Pleasant Township near Van Wert in Van Wert County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Company D, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 5, 2008
1. Company D, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument
Co. D - 2nd Ohio
Volunteer Infantry
United
Spanish War
Veterans
1898-1899
Erected by United Spanish War Veterans.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Spanish-American.
Location. 40° 52.169′ N, 84° 36.793′ W. Monument is near Van Wert, Ohio, in Van Wert County. It is in Pleasant Township. It is on Woodland Avenue (Road 134) west of John Brown Road (County Road 83), on the left when traveling west. The monument stands in Woodland Cemetery about one quarter mile from entrance. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 9188 John Brown Rd, Van Wert OH 45891, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Ohio’s Till Plains. 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 least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Woodlawn Union Cemetery Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ohio Department of Natural Resources 75th Anniversary (approx. 0.4 miles away); This Flag (approx. 1.2 miles away); Operation Desert Storm Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ohio National Guard (approx. 1.2 miles away); Van Wert County Wourld War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); First County Library in the United States (approx. 1½ miles
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Photographed by Craig Doda, January 22, 2022
2. Company D, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument Reverse
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 22, 2022
3. Company D, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 22, 2022
4. Company D, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument Detail
These additional medallions are on the ground in front of the flagpole.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,450 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on April 18, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1. submitted on October 13, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 24, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
