Valentine in Cherry County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Vietnam War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 17, 2026

1. Vietnam War Memorial

Inscription.

For Those That Served
In The
Vietnam War
January 28, 1961
May 7, 1975

[Armed Service Emblems]

[★ - Killed in Action or Died in Service]

Aeschliman, Darwin W. • Aeschliman, Richard L. • Ahrens, Dennis A. • Alchley, Shannon • Alder, Robert • Allard, John W. • Allard, Richard J. • Anderson, Lowell D. • Andrews, Kim • Anthony, Craig • Arens, Robert • Arganbright, Bryan L. • Atkin, Howard E. • Ayers, Kenneth D. • Ayers, Mary V. • Ayers, Robert J. • Bachelor, Jack L. • Bacon, David H. • Bacon, Kenneth • Bacon, Larry • Bader, Kenny • Bailey, Barry A. • Bailey, Jack • Bain, Jane E. • Ballard, James E. • Ballard, Thomas C. • Bancroft, Calvin K. • Bauer, Ronald J. • Baxter, Richard • Beckfeldt, Ray L. • Beel, Loren C. • Beemer, Harry • Beman, Jerry • Benjamin, Donald C. • Bennett, Loren • Bennett, Melvin N. • Bertrang, Warren E. • Bessey, Dale E. • Blackford, Philip R. • Blake, Scott • Blumenstock, Frederick G. Jr. • Bobek, Robert G. • Boeshart, Michael • Bolli, Eldon E. • Bordeaux, Roderick J. • Borer, Randall R. • Borszich,

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Everett P. • Borszich, Robert J. • Bove, Jerry P. • Boyd, Delbert F.

Bozart, Michael • Bridge, Kip I • Brill, Grant • Brill, Lonnie • Brill, Ronald F. • Brinda, Delmer R. • Brown, Albert L. • Brown, Buddy J. • Brown, Darvin D. • Brown, Earl G. • Brown, Gregory S. • Brown, Ronnie L. • Bruns, Bobby B. • Burge, Richard C. • Bush, John A. • Bussinger, Steven • Buttle, Robert L. • Byrd, Stephen K. • Cady, Donald L. • Cady, Gary M. • Cady, Kathleen A. • Carr, Floyd E. Jr. • Carrier, Corwin E. • Carrier, Harold D. • Carrier, Wayne L. • Carson, Roland L. • Carstens, Marvin L. • Carstens, Walter R. • Cate, Lyle D. • Chase, David R. • Chase, Terry E. • Chessmore, Peggy J. • Chicoine, Joel B. • Chinn, Vernon • Christensen, Barry L. • Clark, Calvin D. • Clasen, Glenn G. • Clasen, Keith L. • Cobb, Richard D. • Coble, Thomas A. • Colburn, Richard L. • Colburn, William K. • Cole, Robert R. • Collins, Lyle D. • Conner, Gary L. • Connery, Danny D. • Connery, Gary • Connot, Robert L. • Cool, Benjamin F. • Cornish, William D.

Cox, Marvin • Cox,

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 17, 2026

2. Vietnam War Memorial

Largely obscured at background right of photo

William H. • Cozad, James F. • Cozad, John E. • Critchfield, Gordon • Critchfield, Richard L. • Cross, William A. • Crouse, Douglas • Crowe, Melvin R. • Crowe, Steven K. • Dahlgren, Arthur J. • Datus, Donald L. • Datus, Gary L. • Datus, Randall M. • Datus, Richard D. • Daugherty, Charles E. • Daugherty, Jack L. • Daugherty, Roger • Davenport, Jon T. • Davey, Jack N. • Davis, Roger D. • Deutsch, Larry L. • Dodd, Betina A. • Dodd, Charles E. • Dooley, Thomas L. • Doolittle, Denny K. • Dredge, Ronald G. • Drinkwalter, James L. • Drinkwalter, Billie J. • Drinkwalter, Linda • Drinkwalter, Keith • Dubray, Robert E. • Dunkel, Dean A. • Dusenberry, Keith R. • Dusseau, Warren • Eberly, Deon D. • Eberly, Forrest L. • Eberly, Gary G. • Eberly, Leon L. • Eby, William • Edwards, James W. • Egelhoff, Franklin R. • Eickhoff, Randy • Eitzen, Jack E. Jr. • Eitzen, Ralph R. • Elliott, Loren D. • Elmore, Ronnie L. • Empkey, William D. • Engel, Robert J. • Erickson, Lawrence

Ewoldt, Bernard E. • Fay, Max • Feller, Merrill D. • Ferguson, Rodney • Ferris,

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Joseph W. II • Finney, Danny R. • Fischer, Colyn C. • Fischer, John B. • Fischer, Richard O. • Fladebo, Darrel J. • Fladebo, David G. • Foster, Earl W. • Foster, James C. • Foster, Kenneth W. • Foster, Robert K. • Fowler, Frederick E. • Frederick, Larry R. • Freeman, Henry • Fullerton, Jerry J. • Fye, Dadron R. • Galloway, August L. • Garland, Jerry D. • Garner, William F. • Gassman, Ronald C. • Gearhart, Robert J. • Gentry, John E. • Gillespie, Eugene R. • Gilliespie, Roger I. • Gipe, James W. • Goodwin, Max N. • Grace, Steven R. • Grimshaw, Kelly D. • Grooms, Alvin J. • Grooms, Donald L. • Grooms, Richard A. • Gutherless, Mark D. • Hahn, Gerald • Hahn, Stanley • Haire, James • Hale, Stephen M. • Halferty, Robert M. • Hall, Robert L. • Hamilton, Michael • Hamit, Nicholas • Hand, Buster • Hand, James D. • Hand, Walter R. • Hanna, Jeffery R • Hanna, John M. • Hanna, John T.

Hansen, John T. • Hanson, James N. • Hanson, Joseph L. • Harms, Tommy J. • Harp, James D. • Harp, Terry • Harris, Gregory E. • Harris, Richard • Hartman, Roland L. • Hayes, John W. • Hayford, Leroy R. • Hays, John W. • Heath, James L. • Heinert, John • Hendrix, Marion E. • Herron, Rex • Heth, Dale • Hill, Corey A. • Hilliker, William • Hoban, Francis A. • Hoefs, Paul T. Jr. • Hoffman, James H. • Hoffman, Thomas V. • Hogan, Patrick J. • Hollopeter, Jack W. • Holmes, Joe A. • Holmes, Richard L. • Homan, Alfred G. • Homan, Michael E. • Hronek, Michael W. • Jackson, Merle R. • Janssen, Robert G. • Johnson, Edwin E. • Johnson, Gregory A. • Johnson, Harold H. • Johnson, James B. • Johnson, John T. • Johnson, Lawrence T. • Johnson, Lloyd • Jones, Michael E. • Jordan, Willis T. • Junod, Alvin G. • Junod, Lawrence D. • Kary, Steven • Keating, James M. • Kehr, Robert • Kellar, John M. • Keller, Donald E. • Keller, Frank E. • Kelly, Donnie L.

Kelly, Harold L. • Keogh, Andrew J. • Keogh, Joseph R. • Kerr, Jerry L. • Kime, David • ★Kingman, Dan C. Jr. • Kirkpatrick, John D. • Kistler, Keith G. • Kluender, William L. • Knudsen, Phillip H. • Knudsen, Ronnie J. • Koinzan, Randall J. • Koralewski, James • Koss, Jerry R. • Koss, Robert J. • Krafka, Thomas • Kramer, Darrel L. • Kramer, Robert R. • Kreycik, Bruce F. • Kreycik, Joseph C. • Kudrna, Delbert • Kunselman, Gary L. • Kuskie, Larry • Lalaff, Charles Jr. • Lallman, William C. • Lamoureaux, Jack • Lamoureaux, John M. • Lamoureaux, Roderick • Lancaster, Barry D. • Langston, Albert R. • Langston, Larry E. • ★Langston, Melvin D. • Lanz, Rodney F. • Lapointe, Laverne L. • Larsen, Thomas P. • Lathrop, Brent C. • Lebrato, Michael C. • Lee, James R. • Lenker, Theodore J. • Liberator, Joseph F. • Liebig, Norbert • Lighthill, James L. • Linenbrink, Nicholas J. • Linster, Harold F. • Livermont, Jay H. • Livermont, Joseph Jr. • Longcor, John J. Jr. • Low, Harold A. • Lucht, Robert D. • Lurz, Gene W.

Lurz, Harold J. • Lurz, Richard • Lutter, Thomas J. • Macy, David • Malmberg, Jack C. • Mapes, Darold E. • Mapes, Delmar F. • Mapes, Sherman E. • Markus, John L. • Marsh, Ezra W. • Marshall, Clifford A. • Marshall, Jon • Marshall, Willard D. • Marshall, William F. • Mathiesen, David • Mathieson, Edward W. • Mathiesen, Paul F. • McClaren, Thomas J. • McCloughan, James E. • McCormick, Chester J. • McGuire, Harold • McKenzie, Douglas • McCleod, Gordon G. • McMurtrey, Charles E. • McNare, Lloyd • Medlock, George H. • Melcher, Ronald D. • Merchen, Robert E. • Merritt, Manson H. • Meyers, Lynn D. • Michalek, John L. • Milhon, Darrel • Miller, Cale • Miller, James D. • Mills, Norman L. • Minshall, James M. • Mizner, Harley V. • Mizner, James B. • Mizner, Malvern M. • Mizner, Merlin L. • Monnier, Donald • Moore, Donald • Moosman, Dan E. • Moosman, James L. • Moosman, Theodore G. • Moreland, Stephen J. • Morton, Delbert • Moss, Thomas E. • Mulligan, Douglas W. • Mulligan, James L.

Mulligan, William O. • Mundorf, James • Nash, Franklin • Nelsen, Donald E. • Nelson, Terry L. • Nelson, Robert • Newcombe, Ted E. • Newland, Douglas A. • Newland, Duane P. • Newland, Glen E. • Newland, Wilber L. • Nieuwenhuis, Burnell E. Jr. • Nieuwenhuis, Paul K. • Nine, Robert E. • Nollett, Louis A. • Nollett, Martin J. Jr. • Nollett, Norman F. • Nollett, Robert L. • ★Noteboom, Ivan • Ogle, Wayne N. • Ogle, William C. • Ohlmann, Terrence H. • Ohlmann, Willis W. • Okief, John E. • Okief, Lawrence F. • Oneill, Dean • Oneill, Leonard L. • Onestar, Clayton E. • Ormesher, Theodore J. • Orton, William C. • Osborne, Rocky E. • Osburn, Jimmy D. • Osterman, John S. • Osterman, Robert V. • Ostrander, David A. • Ostrander, Larry • Overman, David • Overman, Samuel W. • Pavelka, Robert R. • Paxton, Frank B. • Paxton, Lloyd B. • Petersen, Daniel • Peterson, Calvin C. • Peterson, James A. • Peterson, Randall G. • Peterson, Robert W. • Peterson, Wayne E. • Pettigrew, Donald L. • Philamalee, Marvin E. • Pirner, Robert D.

Pirnie, Mary L. • Plumman, Wayne C. • Poignee, Wilbert H. • Pool, Edward • Porath, Duane R. • Potter, William L. • Pourier, William V. • Purdum, Terry L. • Quigley, James H. • Quigley, William B. • Randell, Robert R. • ★Raubach, William P. • Ravenscroft, John W. • Rawlins, Donald • Reece, Francis M. Jr. • Reimers, James H. • ★Reiser, Steven R. • Rhoades, Michael W. • Rhoades, Norman N. • Richardson, George A. • Riege, Kenneth L. • Ries, Walter Jr. • Riley, Albert F. III • Riley, William A. • Risseeuw, James • Robertson, Harold J. • Roosa, Richard L. • Ross, Gerald L. • Rossi, John L. • Roundy, Richard • Sadi, Gary R. • Santi, Kenneth • Savage, Laverne R. • Savage, Ralph E. • Sawyer, George A. • Schemm, Edward J. • Schemm, Gordon A. • Schemm, Harlan C. • Schemmer, Patricia • Schied, Stanley E. • Schleve, Gerry L. • Schubauer, Otto H. • Schubauer, Theodore M. • Scott, Reese W. • Scripter, Richard C. • Sears, Courtney • Seifried, John • Semin, Leroy D. • Sewell, Kenneth W. Jr. • Shaefer, John E.

Sharkey, Rolland F. • Sharp, Cash L. • Sharp, Larry • Sharp, Merle L. • Shaul, Perry M. • Shelbourn, Earl W. Jr. • Shelbourn, Larry W. • Shepler, Carol A. • Sherman, Chevron R. • Sherman, William L. • Shippen, Lawrence R. • Sholl, Raymund F. • Siewert, Ivan C. • Simons, Nicholas C. • Sims, John • Sims, Michael C. • Skinner, Quincy D. • Smith, Earnest W. • Smith, James C. • Smith, James E. Jr. • Smith, Robert L. • Smith, Sheri • Sokol, William J. • Soper, David D. • Spall, Allen • Sparks, Ronald L. • Spivey, Emmett H. • Starr, Daryl G. • Staub, Edgar • Stevens, Robert T. • Stoecker, Neil D. • Stolzenburg, Dale V. • Strong, Randall L. • Stroup, William V. • Stubbe, William • Studeny, Allan W. • Studeny, Henry R. • Sullivan, Mickey • Sullivan, Patrick • Swanson, Edward • Swanson, Gary V. • Swanson, Kenny • Swiftbird, Nathan • Tate, James L. • Tetherow, Douglas R. • Tillotson, Stephen M. • Tinant, Gayle E. • Tinant, Robert L. • Tinkler, Mike • Todd, Steven R.

Tucker, Dewey R. • Turgeon, Daryel W. • Turgeon, Larry • Turgeon, Orville • Turner, Walter E. • Turner, William L. • Usera, John J. • Valandra, Raymond L. • Vandenbos, Curtis L. • Vandenbos, Ivan D. • Vandervort, William • Vanderwey, Kervin W. • Vanwinkle, Orin L. • Vaughn, Ralph J. • Vawser, Melvin L. • Vawser, Thomas • Verbeek, Willard R. • Vosicky, George • Wade, Gary H. • Walcott, Lawrence • Walls, William • Walters, Michael E. • Ward, Charles A. • Ward, David A. • Ward, Gerald W. • Ward, James M. • Ward, Leslie G. • Weaver, Mark • Weber, Douglas W. • Weber, James L • Weihe, Merle W. • Weihe, William E. • Weller, William • Wescott, Harold E. • Wheeler, Larry K. • White, Stephen J. Sr. • Whiting, William L. • Whitney, Franklin S. • Wickman, Jerry E. • Wiechelman, Roland J. • ★Wiese, Thomas A. • Wiley, Elvin E. • Wiley, Evan J. • Wiley, Ivan J. • Wiley, Randy L. • Williams, Billy J. • Williams, Dustin L. • Williams, Joseph • Williams, Leroy • Williams, Thomas M.

Williams, William H. • Wilson, John S. • Wilson, Virgil E. • Witt, Robert J. • Witte, Donald N. • Wobig, Lawrence G. • Wobig, Russell G. • Wobig, Wade • Woodson, Robert E. • Worth, Dennis M. • Wrage, Timothy L. • Wright, Willis J. • Wuerth, Dennis C. • Wunschel, Larry A. • Yates, Beverly • Yenglin, Curtis • Zahl, John B. • Zimmerman, Stanley

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

Location. 42° 52.536′ N, 100° 33.062′ W. Memorial is in Valentine, Nebraska, in Cherry County. It is on Main Street north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north. Monument is on the Cherry County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 365 North Main Street, Valentine NE 69201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Sand Hills

and in the Niobrara Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); War Memorial Honored Dead (a few steps from this marker); World War Roll of Honor (a few steps from this marker); Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Colburn Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Centennial Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); DeWitty (approx. half a mile away); David Y. Mears Cabin (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Valentine.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 2, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.