Ogallala in Keith County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Keith County Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to all Keith County Veterans

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, December 9, 2011

1. Keith County Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. [Torch and medallions of the five service branches] Dedicated to all Keith County Veterans Inscribed are the names of those veterans from Keith County who made the supreme sacrifice in the defense of the freedom we hold so dear.

World War I
Daniel Hankins • Harold Miller • William Kilgore

Vietnam
Jack Canfield • Raymond Daubendick • Cynthia Dickey • Darrell Gehrke • Leonard Hultquist • Kenneth Johoner • William Kildare • Rodger McQuay • Roy Mohr • Robert Nowak

Korean
Joe Bricker • Gerald Brown • Jonnie Martinez • Earl Renfrow • Russell Sherlock • Gordon Stedman • Floyd Straufer • Beatrice Terry • Teddy Walker • Milton Wisman

LeBanon & Grenada
Gregory Eichner • Scott Smith

World War II
Alger B Anderson • Lewis Archer • Leo Armknecht • Rodney Babbitt • Joe Backer • Leslie Barnt • Robert Boyle • Ernest Caskey • Melvin Ehlers • Aloysius Furmanski • Cecil Gibson • Lloyd Gillman • Lloyd Harvey • Don Hollingworth • Carl Kennedy • Lucille Kennedy • Joseph Klapal • John Kuntz • Willard Legate • Martin McColloch • Joe McFadden • Otto Martens • Orlo Montgomery • Elmer Morrell • John Mueller • Glenn Nielson • Floyd Oehlerking

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• Bernard Ratzlaff • Gerald Riggins • Glenn Short • Harry Spencer • John Terry • Charles Van Velson • Ervin Wilkening • Earl Williams

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Travis A Ford

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 41° 7.728′ N, 101° 43.178′ W. Memorial is in Ogallala, Nebraska, in Keith County. It is on North Spruce Street. This marker is located in front of the Keith County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 501 North Spruce Street, Ogallala NE 69153, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Nebraska. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the High 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: KOGA AM & FM (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); End of the Texas Trail

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, December 9, 2011

2. Keith County Veterans Memorial Marker

(about 700 feet away); Standard Oil Gas Station (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Pony Express (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Great Platte River Road (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Mormon Trail (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named The Great Platte River Road (approx. ¼ mile away); Highways 26 and 92 (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ogallala.

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Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,406 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 2, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.