Blue Rapids in Marshall County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014

1. War Memorial WWI Honor Roll

Inscription.

Blue Rapids Boys in the Service
1914 - 18
Died in Service
George Bedford • Clarence L Cole • William E Netz • William J Rombeck • Emil Vopata • Raphael L Zidek

[Honor Roll of Veterans]

Marshall County WWII Casualties
James E. Allison • Wayne H. Augustus • George E. Ashberger • Donald F. Ausmus • Willard Backman • John F. Bauman • Kenneth R. Baxter Sr. • Armand Beauchamp • Fred G. Bentsen • John C. Biddle • Lloyd C. Blackney • Clifton W. Bull • Marion P. Burk • Floyd W. Burnett • Queantin C. Calkins • Leland H. Cook • Melvin G. Cope • Harold J. Cottrell • Harry A. Craft • Elmer Crumpton • Patrick E. Deneen • Kenneth E. DeWalt • Richard F. Dilley Jr. • Charles E. Dyer Jr. • Robert L. Emmingham • Billie Ervin • Victor E. Feldhausen • Peter Fiegener • Clarence C. Foster • Tim Foster • Harm Gastmann • Charles Gillespie Jr. • Raphael A. Glynn • Wayne Griffee • Sam Hastettler • Lewie F. Hayse • Jack D. Hedke • Galen R. Hendricks • Francis B. Hennis • Henry C. Hier • Donald S. Hockensmith • Dale Hooper • Arthur E. Hoppenstedt • James R. Horr • Johnny J. Jackson • Milan E. Jester • Koester E. Johnston • Kenneth L. Kelley

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• Francis P. Klataske • George Klippenstein • Harold L. Knigge • Wallace H. Kracht • Kenneth E. Kruse • Elroy E. Latta • Dean D. Locke • Verne F. Long • Weldon H. Maneval • Charles W. Mayer • Gene Mayer • Glenn D. McCarty • W. D. McNulty Sr. • William L. Mills • William P. Nichols • Aloysious T. Noud • Howard W. Olson • Glen E. Overton • Paul A. Paden • Charles Poff • Helmuth T. Pralle • Francis J. Renner • Homer R. Reynolds • Raymond Reynolds • Theodore Rhodes • Francis W. Rigdon • George F. Rockwell • Francis J. Schulte • Vernon O. Schulze • David L. Shyne • Robert W. Simpson • Willard Simpson • Clarence C. Smith • Emden F. Smith • Jack Stauffer • Frank J. Stevenson • Jas S. Stiverson • James F. Stoffel • Emmett G. Stueve • Jean A. Thomas • Willis A. Utecht • Dale F. Ward • Clifford W. Watson • George A. Weeks • Robert B. Welsh • Dean Whiteside • Charles F. Zinn • Munro Zoellner
When You Go Home Tell Them Of Us And Say For Your Tomorrow We Gave Our Today

Marshall County Korean War Casualties
Eugene E. Miller • Howard G. Elder
Freedom Is Not Free

Marshall County Vietnam War Casualties
Michael H. Breeding • Gerald D. Founds •

War Memorial WWII Honor Roll image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014

2. War Memorial WWII Honor Roll

Michael T. Martin • Roland W. Munger • Gene A. Myers • Allen E. Oatney • Joseph A. Zutterman Jr.
All Gave Some • Some Gave All

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 39° 40.9′ N, 96° 39.553′ W. Memorial is in Blue Rapids, Kansas, in Marshall County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and 6th Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. Monument is on the Public Square. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Blue Rapids KS 66411, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas. 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: Gigantic Glaciers (a few steps from this marker); Oldest Rocks in Kansas

War Memorial Korean & Vietnam Wars Honor Roll image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014

3. War Memorial Korean & Vietnam Wars Honor Roll

(within shouting distance of this marker); Ice Age (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Holm Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Blue Rapids Public Library (within shouting distance of this marker); Blue Rapids Station Bell (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Oldest Roundabout in Kansas (about 600 feet away); Historical Baseball Game (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blue Rapids.

War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014

4. War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 762 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 22, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.