Buffalo in Dallas County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm

Dallas County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 24, 2025

1. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Marker

Inscription. In honor of
the men and women who
served our country in
Operation Desert Shield
and
Desert Storm
1990 — 1991
from Dallas County
Ahart, Mac • Barker, Craig • Bradley, Terry • Brown, Arthur • Carpenter, Chad • Cooksey, Randy • Cowden, Kevin • Crisman, Mark • Downing, Sheillia • Durington, Dan • Erickson, Dale Jr. • Finley, Sandi • Gamble, J.C. • Gann, Brian • Gray, Timothy • Hill, Howard • Hill, Zachary • Lambeth, Jonna • Howe, Michael • Hughes, Garnett • Jackson, Lester • Johnson, Roger • Kampe, Jeff • Kirk, Kevin • La Rose, Kevin • Mallard, Steve • McMillian, Lisa • Nelson, Chad • Peterson, Mark • Pilkington, Michael • Ragsdale, Travis • Sharp, Terri • Thiesen, Michael • Trevino, Joe • Tucker, Arthur • Carl Davis

[east/back side]
That I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you, and defend her still today.
’Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land, God bless the U. S. A.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq.

Location. 37° 38.626′ N,

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93° 5.532′ W. Memorial is in Buffalo, Missouri, in Dallas County. It is at the intersection of South Maple Street and East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South Maple Street. The memorial is beside the sidewalk, near the northwest corner of the Dallas County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 107 South Maple Street, Buffalo MO 65622, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Missouri and in Greater Springfield.

It is also 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 4 other markers are within 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Dallas County (within shouting distance of this marker); Beckner Building (within shouting distance

Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Marker (<i>east/back side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 24, 2025

2. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Marker (east/back side)

of this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 16.1 miles away).

Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 24, 2025

3. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial

Looking east from South Maple Street. The marker is beside the Dallas County Courthouse.

Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial Base image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 24, 2025

4. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial Base

Revolutionary War • 1775-1783
War of 1812 • 1812-1815
Civil War • 1861-1865
Spanish-American War • 1898
World War I • 1917-1918
World War II • 1941-1946
Korean War • 1950-1953
Vietnam • 1964-1973

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 24, 2025

5. Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Memorial

The northwest corner of the Dallas County Courthouse is in the background.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 11, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 12, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.