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

Lt. William I. Loomis

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

1. Lt. William I. Loomis Memorial

Inscription. Dedicated to the
Flying Tigers
of Gen. Claire Lee Chenault
C.B.I. Theater W.W.II

In honor of
Lt. William I. Loomis
Killed in Action Sept. 20, 1944,
at Paoshan, China
serving in U.S. Army
14th Air Force

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • 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, 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:

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Alvin J. King (here, next to this marker); Lebanon, Grenada, and Panama Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Emporia High School World War II 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); Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emporia.

All Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.

2. All Veterans Memorial Park

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 619 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 26, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on November 25, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.