Wing Warping (approx. 0.2 miles away); McCook Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wright-Patterson AFB (approx. 0.2 miles away); John Glenn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sir George Cayley (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dayton.

Also see . . .
1. Ohio Korean War Memorial. (Submitted on April 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. National Korean War Memorial. (Submitted on April 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Korean War Veterans Association. (Submitted on April 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
4. Wikipedia entry for the Korean War. (Submitted on April 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Additional commentary.
1. Names
I would love to be able to find out the names that are engraved on the War Memorial. I am working on a project with the Historical Society of Gallia County,

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Nurses image. Click for full size.

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in identifing those who were KIA or MIA. It would be great if there were a list of the names that are on the memorial.

Editor's Note for future viewers of this page: If you have a readable picture or transcription of the names on the Honor Roll, please consider posting them on this marker page for future research projects such as this one from the Historical Society of Gallia County. Thank you.

— Submitted July 14, 2010, by Cheryl Enyart of Gallipolis, Ohio.

2. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll
Is is possible to zoom in on the Memorial Honor Roll wall to identify your loved one's name? Your response is greatly appreciated. I am honored to have my loved one's name listed on the Memorial.

Editor's Note: We regret these pictures aren't readable. We have an Editor's Want listing on this page for readable pictures. Now that you've posted here, you will get an email whenever this page is updated. Hopefully soon someone will upload new pictures.

— Submitted October 23, 2011, by Tammy Jean Cardwell of Gallipolis, Ohio.

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Entrance image. Click for full size.

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State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Statue image. Click for full size.

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8. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Statue

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State of Ohio Korean War Memorial - Korea image. Click for full size.

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10. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial - Korea

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial - Ohio image. Click for full size.

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State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.

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12. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll

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13. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll

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14. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll

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15. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll

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16. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll

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17. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Honor Roll

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Chronology image. Click for full size.

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UN Defensive - 27 June to 15 September 1950

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UN Offensive - 16 September to 2 November 1950

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CCF [Communist Chinese Forces] Intervention - 3 November 1950 - 24 January 1951

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21. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Chronology

First UN Counteroffensive - 25 January to 21 April 1951

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22. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Chronology

CCF Spring Offensive - 22 April to 8 July 1951

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UN Summer-Fall Offensive - 9 July to 27 November 1951

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Second Korean Winter - 28 November 1951 to 30 April 1952

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Korea Summer-Fall 1952 - 1 May to 30 November 1952

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Third Korean Winter - 1 December 1952 to 30 April 1953

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Korea Summer 1953 - 1 May to 27 July 1953

Part of All Veterans' Walkway image. Click for full size.

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State of Ohio Korean War Memorial in background.

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Medal of Honor Section

Ohio Korean War Memorial Unsung Heroes image. Click for full size.

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30. Ohio Korean War Memorial Unsung Heroes

Salute to the Unsung Heroes of the
Korean War who did not return
USS Essex (CV-9) Task Force 77 US Navy
Air Group 5 - 7,840 combat sorties
August 1951 through March 1952
Our air group and ship's company-many of whom
were WWII veteran reservists-proudly answered the
call to duty in Korea-performed with honor-
returned without fanfare or recognition
yet we were the lucky ones; twenty of us
did not return
We Gave Some-They Gave All
Marvin L. Billow ATA2

State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Chosin Few image. Click for full size.

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31. State of Ohio Korean War Memorial Chosin Few

Chosin Reservoir Battle
North Korea, November-December 1950
Creed
Whatever we were in the frozen long ago
and whatever we are now we are bound
as one for life in an exclusive
fraternity of honor
The only way of joining our ranks is to
have paid the dues of duty sacrifice
and valor by being there
The cost of joining, in short,
is beyond all earthly wealth.
Ohio Chapter

Ohio Korean War Memorial Combat Veterans image. Click for full size.

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32. Ohio Korean War Memorial Combat Veterans

In honor of
Korean War Combat Veterans

Baker Company
15th Regimental Combat Team
3rd Infantry Division

United States Army
1950 - 1953

Ohio Korean War Memorial - Jack L. Perry image. Click for full size.

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33. Ohio Korean War Memorial - Jack L. Perry

To honor
Jack L. Perry
Youngest POW Korean War
Combat at age 15
Captured at age 16
POW 28 months

Ohio Korean War Memorial Women image. Click for full size.

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34. Ohio Korean War Memorial Women

Dedicated to all women
who served their country

Ohio Korean War Memorial Overseas Women image. Click for full size.

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35. Ohio Korean War Memorial Overseas Women

Dedicated to all women
who have served their country overseas.
Womens Overseas Service League

Ohio Korean War Memorial Ridgway Bench image. Click for full size.

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36. Ohio Korean War Memorial Ridgway Bench

Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
Commander U.S. Eighth Army Korea 1950
Supreme Commander U.N. Forces Asia 1951
Supreme Commander Europe 1952
Chief of Staff U.S. Army 1953
M.B. Ridgway Chapter 82nd Abn Div Assoc

Ohio Korean War Memorial Sherman Bench image. Click for full size.

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37. Ohio Korean War Memorial Sherman Bench

In memory of
Dr. Harvey A. Sherman
Lt. U.S. Navy
USS Philippine Sea - 47+9
Korea 1951-1953
From wife Betty, son Richard

Ohio Korean War Memorial Purple Heart Bench image. Click for full size.

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38. Ohio Korean War Memorial Purple Heart Bench

Military Order of the Purple Heart
Dept of Ohio

Ohio Korean War Memorial DAV Bench image. Click for full size.

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39. Ohio Korean War Memorial DAV Bench

Department of Ohio
Disabled American Veterans

Ohio Korean War Memorial AMVETS Bench image. Click for full size.

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40. Ohio Korean War Memorial AMVETS Bench

Donated by AMVETS Post 33
Dayton, Ohio 1995

Ohio Korean War Memorial VFW Bench image. Click for full size.

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41. Ohio Korean War Memorial VFW Bench

David L. Sabec Memorial VFW Post 9582
1994 Vandalia, Ohio 1995
All Gave Some - Some Gave All

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42. Ohio Korean War Memorial VFW Bench

Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kettering Memorial Post 9927
Proud to be an American
Veterans of All Wars

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43. Ohio Korean War Memorial VFW Bench

1995 Donated by
Members and Auxiliary of
VFW Post 9936

Ohio Korean War Memorial Goldberg Family Bench image. Click for full size.

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44. Ohio Korean War Memorial Goldberg Family Bench

Four generations of service to America
Samuel, Sadler First Class, Army AEF Europe WWI
Harold, MM3, USN Pacific WWII
Dr. Morris W, SSgt, 7AF Pacific WWII
A B (Benny), SSgt, Gunner B-24, 13AF Pacific WWII
Jack, YN2, USN Pacific WWII, Aleutians, Korea
David W, BT3, USN Atlantic, Cuban Crisis
Randy L, EW2, USN Persian Gulf
Robert D Jay, FN, USN Persian Gulf
Bryan D Jacobs, SrA, USAF Desert Storm

Gallia County Korean War Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darryl Smith

45. Gallia County Korean War Dead

As requested...I took a trip to see this memorial (which if you are in Dayton you should take a few minutes to do as it is impressive) and snapped this pic of the Gallia County dead.

Ohio Korean War Memorial Board & Planning Members image. Click for full size.

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46. Ohio Korean War Memorial Board & Planning Members

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,966 times since then and 89 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. submitted on June 23, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. submitted on April 9, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 45. submitted on May 11, 2015, by Darryl R Smith of Cincinnati, Ohio. 46. submitted on April 9, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.