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Atchison County World War I Memorial

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1. Atchison County World War I Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Atchison County World War I Memorial. . Let us hold in grateful memory the Atchison County men who gave all for God, Country and Humanity in the World War 1917-1919, [Roll of Honored Dead], Private Bryan Amend Co. C., 140th Inf., 35th Div. Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., Feb. 1, 1918, Private Iradell Babcock Caisson Co. 2, 110th Ammo Train, 35th Div. Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., Nov. 17, 1917, Private Aloysius L. Bichlmeier 385th Field Hospital, 332nd Sanitary Train, 97th Div. Died at Camp Cody, N.M., Oct. 16, 1918, Private Marion A. Branch Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. I, 353rd Inf, 89th Div. A.E.F. Killed in accident at Andelot, France, July 20, 1918, Private Franklin O. Brun Hdqrs. Co., 137th Inf., 35th Div. A.E.F. Died at Liverpool, England, May 7, 1918, Private Clyde P. Burbank Pvt. 1st Cl., 388th Bakery Co., QM Corps, A.E.F. Died at Liffol le Grand, France, Jan. 24, 1919, Private Benjamin G. Clayton 58th Co., 184th Depot Brigade Died at Camp Funston, Oct. 12, 1918, Private George Duran Cox Co. B, 29th Machine Gun Bn., 10th Div. Died at Camp Funston, Oct. 28, 1918, Chaplain Owen E. Degan Capt. U.S. Army Died at Nat'l Mil. Home, Leavenworth, Kans. Dec. 1, 1918, Private James Anthony Dunham Co. A., 7th Inf., 3rd Div. A.E.F. Killed in Action, Second Battle of the Marne, June 21, 1918, Private William P. Durkin 412th Co., B Battn, Marines Died at Parris Island, S.C., Jan. 12, 1919, Corporal Richard Eccher Co. I, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F. Died Oct. 29, 1918, of Wounds Received in Bantheville Wood, France, John William Eick Painter, 2nd Class, Co. 30, Reg. 12, U.S.N. Died at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 20, 1918, Private Henry A. Fleming Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F. Died Oct. 1, 1918, of Wounds Received near Baulny [sic Baulne], France, Sergeant George W. Gibson Co. B, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F. Killed in Action, Montrebeau Wood, France, Sept. 28, 1918, Private Jesse C. Gordon Co. B, 137th Inf., 35th Div. Died at Camp Doniphan, Okla., Feb. 13, 1918, Private Robert Bryan Greene Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. E, 139th Inf, 35th Div., A.E.F. Killed in Action, Charpentry, France, Sept. 27, 1918, Private Fay Guy Hdqrs. Co., 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F. Killed in Action, Montrebeau Wood, France, Sept. 28, 1918, Private Lee Roy Hoffman 31st Co., 184th Depot Brigade, Camp Funston Died at Ft. Riley, Oct. 14, 1918, Private William Oscar Hundley Co. 1, 353rd Inf., 89th Div. Died at Camp Merritt, N.J., Mar. 28, 1918, Lieutenant Jared Fox Jackson 1st Lt., Co. M. 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F. Killed in Action, Bantheville Wood, France, Nov. 1, 1918, John Franklin Kaufman Apprentice Seaman, Co. H., 3rd Reg., U.S.N. Died at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 23, 1918, Elmer Martin Larson Seaman, U.S.S. Delaware Died at Hampton Roads, Va., Oct. 8, 1918, Lieutenant William Farrel Leland 2nd Lt., Machine Gun Co., 369th Inf., 93rd Div., A.E.F. Died Sept. 29, 1918, of Wounds Received in the Argonne, France, Private Joel N. Lovgren Co. F., 309th Engineers, 84th Div., A.E.F. Died at St. Germain, France, Oct. 12, 1918, Private Ray Millard McFarland Btry. F, 338th Field Arty, 88th Div., A.E.F. Died in France, Oct. 5, 1918, Private Robert E. Nettleton Btry. C, 3rd Trench Mortar Bn., 3rd Div., A.E.F. Died at Bourbonne, France, Nov. 4, 1918, Corporal Charles W. Nielander Co. C., 134th Inf., 34th Div. Died at Camp Dix, N.J., Sept. 29, 1918, Private John Peterson Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. F., 351st Inf., 88th Div., A.E.F. Died at Gondrecourt, France, Oct. 4, 1918, Private Charles L. Potter 385th Field Hosp, 322nd Sanitary Train, 97th Div. Died at Camp Cody, N.M., Nov. 6, 1918, Lieutenant Clement Martin Ripperger 2nd Lt., 47th Squadron, Air Service, U.S.A. Killed in accident, March Field, Cal., Mar. 31, 1919, Corporal Charles E. Robinson 18th Observation Btry., Field Artillery Died at Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. 16, 1918, Private James E. Romick Co. F., 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F. Killed in Action, Dieulet Wood, France, Nov. 6, 1918, Sergeant Ralph Raymond Roth Co. A, 364th Inf., 91st Div., A.E.F. Killed in Action, Battle of the Argonne, France, Sept. 26, 1918, Corporal Noble E. Seever Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F. Died Sept. 28, 1918, of Wounds Received near Varennes, France, Sergeant Joe Raymond Speer Co. I, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F. Died Nov. 2, 1918, of Wounds Received in Bantheville Wood, France, Lieutenant Harry Augustus Swendson 1st Lt., Co. D, 4th Bn., 1st Australian Inf. Brig., A.I.F. Killed in Action, Polygone Wood, Belgium, Oct. 4, 1917, Corporal Albert L. Tate Co. F, 18th Inf., 1st Div., A.E.F. Died May 1, 1918, of Wounds Received at Cantigny, France, Private Alson Leon Viles Co. L, 140th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F. Died Oct. 24, 1918, of Wounds Received at Exermont, France, Private Carrol J. Walker Pvt. 1st Cl., Hdqrs. Det., Medical Department Died at U.S. General Hospital, Ft. Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 2, 1918, Private Starkey Lloyd Williams Btry. F, 129th Field Arty, 35th Div. Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., April 9, 1918, Colored, Private Leonard W. Henton Co. F., 805th Pioneer Inf., A.E.F. Died at Tours, France, Oct. 18, 1918, Private Otto Majors Co. H, 805th Pioneer Infantry Died at Camp Funston, Aug. 19, 1918, Private Clifford Murphy 28th Construction Co., A.S.M.A. Died at Ft. Wayne, Mich., July 1, 1918, Sweet be your rest! Your task is done; The tramp of armies, boom of gun, The furious cry of savage Hun are silent now, the Victory's won..

Let us hold in grateful memory
the Atchison County men who gave all
for God, Country and Humanity in the
World War 1917-1919

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Private Bryan Amend
Co. C., 140th Inf., 35th Div.
Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., Feb. 1, 1918

Private Iradell Babcock
Caisson Co. 2, 110th Ammo Train, 35th Div.
Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., Nov. 17, 1917

Private Aloysius L. Bichlmeier
385th Field Hospital, 332nd Sanitary Train, 97th Div.
Died at Camp Cody, N.M., Oct. 16, 1918

Private Marion A. Branch
Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. I, 353rd Inf, 89th Div. A.E.F.
Killed in accident at Andelot, France, July 20, 1918

Private Franklin O. Brun
Hdqrs. Co., 137th Inf., 35th Div. A.E.F.
Died at Liverpool, England, May 7, 1918

Private Clyde P. Burbank
Pvt. 1st Cl., 388th Bakery Co., QM Corps, A.E.F.
Died at Liffol le Grand, France, Jan. 24, 1919

Private Benjamin G. Clayton
58th Co., 184th Depot Brigade
Died at Camp Funston, Oct. 12, 1918

Private George Duran Cox
Co. B, 29th Machine Gun Bn., 10th Div.
Died at Camp Funston, Oct. 28, 1918

Chaplain Owen E. Degan
Capt. U.S. Army
Died at Nat'l Mil. Home, Leavenworth,

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Private James Anthony Dunham
Co. A., 7th Inf., 3rd Div. A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Second Battle
of the Marne, June 21, 1918

Private William P. Durkin
412th Co., B Battn, Marines
Died at Parris Island, S.C., Jan. 12, 1919

Corporal Richard Eccher
Co. I, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Died Oct. 29, 1918, of Wounds Received
in Bantheville Wood, France

John William Eick
Painter, 2nd Class, Co. 30, Reg. 12, U.S.N.
Died at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 20, 1918

Private Henry A. Fleming
Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Died Oct. 1, 1918, of Wounds Received
near Baulny [sic Baulne], France

Sergeant George W. Gibson
Co. B, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Montrebeau Wood, France,
Sept. 28, 1918

Private Jesse C. Gordon
Co. B, 137th Inf., 35th Div.
Died at Camp Doniphan, Okla., Feb. 13, 1918

Private Robert Bryan Greene
Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. E, 139th Inf, 35th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Charpentry, France, Sept. 27, 1918

Private Fay Guy
Hdqrs. Co., 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Montrebeau Wood, France, Sept. 28, 1918

Private Lee Roy Hoffman
31st Co., 184th Depot

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2. Atchison County World War I Memorial Building and Marker

Brigade, Camp Funston
Died at Ft. Riley, Oct. 14, 1918

Private William Oscar Hundley
Co. 1, 353rd Inf., 89th Div.
Died at Camp Merritt, N.J., Mar. 28, 1918

Lieutenant Jared Fox Jackson
1st Lt., Co. M. 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Bantheville Wood, France, Nov. 1, 1918

John Franklin Kaufman
Apprentice Seaman, Co. H., 3rd Reg., U.S.N.
Died at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 23, 1918

Elmer Martin Larson
Seaman, U.S.S. Delaware
Died at Hampton Roads, Va., Oct. 8, 1918

Lieutenant William Farrel Leland
2nd Lt., Machine Gun Co., 369th Inf., 93rd Div., A.E.F.
Died Sept. 29, 1918, of Wounds Received
in the Argonne, France

Private Joel N. Lovgren
Co. F., 309th Engineers, 84th Div., A.E.F.
Died at St. Germain, France, Oct. 12, 1918

Private Ray Millard McFarland
Btry. F, 338th Field Arty, 88th Div., A.E.F.
Died in France, Oct. 5, 1918

Private Robert E. Nettleton
Btry. C, 3rd Trench Mortar Bn., 3rd Div., A.E.F.
Died at Bourbonne, France, Nov. 4, 1918

Corporal Charles W. Nielander
Co. C., 134th Inf., 34th Div.
Died at Camp Dix, N.J., Sept. 29, 1918

Private John Peterson
Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. F., 351st Inf., 88th Div., A.E.F.
Died

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3. Atchison County WWI Memorial Honor Roll

at Gondrecourt, France, Oct. 4, 1918

Private Charles L. Potter
385th Field Hosp, 322nd Sanitary Train, 97th Div.
Died at Camp Cody, N.M., Nov. 6, 1918

Lieutenant Clement Martin Ripperger
2nd Lt., 47th Squadron, Air Service, U.S.A.
Killed in accident, March Field, Cal., Mar. 31, 1919

Corporal Charles E. Robinson
18th Observation Btry., Field Artillery
Died at Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. 16, 1918

Private James E. Romick
Co. F., 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Dieulet Wood, France, Nov. 6, 1918

Sergeant Ralph Raymond Roth
Co. A, 364th Inf., 91st Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Battle of the Argonne,
France, Sept. 26, 1918

Corporal Noble E. Seever
Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Died Sept. 28, 1918, of Wounds Received
near Varennes, France

Sergeant Joe Raymond Speer
Co. I, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Died Nov. 2, 1918, of Wounds Received in
Bantheville Wood, France

Lieutenant Harry Augustus Swendson
1st Lt., Co. D, 4th Bn., 1st Australian Inf. Brig., A.I.F.
Killed in Action, Polygone Wood, Belgium, Oct. 4, 1917

Corporal Albert L. Tate
Co. F, 18th Inf., 1st Div., A.E.F.
Died May 1, 1918, of Wounds Received at Cantigny, France

Private
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4. Atchison County WWI Memorial Honor Roll
Alson Leon Viles
Co. L, 140th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Died Oct. 24, 1918, of Wounds Received at Exermont, France

Private Carrol J. Walker
Pvt. 1st Cl., Hdqrs. Det., Medical Department
Died at U.S. General Hospital, Ft. Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 2, 1918

Private Starkey Lloyd Williams
Btry. F, 129th Field Arty, 35th Div.
Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., April 9, 1918

Colored

Private Leonard W. Henton
Co. F., 805th Pioneer Inf., A.E.F.
Died at Tours, France, Oct. 18, 1918

Private Otto Majors
Co. H, 805th Pioneer Infantry
Died at Camp Funston, Aug. 19, 1918

Private Clifford Murphy
28th Construction Co., A.S.M.A.
Died at Ft. Wayne, Mich., July 1, 1918

Sweet be your rest! Your task is done;
The tramp of armies, boom of gun,
The furious cry of savage Hun
are silent now, the Victory's won.

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Location. 39° 33.727′ N, 95° 7.478′ W. Marker is in Atchison, Kansas, in Atchison County. Memorial is on Commercial Street near 9th Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is on the south wall of Memorial Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 819 Commercial Street, Atchison KS 66002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Atchison County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall (here, next to this marker); Founding of the Santa Fe Railway (within shouting distance of this marker); Atchison Post Office (approx. 0.2 miles away); Working Men of the Railroads (approx. 0.2 miles away); 4th of July, 1804 Creek (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birthplace of the Santa Fe Railway Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Bridge Over 4th of July 1804 Creek (approx. ¼ mile away); Atchison, Kansas (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atchison.

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