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Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza

 
 
Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
1. Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza Marker
Inscription. The Glory of their Spirit. When destiny demanded and country called, They in answer left our rolling hills and great river valley, and learned the arts of war. Then, on and beneath restless waves of the deep, in endless skies and across vast oceans to island shores, on broad plains and barren hillsides, in dark forests, on snow-covered mountains and in the rubble of smashed villages and cities they faced and fought, with valor and dedication, those who challenged our ideals and freedom and, in the very vortex of combat, were then greeted and embraced by Death. The soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen were not born to die in the youth of their lives - yet they did. They were not born to die deaths of violence - yet they did. By cruel and brutal circumstances of war, they gave their lives that we might live our lives and years in liberty and peace. Never should we forget their ultimate sacrifice. We now in their memory carve their names in stone, and enshrine them in our hearts; we now cast in eternal bronze, figures who in sorrow and in the long, long thoughts of youth reflect on the last measure of devotion given by those we now honor, and we join their mute and motionless yet eloquent presence in their silent meditation. Thinking not only of the passing of the departed patriots. But remembering the glory of their spirit. - Richard W.
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Civil War
John Berry · John C. Clark · George P. Clayton · Eleazor L. Cole · Edward Harl · William H. Kinsman · William Layton · John Nixon

Spanish American War
Joseph L. Callison · Leo P. Ferron · John W. Long · John L. Moore · John Neiger · William E. Sliter · Wallace Bolin · Robert L. Dailey · Paul Pugh · Alton Rinehart · Nate E. Sims · DeWitt Tucker · Dr. Ernest Von Bieberstein · Robert McCann · Schuyler C. Sweeney · Edward Wood

World War I
Otto Achatz · Reuben E. Albertson · Sylvester Allen · Bryant D. Badger · Clyde Barber · Sara H. Battey · George C. Bedford · Charles E. Benton · Glen G. Blanchard · William J. Blumer · Henry W. Bolte · Raymond L. Burke · Harry B. Burton · Theodore T. Cary · Ralph V. Chaney · Luther H. Chorn · Soren Christoffersen · Charles M. Clark · Howard E. Collamore · Arthur D. Conner · Dick Copeland · Lloyd Culp · Cyril L. Culton · Clyde M. Cushman · Ralph W. Davis · Frank A. DeLong · Morris J. Dunn · William R. Dyson · David E. Faulk · Miles D. Felton · Charles M. Ford · William Frandsen · Ernest M. Geise · Lawrence Gilbert · Jewitt Gladstone · Robert A. Gress · Acie Grisham · Alva G.L. Grover · William G. Harrings · Edgar B. Harrison · John
Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza Marker #2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
2. Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza Marker #2
D. Hayes · Richard L. Hesley · Oliver W. Holmes · James F.D. Jackson · Howard Jarret · William A. Kasiske · David S. Kerr · Clyde B. Kilgore

William C. Koos · Thomas E. Langan · George E. Lewis · Edwin D. Lindsay · Harry A. Lloyd · William Lucksinger · Lawrence McCaffrey · Harold G. McGhee · Thomas McKinley · Geo. D. McSorley · Claude C. Morris · Walter Morrissette · Elmer J. Moss · John R. Moss · William A. Muehlenweg · Roy H. Myers · August Nelson · Herman Nelson · Nicholas E. O'Brien · George B. Ouren · Paul Paulsen · Clifford F. Phillips · William L. Pierce · Delbert D. Powell · George P. Pratt · John W. Price · Fred H. Rooney · Robert H. Ronk · Leah K. Schodfeldt · William G. Schupp · Charles Scribner · Barbara L.E. Seilar · Charles F. Setz · Frank D. Seybert · George Silbereinsen · Howard B. Skelton · Ancil G. Smith · William A. Staley · Walter M. Stillman · Grover W. Stuhr · Ivan D. Sweeny · Leo. M. Thompson · Edward S. Walker · Bert F. Whitaker · Norbert Wilson · Hortense E. Wind · Ernest A. Wooten

World War II
Paul Adams · Waldo P. Adams · Marvin S. Adler · Earl C. Alter · Andrew Andersen · Eugene P. Andersen · Virgil W. Anderson · William R. Anderson · Daniel Ash · Dorsey E. Aultz · Victor R. Babcock · Paul
Civil War Veterans image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
3. Civil War Veterans
L. Bach · Jack C. Bailey · John J. Ball · Walter M. Barnett · Henry J. Barrett, Jr. · Stuart M. Bates · Norma J. Battey · Orville L. Beckendorf · George E. Bergman · Merroll J. Berringer · Kenneth C. Berry · Francis D. Bird · Homer Bish · David B. Blain · Clyde T. Blair · John R. Blaylock, Jr. · Howard L. Blizzard · Clifford J. Bogue · Charles V. Booton · Glen C. Bostedt · Joe W. Bostedt · John B. Bostedt · Donald J. Bradley · Earl E. Briggs · Ralph R. Brown · William A. Browning · Albert J. Broz

Clifford M. Burgstrom · Robert W. Busey · Wendell M. Campbell · Earl E. Card · Martin H. Carter · Meredith M. Carter · John J. Caster · James B. Cavanagh · John S. Caywood · Elmer L. Chancellor · James M. Chancellor · Darwin A. Christensen · Lester A. Christensen · Jack R. Chuda · Ernest D. Coad · Claude L. Cody · Irving Cohen · William S. Cohrs · Albert H. Collett · James P. Collins · Carl L. Colwell · Robin C. Connelly · William Conner · Robert Converse · Donald W. Copeland · Kenneth A. Cox · Leslie Cox · Eldon D. Crockett · James H. Crose · Jack B. Curry · Donald L. Culler · Stanley A. Dammrow · Gilbert P. Daugherty · William T. Davenport, Jr. · August W. Davis, Jr. · James D. Dea · Richard C. Decker · Lyle J. Deffenbaugh

Edgar K. Deitchler
Spanish-American War Veterans image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
4. Spanish-American War Veterans
· Lloyd Delong · Everette M. Delph · Claude B. Denton · Charles D. Deputy · Gene W. Dixon · Thomas G. Downs · Robert L. Duffy · William T. Edmundson · Dale S. Ellsworth · Charles W. Emerson · Kenneth D. Enochson · Lindsey E. Etheridge · Robert S. Evans · Leland J. Evers · Owen H. Faurot · Ottis M. Fausett, Jr. · Clifford L. Fenn · John H. Field · Harlan R. Fisher · Aaron E. Fisk · David A. Flack · Howard E. Foss · Harold L. Fox · James J. Friend · Richard Y. Frits · Darrel F. Frost · James L. Garafalo · Earl E. Gard · William F. Garner · Elwood E. Garrean · Raymond J. Gibbons · Robert A. Gidley · Carl E. Gill · Burrel G. Gilmore · Keith E. Glaze · Forest G. Grate · Leo V. Green

Dale E. Gustafson · Robert M. Halladay · Robert V. Hansen · Arnt B. Hansen · Hans F.R. Hansen · H. Folmer Hansen · Lawrence G. Hansen · Matthias P. Hansen · Jack Hansman · Lamar H. Hartje · Harold W. Hartwig · Joseph L. Hathaway · Harry G. Henderson · Max O. Henderson · Robert W. Henderson · George W. Herrel · Jacob A. Hetrick · Gilbert D. Hildebrand · Dean A. Hiley · John F. Irwin · Darcy L. Holm · Oscar Holst · Everett L. Hoover · Charles R. Hough · Charles J. Howard · William A. Humes · Richard L. Humphrey · Irwin C. Hutchison · Paul I. Ingalls · Elmer F. Iverson,
World War I Veterans #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
5. World War I Veterans #1
Jr. · Dorsie E. Ivy · Arthur O. Jensen · Carl C. Jensen · Charles E. Jensen · Casper S. Johnson · Frank A. Johnson · Donald E. Jones · Lloyd C. Kadel · David R. Keltner

Melvin G. Kemplin · Alvin G. Kemplin · William G. Kimball · Clarence R. King · Lyman H. Kish · Gordon L. Klefman · Rex J. Knapp · Robert D. Knudsen · Alfred R. Knudson · Harold N. Knutson · Leonard Koebel · Fred Kranz · Lewis E. Kreger · Edward W. Kussman · Lester M. Larsen · Raymond N. Lee · Earl L. Leighton · Robert E. Lein · Orlan P. Lembke · Stanley W. Leonard · Robert C. Leu · William L. Lindsey · Charles L. Linn · Robert J. Logan · Fred O. Long · Stanley D. Luchsinger · Walter A. Lueth · Elmer Luxford · Dale G. Maassen · Bruce R. Macalister · Jerry A. Madden · William B. Malick · Warren B. Marshall · Donald P. McCauley · Leon H. McCauley · Jack A. McCormick · Dudley V. McCue · Bert E. McKeeman

Carrol McKeown · John Mead · Derald W. Melton · William G. Messerschmidt · Hershel A. Metheny · Leo P. Mickey · Paul L. Mickey · Oliver O. Miller · Raymond D. Miller, Jr. · Max M. Miller · Loyd H. Moore · Walter L. Moore · Walter A. Moore · Ned L. Moore · Dale L. Morgan · Eddie J. Morris · Robert E. Mowery · Eugene C. Mueller · Francis F. Munchrath · Roy H. Napier
World War I Veterans #2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
6. World War I Veterans #2
· Herbert S. Nelson · Shelby F. Newman · Carl E. Nielsen · Donald T. Nugent · William E. O'Connor · Charles H. O'Dell · Margaret F. Olesen · Clarence H. Olsen · Merle W. Oltmans · Bentis S. Orr · Floyd W. Osler · George H. Parks · Laverne H. Paulsen · Oscar H. Pedersen · Roy M. Pedersen, Jr. · Gordon R. Penewit · Merle J. Petersen · Harry E. Peterson

Richard M. Petrus · Vernon G. Pettie · Russell D. Phinney · Louis C. Phipps · Robert C. Pierce · Lawrence E. Pierson · Harold W. Plagge · Kenneth F. Plummer · George H. Pogge · Leslie R. Points · Dale L. Porter · John L. Porter · Leonard E. Pratt · Louis A. Profeda · William D. Pryor · Charles E. Punteney · Robert E. Putnam · Robert R. Rauterkus · Milton H. Reestman · Martin Renteria · Elmer O. Reynolds · Loyd W. Reynolds · Guy B. Rhoades · Carl W. Riddle · Paul L. Rink · Paul T. Roarty · William B. Robinson · Harold R. Rockwell · Frederick T. Rohlfs · Robert C. Rohrberg · Max Rommel · Roy R. Ronnfeldt · Orville W.L. Sales · Lloyd E. Samson · Robert W. Saunders · William (Jim) Saunders · Norvin H. Scheffler · Bernard E. Schickner

World War II
Donald Schickner · Howard D. Schmidt · LeRoy W. Schneckloth · Loren O. Schneider · Dean C. Schroder · Robert E. Schuelzky · Clifford L.
World War II Veterans #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
7. World War II Veterans #1
Senior · John C. Sharp · Jack K. Siddens · Harry A. Sluyter · Boyd D. Smith · Eugene M. Smith · Ruby Smith · Kenneth H. Snyder · Ernest M. Soar · Raymond Soppe · Albert J. Spark · Edward W. Spedding · Lynn I. Springer · Louis C. Stacey · Russell L. Starner · Herman L. Staub · Mack D. Steele · Gerald Steward · George N. Smith · Kenneth H. Stockman · Clarence L. Storm · Donald W. Storm · Dale C. Stranathan · Clarence V. Sturd · Donald W. Supernois · Elmer L. Svenningsen · Charles E. Swanson, Jr. · Jack L. Swanson · Gordon A. Sweeney · Duane G. H. Sweeny · Francis A. Tague · Harold F. Tague

Norbert L. Talty · Michael Tedesco · Melvin C. Thies · Kenneth H. Thomas · Marvin L. Thomas · Albert B. Thompson · Harry Thompson · William F. Thoreen · Russel E. Troth · Paul E. Unmack · Orel E. Vaughn · Lyle W. Vermuele · Glenn O. Vernon · Oscar N. Viberg · Paul A. Waage · Egbert V. Wagner · Richard P. Wagner · Charles E. Wall · Vernon P. Wall · Garrett A. Walling · James M. Waters · Elaine G. Weide · Eldred O. Welbourn · Lester E. Wells · Robert L. Welty · Ono A. Wilcken · Dale W. Williams, Jr. · Jerry J. Williams · Douglas W. Wilson · John R. Wilson · Ancil W. Winger · Wayne Wold · Charles E. Wood, Jr. · Bruce W. Wright · Frank G. Wunder, Jr. · Ervin
World War II Veterans #2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
8. World War II Veterans #2
E. Zentz

Korean War
Duane W. Anderson · Ronald R. Archer · Russell W. Beltz · Walter L. Birt · Donald L. Boruff · Gerald J. Connolly · Billy Gene Cooper · Robert L. Crane · Donald P. Frame · Ralph R. Holly · Duane Hoyle · Albert L. Lamar · Gordan McBurney · Gilbert D. Milburn · Harve C. Mowry · Lyle E. Reid · John E. Saunders · Merle I. Smith · Earl C. Stiles · Melvin L. Sweet

Vietnam War
David B. Anderson · Kenneth C. Baxter · Lyle P. Bills · Dannie L. Bird · Harold W. Buttz · Dennis R. Cain · Roger E. Carroll · Paul R. Collett, Jr. · Louis N. Cooley, Jr. · Merle L. Dueman · John Joseph Fogarty III · Danny J. Fries · Glen E. From · Larry A. Garrison · Michael K. Hutchison · Phillip H. Grego · Chester H. Higginbotham · Karl E. Hougland · William A. Ives · David A. Ives · Dennis R. Jensen · Harold N. Jensen · Steven T. Jewell · James C. Johnson · Verlyn R. Johnson, Jr. · Melvyn H. Kalili · Melvin J. Killian · Raymond H. Knight · Gary A. Koebel · Eugene P. McConnell

Mark A. Larson · Earl E. Leighton · Dennis D. Leslie · William L. Logan · Byron D. McQuinn · Leonard L. McQuinn, Jr. · Michael W. Milner · Michael R. Munch · Byron E. Neff, Jr. · Clifford D. Nelson · James C. O'Shea · Earl D. Osborn · Delbert
World War II Veterans #3 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
9. World War II Veterans #3
E. Peterson · Wayne F. Reed · Michael G. Rindone · Duane W. Roth · Dale H. Schmidt · Harold Shrader · Russell J. Sisley · John R. Stinn · David A. Stokes · Donald D. Sturm · Lars Peder Sundell · Douglas S. Vergamini · Paul F. Widtfeldt, Jr. · Grant Augustine III

Persian Gulf War
Thomas E. Houser

Vietnam Statuary:
We dedicate to those veterans, unhonored and unsung, who bravely fought and died for freedom in the Vietnam Conflict. With tears, we give you honor, love and song for today, tomorrow and eternity.
Janice Ehrens

Pottawattamie County Vietnam Veterans Killed in Action

September 29, 1984

Dedicated to the Memory of
1965
Sgt Harold W. Shrader  Aug. 9 · Col Melvin J. Killian (MIA)  Sept. 30

1966
Sp4 Steven T. Jewell  Jan. 26 · SMS Russell J. Sisley  June 16 · PFC Phillip H. Grego  Aug. 23 · PFC Leonard L. McQuinn Jr.  Sept. 5 · Sp4 Paul F. Widtfeldt Jr.  Oct. 8

1967
PFC Dennis R. Jensen  Mar. 5 · Sp5 Raymond H. Knight  Mar. 25 · Sp4 David A. Ives  Apr. 23 · PFC Wayne F. Reed  July 16 · Maj Clifford D. Nelson  July 25 · L Cpl Louis N. Cooley Jr.  Dec. 16

Dedicated to the Memory of
1968
T Sgt Glen E. From  Jan. 13 · PFC Dale H.
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10. World War II Veterans #4
Schmidt  Feb. 3 · PFC William A. Ives  Mar. 24 · PFC David B. Anderson  Mar. 30 · L Cpl Kenneth C. Baxter  May 1 · PFC Lyle P. Bills  May 17 · Cpl David A. Stokes  June 5 · PFC Michael G. Rindone  June 20 · Sp5 James C. Johnson  June 26 · Pvt Larry A. Garrison  July 17 · Sp4 Earl D. Osborn  Oct. 11 · Pvt Harold W. Buttz  Oct. 15 · PFC Dennis R. Cain  Oct. 22

Dedicated to the Memory of
1969
EO2 Earl L. Leighton  Jan. 17 · PFC John J. Fogarty III  Jan. 25 · CPL Byron D. McQuinn  Feb. 24 · PFC James C. O'Shea  Mar. 31 · Capt Harold N. Jensen  Apr. 13 · Sgt Duane W. Roth  Apr. 29 · Cpl Michael R. Munch  May 13 · Cpl Michael W. Milner  May 14 · Sp4 Roger E. Carroll  Oct. 30

1970
CWO Douglas S. Vergamini  June 26 · Cpl Danny J. Fries  July 22 · PFC Mark A. Larson  Nov. 22

1971
UTC Leo W. Logan  Aug. 10

1997
PFC Jerry W. Moffatt  Apr. 28
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 41° 15.546′ N, 95° 51.057′ W. Memorial is in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County. It is on Pearl Street, on the right when traveling south. at Bayliss Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Council Bluffs IA 51501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Western Iowa, in Loess Hills, and in Greater Omaha. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, 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 Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
World War II Veterans #5 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
11. World War II Veterans #5
distance of this marker: Spanish War Veterans (within shouting distance of this marker); Mormon Trail (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Civil War Memorial (about 300 feet away); Council Bluffs Free Public Library (about 400 feet away); Grenville M. Dodge (about 400 feet away); Squirrel Cage Jail (about 600 feet away); Amelia Bloomer (approx. 0.2 miles away); The National Humane Alliance Fountain (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Council Bluffs.
 
World War II Veterans #6 image. Click for full size.
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12. World War II Veterans #6
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13. World War II Veterans #7
World War II Veterans #8 image. Click for full size.
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14. World War II Veterans #8
World War II Veterans #9 image. Click for full size.
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15. World War II Veterans #9
Korean War Veterans image. Click for full size.
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16. Korean War Veterans
Vietnam Veterans #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
17. Vietnam Veterans #1
Vietnam Veterans #2 image. Click for full size.
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18. Vietnam Veterans #2
Gulf War Veterans image. Click for full size.
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19. Gulf War Veterans
Vietnam Statuary #1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, June 28, 2011
20. Vietnam Statuary #1
Vietnam Statuary #2 image. Click for full size.
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21. Vietnam Statuary #2
Vietnam Statuary #3 image. Click for full size.
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22. Vietnam Statuary #3
Vietnam Statuary #4 image. Click for full size.
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23. Vietnam Statuary #4
Vietnam Statuary #5 image. Click for full size.
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24. Vietnam Statuary #5
Vietnam Statuary #6 image. Click for full size.
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25. Vietnam Statuary #6
Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza image. Click for full size.
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26. Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza
Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza poem image. Click for full size.
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27. Council Bluffs Veterans Plaza poem
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2011, by Charles T. Harrell of Woodford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,259 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. submitted on July 21, 2011, by Charles T. Harrell of Woodford, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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