De Soto in Johnson County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Veterans of Foreign Wars War Memorial

All Gave Some - Some Gave All

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2014

1. Veterans of Foreign Wars War Memorial Markers

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

1898-1902
Casualties 385
Wounded 1,662

1917-1918
Casualties 53,402
Wounded 204,002

1941-1945
Casualties 291,557
Wounded 671,846

1950-1953
Casualties 36,574
Wounded 103,284

1964-1975
Casualties 58,209
Wounded 153,303

1990 1991
Casualties 382
Wounded 467

2001-
Casualties
Wounded

2003-
Casualties
Wounded

Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Linden-Tripkos Memorial Post 6654.

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

Location. 38° 58.595′ N, 94° 58.633′ W. Marker is in De Soto, Kansas, in Johnson County. Memorial is at the intersection of Penner Avenue and 84th Street, on the right when traveling north on Penner Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33725 West 84th Street, De Soto KS 66018, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. To Our Hero Dead in World War II (approx. 0.8 miles away); "Indian Jim" and the Building of Kansas City Road

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(approx. 4.2 miles away); 4 East 7th Street (approx. 6.8 miles away); Eudora's First Bell (approx. 6.9 miles away); 700 Main Street (approx. 6.9 miles away); 720/722 Main Street (approx. 6.9 miles away); 724 Main Street (approx. 6.9 miles away); 726 Main Street (approx. 6.9 miles away).

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Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., August 3, 2014

2. Veterans of Foreign Wars War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 348 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.