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.
Douglas County Veterans Memorial. . [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. Army. Jack 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. Army. James 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. 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. Army. Earl E. Williams . Fred Harris . Herbert M. Evans . Virgil W. Wilson . Frank Cudworth . Earl N. McIntosh . Merle Melton . Cecil Huffman . Ferdinand Gauer
U.S. Navy. Forrest O. McHolland . Lowell R. Turner . Calvin F. Huff . Leonard Rowe . Jack Breedlove
U.S.M.C Glen V. Brown, Korean War. Earnest P. Bartlett . Herbert L. Gideon . Walter Ross Coble . Fred M. Ellis . James Willard Page . Charles L. Wilson,
Vietnam War. George Lakey . Lester C. McGinnis . Charles Ray Rich . Henry R. Longston . Dale L. Posey, American Legion Post #112 and V.F.W Post #5993 , 1995
[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. Army
Jack 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. Army
James 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. Army
Earl E. Williams Fred Harris Herbert M. Evans Virgil W. Wilson Frank Cudworth Earl N. McIntosh Merle Melton Cecil Huffman Ferdinand Gauer
U.S. Navy
Forrest O. McHolland Lowell R. Turner Calvin F. Huff Leonard Rowe Jack Breedlove
U.S.M.C Glen V. Brown
Korean War
Earnest P. Bartlett Herbert L. Gideon Walter Ross Coble Fred M. Ellis James Willard Page Charles L. Wilson
Vietnam War
George 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.
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.
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
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 8 times since then. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 10, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
