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Summit County Korean War Killed in Action

"All gave some, some gave all"

 
 
Summit County Korean War Killed in Action Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
1. Summit County Korean War Killed in Action Marker
Inscription.
Ainscough, James E. • Alderdice, Boyd K. • Ashley, Billy J. • Baker, Kenneth C. • Baksa, James Emery • Ball Raymond Orval • Beitel, William E. • Boesiger, Fred Walter • Bosko, Nick E. • Bradley, William J. • Brown, Albert Luther • Bruggemeir, Carl Henry III • Burke, David S. • Burkholder, Raymond Richard • Cardarella, Vincent

Cobb, Donald Stanley • Cobbs, Arthur C. • Corder, Doyle Edward • Counts, Woodrow Wilson • Craddock, Clifford P. • Crater, Francis Jr. • Crawford, Raymond A. • Croghan, Varnold Gene • Culbertson, Gene Alan • Dannemiller, Ervin Jude • Darden, Kenneth P. • Deimer, Jerold W. • Disalvo, Domenico s. • Dixon, Wayne E. • Dorn, Donald Walker

Dorsey, Harold Rayford • Elsass, Richard W. • Eritano, Dominic • Fletcher, William L. • Fox, Richard A. • Froelich, William Arthur • Gibson, Robert L. • Gilchrist, Tom Allen • Gorby Delbert B. • Hall, Richard W. • Harpster, Fred W. • Harris, Clarence A. • Higdon, Charles Harlan • Houser, Robert Dale • Hunsicker, Kenneth P

Huth, William Paul • Jacobs, Christopher Keith • Jessup Howard Lee • Johnson, David A. • Karkalik, Robert D. • Kelsy, Joseph • Kimball, David A.
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• Kinder, William L. • Koontz, Frederick Russell • Krasinski, Raymond V. • Lamberg, John Toivo • Lees, William R. • Macon, Robert J. • Madden, Oscar B. • Martin, Karl L.

Maxam, Ira A. • McClain, Frederick Frank • McClure, Kenneth C. • McDowell, Albert R. • Meffert, Glenn D. • Morgan, Herbert Frederick • Mullarkey, William P. • Palmer, James Reginald • Parker, Harold Lloyd • Parker, Stanley • Pitts, Wayford Byron • Proctor, Gene F. • Pyke, James H. • Richards, Kenneth S. • Ridgley, Floyd A. Jr.

Riley, James Franklin • Roberts, George E. • Scheffer, Richard H. • Schlegel, Earl E. • Shelby, James Arthur • Shook, John William Jr. • Smart, Paul L. • Smith, Donald Ray • Sparks, Donald D. Jr. • Speedy, George Jr. • Stack, Patrick J. • Standish, Albert C. • Starcher, Charles L. • Stewart, Udell V. • Swartz, Robert Lee

*William Howard Osterkamp, Korean War Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient from Dent Ohio
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 41° 4.794′ N, 81° 31.036′ W. Memorial is in Akron, Ohio, in Summit County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection
Summit County Korean War Killed in Action Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026
2. Summit County Korean War Killed in Action Marker
of South High Street and East Bowery Street, on the right when traveling north on South High Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 205 S High St, Akron OH 44308, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cleveland and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest. 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 walking distance of this marker: Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Summit County Service Members Memorial (here, next to this marker); Tree For Life (a few steps from this marker); Summit County World War II Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Summit County World War II Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Akron Alumni Memorial Stadium (a few steps from this marker); Charles Goodyear
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(a few steps from this marker); Ohio Education Association (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Akron.
 
 
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 10 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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