Brimfield in Peoria County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Roll of Honor

Photographed by Matthew Stevens

1. Roll of Honor Memorial

Inscription.
★ ★ 1917 — 1919 ★ ★
These men of Brimfield, Ill. served their country in World War No. I
William Fughs • Ward E. Harkers • Joe B. Slocum • W. U. Littlefield • Henry A. Arnold • Lester W. Rusk • Walter Pacey • Leland Pacey • Edward W. Church • Earl C. Crahan • William J. Arnold • Leland H. Plummer • Ray W. Goudy • Philip Smith • Curtis L. Cady • William F. Rusk • Edward C. Fussner • Everett Rook • Florian K. Klingert • A. H. Learned • Henry Durant • John H. Strieder • William W. Murdock • Dudley L. Freeman • Earl Clark • Joe Ausmus • Harold M. Burt • Reed W. Blundy • Verr W. Clark • D. E. Hamilton • William H. Clute • Harry B. Cobb • Roy C. Miars • Talbert L. Verby • Wilbur Brown • Leo F. Drahan • Kenneth E. Yoakam • Charles C. Huey • J. C. Moore M.D. • Perry H. Reek • Philip Dell • Andrew E. Christian • Norman Savage • Floyd D. Wyman • James L. Murdock • Raymond R. Martin • Fred Keefer • Howarth Hindle • Willis E. Kingdon • Cecil A. Bridson • Orrin E. Overen • John T. Harty • Ernest Vickery

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• A. S. Morse • Henry S. Savage • C. L. Mailer • Harry E. Mulvaney • John Fuchs • Maurice Bale • Charles A. Notzke • Earl R, Maher • Charles W. Sears • William H. Day • Elmer H. Hunkler • William F. Harding • Rodney D. Carson • Clifford O. Blundy • Albert S. White • George Martiluff • Lewis Durant • Merle Ford • W. J. Weidner • Cecil Jackson • J.S. Brennan • Earl F. Fisher • Donald J Best • Charles H. Kingdon • Earl Moss • Fred J. Sloan • J.E. Welsh M.D. • Charles T. Caldwell

We pay reverent tribute to the men and women of Brimfield community who served their country in World War II
1941 1945
Arnold, Rudolph C. • Arnold, Floyd K. • Arnold, E. C. • Archibald, William • Boyd, James • Blundy, John N. • Blundy, Wilfred • Bruninga, LeRoy • Best, Robert • Babcock, John A. • Blundy, Willard H. • Brasmer, Ralph • Blundy, Joseph M. • Baysingar, Leonard M. • Beall, Dale Eugene • Binder, Eleanor Jean • Bleichner, George • Catton, Bernard L. • Carroll, Joseph H. • Catton, Verne W. • Cluskey, Bernard I. • Coyle, Eugene C. • Cady, Stuart •

World War I Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, August 18, 2026

2. World War I Plaque

This is the left-most plaque of the memorial

Cahill, Roderick E. • Cady, Robert • Catton, Chalmer Jr. • Cecil, Harold • Conolly, Mark B. • Cluskey, Donald A. • Catton, Charles A. • Curran, Clinton D. • Carson, Betty Jean • Carson, Charles • Christian, Karl J. • Cady, David • Clark, Dale • Crawford, R. C. • Crawford, Richard W. • Collins, Vergil D. • Cluts, Charles • Day, Thomas B. • Daum, Robert • Davis, Jock W. • Dell, Charles • Duncan, Max • Day, Edward R. • Driskell, Franklin • DeWolf, Joe • Edwards, John A. • Edwards, Delwin C. • Endres, Tom • Endress, Albert • Endres, John • Fussner, Harold W. • Frank, George A. • Frank, Charles • Foster, Wilfred E. • Frank, Floyd • Flynn, Andrew • Fisher, Jack P. • Fussner, William S. • Fishel, Kenneth • Fordice, James • Fry, Eugene • Fussner, Edward E. • Goudy, Alfred Irl • German, Eldon P. • Gelling, Ray G. • Geitner, James L. • German, Bernard • Geitner, Otto E. • German, John B. • German, Charles • Hasselbacher, Roy • Hasselbacher, Everett • Harding, Robert H. • Hayes, Donald • Hayes, Max M. • Hargreaves, E. C. • Hunter,

World War II Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, August 18, 2026

3. World War II Plaque

This is the center plaque of the memorial

Art • Hasselbacher, Clifford M. • Hasselbacher, Carl M. • Hasselbacher, Willard H. • Hall, William • Heinz, Gerald H. • Hasselbacher, Edwin G. • Heinz, Carl • Hasselbacher, Orville • Johnson, Arber • Johnson, Wendell • Johnson James E. • Johnson, Yelde Jr. • Johnson, Barbara L. • Johnson, Willard Q. • Johnson, Robert Lee • Johnson, Ben J. • Kelley, Joseph L. • Klein, Kenneth • Knight, Robert • Kingdon, John E. • Kingdon, Willis F. • Kelley, Donald L. • Kynn, John C. • Lottman, Paul • Luthy, Richard G. • Lottman, Edmund F. • Luthy, Clarence J. • Lynn, Howard L. • Luthy, Frederick K. • Lottman, Earl E. • LaFollett, John H. • Murphy, James P. • Miller, Paul • Miars, Albert • Mulvaney, John P. • Megan, Owen E. • Murnan, Charles S. • Moon, Gerald H. • Myers, Edgar W. • Meyer, Walter R. • Myers, Marion Earl • Moon, Russell Jr. • Maher, Walter G. • Maher, Thomas P. • Maher, Donald E. • Myers, Donald • Miars, John K. • Miars, Donald R. • Minor William D. • Minor, Robert • McKinney, Roy W. • McDonough, Martin M. • McKinney, Porter • McCoy,

In Memoriam & Post-War Service Plaques image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, August 18, 2026

4. In Memoriam & Post-War Service Plaques

These are the right-most plaques of the memorial

Lyle B. • Nordwall, Lawrence R. • Nordwall, Dale • Nordwall, Floyd • Nordwall, Harry • Overend, Wallace H. • Otoole, John • Pollock, Willard F. • Pollock, Leonard J. • Pollock, Howard M. • Peters, Heye H. • Pollock, Bernard • Powers, John R. • Pacey, Richard A. • Plack, Arlene • Penn, Warner • Risius, Joseph • Reed, Jackson L. • Rogers, Carl J. • Rook, John E. • Reinhart, Robert M. • Rynearson, Earl • Risius, Augustus C. • Reinhart, Wilson • Reinhart, Maynard R. • Ranson, Richard R. • Reents, Curtis • Savage, Everett L. • Savage, Harold R. • Savage Keith C. • Schlink, Harold R. • Smith, Earl • Shaffer, Paul F. • Seigel, Edward • Seigel, George • Shane, Gerald D. • Shane, Donovan D. • Sollenberger, H. E. • Sollenberger, Donald • Savage, Richard R. • Sollenberger, Dorn • Stickle, James E. • Slane, Henry P. • Smith, John W. • Tucker, Rudolph D. • Tucker, Wilbur J. • Traub, Paul • Tully, Wilbur • Taylor, George • Tucker, Orrin C. • Valmage, Lyle • Tucker, Robert M. • Turner, Donald E. • Thompson, Sterling R. • Weeber, James L. • Woodrow,

Roll of Honor Memorial Surroundings image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, August 18, 2026

5. Roll of Honor Memorial Surroundings

The Brimfield Area Museum can be seen behind the marker

John R. • Welsh, John E. • Wyman, Charles T. • Watters, Wyron • Wyss, Richard W. • Zern, Richard D. • Zero, Shelton C.

★ In memoriam ★
They gave their lives in service in World War II
A.M.M.E. 3/C Rolland M. Blanchard • S/SgT. Rolland E. Catton • Pvt. Virgil E. Cadwell • Ens. George R. Edwards • T/4. Stuart L. Frank • Corp. Burton Gregory • Ens. William C. Shaffer • Capt. Allen D. Jury • Pvt. Philip Krumell • Pvt. Charles C. McCoy • W.O.M.C. Frank R. Lynn • Pvt. Donald E. Thomas

In respectful recognition of these men of Brimfield community who entered their country's post-war service
Howard W. Hines • William E. Baird • Frederick D. Johnson • William J. Culley • Rolland E. Cady • John B. Tucker

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 40° 50.317′ N, 89° 53.061′ W. Memorial is in Brimfield, Illinois, in Peoria County. It is at the intersection of East Knoxville Street (U.S. 150) and South Galena Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Knoxville

Roll of Honor Memorial & Village Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, August 18, 2026

6. Roll of Honor Memorial & Village Sign

Both the L.L Guyer Log House and marker can both be seen in the background of the photo by following the sidewalk

Street. This memorial is located in front of the Brimfield Area Museum and faces north towards the street. It is in a grassy area with sidewalks leading around the marker. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 106 E Knoxville St, Brimfield IL 61517, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Illinois River Valley

and in Greater Peoria.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brimfield Vietnam War Anniversary Marker (a few steps from this marker); L.L. Guyer Log House (within shouting distance of this marker); Bell School House Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Zion Protestant Episcopal Church (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Zion Protestant Episcopal Church

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(about 600 feet away); Jubilee College State Historic Site (approx. 5.6 miles away); Jubilee College (approx. 7 miles away); Princeville Revolutionary War Veterans (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brimfield.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2026, by Matthew Stevens of Washington, Illinois. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 18, 2026, by Matthew Stevens of Washington, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.