Columbus in Bartholomew County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial

Dedicated May 30, 1997

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1. Full View - - Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
The Bartholomew County Memorial for veterans is a tribute to those living and dead who answered the Nations Call in the conflicts of the twentieth century.

Sherman Rhude 1897-1918 • Gordon Haggard 1908-1944 • John Arrington 1948-1967 • Joseph Stuckey 1912-1944 • Russell Shepherd 1925-1945 • Oskar Trimpe 1892-1918 • Carl Wilson 1922-1944 • Julius Roupp 1891-1918 • Gregory Weisner 1947-1968 • Edward Blair 1917-1945 • T. Delmonte Carpenter 1921-1953 • James Stringer 1913-1943 • Martin Miller 1911-1945 • Wilbur Steinkamp 1919-1944 • Jeremy McQueary 1983-2010 • Robert Hayes 1935-1969 • Raymond Barbour 1896-1918 • Lowell Mahoney 1921-1945 • Charles Smiley 1928-1952 • Howard Boxman 1922-1944 • Jack Durbin 1922-1943 • Emmett Shackelford 1925-1945 • James Allen Baker 1912-1943 • Rondal C. Brown 1923-1944 • Milton Reeves 1919-1943 • James Larkin 1898-1918 • Harry Patrick 1890-1918 • Joseph Schwartzkopf 1914-1944 • Everett Wagner 1919-1945 • Leo Plunkett 1888-1918 • Billy Smith 1947-1968 • Victor Nysewander 1886-1918 • John Trotter 1920-1944 • Don Wright 1915-1944 • Donald D. Alvis 1945-1968 • Peter Daum 1888-1918 • Robert Ferrenburg

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1915-1944 • Chester Mcnealy 1926-1945 • Gale William Dixon 1943-1968 • Garnett Cavender 1910-1944 • Jerry Downs 1945-1966 • Donald Fields 1921-1944 • Floyd Robertson 1894-1918 • William Lucas 1915-1943 • Robert Cody 1944-1969 • John Cox 1921-1945 • Frank Gaston 1884-1918 • Millard Newsom 1895-1918 • Leonard Graham 1919-1945 • Robert D. Barkes 1943-1965 • Loren Voiles 1910-1944 • George W. Horton 1919-1944 • Cecil Maddock 1898-1918 • Francis Robertson 1915-1945 • Max A. Mouser 1941-1975 • James E. Brewer 1943-1968 • Harley Clark 1915-1945 • Ernest Trimpe 1924-1945 • Leslie Woods 1921-1945 • Edwin Sharp 1917-1944 • John Fuel 1920-1944 • Charles Stillabower 1898-1918 • Floyd Noe 1913-1944 • John F. (Jim) Ostick 1929-1953 • Donald Harrison 1944-1965 • Orville Moyer 1896-1917 • William Brown 1924-1944 • Reed L. Smith Jr. 1918-1945 • Erven Meyer 1917-1945 • Arthur Keller 1917-1945 • Robert W. Langwell 1924-1950 • Grover Kinney 1929-1950 • Arnold Jenkins 1893-1918 • Thomas Carmichael 1924-1944 • Francis Scheidt 1922-1943 • William Thompson 1925-1944 • Ernest Hall 1919-1944 • Alan Randall 1930-1952 • Sherman Rhude 1897-1918 • Gordon Haggard

One of the "Walk Stones" image. Click for full size.

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2. One of the "Walk Stones"

1908-1944 • John Arrington 1948-1967 • Joseph Stuckey 1912-1944 • Russell Shepherd 1925-1945 • Oskar Trimpe 1892-1918 • Carl Wilson 1922-1944 • Maurice Thornburg 1921-1945 • Randall Harris 1948-1968 • Cassius N. Marlin 1899-1918 • Herschel Eckelman 1914-1945 • Harley Long 1916-1944 • Carl Eckelman 1892-1919 • Steven C. Epperson 1947-1974 • Reed Williams 1914-1945 • John A. Barlow 1938-1959 • Glenn Bowers Jr. 1923-1958 • Chester Lane 1924-1944 • Richard Regan 1905-1944 • Robert Miller 1924-1953 • James Robert Hunt 1940-1970 • Kent Voyles 1887-1918 • Lowell Kanouse 1919-1945 • Donald Shoaf 1926-1945 • William Fisher 1930-1952 • Steven Burton 1947-1968 • Jesse Cochran 1887-1918 • Walter Golden 1923-1945 • Virgil Phillips 1925-1950 • Dennis Chomel 1947-1967 • Merle Clark 1924-1944 • Ben Crouch 1923-1944 • Wilbur Guthrie 1898-1918 • Paul Nading 1916-1945 • Robert Spicer 1922-1944 • Franklin Dulong 1933-1968 • Charles Leming 1945-1969 • Gerald Eckelman 1917-1944 • John Hovis 1886-1918 • Earl Colter 1887-1918 • Gary Pace 1945-1969 • Jackie Hulse 1933-1952 • Carl McMillan 1925-1944 • Sampson Willoughby 1924-1945 • Bernard Ross 1920-1945 • Gerald

July. 1918 Letter - - (Louis Tabor) image. Click for full size.

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3. July. 1918 Letter - - (Louis Tabor)

Eckelman 1917-1944 • John Hovis 1886-1918 • Earl Colter 1887-1918 • Gary Pace 1945-1969 • Jackie Hulse 1933-1952 • Carl McMillan 1925-1944 • Sampson Willoughby 1924-1945 • Bernard Ross 1920-1945 • Clarence Bell 1920-1944 • Jeffrey Gossett 1944-1966 • William Pumphrey 1888-1918 • James Stout 1917-1945 • David Askew 1933-1953 • Marvin Monroe 1947-1968 • Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck 1912-1944 • Jonathan Daniel Menke 1986-2008 • Frank Sachleben 1917-1944 • Glen Tatem 1919-1950 • Clarence Palmer 1930-1967 • Louis Tabor 1900-1918 • Raymond Scroghines 1923-1943 • Hugo Claycamp 1924-1943 • Joseph Macy 1948-1969 • Edward Hunter 1877-1900 • Ellis Elden Whitis 1926-1945 • Robert Lind 1923-1943 • Carl Heagy 1916-1944 • John Stearns 1933-1953 • Albert Campfield 1947-1968 • Carl Neuert 1898-1918 • Max Robertson 1920-1944 • Jonathon M. Hunter 1993-2017 • Ralph Hill 1924-1944 • Neal Noland 1922-1944 • George W. Wilson 1923-1944 • Earl Hall 1918-1944 • Frank L. Wilcoxson 1894-1918 • Aaron Essex 1912-1944 • William Hale 1949-1968 • Howard Reno 1893-1942 • Robert L. Smith 1922-1942 • Hubert W. Loesch 1923-1945 • Curtis Findley 1917-1945 • Jesse Baker 1914-1945

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• Elbert E. Bumbalough 1918-1944 • Walter Ott Jr. 1923-1945 • Avery Green 1925-1950 • Joseph Anderson 1919-1943 • Delmar Green 1917-1944 • John Williams 1922-1945 • Joseph Stroup 1916-1944 • Forrest Burns 1922-1952 • Russell Henderson 1924-1944 • Walter Stillabower 1896-1918 • David Schlehuser 1940-1964 • Herbert Newby 1900-1918 • Wayne Hill 1920-1943 • John Crump 1915-1943 • Donald Lee Moore 1924-1944 • Rufus Baker 1896-1918 • John C. Bishop 1984-2010 • Benjamin Woehrman 1889-1918 • George Irwin 1922-1942 • Homer Reedy 1921-1944 • Frederick Graham 1924-1945 • Donald G. Clark 1923-1944 • Damon Judd 1915-1945 • Edgar Jones 1930-1951 • William Weales 1925-1945 • Ralph L. Denny 1941-1963 • Arthur Hunter 1891-1919 • Jack Hogan 1918-1944 • Alva Woodruff Jr. 1922-1945 • Melvin Richeson 1911-1944 • Frederick Keller 1918-1945

20 August 1952
Dear Mom,

I didn't get to finish what I started Wednesday. Since then I've taken another boat ride. I'm in Pusan, Korea now.

We just arrived this morning about 8:30 and I sure don't like it here. I'd 10 times rather stay in Japan.

I think we are going to move again tomorrow but I don't know just where.

I haven't gotten any mail for eight days now and they say it will be another two or three days until I will.

I don't know much to say except it has rained a lot here.

I thought Japan was dirty but it's nothing compared to this place.

Mom, the people in Death Valley live like kings compared to these people.

I have to walk guard tonight from 10 to 2 o'clock. Here we carry carbines and they're loaded too. The Sgt. of the Guard said that a lot of things have been stolen and are getting out some way. He said don't be afraid to use it.

Well, Mom, I guess I had better stop for now. Hope this isn't too boring but it's all I know to talk about. I'll write again as soon as I can.

Your

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Son, Bill XX

Private William Fisher, U.S. Army, was killed in action October 15, 1952.

27 March 1945
Dear Dad,
Don't let anybody tell you the Red Cross isn't helping because they are on the job day and night.
Love, Leslie

PFC Leslie E. Woods, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Belgium March 28, 1945.

June 1944
Dear Mom and Dad,
It's about the middle of June and by the time you receive this letter, I will have been in action.

PFC Carl E. McMillan, U.S. Marines, was killed in the Pacific in July 1944.

25 January 1945
Hi you all,
I just have a few minutes to write you to thank you for the Xmas package.

As you probably recognize the stationery, you can see I'm putting it to quick use. The fruit cake really hit the spot. It lasted just a short while.

I should be able to get back to the USA in June or thereabouts, to stay - I hope. I'm tired of this stuff over here.

Well, I'm sleepy, and it's time for bed so - thanks again for the package and take care of yourselves.

Your nephew and cousin, Mauricebr

Capt. Maurice Thornburg, U.S. Air Force, was killed in a plane crash in Europe in March of 1945.

January 1949
Dear Mom,

I will drop you a few lines to say Hello. I am getting along well and hope you all are the same.

What are you all doing now? We are still fighting the snow and I sure wish it would melt.

I received three Xmas packages a few days ago, two from Norma and one from you and everything sure was good and I really did enjoy it.

I guess a lot of the boys are getting worried about them starting to draft more men. I hate to see any of the boys leave but I think they all should have a little bit instead of some of us getting it all.

Some of them will never know what war is all about.

I don't see how in the devil some of them are staying out because we have some fellows here in my company with two and three kids and one fellow has children in high school.

I got some pictures of the baby and he sure has grown and I think he is cute as a button.

I got a little shoe and I carry it around in my shirt pocket.

Well, I guess I had better close.

Love,

Looking North - - Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

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6. Looking North - - Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial Marker

Glen

Sgt. Glen Tatem, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Korea August 18, 1950.

13 July 1992
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Chomel,

In keeping with the U.S. Government policy of passing on to the next of kin of missing or unaccounted for servicemen any information received, the attached information regarding your son, the late Private First Class Charles D. Chomel, U.S. Marine Corps, is provided. We will keep you informed of any actions resulting from this information.

D.J. Greco
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Head, Casualty Section

"Method of Search: A surface search of a 500 x 500 meter area was conducted. The team found several pieces of fiberglass and rusted metal. No remains, personal effects or a discernible crash site were located in the area."

Official report to his parents about PFC Dennis Chomel, U.S. Marines, presumed killed in action, June 11, 1967. His body has never been recovered.

June 1944
Dear Mom,

I was in the battle of Saipan. I got a little shrapnel wound in my right hip about an hour after we hit the beach but it didn't bother me much so I didn't turn myself in to the sick bay. I just had our platoon corpsman treat it with first aid.

After this is all over, Jim and I will come home and continue where we left off. Home will once again be the same.

Love,

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7. Looking East - - Bartholomew County Veterans Memorial Marker

Ernest

Corporal Ernest Albert Trimpe, U.S. Marines, was killed in action February 27, 1945 on Iwo Jima.

20 September 1943
Dear Grandma,
Well, Grandma, it's a rough road but we have to follow. When this is over we will share our love together.
Love, Raymond

PFC Raymond Scroghines, U.S. Army, was killed in action September 29, 1943 in Italy.

April 1944
As the attack began, the Germans fired a terrific artillery, mortar and machine gun barrage which continued throughout the entire operation.

Displaying outstanding courage and showing complete disregard for his own safety, Private Bumbalough crossed the river. While advancing to his objective, in the face of overwhelming enemy fire, he was killed.

His magnificent courage and devotion to duty in the face of vastly superior odds served as an outstanding example and an inspiration to all who witnessed his actions.

Excerpt from the Citation for the Silver Star for PFC Elbert Bumbalough, U.S. Army. PFC Bumbalough was killed in action January 21, 1944

18 August 1952
Dear Ruth,
Got your letter last night in which you told of Paul taking pictures of Tommy. He must be a nice baby. You don’t say anything bad about him.

Well, we are in the line now on Old Baldy but things have quieted down considerably. My job is to keep two OP (Observation Posts) going watching for what the enemy is doing and report it in and in addition send about two patrols out a week to make contact and try to capture a prisoner.

This morning it’s cool and cloudy. Maybe the rains will start again. I hope not but some rain is necessary to make it more livable and generally cooler.

You can do with the money what you want. It’ll draw some interest in savings.

I had $189 pay for last month that I didn’t draw. I may take $10 this payday and then for September I’ll draw it all out and send it to you to bank. We also will get $45 a month combat pay if we have six days a month under fire.

I’ll bet you’re envious of Lenore and Hank with a new house, aren’t you? But you just think, everyone’s got something but me. But we’ll have it too. Don’t worry about that.
Love

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you all, Your Bob

Lt. Forrest "Bob" Burns, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Korea August 30, 1952.

19 September 1941
Dear Alice,
Received your letter and was glad to hear from you. I have been awful rushed or I would have written sooner.

I am going to school again. Our whole company is learning to run a plotting board.

It locates planes and keeps track of them in case of war. If they should attack a city we can warn the people and send flights out to intercept them.

I just saw on the bulletin board that Jack Benny is going to broadcast from the post gym here at March Field in October. I will write and tell you the date when they post it. You might pick it up on the radio and listen to it.

The airplanes are still making plenty of noise. If you were out here you wouldn't envy us one bit. It gets on your nerves.

Well, I have wrote about all I know so I guess I will just sign off.
Your cousin, Harley Clark.

Tech5 Harley Clark, U.S. Air Force, died of malaria February 16, 1945.

18 March 1963
18 March 1963
Mom.
What do you think about me getting married? I'll see you in two weeks and bring my new bride home for you to meet.
Love,

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9. South/East Corner - - Bartholomew County Courthouse

Ralph

Airman Second Class Ralph L. Denny, U.S. Air Force, was killed March 19, 1963.

July 1918
Mother. dear,
Do not worry over me. I'm alright and tell all my friends that I died happy. I just was shot and know that I will die so goodbye all. Let God bless you. I cannot write no more. I am too weak.
Your son. Louis

Louis Tabor wrote this letter to his mother Susan Tabor of Columbus from a hospital bed in France hours before he died of wounds suffered in a World War I battle.

15 October 1944
Mother Darling,
It was such a hurried trip last weekend, and of course I didn't get to do the things I wanted to do. But I got to look at you and put my arms around you for a little while. Heaven, if I'm lucky, will be just like you coming to the door to meet me.

I've been busy this week - just flying, but there's been quite a lot of it, and I've been catching up on sleep. I needed to!

Remember, it won't be long till I come home for Christmas. Take care of yourself and take it easy. And remember I love you, Mother, deeply and always.

Excerpt from a letter to her mother written by Jeanne Lewellen Norbeck, an engineering test pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. The next day, Jeanne was killed in the crash of the Vultee BT-13 army basic trainer she was testing at Shaw Field, Sumpter, SC.

23 July 1970
Hi,
Thought I had better get hot and write. I have more free time here than any other place I've been in the Navy but it is so different.

I just can't get in the mood to write. I think of everybody daily and say, well I'd better write and then I don't do it.

On the night patrols I sometimes wonder what I'm doing over here. The mosquitoes eat you up and right now is the rain season.

You just sit there and wait for him to shoot at you or you see something and start shooting. I will be glad in a way to get my first firefight out of the way so the waiting at night will be easier...I think.
Love,

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Jim

Letter to his sister by Chief Quartermaster James Robert Hunt. U.S. Navy, who was killed in action August 23, 1970.

20 December 1967
Dear Mom,
Hi, I'm all right as usual but still wishing I were home. I just counted up my time left in the service. I have 224 days left to go over here then I come home to stay.

The Bob Hope Christmas show will be in Chu Lai but I won't get to see it. Chu Lai is 20 miles from me but we have something else to do.

I'm going to send you a couple of pictures taken of me. They aren't too good but they show what a track looks like so you will know what I'm working on.

I sure do wish I were home, this being the first Christmas since Connie and I were married. I sure do miss her, Mom. She's a wonderful girl and I'm lucky she's my wife. Sometimes I wonder whether I'll make it home but my thoughts of her waiting make me know that I'm coming back alive.

I guess I shouldn't write so much about Connie because it embarrasses her but I can't help bragging about her. I'm glad you're getting things fixed up at home. Now you won't need me to help as Eddie will be in charge. He can handle things. I have faith in him. Tell him I said that and I mean it and I want him to go back to school next semester.

When I come home it will be about the middle of summer and that's a darn good time of year for I can take Connie many places, like to Starve Hollow Beach or the drive-in or just stay home by ourselves.

I really shouldn't plan so far ahead but I do anyway. It gives me something to look forward to.

Well Mom, I know you and my brothers and Connie will miss me but I'll be home soon and we will all be together again as we were and much happier this time because I won't ever have to leave again.

But have a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I will be thinking of you always.
Your

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son, Marvin

Specialist Fourth Class Marvin Monroe, U.S. Army, was action in Vietnam

15 May 1941
Dear Mom,
We've just finished a full dress parade before the company commander. We marched 30 minutes, stood at attention for an hour and marched 30 minutes more.

If you didn't do it right the 'Sarge crawled all over you back to flight headquarters.

I got a letter from Aunt Clara today and will answer it as soon as I get some stamps.

Well, tell everyone I said Hello.
Love, Neal

Sgt. Neal Noland, U.S. Air Force, was killed in action July 7, 1944.

October 1918
Dear Mother,
Please do not worry yourself, for it was God's will. And while we are bereaved because of Frank's death, he died for a just and noble cause - for his country and his flag.

So, do not worry too much although I know it goes hard with you.
Love, George

Pvt. Frank L. Wilcoxson, U.S. Army, died of influenza October 8, 1918 at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

Dear Father,
I should like very much to be at home to cast my vote for president but it is going to be impossible. I wish the Republican ticket success-the whole ticket, from McKinley to the end.
Your son, Edward Hunter

Letter

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to his father Joseph, who lived near Elizabethtown, from Edward Hunter who was serving with the 45th U.S. Volunteers during the Philippine-American War (1899-1902). The younger Hunter died Oct. 27, 1900 of pneumonia while being treated at an Army hospital in the Philippines.

13 March 1968
Well son, we were tickled to death. We got home today and had two letters from you. You have never seen a happier family.

Such a good picture of you and that pretty little Chinese girl...

Dad took it to work this morning. I told June (that's the teacher that I'm taking care of her mother) I would bring it tomorrow and show it to her.

We are so proud that I wouldn't take a million dollars for it.

I don't understand this newspaper clipping about you. If we hadn't gotten those letters from you it would have worried us to death. I hope and pray you are not doing that now. Please write and let me know what it meant.
Love, Mom

Specialist Fourth Class Steven Burton, U.S. Army, was killed in Vietnam, March 31, 1968.

April 1945
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bell,
At Hill 711, I saw Clarence lead a force little stronger than an infantry squad against a German platoon.

Through his calm courage he caused the capture of the entire enemy platoon.
Capt.

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Daniel Levine Company G 85th Division

Lt. Clarence Bell, U.S. Army, was killed in action October 18, 1944 in Italy.

23 August 1943
Dear Flora,
How are you? By now I am just fine. I got here about 3 o'clock this morning. I had to stand up all the way.

I haven't got my shoes yet. It was raining when I got up here last night. I was sure sleeping today.

Have you got my other picture yet? I do hope so.

Well, I am going to chow now and I'll start over again.

Well, I am back from chow. It was very good. Will close.
With love, Russell E.

Staff Sgt. Russell E. Shepherd, U.S. Air Force, was killed in action over Germany, February 12, 1945.

26 November 1944
From Daddy to my sweet little darling Emmylou.
I know your sweet mother and Grandma will show you a nice Xmas and the way the war news sounds, I am sure that your Daddy will be back next year sometime.

So, you keep your Mother in good spirits.
Love, Daddy
PFC Erven Meyer, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Belgium January 7, 1945.

29 December 1944
Dear Mother,
I am just writing a few lines to let you know I am feeling fine. Hope you are the same.

How is everything at home? O.K., I hope. I sure do miss you now, Mother.

How are all the kids? O.K., I hope.

Did you have a good Christmas? I sure hope so and I had a fair one.

Tell everybody hello. I sure would like to see them all.

Well, Mother, I guess I will say goodbye for now.
Love

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from your son to all, Fred

Pvt. Frederick L. Graham, U.S. Army, was killed in action January 7, 1945.

November 1917
Dear Madam,
I think I knew your son George about as well as any boy in the battery.

He was a true sport in every way and a great enthusiast of baseball and all outdoor sports.

I have often heard him mention his home and what he was going to do after the war.
Sincerely, Lionel Wood

Gunner Orville Moyer, Canadian Army, was killed in action November 3, 1917.

9 January 2010
Hi Mom,
Did you hear Rae bought me a truck? I can't wait to drive it. I think it is going to be Hadley and my camping/fishing truck.
See you soon, Jeremy

An excerpt from the last letter written by Marine Sgt. Jeremy McQueary to his mother. He was killed February 18, 2010, in the blast of an IED (improvised explosive device) while serving in Afghanistan. His son, Hadley, was 5 months old at the time of his father's death. October 1943
Dear Daddy,
How are you? I love you.

Trixy is fine.
Love, Gene

Honey,
You sure do have a good writer in the family.

Don't you think so?

We love you, precious.

We love you.

We love you.

We love you.
Mildred.

Post

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card to Cpl. Jack Hogan, U.S. Army from his son and wife. Cpl. Hogan was killed in action in France. September 16, 1944.

December 1967
To Whom it may Concern,
I want my funeral expenses taken out first. Then I want Grandpa Haase paid $1,000 for the loan which I owe him for. If I have any other known debts, pay them.
Randall Harris

PFC Randall Harris, U.S. Marines, was killed in Vietnam, January 2, 1968.

Erected 1997.

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

Location. 39° 12.039′ N, 85° 55.29′ W. Memorial is in Columbus, Indiana, in Bartholomew County. It is on Washington Street south of 3rd Street (State Road 46), on the right when traveling south. Located on the South/East lawn of the Bartholomew County Courthouse in Columbus, Indiana. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 234 Washington Street, Columbus IN 47201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Indiana.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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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: Bartholomew County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Bartholomew County Revolutionary War Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Bartholomew County W.W. I - Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Honor Roll & Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Bartholomew County Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans of All Wars (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Our Pioneer Heritage / Bartholomew County Historical Society / McEwen-Samuels-Marr House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Columbus City Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.

More about this memorial. The interior walls of the forty (40) foot tall stones are filled with many inscriptions. This Memorial is the most striking that I have seen and "experienced"!!

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