Geddes in Charles Mix County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Geddes Veterans Memorial

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1. Geddes Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
Dedicated To Those Who Served Our Country

Alphonse Jaeger US Army WWII India/Burma · Donald L. Jaeger US Army Ft Bragg NC · Frank C. Dufek JR US Army WWII · John E. Jaeger US Navy WWII POW · James C. Stoltz US Army Vietnam · Jeffery L. Dufek US Army National Guard Iraq · Robert W. Jaeger US Army National Guard · Richard E. Dufek US Army Germany · Ronald D. Dufek US Army Germany · Lawrence J. Jaeger US Army Vietnam · Thomas A. Jaeger US Army National Guard Combat Engr. Artillery · Russell F. Dufek US Army Vietnam · Matthew D. Ernster US Army National Guard Iraq · Kenneth J. Jaeger US Army Germany · William N. Sejnoha US Navy WWII · Todd N. Schaefer US Army Natioal Guard Iraq · Oldrich F. "Al" Nesladek US Army · Jerome A. Jaeger US Army Germany · George R. Jaeger US Army Ft Leonard Wood · Joseph J. Sejnoha US Army WWII · David A. Huggins US Army Vietnam · Cletus W. Jaeger US Navy WWII POW · Paul R. Sejnoha US Navy WWII · Maynard R. Bridges US Marine Corps WWII · Ivan R. Thompson US Army Korea · Alvin R. "Dick" Steckley US Army · William F. "Bill" Biehl

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US Navy Vietnam · John V. Westendorf US Army National Guard · Robert Sejnoha JR US Navy · Michelle Sejnoha US Navy US Army · Brady Burns US Navy · Charles G. Jaeger US Air Force Ellsworth Air Base · Edward J. Jaeger US Army WWII · Joseph F. Jaeger US Army WWII Japan · Leonard D. Steckley US Army · Thomas R. Kolecka US Army National Guard · Arther W. Jaeger US Army WWII · Harold J. Jaeger US Army Korea · Leonard L. Teply US Army · Henry L. "Hank" Teply US Army WWII

Alan L. Blake US Air Force Korea · Raymond J. Mushitz US Army National Guard · Ronald R. Barkley US Army Vietnam · John H. Franks US Army Vietnam KIA · Terry G. Rada US Army Vietnam KIA · Gordon A. Shaw US Army Vietnam KIA · Lestor D. Taylor US Marine Corps Vietnam · James E. Petrik US Army Vietnam · Brian J. Petrik US Air Force Desert Storm · John Dolejsi US Air Force · Richard J. Dolejsi US Air Force · Arnold G. Dolejsi US Air Force Vietnam · Michael J. Rolland US Army Vietnam · David J. Slaba US Army National Guard · Joseph C. Tobia US Army Vietnam · James B. Gau US Navy WWII · Ardell J. Horst US Army Korea

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2. Geddes Veterans Memorial

· Mark J. Ochocki US Army Desert Storm · Frank E. Larsen US Army National Guard · Tammie L. "Koopal" Mayer US Navy 1979-2000 · Sherman P. Koopal US Army 1957-1959 · Harold C. Steele US Navy WWII · Arnold T. Kaemingk US Army WWII · Harold Kranig JR US Army National Guard · Kent W. Kruske US Navy · Robert W. Kruske US Navy National Guard Korea · Kirk W. Kruske US Navy Iran · Eugene R. Niehus US Army National Guard Vietnam · Joseph R. Niehus US Navy WWII Pacific · Nathan J. Niehus US Army National Guard Dessert Storm

Robert J. Bruner US Navy WWII · Harold R. Warner US Army WWII · Mark P. Gant US Army National Guard · Albert O. Phillips US Army WWII · Constance R. Bruner Stephens US Army · Randy Bruner US Army National Guard · Neil Raysby US Navy Korea · Thomas F. Bruner JR US Army Vietnam Era-Germany · Thomas F. Bruner SR US Army Korea · Robert L. Kriz US Army Vietnam · Urban G. Funke US Navy WWII · Albert J. Funke US Army WWII · Edward J. Bruner US Army WWII · Joseph F. Cerney US Army WWII · Raymond F. Cerney US Marine Corps WWII · Richard J. Cerney US Army Texas

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· Thomas R. Cerney US Army Germany · Kerry L. Durham US Navy Vietnam · Kim R. Durham US Navy Vietnam · Roger L. Kozak US Army Ft Benning Ga · Thomas J. Kozak US Army Ft Knox Kt · Mike Krietlow US Army National Guard Iraq · Winferd E. "Bud" Krietlow US Army WWII · Harold "Lefty" Meis US Army WWII · Eugene "Hoot" Westendorf US Army Korea · Patrick Westendorf US Marine Corps · Duane "Sonny" Pavlis US Army Korea · Bill A. Pavlis US Army WWII · Larry W. Pavlis US Navy Vietnam · Timothy W. Ellis US Army · Kenneth R. Creasey US Army Korea · Dean Anderson US Navy Proud Seaman · John W. "Sonny" Stluka US Army Ft Leonard Wood · Richard L. Porter US Army Korea · John E. Schulte US Army Germany · Frank J. Schulte US Air Force Japan/Korea · Leonard F. Sip US Army · Charles Slaba US Army · Wilbur A. Anderson US Army

Award of Appreciation to Ardell Horst and James Gau for their dedicated efforts to make this veterans memorial possible

Erected 1990.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 43° 15.171′ N, 98° 41.721′ W.

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4. Geddes Veterans Memorial

Memorial is in Geddes, South Dakota, in Charles Mix County. It is on Main Avenue north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 312 Main Ave, Geddes SD 57342, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River.

It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,

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 Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: German Methodist Church and Cemetery (approx. 6.6 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps Camp (approx. 10.3 miles away); Lake Andes Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.3 miles away); Platte Community Veterans Memorial (approx. 11.7 miles away); Fort Randall Dam - Lake Francis Case (approx. 14.8 miles away); Women's Work: Making & Raising Tipis (approx. 14.8 miles away); Star Power (approx. 14.8 miles away); Buffalo Tipi Covers

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5. Geddes Veterans Memorial

(approx. 14.8 miles away).

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6. Geddes Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2026. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 9, 2026.