Oak Grove in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Oak Grove Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
1. Oak Grove Veterans Memorial Marker
In Memory of the Members of the U. S. Armed Forces who made the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
S/Sgt. Frank R. Bailey . . . Africa
Cpl. Thomas W. Davis . . . . Germany
PFC. Harry Dobbins . . . . . Germany
Lt. Lloyd W. Ewing . . . . . Iwo Jima
Pvt. Jack A. Johnson . . . . Belgium
Lt. Martin L. Robinson . . . Australia
Sgt. Dale F. Stump . . . . . India
Wilbert O. Haines . . . . . South China Sea
PFC. Guy H. Johnson . . . . Northern Luzon
S/Sgt. Robert L. Clampitt . Tinian Island
Sgt. Harold F. Wilson . . . Korea
Sgt. William W. Sherman . . Vietnam
Pvt. William A. Michael . . Vietnam
Erected by Citizens of the Oak Grove Community.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.
Location. 38° 59.283′ N, 94° 8.309′ W. Memorial is in Oak Grove, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is on SE Cemetery Road 0.1 miles north of E Hillside School Road, on the right. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Oak Grove MO 64075, United States of America.
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Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Lone Jack (approx. 8.6 miles away); Santa Fe Trail (approx. 9.7 miles away); Potawatomi Trail of Death March (approx. 10˝ miles away); The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri (approx. 10.8 miles away); a different marker also named Santa Fe Trail (approx. 10.8 miles away); Fort Osage (approx. 11.2 miles away); Trail of Death (approx. 11.7 miles away); a different marker also named Potawatomi "Trail of Death" March (approx. 13.1 miles away).
More about this memorial. Take the second entrance to the Cemetery - the Memorial is under a large Cedar Tree.
Photographed by Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
2. Oak Grove Veterans Memorial Marker
Closeup of the Eagle
Photographed by Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
3. Oak Grove Veterans Memorial Marker
Listing of Names
Photographed by Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
4. Oak Grove Veterans Memorial Marker
Dedication
Photographed by Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
5. Oak Grove Veterans Memorial Marker
Reverse of Marker
Photographed by Thomas Onions, May 29, 2011
6. Oak Grove Veterans Memorial Marker
Area photo of Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas. This page has been viewed 740 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 30, 2011, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.
