Franklin in Johnson County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls
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1. Full View - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
Inscription.
Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls. . , ( 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 , ( 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 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 ∙ - - ∙ 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, ( 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 . This memorial is in Franklin in Johnson County Indiana
( 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 ∙
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- - ∙ William L. Snow ∙ Henry Oscar Surface
( Lower Right Section )
* * * World War II * * *
( 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 Hill ∙ Oscar Hill ∙ Wayne Eugene Hill ∙ - - ∙ Ralph M. Hollandback ∙
Photographed By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, May 20, 2012
2. Center Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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 ∙
Photographed By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, May 20, 2012
3. Left Lower Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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 ∙ - - ∙ 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
Photographed By Courtesy:: Marilyn S. Wolf, May 20, 2012
4. Right Lower Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
Left Section )
* * * Iraq * * *
Brian D. Hazelgrove ∙ Paul M. Heltzel ∙ Joseph E. Proctor ∙ Gary M. Henry
* * * Afghanistan * * *
James A. Waters
( 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.
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. Marker is in Franklin, Indiana, in Johnson County. Memorial 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. Marker is in this post office area: Franklin IN 46131, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker
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5. Left Upper Section - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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6. Obverse Side - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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7. Other View - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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8. Dedication Stone - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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9. Looking South/West - - Johnson County War Memorial Honor Rolls Marker
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10. Johnson County Courthouse - Franklin, Indiana
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11. Getting Ready for "2012 Memorial Day"
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12. Looking Good for 2012 ! ! !
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13. South Side - - Johnson County Courthouse - Franklin, Indiana
Photographed By Courtesy:: Franklin American Legion Post 205, May 27, 2012
14. 2012 - Memorial Day - - Crosses In Place
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15. Dedication:: "James A. Waters" Cross
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16. Addition - - "Afghanistan - - James A. Waters"
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17. Waters' Family - - Special Guests
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18. Legion - Honor Guard
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19. Johnson County - Memorial Day 2012 Honors
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2012, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,611 times since then and 24 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. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.