Elizabethtown in Hardin County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

War Memorial

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 9, 2026

1. War Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Erected by the…citizens of Hardin County in memory of our heroes, who gave their lives for the…freedom of our country, on land, on sea, and in the air.

World War I
James T. Brown • James English • Clifford Ferrell • Louis H. Hossler • John T. Lackey • Charles V. Ledbetter • Eddie Oum • Paul C. Rowan • Alvin Smith • Howard Vinyard

World War II
Eschol E. Anderson • Seba Blair • Joseph Boswell • Troy Brandon • L.B. Brandt • Herman F. Conkle • Cecil Roy Cowsert • Eugene Craig • Rurie Davis • John M. Drenan • Harrison Dunaway • Willard Woody Foster • J.W. Hawkins • Gaylord Holbrook • James B. Holbrook • Fred Johnson • James "Pee-Wee" Jones • Wilford Lanham • Floyd Matthews • Avis McDonald • Arthur Milligan, Jr. • William I. Millikan • Troy Partain • Earl Patton • Eschol Oxford • Lowell Potes • Marvin Shetler • Donald Smith • Ed Stewart • Alvadis Taber, Jr. • Thomas L. Tadlock • James Vineyard • Randall Walker • Douglas Watson

Korea
Leo Flynn • Truman Shipp • Randall Pyles

Vietnam
Stephen P. Allen • Gary D. Davis • Larry D. Lowery • James McMaster

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Location. 37° 26.824′ N, 88° 18.296′ W. Memorial is in Elizabethtown, Illinois, in Hardin County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Memorial is in front of Hardin County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 151 Main St, Elizabethtown IL 62931, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt

and in Shawnee Hills.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

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

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: You Are Not Forgotten (here, next to this marker); The Elizabethtown First Baptist Church (about 600 feet away,

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Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 9, 2026

2. War Memorial

measured in a direct line); Welcome to the Historic Rose Hotel Bed and Breakfast (about 600 feet away); Anna Bixby Trail/Historic Rose Hotel (about 700 feet away); Fluorite Mining (approx. 2.8 miles away); Mine It, Mill It, Ship It (approx. 2.9 miles away); The Ohio River Scenic Byway (approx. 2.9 miles away); Rosiclare: The Fluorite Center of Hardin County, the United States and the World (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethtown.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 9, 2026

3. War Memorial

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 9, 2026

4. War Memorial

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 9, 2026

5. War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2026, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 19, 2026, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.