Emporia in Lyon County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Emporia High School World War II Memorial

Emporia High School Classes 1938-1939 WWII Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2011

1. Emporia High School Classes 1938-1939 WWII Memorial

Inscription.
[Roll of Honored Dead]

Class of 1938
Glen P. Austin, Jr. • Carl F. Hancock • George W. Gibson, Jr. • Harold E. McCanis

Class of 1939
Dean Class • Vernon Hiatt, Jr. • Dale E. Fillmore • Joseph R. Sheen, Jr. • Jim Loren Warren

Class of 1940
Lyle Richardson • La Vell Smith • Charles Euwer, Phillip French • William Lawson • Norbert Fladung • Willard Green

Class of 1941
Lowen Zeiner • Bernard Davis

Class of 1942
Curtis J. McCoy

Class of 1943
Lawrence Eicher • George W. Paust • Robert Hager • Frank Riondy

Class of 1944
Edward J. Weakley
Fireman 1st Class, U.S.S. Jenkins

Erected by World War II Era Classes of Emporia High School.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II.

Location. 38° 23.188′ N, 96° 10.866′ W. Memorial is in Emporia, Kansas, in Lyon County. It can be reached from South Commercial Street. Marker is along the All Veterans Park Walk of Honor. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 933 South Commercial Street (Kansas Route 99), Emporia KS 66801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in Kansas’ Flint Hills.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Alvin J. King (here, next to this marker); Lebanon, Grenada, and Panama Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Gold Star Mothers of America War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Emporia's Mexican American Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Colonel Edwin H. Hawes (here, next to this marker); PFC Floyd Everett Campbell (here, next to this marker); Lt. William I. Loomis (here, next to this marker); Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emporia.

Emporia High School Classes 1940-41-42 WWII Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2011

2. Emporia High School Classes 1940-41-42 WWII Memorial

Emporia High School Class 1943 WWII Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2011

3. Emporia High School Class 1943 WWII Memorial

Emporia High School Class 1944 WWII Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2011

4. Emporia High School Class 1944 WWII Memorial Marker

All Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

5. All Veterans Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 980 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 25, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.