Lancaster in Fairfield County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
American Legion Post No. 11 Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 13, 2026
1. American Legion Post No. 11 Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
American Legion Post No. 11 Veterans Memorial. . , Lindy Lyendecker US Army world war two 1941 - 1945 . In memory of William H Wachter Sius Navy - World War II . Robert J Cunningham Army Eto World War Two . Albert E Baltz USAF Retired Korea Vietnam . In memory of Ralph W Elick world war two US Army 1924 - 1986 . Robert Piper USMC 1939 - 1945 Bataan Corregidor . Daniel L Mason US Marines Ret Vietnam - 3 . John A Jack Ortman - Navy world war two 1943 - 1947 . John C Ortman Army Vietnam 1968 - 1971 . Walter T Eitel Army world war two Philippines . Clem Breining Past Cdr 1963 Army Air Force world war two . In memory of Claude K Wolfe Army world war two . Brent Lowell Gothard Army Fort Lewis 2001 - 04 . Arthur Lowell Hite Navy USS Hodges 3-12-45 - 7-16-46 . Robert U Scardina Army Air Corp Staff Sgt world war two . S E Tiedthe USMC Active 2016 . Harold Deible US Army Pfc world war two 1942 - 1945 . Robert Deible Sfc US Navy world war two 1943 - 1946 . Sgt Michael E Deible US Air Force 1970 - 1974 . Pfc Jake Spann Usmc Iraq 06 Feb 2006 . In memory of Sgt Joseph F Boch USAF KIA Dec 9 1944 . In memory of Robert M Baus 1922 - 2004 . Lloyd K Hilliard Special Articifer D2/C 1942 - 1946 . Fairfield Unit #11 American Legion Auxiliary 2006 . Paul and Edna Dunphy US Army world war two Ltc Lancaster Ohio 43130 . Bud Graf US Army 1951 - 1953 . Dick Ellwood Lt US Navy Korea . Mary C Sullivan Navy Nurse Corp Vietnam 1963 - 1967 . Tom and Annie Zink US Army 1971 - 1973 . Norman Price US Navy Vietnam . Harold E Blank 629 Tank Bl 3rd Army world war two . Robert E Wagner Army 1949 - 1953 USAF 1954 - 1977 . John L. Brown Korean War Army 1951 - 53 . Sfc Richard Beck U.S. Army Retired . Pfc Jean Freeland U.S. Army Air Corps world war two . 1Lt John Freeland U.S. Air Force 1977-1985 . Phil Freeland world war two 78 Th Infantry Div. Past Cmdr Post 20 . Tom and Annie Zink US Army 1971 - 1973 . 121st Tac Ftr Wng Ohio Ang Duty Honor Country . Rick Krueger US Army Jan 70 - Dec 71 . In memory of Donald M Miller US Army world war two . In memory of Frederick E Hooker US Army world war two . Mike Monk Miller US Army 1969 - 1971 . Paul and Edna Dunphy US Army world war two Ltc Lancaster Ohio 43130 . Norman Price US Navy Vietnam . Ernest Russell Meyers US Marines world war two 1891 - 1958 . James E Bowes world war two . Bud Graf US Army 1951 - 1953 . Harold E Blank 629 Tank Bl 3rd Army world war two . Gerald Keeney Army world war two . Carey Howdyshell Sp4 US Army Germany 1965 - 67 . Michael D Smith "Hotdog" US Army . Dick Ellwood Lt US Navy Korea . Gy Sgt USMC Rick Grimm II Dif And Def . James Papritan Jr Lhs64 Osu-Ag Ed Usa4 Qmc USAR24 . Sgt James R Hite US Air Force Vietnam 67 - 68 . Charles R Ball US Navy world war two . John B Smith Sr US Marines Vietnam 67 - 68 . Carl M Kelly USN - USCG - USAF Retired . Brent A Kelly 82nd Spec Onps 1sg Army Retired . Franklin Keels Jr Sp4 Army 23rd Mp Co 23rd Id Vietnam . Ross K McGee US Army world war two . Ronald Campbell Air Force Korea . Robert E Wagner Army 1949 - 1953 USAF 1954 - 1977 . Sp4 Patrick L Keels Jan 72 - Jan 75 9th Infantry . Thomas E Smith US Air Force Vietnam . Robert W McGee US Army world war two . Wilbur R Primmer Army world war two 1941 - 1945 POW 27 Months . John L. Brown Korean War Army 1951 - 53 . Clif and Mary Joslin Lancaster Ohio For Those Who Served . Sfc Richard Beck U.S. Army Retired . Ray Grein US Navy July 1943 . Ltc (Ret) Bob Snide USAR 1968 - 1998 . Mary C Sullivan Navy-Nurse Corp Vietnam 1963 - 1967 . Pfc Jean Freeland U.S. Army Air Corps world war two . 1Lt John Freeland U.S. Air Force 1977 - 1985 . Phil Freeland world war two 78th Infantry Div Past Cmdr Post 20 . To Honor All Pows Past And Present Non Solum Armis . In memory of Donald M Miller US Army world war two . Mike Monk Miller US Army 1969 - 1971 . In memory of Eunice P Miller US Navy world war two . In memory of Victor L Miller US Army Vietnam . In memory of Wendell F Mowery Veteran world war two . In memory of KIA Terry Webb 3-13-1968 Vietnam . Michael J Bowes US Army 1971 - 1977 . In Honor of All Lhs Class of 1939 Veterans . Charles M Henderly Ssgt US Marines Vietnam 1966 - 1972 . Michael D Smith "Hotdog" US Army . The Tiedke Korea - Bosnia US Army 1996 2000 . Carmen And Hayes King USMC world war two . Charles R Ball US Navy world war two . Bill W Nutter Navy world war two . Brent A Kelly 82nd Spec Onps 1sg Army Retired . Thomas R Dodds US Army Korea . Donald E Smith US Navy May 1954 - Oct 1958 . Ronald Campbell Air Force Korea . In memory of Richard L Black Veteran world war two . Edward H Konkler Jr United States Navy Korean Conflict Vet . Robert W McGee US Army world war two . Harold D Markwood US Army world war two Lancaster Ohio . S/Sgt Randy D Gill U S Marines 1970 Vietnam 1971 . Robert I Gilbert US Navy World War II Veteran . Thomas A Grandstaff Sandra G Grandstaff USN/ARC Vietnam . In memory of Wm Ed Young Korea . In memory of James Allen Kane Marines Vietnam Era . John Paul Dick Don Funk world war two Korea Vietnam . Robert Wm Elder US Navy 1960 - 1963 . Thomas B Black US Marines World War II . Bob and Ruby Cottrill For Those Who Served . Edward and Dorothy Nader world war two Army . Louis R Lyendecker US Army Korea . Devon Tipple Army world war two . Mary C Austin US Army Retired . Ross E Brown Jr Navy world war two 1942 - 1946 . Jim Gilkerson Army Korea . George W Keller world war two Jan 41 - Sept 45 Panama-India-Burma . Claude M Conrad World War II Veteran . Gregory J Funk Army 82nd Abn Iraq Afghanistan
Lindy Lyendecker US Army WW II 1941 - 1945 In memory of William H Wachter Sius Navy - World War II Robert J Cunningham Army Eto World War Two Albert E Baltz USAF Retired Korea Vietnam In memory of Ralph W Elick WWII US Army 1924 - 1986 Robert Piper USMC 1939 - 1945 Bataan Corregidor Daniel L Mason US Marines Ret Vietnam - 3 John A Jack Ortman - Navy WW II 1943 - 1947 John C Ortman Army Vietnam 1968 - 1971 Walter T Eitel Army WW II Philippines Clem Breining Past Cdr 1963 Army Air Force WW II In memory of Claude K Wolfe Army WW II Brent Lowell Gothard Army Fort Lewis 2001 - 04 Arthur Lowell Hite Navy USS Hodges 3-12-45 - 7-16-46 Robert U Scardina Army Air Corp Staff Sgt WW II S E Tiedthe USMC Active 2016 Harold Deible US Army Pfc WWII 1942 - 1945 Robert Deible Sfc US Navy WWII 1943 - 1946 Sgt Michael E Deible US Air Force 1970 - 1974 Pfc Jake Spann Usmc Iraq 06 Feb 2006 In memory of Sgt Joseph F Boch USAF KIA Dec 9 1944 In memory of Robert M Baus 1922 - 2004 Lloyd K Hilliard Special Articifer D2/C 1942 - 1946 Fairfield Unit #11 American Legion Auxiliary 2006 Paul & Edna Dunphy
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US Army WWII Ltc Lancaster Ohio 43130 Bud Graf US Army 1951 - 1953 Dick Ellwood Lt US Navy Korea Mary C Sullivan Navy Nurse Corp Vietnam 1963 - 1967 Tom & Annie Zink US Army 1971 - 1973 Norman Price US Navy Vietnam Harold E Blank 629 Tank Bl 3rd Army WW II Robert E Wagner Army 1949 - 1953 USAF 1954 - 1977 John L. Brown Korean War Army 1951 - 53 Sfc Richard Beck U.S. Army Retired Pfc Jean Freeland U.S. Army Air Corps WWII 1Lt John Freeland U.S. Air Force 1977-1985 Phil Freeland WW II 78 Th Infantry Div. Past Cmdr Post 20 Tom & Annie Zink US Army 1971 - 1973 121st Tac Ftr Wng Ohio Ang Duty Honor Country Rick Krueger US Army Jan 70 - Dec 71 In memory of Donald M Miller US Army WW II In memory of Frederick E Hooker US Army WW II Mike Monk Miller US Army 1969 - 1971 Paul & Edna Dunphy US Army WWII Ltc Lancaster Ohio 43130 Norman Price US Navy Vietnam Ernest Russell Meyers US Marines WW II 1891 - 1958 James E Bowes WW II Bud Graf US Army 1951 - 1953 Harold E Blank 629 Tank Bl 3rd Army WW II Gerald Keeney Army WW II Carey Howdyshell Sp4 US Army Germany 1965 - 67 Michael D Smith "Hotdog"
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 13, 2026
2. American Legion Post No. 11 Veterans Memorial
US Army Dick Ellwood Lt US Navy Korea Gy Sgt USMC Rick Grimm II Dif And Def James Papritan Jr Lhs64 Osu-Ag Ed Usa4 Qmc USAR24 Sgt James R Hite US Air Force Vietnam 67 - 68 Charles R Ball US Navy WW II John B Smith Sr US Marines Vietnam 67 - 68 Carl M Kelly USN - USCG - USAF Retired Brent A Kelly 82nd Spec Onps 1sg Army Retired Franklin Keels Jr Sp4 Army 23rd Mp Co 23rd Id Vietnam Ross K McGee US Army WW II Ronald Campbell Air Force Korea Robert E Wagner Army 1949 - 1953 USAF 1954 - 1977 Sp4 Patrick L Keels Jan 72 - Jan 75 9th Infantry Thomas E Smith US Air Force Vietnam Robert W McGee US Army WW II Wilbur R Primmer Army WW II 1941 - 1945 POW 27 Months John L. Brown Korean War Army 1951 - 53 Clif & Mary Joslin Lancaster Ohio For Those Who Served Sfc Richard Beck U.S. Army Retired Ray Grein US Navy July 1943 Ltc (Ret) Bob Snide USAR 1968 - 1998 Mary C Sullivan Navy-Nurse Corp Vietnam 1963 - 1967 Pfc Jean Freeland U.S. Army Air Corps WWII 1Lt John Freeland U.S. Air Force 1977 - 1985 Phil Freeland WW II 78th Infantry Div Past Cmdr Post 20 To Honor All Pows Past And Present Non Solum Armis
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 13, 2026
3. American Legion Post No. 11 Veterans Memorial
In memory of Donald M Miller US Army WW II Mike Monk Miller US Army 1969 - 1971 In memory of Eunice P Miller US Navy WW II In memory of Victor L Miller US Army Vietnam In memory of Wendell F Mowery Veteran WW II In memory of KIA Terry Webb 3-13-1968 Vietnam Michael J Bowes US Army 1971 - 1977 In Honor of All Lhs Class of 1939 Veterans Charles M Henderly Ssgt US Marines Vietnam 1966 - 1972 Michael D Smith "Hotdog" US Army The Tiedke Korea - Bosnia US Army 1996 2000 Carmen And Hayes King USMC WW II Charles R Ball US Navy WW II Bill W Nutter Navy WW II Brent A Kelly 82nd Spec Onps 1sg Army Retired Thomas R Dodds US Army Korea Donald E Smith US Navy May 1954 - Oct 1958 Ronald Campbell Air Force Korea In memory of Richard L Black Veteran WW II Edward H Konkler Jr United States Navy Korean Conflict Vet Robert W McGee US Army WW II Harold D Markwood US Army WW II Lancaster Ohio S/Sgt Randy D Gill U S Marines 1970 Vietnam 1971 Robert I Gilbert US Navy World War II Veteran Thomas A Grandstaff Sandra G Grandstaff USN/ARC Vietnam In memory of Wm Ed Young Korea In memory of James Allen Kane
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 13, 2026
4. American Legion Post No. 11 Veterans Memorial
Marines Vietnam Era John Paul Dick Don Funk WWII Korea Vietnam Robert Wm Elder US Navy 1960 - 1963 Thomas B Black US Marines World War II Bob & Ruby Cottrill For Those Who Served Edward & Dorothy Nader WW II Army Louis R Lyendecker US Army Korea Devon Tipple Army WWII Mary C Austin US Army Retired Ross E Brown Jr Navy WWII 1942 - 1946 Jim Gilkerson Army Korea George W Keller WWII Jan 41 - Sept 45 Panama-India-Burma Claude M Conrad World War II Veteran Gregory J Funk Army 82nd Abn Iraq Afghanistan
Erected by American Legion Post No. 11.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 39° 42.441′ N, 82° 35.81′ W. Memorial is in Lancaster, Ohio, in Fairfield County. It is at the intersection of Canal Street and South Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on Canal Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 279 Canal St, Lancaster OH 43130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Hocking Hills and in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American
Photographed by Craig Doda, March 13, 2026
5. American Legion Post No. 11
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.
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Ohio Military Hall of Fame (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
