Near New Castle in Henry County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Henry County War Memorial
Photographed by Courtesy:: Trevor Searcy, June 20, 2010
1. Center Section - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
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( Center Section )
To honor the men and the women of Henry County who bravely fought in the Great Wars and to the heroes who gave their lives on Land, on the Sea and in the Sky that mankind might live in freedom. We humbly dedicate this Memorial the Eleventh Day of November, 1972
( Left Section )
* * * Patriotic * * * Sacrifice * * *
( Row One )
* * World War I * *
Bertram Buchanan • Carl E. Buck • Gerald H. Carpenter • James A. Caudle • Robert Collins • Orville Cook • Clarence M. Crull • Henry C. Dunbar • Benjamin L. Englerth • Earl Frazier • Clyde J. Hart • Sidney Holland • Alva C. Hollis • William R. Lee • Gerald Maddy • Charles Mundell • Charles Mundy • Orlie K. McDaniel • James L. Payne • Samuel B. Peacock • Eugene R. Pence • Carl F. Ross • Howard R. Smith • Thomas V. Thomas • Alva A. Wilson
[ Row Two ]
* * World War II * *
Emory Alexander • Guy V. Amburgey • Freeman Ayres • Jack W. Barber • Roy L. Barnes • Gordon Barratt • Carl E. Bell • Carl Beeson • Vaughn Bowers • Charles T. Brown • Clifford Brown • Gerald H. Burk • Charles A. Burns • Raymond M. Byrd • Charles O. Byrket • James D. Capshaw
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( Row Three )
* * World War II * *
Charles Cranor, Jr. • Ralph Darling • Robert Eachus • James R. Eckrote • Robert Erickson • Flossie D. Flannery • Arthur D. Ford • Willard G. Gibson • Charles F. Glynn • Keith Goar • Douglas H. Gorman • William Grady • Owen Griffin • Orran A. Grubbs • Kennith Gwinn • Francis Leon Hannon • Forrest R. Hayden • Fred Haynes • Roy A. Haynes • Ward Hicks • Virgil M. Hoover • Charles D. Horn • Harry R. Horn • Warren G. Hornaday • Elizabeth Howren
( Row Four )
* * World War II * *
Robert E. Hubbard • Edward C. Jones • Howard Jones • K. B. Jones • Thomas Joyce • Emil Judd • Milton T. Kellum • Cecil B. Kendricks • James Kennedy • Earl Kindley • Max Leisure • Millis Leisure • Leroy Lewis • Charles Loer • Glenn G. Manning • Charles Merchant • Gene M. Millikan • Wayne Stevens
( Right Section )
* * * Forever * * * Remembered * * *
( Row One )
* * World War II * *
Herbert McMillan • Emmitt L. Neal • Willie Nickols
Photographed by Courtesy:: Trevor Searcy, June 20, 2010
2. Left Section - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
[ Row Two ]
* * World War II * *
Richard D. Rutherford • Elmer C. Sidwell • Ralph Skaggs • Emmett Solomon • Albert A. Smith • Andrew F. Smith • Earl Spears • James Spitler • Edwin W. Stopp • Otto K. Stephens • James E. Stiers • Dudley Strickler • James E. Stubbs • Francis E. Sumwalt • Randall W. Taylor • Charles M. Thornburg • Clarence Tungate • Frank H. Vance • Claude Van Zant, Jr. • Ralph Veach • Charles Vinson • Sidney E. Vergne • Leo E. Walsh • Raymond Wiley, Jr. • Warren Younce • Arvid P. Zetterberg
( Row Three )
* * Korea * *
Ralph Edward Bailey • Richard Baldock, Jr. • Harold R. Bravard • Thomas Roy Caylor • Ernest W. Cox • Richard L. Davis • James L. Gilliam • Richard John Gorman • Richard Kissick • Cecil Howard Marcum • Richard E. Millis • Lloyd Eugene Morgan • Richard L. Nicholson • Robert Eugene Redding • James Abner Surber • John E. Thurman
Photographed by Courtesy:: Trevor Searcy, June 20, 2010
3. Right Section - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
( Row Four )
* * Vietnam * *
Charles Everott Crandall • Larry Wayne Darling • Ronald Davis • Tommy Ray Eaton • William Aaron Harter • Timothy Lee Hayes • Dennis Ray Hinton • Thomas Eugene Holloway • David Claud Jasper • Kenneth Bruce Kendall • John A. Keesling • Jimmie Lee Minks • James B. Powell • George Michael Sloan • Fredrick Smith • Bradford Trout • Michael R. White • Stephen Mark White • Timothy H. Lacy
Erected 1972.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 39° 56.774′ N, 85° 23.097′ W. Memorial is near New Castle, Indiana, in Henry County. It is at the intersection of North Memorial Drive and Second Entrance to Memorial Park, on the left when traveling north on North Memorial Drive. At the second entrance (just north of County Road 100 N) to "Memorial Park" pull into the park to the west and park at the first "pull-over parking". You can see the marker -
Photographed by Courtesy:: Trevor Searcy, June 20, 2010
4. Full View - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, 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: Henry County Poor Farm Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry County Memorial Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wilbur Wright Aeronaut and Pioneer (about 600 feet away); Co. I 152nd Inf. 38th Div. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Co. G 152nd Inf. 38th Div. (approx. 0.2 miles away); USS Hyman DD732 (approx. 0.3 miles away); W. W. I War Memorial - Henry County Indiana (approx. 0.4 miles away); Persian Gulf War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Castle.
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5. Wide View - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
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6. Early Sun-Rise - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
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7. Long View - - Henry County (Indiana) War Memorial Marker
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8. Field Gun made in 1890
Behind the "Memorial Park" Office on a hill you can also see the 1890 Field Gun.
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9. Markings on the 1890 Field Gun
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10. Other Markings on the 1890 Field Gun
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11. Other Markings on the 1890 Field Gun
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12. Front View - - 1890 Field Gun
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13. 1890 Field Gun overlooks a Fishing Lake in 'Memorial Park' . . .
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 3,234 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on June 21, 2010, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
