Oakland in Coles County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Oakland, Illinois Community W. W. I War Memorial

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Photographed by Al Wolf, May 15, 2010

1. Front View - - W. W. I War Memorial - Oakland, Illinois Community Marker

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Inscription.

Oakland, Illinois Community W. W. I War Memorial. . Front Section Lucy M. Reeds Red Cross Nurse Overseas, Soldiers Overseas. Column One George L. Adams . Samuel Adams . Floyd Annin . Harry Annin . Archie Ashmore . Frank Ashmore . Logan W. Blevins, Sergt. . Frank Brandt . George A. Brown . Paul Buckler . Barton O. Burns . Elbert Butcher . Clarence Campbell . Ray Campbell . John Chesley . Harry L. Clapp . Omer F. Clement, 1st Sergt. . Cyrus Covalt . Oharles Cossins . Don Daniels . Roy E. Daniels, Column Two Ernest F. Deam . James E. Dean . William T. Digby, Sergt. . George W. Dukeman . Robert Dukeman . Walter Fay . Loyd Friddle . John T. Gillis . James Hahn . Cyril O. Hammil . Elby Harvey . Elmer L. Henry . John F. Henderson, 1st Lieut. . Joseph B. Hendrix, 2nd Lieut. . William R. Hinds . James A. Holmes . Guy Hollis . Jesse L. Hood . Lew F. Honn . Wilbur Honn . William C. Hunt . Oberlin B. Kinzel, 2nd Lieut., Column Three Chester Kurtz . Otis C. Lamb . Herman H. Lutz . Arthur L. McConkey, Corp. . Lawrence McGregor . Paul McGregor . Edward McIntyre, Sergt. . John C. Mauzy . William F. McQueen . Obie R. Neal . Fred Newman . Brook W. Padgett . George F. Parker . Amiel H. Pfertsh . Poe L. Ramsey . William M. Ramsey . Dick O. Rogers, 2nd Lieut. . Hiram J. Rutherford . McLorn Schooler . Earl M. Scott, Column Four John E. Shoemaker . Everett Sissel . Joe C. Skelton . Ernest Smail . Fred Stewart, Corp. . Oscar E. Stewart . James H. Stokes, Sergt. . Jesse F. Swinford . Daniel Taylor . General L. Taylor . George Taylor . Herman Taylor . Wiley B. Truax . Harvey C. Utterback . Ralph A. Wells . Walter H. White, 1st Sergt. . James A. Wilson . Reese S. Martin (A) . Obe L. Waters (A) . William Poole . Fountain W. Brown, Right Side April 6, 1917 , Nov. 11, 1918, Men in Navy . Charles Applegate . Lewis Butcher . Albert Casey . Irl Gobert . Arthur Hendrix, 1C Yeoman . Elby E. Hanner . Thomas Moffett . Emmet McGahey . Charles Osborn . Joseph Thomas . Thomas Ward . Oscar Coffell Men in Naval Training Stations. H. Hugh Maddox . William M. Coffey . Charles H. Crawford, 2C M (A) . Delbert E. Hahn, 1C M (A) . Bryant Hanley, D. M. 2C (A) . Hubert W. McGuire, D. M. 1C (A) . Lester Reeder, Left Side Unveiled May 30, 1919, Aviators in U. S. Cantonments. Robert C. Black, 2nd Lieut. . Charles G. Brenneman, 1st Lieut. . Samuel W. Gilbert Student Army Training Corps. Andrew Black . Roy Frantz . Ivan Gilbert . Ralph Grace . Benjamin McLaughlin . Cecil S. Winford, Obverse Side Erected in Honor of the A. R. C. Nurse Soldiers and Sailors of this Community, Soldiers in U. S. Cantonments. Column One Albert Alexander, Sergt. . Glen Allen, 2nd Lieut. . Bruce Ashmore . Robert L. Burns, 1st Lieut. . Glenn W. Brown . William M. Coffey . Charles S. Curtis . Dwight Daniels . Claude Davis . Carl R. Dennis . Naaman Dennison, Mess Sergt. . John Eskew . Frank Fanning . Evans Frantz . Clarence Gilbert . Ernest Franklin, Column Two Paul Glbert . Dalton Green . Herman D. Hanner . Joseph Hall . Ralph Hall, Corp. . Percy Hall . Ross Hallowell . Clifford Hopkins . Willard R. Harvey . Dwight Harrington . Perry House . Harry O. Henderson . Glen Humphrey . Roscoe Jackson . Thomas Jones, Column Three Carl Kirkpatrick . Harry Kirkpatrick . Pierce Kirkpatrick . Samuel King . Porter Landers . Eugene C. Mason, 1st Lieut. . Raymond Magruder, Sergt. . Orvin E. McQueen . Luther Moore . James Mullis . James Murphy . Charles Naphew . William Nolan . Carlisle Z. Norton, Corp. . Kelton L. Pepper, Major . Ernest Pribble, Column Four James D. Pierson, 1st Lieut. . Carlysle Pemberton, 1st Lieut. . Thomas Porter . Leo M. Rutherford, Sergt. . Edward L. Stewart . William O. Sublett . Roy O. Swinford . General M. Taylor . George W. Taylor, Sergt. . Eugene Taylor . Hersdel Wooten . Carl Wimer . Chester H. Wells . Cecil P. Yeargin

Front Section Lucy M. Reeds Red Cross Nurse Overseas

Soldiers Overseas
Column One
George L. Adams • Samuel Adams • Floyd Annin • Harry Annin • Archie Ashmore • Frank Ashmore • Logan W. Blevins, Sergt. • Frank Brandt • George A. Brown • Paul Buckler • Barton O. Burns • Elbert Butcher • Clarence Campbell • Ray Campbell • John Chesley • Harry L. Clapp • Omer F. Clement, 1st Sergt. • Cyrus Covalt • Oharles Cossins • Don Daniels • Roy E. Daniels

Column Two
Ernest F. Deam • James E. Dean • William T. Digby, Sergt. • George W. Dukeman • Robert Dukeman • Walter Fay • Loyd Friddle • John T. Gillis • James Hahn • Cyril O. Hammil • Elby Harvey • Elmer L. Henry • John F. Henderson, 1st Lieut. • Joseph B. Hendrix, 2nd Lieut. • William R. Hinds • James A. Holmes • Guy Hollis • Jesse L. Hood • Lew F. Honn • Wilbur Honn • William C. Hunt • Oberlin B. Kinzel, 2nd Lieut.

Column Three
Chester Kurtz • Otis C. Lamb • Herman H. Lutz • Arthur L. McConkey, Corp. • Lawrence McGregor • Paul McGregor • Edward McIntyre, Sergt. • John C. Mauzy • William F. McQueen • Obie R. Neal • Fred Newman • Brook W. Padgett • George F. Parker • Amiel H. Pfertsh • Poe L. Ramsey • William M. Ramsey • Dick O. Rogers, 2nd Lieut. • Hiram J. Rutherford • McLorn Schooler • Earl

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Column Four
John E. Shoemaker • Everett Sissel • Joe C. Skelton • Ernest Smail • Fred Stewart, Corp. • Oscar E. Stewart • James H. Stokes, Sergt. • Jesse F. Swinford • Daniel Taylor • General L. Taylor • George Taylor • Herman Taylor • Wiley B. Truax • Harvey C. Utterback • Ralph A. Wells • Walter H. White, 1st Sergt. • James A. Wilson • Reese S. Martin (A) • Obe L. Waters (A) • William Poole • Fountain W. Brown

Right Side April 6, 1917 — Nov. 11, 1918

* * * Men in Navy * * * Charles Applegate • Lewis Butcher • Albert Casey • Irl Gobert • Arthur Hendrix, 1C Yeoman • Elby E. Hanner • Thomas Moffett • Emmet McGahey • Charles Osborn • Joseph Thomas • Thomas Ward • Oscar Coffell
Men in Naval Training Stations H. Hugh Maddox • William M. Coffey • Charles H. Crawford, 2C M (A) • Delbert E. Hahn, 1C M (A) • Bryant Hanley, D. M. 2C (A) • Hubert W. McGuire, D. M. 1C (A) • Lester Reeder

Left Side Unveiled May 30, 1919

Aviators in U. S. Cantonments Robert C. Black, 2nd Lieut. • Charles G. Brenneman, 1st Lieut. • Samuel W. Gilbert
Student Army Training Corps Andrew Black • Roy Frantz • Ivan Gilbert • Ralph Grace • Benjamin McLaughlin • Cecil S. Winford

Obverse Side Erected in
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2. Right End - - W. W. I War Memorial - Oakland, Illinois Community Marker
Honor of the A. R. C. Nurse Soldiers and Sailors of this Community

Soldiers in U. S. Cantonments Column One
Albert Alexander, Sergt. • Glen Allen, 2nd Lieut. • Bruce Ashmore • Robert L. Burns, 1st Lieut. • Glenn W. Brown • William M. Coffey • Charles S. Curtis • Dwight Daniels • Claude Davis • Carl R. Dennis • Naaman Dennison, Mess Sergt. • John Eskew • Frank Fanning • Evans Frantz • Clarence Gilbert • Ernest Franklin

Column Two
Paul Glbert • Dalton Green • Herman D. Hanner • Joseph Hall • Ralph Hall, Corp. • Percy Hall • Ross Hallowell • Clifford Hopkins • Willard R. Harvey • Dwight Harrington • Perry House • Harry O. Henderson • Glen Humphrey • Roscoe Jackson • Thomas Jones

Column Three
Carl Kirkpatrick • Harry Kirkpatrick • Pierce Kirkpatrick • Samuel King • Porter Landers • Eugene C. Mason, 1st Lieut. • Raymond Magruder, Sergt. • Orvin E. McQueen • Luther Moore • James Mullis • James Murphy • Charles Naphew • * William Nolan • Carlisle Z. Norton, Corp. • Kelton L. Pepper, Major • Ernest Pribble

Column Four
James D. Pierson, 1st Lieut. • Carlysle Pemberton, 1st Lieut. • Thomas Porter • Leo M. Rutherford, Sergt. • Edward L. Stewart • William O. Sublett • Roy O. Swinford • * General M. Taylor • George W. Taylor, Sergt. • Eugene Taylor • Hersdel Wooten • Carl Wimer • Chester H. Wells • Cecil

Left End - - W. W. I War Memorial - Oakland, Illinois Community Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Al Wolf, May 15, 2010

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P. Yeargin

Erected 1919.

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

Location. 39° 39.316′ N, 88° 1.669′ W. Memorial is in Oakland, Illinois, in Coles County. It is on West Main Street west of North Pike Street, on the right when traveling west. The marker is in the middle of "Oakland Centennial Park" in Oakland, Illinois. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Oakland IL 61943, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois.

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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gristmill Stone Recovered from the Little Embarras River (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Home of Dr. Hiram Rutherford (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Matson Slave Trial (about 400 feet away); Newman Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.1 miles away); The Streibich Blacksmith Shop (approx. 10.2 miles away); Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District (approx. 10.7 miles away); Grandview Township Veterans Honor Roll (approx. 12½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakland.

Also see . . . History of the 7.7cm Feldkanone 16 cannon shown in Photograph 11. (Submitted on March 9, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.)

Obverse View - - W. W. I War Memorial - Oakland, Illinois Community Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Al Wolf, May 15, 2010

4. Obverse View - - W. W. I War Memorial - Oakland, Illinois Community Marker

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5. Full View of "Top Statues"

Front View - - Left Statue image. Click for full size.

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6. Front View - - Left Statue

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7. Obverse View - - Left Statue

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8. Front View - - Right Statue

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9. Obverse View - - Right Statue

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W. W. I - - Field Piece image. Click for full size.

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11. W. W. I - - Field Piece

Seen here is a 7.7cm (77mm) German Rheinmetall made Feldkanone 16 (FK 16), probably captured by a local unit. At the end of World War One there were 3020 of these still in use by German Artillery units. The World War I Memorial is a short walk to the right.. > > >

Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 2,460 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on May 21, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.

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