Franklin in Johnson County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls

Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, May 20, 2012

1. Full View - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Inscription.

( Marker Front )

( Center Section )

—∮— (The Great Seal) —∮—

Dedicated to these Johnson
County men who, in answering
the call of duty, paid the
Price of Freedom

– (Seal) – United States Army
– (Seal) – United States Navy
– (Seal) – United States Marine Corps
– (Seal) – United States Air Force

( Lower Left Section )

* * * World War I * * *

( Names - Read Left to Right )

William C. Abraham ∙ Jesse Bradley ∙ Maurice C. Brown ∙ Chester Harland Durham ∙ - - ∙ James Russell Edmonds ∙ Albert Gosman ∙ Chileen S. Harter ∙ Victor Able Hunt ∙ - - ∙ John E. Jones ∙ Russell Henry Klyver ∙ Bryon B. Knowlton ∙ George League ∙ - - ∙ Franklin Earl Morgan ∙ Ora H. Mullinix ∙ Harry A. Nicholson ∙ Grover Roscoe Pitcher ∙ - - ∙ Fred B. Riddle ∙ James Robinson ∙ Homer L. Rush ∙ Carroll D. Shuck ∙ - - ∙ William L. Snow ∙ Henry Oscar Surface

( Lower Right Section )

* * * World War II * * *

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Names - Read Left to Right )

Joseph Applegate ∙ Marion E. Barnett ∙ Stanley M. Barnett ∙ John Hayden Beam ∙ - - ∙ Wilson Dale Bills ∙ Marcus Bledstein ∙ William Orland Bradley ∙ George Breckenridge ∙ - - ∙ Robert W. Brown ∙ William Brown ∙ Julius S. Bryan ∙ Merle E. Bryant ∙ - - ∙ John P. Buchanan ∙ Archie N. Bullock ∙ Fred Bullock ∙ Harry Burgett ∙ - - ∙ Merle Jackson Clark ∙ Cecil Milo Clore ∙ Leon E. Clemmer ∙ Leland Cox ∙ - - ∙ John Henry Cox ∙ Edward E. Covert ∙ Allen E. Crandall ∙ Harold Crater ∙ - - ∙ Wallace Curry ∙ Paul DeBrular ∙ Victor R. Deer ∙ Kenneth A. Devore ∙ - - ∙ Claude E. Doty ∙ Chester L. Doyle ∙ Jack N. Durbin ∙ Dale Ellett ∙ - - ∙ John Ferguson ∙ John Marion Flake ∙ Robert K. Fox ∙ Eldridge Gartman ∙ - - ∙ Gladson Gonterman ∙ Oscar C. Harris ∙ Frank Hartman ∙ Rolland H. Hatch ∙ - - ∙ Paris E. Hicks ∙ Ralph

Center Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

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2. Center Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Hill ∙ Oscar Hill ∙ Wayne Eugene Hill ∙ - - ∙ Ralph M. Hollandback ∙ Louis H. Jones ∙ Arthur Legan ∙ Lawrence Lewark ∙ - - ∙ James Lewis ∙ Louis Lind ∙ Glancy Lucas ∙ Bennett J. Mackey ∙ - - ∙ Jack Manning ∙ William McCreary ∙ Myon McCurry, Sr. ∙ Thurman Miles ∙ - - ∙ Robert Ival Miller ∙ William B. Norman, Jr. ∙ Everett E. Patterson ∙ Albert Perry ∙ - - ∙ George E. Pettit ∙ Russell M. Pike ∙ John F. Pitney ∙ James E. Poynter ∙ - - ∙ Jack Ray ∙ Robert E. Richardson ∙ Kenneth N. Rider, Jr. ∙ Robert A. Robins ∙ - - ∙ Marvin R. Russell ∙ John J. Sledge ∙ Warren Shriver ∙ Bernard P. Smith ∙ - - ∙ Gilbert Smith ∙ Joseph Smith ∙ Philip Smith ∙ Virgil L. Smith ∙ - - ∙ Clarence R. Stanley ∙ Claude H. Stephens ∙ William W. Stockton ∙ James R. Sullivan ∙ - - ∙ Gerald D. Sutton ∙ Clifford W. Swift ∙ Olley Thomas ∙ Tommy Thompson ∙ - - ∙ Loy Underwood ∙ Norman Vandivier ∙ Harold VanAntwerp ∙ Claris VanWinkle ∙ - - ∙ Wendell Vest ∙ Richard Wales ∙ Raymond Walker ∙ Glen Walker ∙ - - ∙ James W. Watson ∙ Melba L. Watson ∙ Otis H. Wagerman ∙ Clayton Weddle ∙ - - ∙ Raymond Wells ∙ William J. Whitlock ∙ Harold E. Williams ∙ Gene Wright ∙ - - ∙ Elmer Gay Wright ∙ Robert N. Kidwell ∙ George L. Lambert

( Lower Left Section )

* * * Korean Conflict * * *

( Names - Read Left to Right )

Thomas A. Averitt ∙ Kenneth G. Boss ∙ Milton Cecil Byrd ∙ Dayton Leroy Caplinger

Left Lower Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

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3. Left Lower Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

∙ - - ∙ Alva E. Catt ∙ Fulton Cosby ∙ Russell E. Dake ∙ William M. Fisher ∙ - - ∙ Robert B. Graham ∙ Claude Lee Harper, Jr. ∙ Mayo Heath ∙ Henry W. House, Jr. ∙ - - ∙ William Myers ∙ Robert B. Neville ∙ William G. Porter ∙ Edward Rairdon ∙ - - ∙ Clarence R. Warder ∙ James Gordon Wheeler

* * * Vietnam Conflict * * *

( Names - Read Left to Right )

Jerry Dean Adams ∙ Richard Patrick Blanton ∙ James Eugene Brewer ∙ John W. Bryant ∙ - - ∙ Muriel Cole ∙ Donald Crane ∙ Ronald Warren Duckett ∙ Larry Ray Glover ∙ - - ∙ William James Karas ∙ Neal A. Lord, Jr. ∙ Garry C. McFetridge ∙ William E. McGinnis ∙ - - ∙ Randy Cois Moore ∙ Robert Stephen Raines ∙ Larry James Rigney ∙ Robert Wayne Vehling ∙ - - ∙ Jimmie Keith Williams

( Upper Left Section )

* * * Iraq * * *

Brian D. Hazelgrove ∙ Paul M. Heltzel ∙ Joseph E. Proctor ∙ Gary M. Henry

* * * Afghanistan * * *

James A. Waters

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Right Lower Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

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4. Right Lower Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Obverse Side )

We stand before you today
the same way we faced the enemy
shoulder to shoulder.
We’re American fighting men-
and we’ve never forgotten it.

( Battles Noted - Around Base )

(Obverse)

Belleau Wood – Chateau Thierry – Meuse Argonne – Pearl Harbor – Wake – Dakto – Coral Sea – Tet – Midway – Tarawa

(Front)

Hue – Pork Chop Hill – Heartbreak Ridge – Iwo Jima – Okinawa – Normandy – The Bulge – Marshall Islands – Guam – Inchon

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

Location. 39° 28.824′ N, 86° 3.301′ W. Memorial is in Franklin, Indiana, in Johnson County. It is at the intersection of Jefferson Street and East Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Jefferson Street. Located on the North/East lawn of the Johnson County Courthouse in Franklin, Indiana. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Franklin IN 46131, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Indiana

Left Upper Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, May 20, 2012

5. Left Upper Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

and specifically in Greater Indianapolis.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Johnson County Civil War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Johnson County Revolutionary War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Johnson County Spanish American War Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Johnson County Court Houses (within shouting distance of this marker); Province Hospital (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Johnson County Museum of History (about 600 feet away); Nancy Kerlin Barnett (about 600 feet away); Hendricks Cabin (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.

Obverse Side - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, circa May 20, 2012

6. Obverse Side - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Other View - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

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7. Other View - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Dedication Stone - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

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8. Dedication Stone - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Looking South/West - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

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9. Looking South/West - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Johnson County Courthouse - Franklin, Indiana image. Click for full size.

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10. Johnson County Courthouse - Franklin, Indiana

Getting Ready for "2012 Memorial Day" image. Click for full size.

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11. Getting Ready for "2012 Memorial Day"

Looking Good for 2012 ! ! ! image. Click for full size.

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12. Looking Good for 2012 ! ! !

South Side - - Johnson County Courthouse - Franklin, Indiana image. Click for full size.

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13. South Side - - Johnson County Courthouse - Franklin, Indiana

2012 - Memorial Day - - Crosses In Place image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012

14. 2012 - Memorial Day - - Crosses In Place

Dedication:: "James A. Waters" Cross image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012

15. Dedication:: "James A. Waters" Cross

Addition - - "Afghanistan - - James A. Waters" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012

16. Addition - - "Afghanistan - - James A. Waters"

Waters' Family - - Special Guests image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012

17. Waters' Family - - Special Guests

Legion - Honor Guard image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012

18. Legion - Honor Guard

Johnson County - Memorial Day 2012 Honors image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012

19. Johnson County - Memorial Day 2012 Honors

Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2026

20. Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,878 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on May 29, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on May 22, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. submitted on May 29, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. 20. submitted on September 17, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.