Mason in Mason County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

World War I

June 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026

1. World War I Marker

Inscription.
United States of America Declared War on the German Empire, April 6, 1917

Mason County West Virginia Active Duty Casualties

Clarence B. Stockhoff • James Flora • William H. Yauger • George Andrew Hill • Dwight Oliver • Kenneth M. Meadows • Benjamin Franklin Bumgarner • Guy Spencer • Lynford Abram Yonker • John Moss • Odis Young • Lewis C. Knopp • George R. Stewart • Willard H. Camp • Clarence A. Mason • Warner E. Roush • John M. Wooley

Frank E. Barnette • Grant R. Tucker • Rankin R. Pickens • Jerry Dailey • John H. Ball • Carl Eckard • Olin E. Gibson • Evert E. Jividen • George S. Rainey • Samuel A. Childs • Wade E. Mulford • Homer O'Neil • Frederick W. Seitz • Randall R. Burris • Norman Elsworth Lee • Earl L. Blain

Have your 20th century war veteran casualty biography included in the West Virginia memory project at West Virginia archives and history.

Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.
- John J. Pershing - General of the Armies

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I hero Medal of Honor

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Location. 39° 0.737′ N, 82° 2.264′ W. Memorial is in Mason, West Virginia, in Mason County. It is at the intersection of 2nd Street and West Virginia Route 833, on the right when traveling south on 2nd Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 393 2nd St, Mason WV 25260, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Mid-Ohio Valley. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: World War II (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named World War II (here, next to this marker); Ssgt. Jimmy Goethel Stewart (here, next to this marker); Mason County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026

2. World War I Marker

(a few steps from this marker); Mason County Veterans Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); Korean War (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); POW-MIA (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mason.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026

3. World War I Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026

4. World War I Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026

5. World War I Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026

6. World War I Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 1, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 5 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 1, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.