Ava in Douglas County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Douglas County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 26, 2025

1. Douglas County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
[center panel]Dedicated to those who have served
Veterans of All Wars

Erected May 30 1964
Dedicated Nov 11 1996

Erected by the people of Douglas County
Sponsored by
Ava Garden Club
&
American Legion Post 112
[left panel]In Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives from Douglas County, Missouri
World War I
U.S. ArmyJack Alsup • Monroe W. Collins • Lewis W. Heatherly • Virgil M. McMurtrey • Roy W. Tooley • Ephram Davis • Charlie Ball • James M. Brown • Willie Cornett • Zeek Hurst • John A. Moore • William O. Woodford • Earl Foster • Frank Ball • Delbert Burk • Curtis K. Denny • Willie Leroy • Burl Phillips • William E. Kester • Floyd Breckner • Claude F. Wallace • James C. Chadwell • Edgar L. Elliott • Sherman E. Jennings • Lester R. Sutherland • Willie Freeman • Darrell Phillips • John F. Wallace

U.S. Navy
Otho Hopenwell

World War II
U.S. ArmyJames E. Aday • Sammy C. Cantrell • Dan Cunningham • John L. Freeman • Fred L. Lathrop • Bob L. Pettit • Lowell I. Quick • Cletis Applegate • John B. Clayton • Clarence E. Dobbs • Everett A. Hampton • Richard W. McDonald • Charles O. Pamperien • Jimmie H. Rhynes • Frank Pigg • Alva A. Cook • George F.

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Gettys • Lawrence V. Huffman • Jack B. McVay • Gene R. Phillips • Harley L. Stubbs • Billie Barlett • Ova C. Cook • John F. Gott • Clifford E. Hutchison • Otis W. Nall • Lawrence E. Privett • Gene A. Wheeler

American Legion Post #112 and V.F.W Post #5993 — 1995

[right panel]In Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives from Douglas County, Missouri
World War II
U.S. ArmyEarl E. Williams • Fred Harris • Herbert M. Evans • Virgil W. Wilson • Frank Cudworth • Earl N. McIntosh • Merle Melton • Cecil Huffman • Ferdinand Gauer
U.S. NavyForrest O. McHolland • Lowell R. Turner • Calvin F. Huff • Leonard Rowe • Jack Breedlove
U.S.M.C
Glen V. Brown

Korean WarEarnest P. Bartlett • Herbert L. Gideon • Walter Ross Coble • Fred M. Ellis • James Willard Page • Charles L. Wilson

Vietnam WarGeorge Lakey • Lester C. McGinnis • Charles Ray Rich • Henry R. Longston • Dale L. Posey

American Legion Post #112 and V.F.W Post #5993 — 1995

Erected 1964 by People of Douglas County, Ava Garden Club, and American Legion Post 112.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 36° 57.902′ N,

Douglas County Veterans Memorial (<i>left panel</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 26, 2025

2. Douglas County Veterans Memorial (left panel)

92° 39.566′ W. Memorial is in Ava, Missouri, in Douglas County. It is on North Jefferson Street (County Road 201) just north of East Ozark Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is on the west side of Ava Cemetery, just inside the cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Ava MO 65608, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Douglas County (approx. 0.9 miles away); Carl "Sub" Mays (approx. 10.7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 10.7 miles away); Laura Ingalls Wilder (approx. 10.7 miles away); Rocky Ridge Farm (approx. 10.7 miles away); Wilder's Pecan Tree (approx. 10.7 miles away); The Wilder Home / The Little House Books Began Here

Douglas County Veterans Memorial (<i>right panel</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 26, 2025

3. Douglas County Veterans Memorial (right panel)

(approx. 10.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 11 miles away).

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 26, 2025

4. Douglas County Veterans Memorial

Ava Cemetery Gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 26, 2025

5. Ava Cemetery Gate

The memorial is just inside the cemetery entrance.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 10, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.