Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

World War I Memorial

For God and Country

— April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918 —

World War I Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 29, 2026

1. World War I Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In Memoriam

These sons & daughters of Cape Girardeau County made the supreme sacrifice in World War I

Clarence Altenthal • Cleveland Baker • Florence Baker • Ellis Caldwell • Charles A. Crass • Harry Crumb • Wilton Davidson • Julien Dearmont • Ben F. Eggers • Cephus Estes • Jesse Fitzgerald • Louis Friedhoff • Arthur F. Graden • Fred Howard • Clark A. Joernes • Harry J. Jones • Louis K. Juden • Roy W. King • Arthur Knight • Joseph F. Koch • George Lacy • Randall Mattingly • Ralph G. Medley • John Neal • John R. Pearson • Charles H. Poe • Charles Reed • Fred Guy Smith • Wm. B. Snider • Frank Spradling • Henry Stedman • E.S. Taylor • Ezra Taylor • Benjamin H. Thompson • Richard Tucker • Clyde Underwood • Birdie A. Walker • Louise Wasem • Arthur Winter • Benjamin Z. Wunderlich

Erected 1950 by American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 37° 18.613′ N, 89° 32.144′ W. Memorial is in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in Cape Girardeau County. It is at the intersection of Broadway Street and North West End Boulevard, on the

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right when traveling west on Broadway Street. Memorial is located at the southeast corner of Capaha Park, at Freedom Corner. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1325 Broadway St, Cape Girardeau MO 63701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Korean Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Replica of the Statue of Liberty (a few steps from this marker); Capaha Park (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Battle of Cape Girardeau (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church

World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 29, 2026

2. World War I Memorial

(approx. 0.7 miles away); H&H Building (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cape Girardeau.

Also see . . . Freedom Corner (American Legion). (Submitted on July 30, 2026, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2026, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 15 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 30, 2026, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.