Mason in Mason County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
World War II
September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026
1. World War II Marker
United States of America declared war with Japan, December 8, 1941.
Mason County West Virginia Active Duty Casualties
Joseph R. Jeffers • Stephen Leon Ross • Jennings Basil Huffman • Carl Hogg • Bert Lewis Capehart • Denver M. Hill • Murrel Mathew McKinney • Harold Francis Drake • Mikey Stanford Rickard • William H. Perry • James Norton Halstead • Roy Chester Cartwright • William Otis Schultze • Emmons P. McConihay • James C. Lincoln • Lester Lee Kidwell • Charles Perry Barnette • Emmett JohnsonvJames L. Huffman • Lewis Emmons Chapman Jr. • Russell James Dowell
Joseph H. Capehart • Milburn Robert Franklin Kinnaird • Warren H. McKinney • Peter Woodrow Herdman • Albert Watterson • Robert Eugene L. Knapp • Daniel E. Slayton Jr. • Fred Hartley • Harry D. Caudill • Monroe J. Lehmann • James Watterson • Zallie Barnett • Oddie O. Chapman • Harry O. Stewart • George Russell Clonch • Crummett E. Lough • Layton William Slaughter • Rollin Jackson Holstein • Laban W. Sayre • Romie Freer Parsons
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
- Thomas Jefferson -3rd U.S.
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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. - Abraham Lincoln - 16th U.S. President
They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side to them we have a solemn obligation.
Admiral Chester W Nimitz U. S. Navy
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 39° 0.74′ N, 82° 2.265′ 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,
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026
2. World War II Marker
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named World War II (here, next to this marker); Mason County Veterans Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients (here, next to this marker); Ssgt. Jimmy Goethel Stewart (here, next to this marker); World War I (here, next to this marker); Korean War (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Mason County 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 II Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026
4. World War II Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026
5. World War II Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, September 27, 2026
6. World War II 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 10 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.
