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American Legion Post 254 Wall of Honor

 
 
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1. American Legion Post 254 Wall of Honor Marker
Inscription.
Never Forget
This Memorial dedicated in 2015. Is to honor our loved ones. Who served to preserve our freedoms. Thank you and God bless. Johnstown A.L. Auxiliary Unit 254.

Sons Of The American Legion
In honor of those who have served, are serving, and will serve.

Wall of Honor dedicated 22 August 2015.

Cpl Mike Kinkead 1969 USMC 1972 Vietnam 1970 - 71 • Kenneth R. Davis US Army Ac WWII 1941 - 1945 • John R. Dowell Sr. US Army WWII 1945 - 1946 • Sgt Herb Vernon US Army WWII 1942 - 1945 • Cpo Wil W. Vernon US Navy 1954 - 1974 • Sp5 Jack Vernon Medic Vietnam 1964 - 67 US Army • James F. Byrnes Ret Col Us Army 101st Abn WWII • Joshua T. Johnson Petty Officer 2C USCG 1998 - 2006 • Noel R. Smith US Navy S1C 1944 - 1946 • Wayne O. Ruth US Air Force 1950 - 1953 Korea • Bob Grove Sr. 1948 - 1949 US Army-Japan • Sgm Roy C. Terry Oharng Jun 65 - Dec 95 • James J. Hill US Army E-4 1970 - 1972 • Ralph T. Downey US Army Sgt WWII 1946 - 1947 • G.F. Samples Sr. 82nd Airborne Div WWII 1942 - 1945 • Daniel Leigh USAF-Ohio Ang 1957 - 1963 • Shane M. Keckley Rm2 US Navy 1990 - 1995 • Aic Karrie White US Air Force 1990 - 1994 • Fn Paul L.
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Gray US Navy 1962 - 1964 • Russell E. Murphy WWII US Army Air Corp • Charles E. Emblen Sgt US Army 1941 - 1945 • Carl R. Reed US Army Tec5 1944 - 1946 • J. W. Gamertsfelder 2/9 3rd Mar Div Marines Vietnam • Keith E. Ashbrook Pfc Army-France Feb 53 - Jan 55 • Cpl Bill Balser US Army 1952 - 1954 3rd Armored Divn • Cecil "Necktie" Davis Pvt US Army WWII • Marvin Elkins US Army WWII 1944 - 1946 • G.F. Samples Jr. US Army Vietnam 1965 - 1968 • Mike Eltringham US Navy / Seabees 1987-96 / 2001-03 • Sgt John C. Ball US Army 1985 - 2012 Desert Storm • 1Lt John E. White National Guard 1963 - 1970 • Wm F. Harvey US Army 1953 - 1955 USNR 1955 - 1975 • Harold V. Keckley Sp3 US Army Apr 1954 - Apr 1956 • Harry W. Keckley Tec 5 WWII US Army Feb 1945 - Dec 1946 • William Siegel US Army 44 - 49 Eu. Armored Division • Forrest Inskeep US Army WWII 1942 - 1946 • Charles Williams US Army Sp4 Wsmr 1957 - 1959 • William J. Leffler S-Sgt Aaf WWII 1942 - 1946 • Beryl S. Walters US Air Force 1962 - 1967 • Thomas Hartsock US Navy Korea 1951 - 1955 • Ben Samples US Air Force 1993 - 1997 • James Hopkins US Air Force 1959 - 1963 • Nathan A. Johnson 2Lt USAF 2006
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- Utc Kuwait • Sp4 Troy Mallow Desert Storm US Army 1989 - 1992 • James Elliott Sp2 US Army May 1955 - May 1957 • Harvey Keckley Sp3 US Army Apr 1954 - Apr 1956 • Dwight Keckley Sgt WWII US Army Apr 1945 - Dec 1946 • George Neibarger Cpl US Army 1952 - 1953 Korea • Maj Carl Inskeep USN - USMC Texasng 1967 - 2005 • Carroll M. Fisher S/Sgt USAF Korea 1949 - 1953 • William J. Leffler USN Vietnam 1968 - 1972 • William J. Lee Army Air Corps WWII • Robert Doughten World War II Bronze Star • Charles Whitehead US Army World War I • David I. Williams Msgt US Air Force 1960 - 1982 • James M. Needels WWII US Army 361st Infantry • Harry Kettell Jr. US Army WWII 1941 - 1945 Ph Bs • Charles W. Roby Tec 4 US Army World War II • Shelton D. Moore 1959 - 1961 Spc US Army • Charles L. Priest Paris Fr (Shape) 1952 - 54 Army Cpl • John E. Neibarger US Navy • Steven E. Inskeep US Army Vietnam 1971 - 1972 • Lawrence Roberts US Air Force 1948 - 1968 • Mario J. Nobilucci USS Houston 81 WWII • American Legion Mem Post 301 Austintown Ohio • McPo S. Buckalew US Navy WWII 1942 - 1945 Ph • Thomas Whitehead US Army Airborne World War II • Chris Ballard Ohio Army
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National Guard • Russell R. Blair US Marine Corp 1966 - 1970 • Darrell Wanserske US Army 1987 - 95 Desert Storm • Jacob S. Wetzel US Navy Enlisted 2017 • James D. Clark Sgt US Marine Corp 1951 - 1959 Korea • George E. Sites USMC 1948 - 1952 • Harrison Johnson US Army 101st Airborne Div • Mary Ann Inskeep US Air Force 1972 - 1974 • Dana Wigle US Army S/Sgt Mp 1969 - 1991 • Kenneth G. Duke US Air Force WWII Korean War • Kevin J. Camarata Major US Army 1992-Utc • Jennifer L. Grunkemeyer USAF 1992 - 96 E4 • Thomas Whitehead Pfc US Marines Vietnam War • Melvin Doeringer US Army Air Corps World War II • Richard E. Klein Ssgt USAF 1948 - 1952 • Robert E. Swingle US Army 1948 - 54 Korean War • American Legion Post 549 Beach City, Ohio • Jess McCallister World War II Purple Heart • Russell Presley Sgt US Army Korea 1952 - 1954 • Larry Miller USN Po2 Agent Orange 1966 - 69 Vietnam • Jerry Lee Hughes US Army Thank You • Diana Allardyce US Army Pfc 1969 - 1972 • William Dietzel WWII 1945 - 1947 US Army • Herman L. Scott US Army 82nd Ab Vietnam 1967 - 69 • Jason E. Grunkemeyer Sra USAF 1989 - 1993 • Alexander Webb US Air Force 2016 - Utc • Richard
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J. Hanna US Air Force Korean War • Paul David Young US Army Vietnam War • Charles W. Derenburger US Army 1946 - 48 • Robert A. Tiebout US Navy WW2 1943 - 1946 • Ira E. Wiley S3 US Navy WWII 1942 - 1946 • August F. Selan USN - USS Tanner 1962 - 1964 • Dean Ray Hoppe US Marine Corps 1957 - 1959 • Clell A. Jackson US Army 1963 - 1965 • Robert F. Shaub US Army B 1921 D 1994 • Dean Runyon USAF 1967 - 1971 Vietnam Era • Danny R. West US Army 1969 - 1975 • Aaron L. Ratliff US Air Force 1997 - 2005 • Sgt Tom Hollis US Army Bosnia 1996 - 1997 • Barry J. Dunn USAF 1966-1970 Vietnam 1968 - 69 • Walter A. Rey Cdr USN 1967 - 1998 • James E. Swick US Army 1945 - 1946 • Ralph D. Giles US Army Korea 1952 - 1954 • Peter A. McGarvey Vietnam Veteran 1970 - 1973 • John E. Harrison Sp4 US Army Vietnam • R. B. (Bob) Ashbrook 82nd Airborne 1946 - 48 Army Pfc • J. C. Paul Chapter Leathernecks Nation Mc USMC • Ed C. Landaker Jr. USN Rm3 1961 - 1967 • Michael W. Sharpe US Air Force 1965 - 1968 • Brian C. West USAF 1987 - 1993 Desert Storm • Roger L. Ratliff US Air Force 1962 - 1966 • Sgt Jake Hollis US Army Afghanistan 2013 • William W. Cowan Pfc US Army POW/MIA
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1951 Korea • Nancy F. Rey Lcdr USN 1975 - 1991 • Kenneth Traxler US Navy WWII Pacific Theater • Edward W. Halsey Tec 5 US Army World War II • Richard V. Piper US Army 1962 - 1964 • Fredrick J. Neely US Navy - WWII "Beloved By All" • Dale Ashbrook 1956 - 58 Pfc Army Ft Lewis Wash • James Puttick Jr. US Army WWII 1945 - 1948 • Leland W. Barlow S/Sgt US Air Force 1965 - 1969 • Robert J. Croak US Army WWII 1943 - 1945 • Jay Duke Peterson US Navy World War II • Norman D. Kearby US Navy 2000 - 2001 • Spc Matt Hollis 82nd Airborne Iraq 2017 • Richard Cohagen Army World War II 1944 - 1946 • James L. Feisley Col Oharng 1949 - 1989 • Terry Persinger US Navy S.S. 1975 - 1979 • Dale E. Halsey Sp4 7th US Army 1962 - 1964 • George S. Piper US Navy 1981 - 1985 • Joseph J. Kovach Tsgt US Army World War II • Andrew Miscencik US Army Pfc 1954 - 1956 • Robert L. McCarty US Army Korea 1954 - 1955 • Roscoe C. Sweany Sgt Co I 255th Inf 1943 - 1945 • VFW Tri-Community Post 4719 Gahanna Ohio • Harry H. Hubbard US Army WWII 1944 - 1947 • Lorena M. Kearby US Navy 2000 - 2001 Dav • Daniel Townsend Sgt Maj Ret USMC 1977 - "E9T" - 2008 • Donald J. Guy US Navy Cb
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1953 - 1956 • John R. Price 1st USMC Okinawa 1944 - 1945 • Daniel D. Grimes Airforce Colonel 1941 - 1972 • Larry W. Halsey Sp5 US Army 1968 - 1970 Vietnam • larry Dauber US Army 1961 - 63 Berlin Crisis • Albert H. May Cs3 US Navy Korea 1952 - 1956 • Gary L. Simmons US Air Force Sgt 1972 - 1976 • C. J. Rush Et3 US Navy 1955 - 1957 • Don L. Moore Sp4 Big Red One 1957 - 1959 • Donald Ryan US Air Force 1961 - 1965 • Dalton A. Horn Cpl US Army Korea 1952 - 1953 • Henry C. Hale Jr. US Marines 1963 - 1967 Vietnam • Samuel Gilliland Revolution War B 1760 - D 1833 • Norman Fleek III Ac2 USN 1983 - 1988 • Daniel R. Price 25th Inf 5th Mech Vietnam 1967 • Daniel P. Grimes USAF And US Navy • Edwin W. Halsey Sp4 US Army 1987 - 1993 • William Ashbrook Lt US Navy World War II • Edward Kovach Ssg US Army 1977 - 1992 • Daniel J. Collins Sp4 US Army Vietnam • Sp4 John R. Kuhn Vietnam 1970 Purple Heart • Terry A. Sweany Sp4 Vietnam 1967 - 1970 • Msgt Robert Burr Korea 2nd Inf Div Purple Heart • William McKnight USMC Iwo Jima 1943 - 1946 • Rush Stanley US Army 1944 - 1946 Germany • Hugh Gilliland War of 1812 B 1782 - D 1859 • James F. Foster US Air Force
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1969 - 1973 • Steven L. Colopy 25th Inf 5th Mech Vietnam 1967 • Timothy J. Grimes US Navy Hmcs (Sw) 1981 - 2004 • Cpl Zachary Boss Iraq USMC 2003 - 07 War on Terror • John M. Ashbrook US Navy 1946 - 1948 • 1Lt Iw Jack Shull US Army Air Corps 1943 - 1945 Europe • Stanley Shoemaker US Army Medic World War II • Tj Barbieri 82nd Airborne 1982 - 2006 • Sgt Bill Sanford US Army 11th Acr 1966 - 69 Vietnam • David Kilcher Lt Col USAF 1984 - 2013 • Edward H. Wiswell US Army MP 1972 - 1975 • In loving memory of our Daddy • Sherman T. Sorah US Army Aircorps World War II • John D. Dewitt USMC 3rd Maw 1972 - 1977 • Harry McKnight USMC Pfc WWII Ohio Ang Lt Col • Robert Litchfield US Navy 1954 - 1967 • Lonnie R. Kaurich US Army 1956 - 1958 • James Ashbrook Sgt US Air Force Korea • Cw04 Jack W. Clem Army Nat Guard 6/23/30 - 7/28/13 • David Shoemaker US Army 57 Sig Bn 1966 - 1968 • John L. Gooch Korea 1953 - 1957 Military Police • Jerry C. Brobeck Captain USAF 1968 - 1972 • Howard Siegesmund Sp4 US Army 1956 - 1958 • Robert Cavendish US Army 1956-1959

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Bigelow Revolution War B 1759 - D 1817 • Emanual Hoover War of 1812 B 1780 - D 1826 • Joseph C. De Crow Pvt US Army WW II KIA 1943 • Melvin Mayfield Amerleg Post 804 St. Louisville, Oh. • Charles A. Marks US Army WW I • Monroe Wright USMC Korea 1952 - 1955 • Louis E. Bell Pfc USMC World War II • Harold Galbraith US Army WW II 1942 - 1946 • Earl C Gleason US Army 1917 - 1919 • William Green Sr. US Army Inf Tsgt WW II • Michael Simmons E4 US Army Vietnam D Rep • E. B. Lilly S/Sgt Eg Korea Vietnam • William R. Irvine Co I 166 Inf Reg WW I • Benjamin Dewolf Revolution War B 1783 - D 1846 • S. Martindale War of 1812 B 1796 - D 1868 • Robert E. Hannahs Pfc US Army WW II KIA 1943 • Russell E. Brown US Army Vietnam 1963 - 1965 • Claude D. Marks US Aac/Marine WW II • Lloyd E. Evans Sp4 US Army Vietnam 1961 - 64 • Carl E. Heffley Sgt US Army World War II • Robert Galbraith US Army WW II 1942 - 1946 • Karl L. Baker US Army Air Corp 1942 - 1946 • Raymond Green US Army Ph Vietnam • Roy Simmons Cpl US Army • Neil E. Ashbrook Medic 31St Inf Korean War • Donald S. Newman US Army WW II • Caleb Hill Revolution War B 1756 - D 1842 • David Scovell War
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of 1812 B 1798 - D 1871 • William Emerson 1Lt US Army WW II KIA 1944 • Eldon C. Wade US Army WW II Mar 1945 - Feb 1946 • Willard C. Salyer US Army WW II • Wm E. Pethtel Jr. Sn US Navy 1959 - 1961 • Michael Heffley Cpl USMC Ph Vietnam • Earl W. Galbraith Cpl US Army WW II 1942 - 1946 • James W. Wolfe US Army Air Corp 1942 - 1945 • Wilber Gilliand Pfc US Army Inf WW II • Stephen J. Orodi USMC & US Army • Wayne Ashbrook US Army Tank Bn Korea 1960 - 1962 • Leonard Mohler US Navy Pacific WW II • Abel Jewett Revolution War B 1760 - D 1821 • Isreal Harding War of 1812 B 1773 - D 1816 • Rex D. Haugh Sgt US Army WW II KIA • Delmar Warner US Army WW II Jan 1944 - Feb 1946 • Wm Stallings Jr. US Navy Air Corp 1944 - 1946 • Sgt James R. Hall Hq 187 Pg Inf 11th Airborne • Joe Urdock Dds US Navy 1949 - 53 Ohio Ang 1972 - 91 • Elmer Galbraith Tsgt US Army WW II 1942 - 1946 • Moundbuilders VFW Post 1060 Newark Ohio • James P. Walsh US Army WW I Germany 1917 - 18 • Christopher Baesmann US Coast Guard • American Legion Post 746 Dayton Ohio • Charles J. Irvine German Pow WW II • John Martin Revolution War B 1744 - D 1845 • Samuel Hoover War of 1812 B 1759
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- D 1849 • Truman A. Perfect Sgt US Army WW II KIA 1944 • Kenneth Bates US Navy 1956 - 1960 • James H. Foster S/Sgt Us Army Ph WW II 1944 - 1946 • John E. Hankinson US Army Korea 1952 - 1954 • Jeffrey W. Uhde Commander US Navy 1987 - 2014 • Harry Galbraith Sp4 US Army 1968 - 1970 • Alfred Norman Army Signal Corp Spec 5 1963 - 1966 • John M. Walsh US Coast Guard WW II 1944 - 1946 • Cpl Joe Baesmann US Marine Corps 1999 - 2003 • Sgt John E. Leber US Army 1987 - 1994 • Charles W. Bankes US Army Ranger Vietnam War • Moses Scovell Revolution War B 1762 - D 1836 • John Q. Adams Civil War B 1831 - D 1864 • Gilbert E. Turner Pfc US Army WW II KIA 1944 • Clement Kanney US Army 1957 - 1959 • Milo Foster US Army 1946 - 1948 • Archie Hankinson US Army WW II 1941 - 1945 • Lcdr Kimberly Uhde Barboza US Navy 1990 - 2014 • Msgt Bob Strong US Air Force 1989 - 2009 • Captain Robert B. Sponaugle WW II 37th Division • John M. Walsh US Marine Corp Vietnam 1973 - 75 • Thomas L. Webb Army Vietnam 1972 - 1974 • Delmus Holstein US Navy World War II • George McCune US Army WW II • Thomas Perkins Revolution War B 1762 - D 1837 • Leroy Bell Civil War B 1829 - D 1864 • Arthur T. White Pvt US Army WW II KIA 1944 • John L. Bether Msc Iss USN Ret 1969 - 1990 • Edgar D. Birtcher US Navy Ph WW II South Pacific • Hobert Icenhower US Air Force 1954 - 1958 • James K. Weant Gysgt USMC Ret Vietnam 1966 - 67 • Carrie Strong US Air Force 1989 - 1998 • Roland John WW II Sponaugle Purple Heart Bronze Star • Lee H. Thiel US Air Force Jan 1962 - Dec 65 • Wayne Smokey Hutchison Navy WW II 1944 - 1946 • David C. Jolley US Navy Vietnam • John D. Cavinee US Army WW II • Thomas Scovell Revolution War • Albert E. Cady Civil War B 1845 - D 1872 • Clell S. Piper Pfc US Army WW II KIA 1945 • James R. Butcher US Army Korea 1955 - 1956 • Luther Schlaegel US Army WW II 1943 - 1946 • Bill Icenhower US Air Force 1954 - 1958 • In memory of all my brothers who have gone before. • Paul M. Wilkes Cpl US Army 1952 - 1954 • James Spurlock US Army Cwo4 1943 - 1970 • Clair L. Newell US Army Air Corp Tsgt Pacific WW II • Cloise B. Webb Army WW II 1944 - 1946 • Raymond E. Speck Atomic Veteran Army 1949 - 1955 • Norman P. Cavinee US Army WW II • Peter Stevens Revolution War B 1759 - D 1835 • John S. Cummins Civil War B 1848 - D 1864 • Earl E. Woods Pvt US Army Korea KIA 1951 • Bill Butcher US Army 1950 - 1952 • David Schlaegel US Army WW II 1943 - 1946 • Steve G. Marilyn Le Clair God Bless America • Tiffany J. Owens US Air Force 2002 - 2014 • Kenneth E. Wilkes 28th Inf Div US Army WW II • Brien Sponaugle USAF Captain 1986 - 2000 • Tim E. Mckenzie US Navy 1988 - 1997 • Richard "Sting" Hutchison Army WW II - Korean War • Delno L. Hartsock Korean Conflict 1950 - 1953 Army • Walter Cavinee US Navy WW II • Elijah Adams Revolution War B 1755 - D 1843 • Samuel A. Dewolf Civil War B 1812 - D 1864 • Ray E. Johnson Sp4 US Army Vietnam KIA 1966 • Charles R. Osburn US Army 1944 - 1946 • Robert Schlaegel US Army 1971 - 1973 • Urvin Hartsock Pvt WW I 1917 - 1918 • Jasper Pasini US Army WW II US Coast Guard • Denis J. Keaton Cpo US Navy 1971 - 1991 • Bernard Starcher US Army Pfc 1944 - 1947 • Jack C. Mckenzie US Air Force 1950 - 1954 • Military Order of Purple Heart Chapter 148 Ohio • Luther L Fetters Capt USMC WW II Pacific • Bernard Conrad USMC WW II • Claudius Brittel War of 1812 B 1794 - D 1862 • Charles R. Peck Civil War B 1844 - D 1879 • Billy O'Kean Ssgt USMC Vietnam KIA 1968 • Barry V. Graham US Navy 07/1979 - 06/1994 • American Legion Post 535 Bellville, Ohio • Urvin A Hartsock Sgt 4 Army 1962 - 1965 • Gordon Cromwell Sgt E-5 Vietnam USMC 1968 - 1972 • Edwin Garrabrant US Army 1962 - 1964 • American Legion Obrien Post 326 Shelby, Ohio • James Sweet US Navy World War II • Donald Jakeway 82nd Airborne Div 1942 - 1945 • Richard Dietzel US Army WW II 1945 - 1947 • James T. Conrad 3rd Inf Div Korea 1951 - 1954 • David Buxton War of 1812 B 1769 - D 1843 • Isreal H. Scovill Civil War B 1828 - D 1906 • American Legion Post 92 Utica, Ohio • Mj Hoefs-Haefs Sgt USMC Vietnam 1966 - 1970 • Richard Shott US Army Special Forces 5th Sfga • Lester Hartsock Pvt US Marines • Cpt Ben Mackley Army Afghanistan 2003 - 2013 • Jerry Garrabrant US Army 1st Cav 1970 - 1971 • Roy Wahlemaier US Navy Vietnam 1968 - 1972 • Tracy Hettinger Ltc Army 1987 - 2016 • Robert R. Burrell Pfc US Army WW II Purple Heart/POW • American Legion Post 327 Corning, Ohio • Ernest E. Cavinee US Air Force Korean War • Joseph Evans War of 1812 B 1783 - D 1863 • Noah Green Civil War B 1837 - D 1862 • Dr. R. W. Knoderer Corporal USMC WW II 1943 - 1946 • Phillip A. White Sp5 Army Vietnam 1967 - 1970 • Glennie R. Smith Purple Heart Two Four Bronze Star • Marvin Fleshman US Army Korea 1953 - 1955 • Donald H. Poulton Sgt US Army Korea • Charles Sullivan US Air Force 1964 - 1968 • James H. Jennings US Army 1963 - 1965 • Joe C. Hettinger Adc USNR 1987 - 2007 • Robert L. Burrell Sgt US Air Force Vietnam • Genevieve Strout US Navy WW II 1945 - 1947 • Avril N. Stevens Army Engineers Korea 1951 - 1954 • Daniel Gardner War of 1812 B 1790 - D 1842 • Wyvil L. Mathis Pvt US Army WW I KIA 1918 • Marvin W. Keck Jr. USS Ashland Lsd1 1960 - 64 Btfn • Turney Williamson US Army WW II • Vernon M. Smith 3rd Inf Div Korea-Germany • American Legion Post 272 Akron, Ohio • Ronald E. Riggs US Army 1968 - 1970 • Myron Staats US Air Force Vietnam 1966 - 68 • Duane H. Flowers USAR 1971 - 1977 • Rick L. Petersen Army Aviator 101st Airborne • William M. Wright 1Lt US Air Force 3/20/52 - 12/19/53 • Carl V. Strout US Navy WW II 1941 - 1948 • Ronald C. Crumee US Army KIA 1966 Vietnam War • Stephen D. Grove War of 1812 B 1795 - D 1858 • Malvin F. Horn USS Arizona KIA Dec 7 1941 • John W. Devlin Sr. Co K 111th Ovi Civil War • Joseph A. Lindsay Sgt US Army 1953 - 1961 • Harmon C. Huff Sgt Co A 752nd Tank Bn 1941 - 45 • Allen E. Patton Vietnam US Army 1965 - 1967 • Alton L. Click Ohio Ang USAF 1964 - 1969 • Robert B. Thomas US Army 1958 - 1962 • Herbert A. Barry US Army 1952 - 1954 • Bob Householder F1C US Navy WW II • Jerry A. Morgan Ssgt USAF 02/1957 - 02/1969 • Teddy Appleman US Army Vietnam 1965 - 66 • Ralph E. Cavine US Navy 1961 - 1966

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Clyde Ed Peterman Sp4 US Army 1960 - 1963 • Phillip F. Strout Msgt USMC Iwo Jima / Korea • Clifford M. Brown Korea / Vietnam 1950-1972 • American Legion Post 44 Canton, Ohio • George Priest 1st Lt US Army 1941 - 1945 • John W Keyser USMC WWII 1942 - 1945 • David W. Scovell Captain Saw / WWI B 1876 - D 1949 • American Legion Post 398 Granville, Ohio • Hillis M Mann US Army Airforces WWII Pacific • Robert Meholick A1C USAF 1952 - 1956 Korea • Sp5 John Prather US Army 1966 - 1969 • James R Warthen WWII 42 - 45 27 Inf Saipan 1944 Ph • Nathan Stanley US 9th Oh Cav Usa Civil War • Frank E. Burcham Army Air Force WWII • Carl D. Strout Sgt US Air Force 1973 - 1976 • Scott Meyer US Navy 2011 - 15 Pearl Harbor Hi • George A. McCombs US Army World War II • Michael Evans Ame2 US Navy 1997 - 2001 • Ronald E. Melick USAF 1972 - 1976 US Navy 1977 - 1981 • Raymond L. Scovell Pvt WWI B 1900 - D 1974 • Richard Powell Jr. US Navy Vietnam B 1949 - D 1986 • Daryl E. Mann US Army Medic Bs 1968 - 70 Vietnam • Harold Lawson Sp4 US Army Ph 1967 - 69 Vietnam • Sgt Wm. Richards US Army 1942 - 1946 • Donald I. Hoovler US Army Airforce 1942 - 1945 • Theodore Irvine Cs 14Th Va Cav Csa Civil War • Frank A. Burcham Cpl Marine Corps 1989 - 1993 • Richard Strout Sgt USAF 1982 - 90 Intel / Avionics • Melissa Hartsock US Navy 2011 - 15 Pearl Harbor Hi • Wm. Dale Johnson US Army World War II • Jack W. Gillette US Army 1966 - 69 Vietnam Ph • David P. Melick US Air Force 1977 - 1995 • Paul D. Scovell USAAF WWII B 1922 - D 2013 • William Staneart US Army Vietnam B 1943 - D 2001 • Richard Johnson Cpl US Army 1953 - 1955 • Richard Eichner US Army 1956 - 1958 • Ron Battenfield E5 US Army Ph Vietnam 1968 - 69 • Jerry C. Bratton Airforce Vietnam 1963 - 1967 • Theodore Irvine US Army WWI • Frank C. Britt Army Air Force WWII • Elizabeth Strout Sgt USAF 1982 - 91 Intel / Photog • Richard Asquith USMC / Army Ret 1971 - 1992 • George Dreisbach Bm3 US Navy Vietnam 1964 - 68 • James E. Huff Army Air Corps 1939 - 1945 • Shawn R. Brooks USMC 1988 - 1994 US Army 1994 - 2004 • Robert W. Dietzel Pvt WWII B 1925 - D 1982 • James J. Witham US Army WWII 1943 - 1946 • Harry W. Robbins Tech 4 US Army World War II • James A. Keene US Army 1971 - 72 Vietnam • Junior L. Hale E6 Army 3 Bsm/Ph Korea / Vietnam • Paul F. Gottfried US Army Engr 1951 - 1953 • Wesley H. Conrad US Army Cook WWI • Charles Peterman US Army WWII 1945 - 1946 • Bon Strout USAF Sere War on Terror • Daniel C. Haggerty US Navy Seabees 1967 - 1986 • W. Roger Smith National Guard 1963 - 1969 • George T. Huff US Army 1943 - 1945 • C. Thomas Dietzel Pfc US Army WWII Dnb • David Dietzel Korean War B 1931 - D 2006 • Thomas J. Witham US Army Vietnam 1970 - 1971 • Thomas A. Turner US Army Airborne 1965 - 1967 • Andrew Miller 73 O.V.I. Alexandria Gettysburg KIA • Charles E. Dunlap US Army Medic/Ph World War II • Melvin M. Kimes US Army 1942 - 45 POW Europe • Jerome Cavinee Combat Spt Gpt Sgm 1955 - 1990 • Charles Peterman US Army WWII 1945 - 1946 • Bon Strout USAF Sere War on Terror • Daniel C. Haggerty US Navy Seabees 1967 - 1986 • W. Roger Smith National Guard 1963 - 1969 • George T. Huff US Army 1943 - 1945 • C. Thomas Dietzel Pfc US Army WWII Dnb • David Dietzel Korean War B 1931 - D 2006 • Thomas J. Witham US Army Vietnam 1970 - 1971 • Thomas A. Turner US Army Airborne 1965 - 1967 • Andrew Miller 73 O.V.I. Alexandria Gettysburg KIA • Charles E. Dunlap US Army Medic/Ph World War II • Melvin M Kimes US Army 1942 - 45 POW Europe • Jerome Cavinee Combat Spt Gpt Sgm 1955 - 1990 • Jesse Carrington Msgt US Air Force 1947 - 1968 Vietnam • David Bigboy Sgt US Army Mlrs 1991 - 1998 • Carl E. Suver US Army WWII 1942 - 1945 • Robert S. Young MD Army WWII 1943 - 46 Korea 1952 - 56 • American Legion Post 29 Zanesville, Ohio • Harold E. Smith Sgt USMC Korea • David L. Shifley Navy Vietnam B 1943 - D 2007 • William T. Tolle US Navy World War II • Fred W. Walker Col US Air Force Jan 1942 - Feb 1990 • Korean War The Forgotton War Jun 1950 - Jul 1953 • Kenneth D. Brown Msgt US Air Force 1949 - 1970 • Michael H. Simmons Cpl US Marines Vietnam • Orrie Etridge Tech 4 US Army 1943 - 1945 WWII • Jason R. Nyeste Pfc Army 1999 - 04 58th Sig Bn • Bryce Bigboy US Air Force Bear Base • Oris D. Suver US Army WWII 1945 - 1946 • Joe Alinendinger Sp 4 US Army Korea 1962 - 63 • Bill Grice US Army WWII • James E Reeves Cpl US Army 1941-45 WWII • Alvin Holbrook WWI 1917 - 1918 B 1890 - D 1970 • Wm. Bruce Tolle U.S. Air Force 1960 - 1964 • Elmer Alexander Pfc US Air Force Korea • George A. Click US Army 1951 - 53 Korean War • American Legion Post 178 Van Wert, Ohio • Lawrence E. Nance Cpl US Marines 1943 - 1946 WWII • Forest Edwards US Navy 1957 - 1976 Vietnam • Henry C. Hale USAF WWII - Korea 1941 - 1963 Ph • Dawn Peckham Pv2 US Army Medic 1990 - 1993 • Willis M. Suver US Army Korea 1950 - 1952 • Edward P Kenney Cpl US Aaf World War II • Norman Ralph Barnette Pfc US Army • Charles Reeves Ssgt Vietnam Purple Heart • Lee V. Holbrook US Navy 1941 - 45 B 1923 - D 1967 • Anthony M. Tolle USNA 1983 - 1987 USAF 1987 - 1995 • Msgt John B. Vargo US Navy Seabees 1954 - 1974 • Lewis A. Denty US Army Engr 1917 - 1918 • John C. Sciacca US Navy 1943 - 45 USS Eldridge De • Bernard E. Shaub Cpl US Army Jun1947 - Dec1948 • Joeseph T. Ethier US Navy At2 1957 - 1963 • Preston H. Hale US Army 1973 - 1979 • Ryan Peckham US Army Trans Corps • Peter A. Kashuk US Navy 1962 - 1966 • Don D. Roush Cs3 US Navy 1962 - 1966 • Harold W. Tharp US Army 1943 - 1946 • Stanley B. Moore Rm USS Texas USN 1942 - 45 WWII • A. "Gene" Holbrook US Navy 1941 - 1945 B 1926 - D 2011 • Robert G. Davis US Army 1943 • George C. Farley US Army 1957 - 1963 • Saundra Priest US Army Intel 1978 - 1982 • Rephard Reed US Army Sgt 1958 - 1961 • Allan L. Shaub Sp4 US Army Oct 1970 - Apr 1972 • Russell Ssbn 630 Pasqualetti USN 1986 - 1992 • Connie B. Hale US Army - Navy Res 1973-76 - 1976-79 • Hunter Peckham US Army Combat Engineers • William Dumbauld USN 1953 - 1975 Submarines • Walter D. Roush Bm2 US Navy 1942 - 1945 • Michael R. Croak US Army Vietnam 1972 - 1978 • James R. Lewis Spc 5 US Army Vietnam 1966 - 67 • Wilbur W. Sexton US Navy Sonar 1957 - 1961 • Harold S. Davis 1944 - 1945 Army WWII Purple Heart • Spc John Billman Army 173rd Abn Vietnam 67 - 68 Ph • Allen Curran Sr. Em2 US Navy 1959 - 1963 • Sgt Fred Thomas US Army 1954 - 57 Korean War • Maj Lee W. Rice US Army Air Corp 1941 - 1945 • Millard Waggoner Sgt US Army Inf 1943 - 1949 • Henry A. Brown US Army WWII 1942 - 1945 Ph • Keith Homstad Jr. US Air Force Feb 2009 - Aug 2010 • Charles L. Stephens US Navy • Roscoe J. Fife Pfc US Army 1942 - 1945 • Donald J Piper US Air Force 1955 - 1959 • L. W. Biddle Bm3 US Navy Korea • Chester A. Mason US Army - Korea 1950 - 1952 • Howard E. Davis US Army 1951 - 1953 • Roy E. Bailey US Marines 1957 - 1964 • Allen Curran Jr. Ic4 US Navy 1984 - 1988 • Ltc Mark Thomas USAF 1984 - 2004 Desert Storm • Kirk L. Gatchell Bm3 USCG 1991 - 1995 • Ralph E. Priest Cpl USAAC 1943 - 1945 • Walter B. Oliver KIA 4 Nov 65, 12 Cav Ia Drang Valley • Jacob R. Stoner US Air Force Air Field Ops • John L. Blagg Sr. Pvt US Army WWII B 1891 - D 1982 • James Wagner Sr. Cpl US Army World War II • Luke J. Rice US Air Force 1991 - 1996 • Richard Stith USASA Thailand 1974 - 1977 • Nancy K. Coleman US Air Force 1973 - 1981 • Alden Stilson Jr. 43 Mg US Army 84 WWII / Korea • James A. Bailey US Army • Charles H. Patton US Army World War II • Capt Beth Thomas USAF 1987 - 1997 Desert Storm • Troy C. Gatchell Sgt US Army 1995 - 2002 • Robertson Dr. Joseph C. US Navy WWII • C. Arthur Morrow US Army 1960 - 1963 • Tom "Vegas" Jones Lcdr US Navy 1995 - 2016 • John L. Blagg Jr. Sgt US Army WWII B 1915 - D 1984 • James W. Wagner US Navy 1969 - 1973 • David L. Conner US Navy Bm3 1973 - 1977 • John G. Kramer Jr. Ltc US Army 1962 - 1992 • Joseph E. Barnes Sgt US Army 1946 - 1949 Japan • Robert J. Dodel Sgt USAF 1980 - 1988 • VFW Post 9866 Jacksonville, Oh. Honor all vets • Franklin F. Board US Navy Vietnam • Joshua Thomas US Air Force • Chas L. Parker II Sgt US Army 1992-99 - 2010-12 • George T. Belt Ssgt Army 1943 - 46 Bronze Star Ph • Justin Parsell US Air Force 2009 - 2013 • Genevieve Parsell US Air Force 2008 - Utc • Bobby L. Keeran US Army Korean War May 1953 - April 1955 • Leo J. Fox Jr. US Air Force 1967 - 1971 • American Legion Post 482 Scio, Ohio • Susan M. Sweet Sgt US Army 1981 - 1987 • Pfc Dana L. Kirby WWII US Army 1945 Japan • Matthew P. Wilkes Sgt US Army • L.E. "Tim" Whitesel 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles • Thomas J. Zigo E4 US Airforce 1953 - 1957 • Paul V. Wade Sr. Ssgt US Army 1960 - 1985 Vietnam • Bert McKinley Lcpl USMC 1977 - 1981 • Central Ohio Korean War Vets Assoc Chapt 113

Adamson Monument & Markers • Tradesmen -Moore And Assoc - Stone • -Jack Mangus - Block • -Sally Conrad - Painter (Eagles)

Richard McKinney US Army 1967 - 1968 • Cpt Elias Hughes Revolutionary War 1774 - 1783 • Lt Elias Hughes War of 1812 Fort Meigs, Ohio - 1813 • Bert E. Bottorff WWI Artillery France 1918 - 1919 • James Hughes WWII S Pacific 172 Inf 1-21-42 - 11-8-43 • Richard Bottorff Vietnam 46 Combat Engineers 1970 - 71 • Kenneth A. Grace Msgt US Army 1913 - 1981 • Charles Mcelwee Jr 1936 - 1966 Army Air Corps • Sgt William Butt B Btry 103rd Aaa Army WWII • Henry Pete Butt Co H 333 Inf Army WWI • Nicholas Neibarger US Navy • Bobby O. Hatten Sk3 US Navy USS Waldo City • Albert E Stanton Msgt 1972 - 1997 Vietnam / Gw USAF • Edward Donaldson Army Korea War 1951 - 1953, 623rd • Steve Donaldson Sgt USMC Coldwar 1980 - 1984 • Jim Owens US Air Force Vietnam • Howard Nixon First Infantry World War II • Walter E. Sero US Army Occupied Japan • Gerald B. Russell Spc US Army Desert Storm 91 • Robert Sanford Jhs 1948 Korean War Vet • Chris Pokorny Col US Army Ret Legion of Merit • Bobby C. Halfhill Pfc Army 1953 - 1955 Korea • Paul A. Casey Spc 3rd Class 1956 - 1962 Army • Douglas Rex Horn 1963 - 2021 Dad - Papaw - Friend • Russell Baughman US Navy 1949 - 1950 • John J. Kramer Ssg Inf US Army 1985 - 1991 • Ronald E. Damron Army Airbourne 1963 - 1965 Vietnam • Ray L. Fox US Army 44 - 45 World War II • Michael Perkins National Guard Kuwait 2020 • Jennifer Krystek U.S. Air Force 2006 - 2018 • Jack E. Coppess 1Lt Pilot WWII Killed in Action • Walter P. Work US Army Retired 1988 - 2018 • Eric "Rick" Ross US Navy 1971 - 1975 • Donald L. Edwards USAF/Nat Grd A1C 1951 - 1953 • Bill Hottinger US Navy 1967 - 1971 Etn2 133 Seabees • Gary M. Ashbrook USAF Vietnam War 1967 - 1971 • Tracy L. Baughman US Army 1992 - 1997 • Lyle E. Stansbury Yn3 US Navy Korea 1954 - 57 • Robert B. Johnson Sgt US Army World War II • Samuel Shults Air Force 1962 - 1966 • Thomas L. Perkins US Air Force Korea 1953 • Robert Albright U.S. Navy WWII • Jack Coppess Jr. Ssg US Army 1963 - 1967 • Ralph E. Smith US Army 1944 - 1945 • Sgt James E. See US Army 1942 Staff Sargent • Albert J. Surette Phm1/C WWII US Navy • Robert L. Arter Sgt US Aaf WWII 1942 - 1945 • Donald Ashbrook USAF Vietnam War 1972 -1978 • Robert G. Nevel Pfc US Army 1954 - 1956 • Alfred Dunn T/5 Base Air Depot 1 England 1943 - 45 • Samuel Gilliland Revolution War B 1760 - D 1833 • Durbin Brothers Danville Ohio USAF 1960 - 1972 • Clint C Perkins US Navy Desert Storm 91 • Earl Dague Jr. U.S. Navy WWII • Robert E. Steely Tec 4 US Army World War II • Michael Oliver US Army Vietnam 1970 - 1972 • Capt Michael See US Army Mp 1970 - 1976 • James D. Conrad Sp4 US Army 1962 - 1964 • Raymond H. Davis USAF Gulf War 1989 - 1993 • Robert A. Rohde Corporal-Usmc 1956 - 1962 • David Penhorwood US Army Sp4 1964 - 1965 - 1966 • Stella Dunn Raf Lead A/C Woman England 1940 - 45 • Nickolas Jacobs 2nd Armor Div US Army 1943 - 45 • Fred Wyman US Coast Guard World War II • Raymond Booker Army WWII 1924 - 2019 • Sgt Dan Patron USMC Afghanistan 1985 - 2011 • John W. Rhodeback Ssgt US Army World War II • Vernon Lucas Pfc US Army WWII KIA 1945 • Cpt John M. See US Army 2007 - 2013 • Dallas Merchant 46th Oh. Volunteer Inf KIA Apr 6, 1862 • Doug E. Jones USAF Vietnam 1967 - 1988 • Mike McAllister US Navy Vietnam • Darwin Montgomery USCG 1943 - 1945 • Fred Grace US Air Force Sac 1960 - 1964 • James McCune Jr. USMC Vet USA Ret 87-14 Bsm Ph Msm • Harold Jennings US Navy World War II • Jerry Ziomkowski USAF 438 Sps Honorable 1975 • Sgt Vernon Judd Army Korea Pow 1928 - 1951 • Donald Emblen Army Airforce 1943 - 1946 • Ralph M. Edwards Capt. U.S. Army World War II • Maj Suzanne See US Air Force 2004 - Utc • Billy G. Hays US Army Korea 1952 - 1960 • Allen Broadbent Sgt. Vietnam USAF 1964 - 1968 • Bubba Broadbent Ssg. Oif 1, 3, 8 US Army 1995 - 2018 • Cw5 David Corbi Army Nat Guard 1987 - 2023 • Sgt David Corbi Army Nat Guard 2016 - 2022 • Ssg Hannah Corbi US Army 2019 - 2025 • George W. Parks S1C 1945 - 1946 USS Tweedy • Lawrence R. Shane 661st Trans Co Sp5 1974 - 1977 • Larry R. Shane S1C WWII USS Williams
 
Erected 2015 by Johnstown American Legion Auxiliary Unit 254; Sons of the American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 9.193′ N, 82° 41.445′ W. Memorial is in Johnstown, Ohio, in Licking County. It is at the intersection of West Maple Street and North Williams Street, on the right when traveling west on West Maple Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 180 W Maple St, Johnstown OH 43031, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bigelow Cemetery / Bigelow Cemetery War Veterans (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Johnstown Cemetery Revolutionary War Soldiers (about 500 feet away); Johnstown Cemetery / War Veterans (about 800 feet away); VFW Post 3097 Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Monroe Township Hall (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pauline Chambers Yost (approx. 0.3 miles away); Johnstown (approx. half a mile away); Alexandria (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Johnstown.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 22, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   7, 8, 9. submitted on June 25, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 24, 2026