Galva in Henry County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

To the Sons of this Community Who Gave Their Future to Preserve Our Heritage

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2021

1. To the Sons of this Community Who Gave Their Future to Preserve Our Heritage

Inscription. World War IWilbur L. Hagberg • F. Chester Peterson • Raymond H. Hurlbutt • Rudolph M. Nordeen

World War IIDale R. Hamlin • Norris G. Morgan • C. Robert Briggs • Eugene F. Schmitt • Robert R. Lapan • Richard P. Coyle • Norman L. Kenney • Lawrence A. Hagney Jr. • Lawrence E. Larson • Harold S. Kewish • John T. Colfer • John L. Carr • Kenneth E. Berg • La Verne M. Brown • Harold G. Dutton • Jack W. Fansler • James R. Warren • L. Russell Johnson • Herschel Deffenbaugh

Korean WarJohn J. Sawickis • Eugene C. Anderson Jr.

Vietnam WarJohn E. Kellett

Erected 1956.

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

Location. 41° 9.96′ N, 90° 2.743′ W. Memorial is in Galva, Illinois, in Henry County. It is at the intersection of Front Street and Exchange Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. The memorial is at the northwest corner of Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 338 Front Street, Galva IL 61434, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in Northern 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 walking distance of this marker: The Scrap Drive of 1942 (a few steps from this marker); Our Gävlebocken (within shouting distance of this marker); Galva Opera House/Temperance Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); George Helgesen Fitch (within shouting distance of this marker); Olof Krans (within shouting distance of this marker); Hayes Pump and Planter Company (within shouting distance of this marker); Sgt. Schuyler Brent Patch (within shouting distance of this marker); Wistrand Manufacturing Co. and the Blue Star line (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Galva.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2021

2. To the Sons of this Community Who Gave Their Future to Preserve Our Heritage

The east side of the memorial.

Because They Deserved to be Remembered for Their Service image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2021

3. Because They Deserved to be Remembered for Their Service

(plaque on the east side of the memorial)The City of Galva thanks: U.S. Marine SSG Gareth Dean Kenney (retired) for promoting the continual lighting of this monument. This monument was erected in 1956.

In Loving Memory of SP4 John E. Kellett image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2021

4. In Loving Memory of SP4 John E. Kellett

(plaque on the east side of the memorial)
From parents and friends
1947-1968

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2021

5. To the Sons of this Community Who Gave Their Future to Preserve Our Heritage

Looking east from Exchange Street. Front Street is in the background.

Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2021

6. Veterans Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 19, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.