Leesburg in Highland County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Leesburg Veterans Memorial KIA • POW • MIA Remembrance

In Appreciation

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 13, 2026

1. Leesburg Veterans Memorial KIA • POW • MIA Remembrance Marker

Inscription.

MIA ...The Ultimate Sacrifice...
Burns, Harry W - WWII • Couan, Morgan M - CW • Coulter, James M - CW
Chites, Robert B - WWII • Curtis, Charles C - WWII
Dusseau, Lawrence D, Jr - WWII • Graves, Everett - WWII
Henley, Joseph - CW • Howsman, Walter M - WWII
Linn, Frederick Jr - WWII • Morrow, Edward T - WWII
Priest, Donald W, Jr - VN • Smith, John A - WWII • Smith, Paulina J - WWII
Theobald, Charles R - WWII • Tolle, Cecil D - WWII • Tolle, Robert B - WWII
Wright, Charles E - WWII • Burton, William H - WWII
Deakyne, Duane D. - WWII • Williams, Norman H - WWII

POW [All World War II]
Barrett, John H • Coleman, Thomas A • Daulton, William • Harris, Walter L
Burgess, Richard • Engle, Charles D • Sheley, John C • Wilson, Ernest

MIA ...You Are Not Forgotten... [No names]

Erected by Leesburg American Legion Post 568 and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 39° 20.728′ N, 83° 33.306′ W. Memorial is in Leesburg, Ohio, in Highland County.

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It is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 62) and Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Marker is a paver on the Leesburg Veterans Memorial grounds, in Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Leesburg OH 45135, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

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: Leesburg Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Leesburg American Legion Post 568 Charter Membership Roll (here, next to this marker); Leesburg Historic Buildings (within shouting distance of this marker); Kenton and Tecumseh Directional Marker (approx. 2.3

Leesburg Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 13, 2026

2. Leesburg Veterans Memorial

miles away); Highland World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Grove-Geff Cemetery (approx. 4.7 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 4.7 miles away); Gist Settlement (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leesburg.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 13, 2026

3. Leesburg Veterans Memorial KIA • POW • MIA Remembrance Marker

Names more readable in shadow of photographer

Credits. This page was last revised on June 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 30, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.