Frankfort in Marshall County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014
1. War Memorial
WWI:
Benjamin F. Hersh John Hunt Albert H. Jackson Albert C. Leopold Joe P. Meaghen Joseph L. McMinimy Henry W. Waxler
WWII:
Navy:
Fredrick Barrett Harold Eisenbach Robert Emmingham Theodore Rhodes David L Shyne Willard Simpson
Air Corps:
Willard A. Backman Don Hockensmith Charles F. Zinn
Marines:
Lloyd C. Blackney Clifford Watson
Air Force:
Koester Johnston Donald E. King Weldon Maneval
Army:
Clarence D. Ashberger Fred Bentsen Ralph Choquette Leland Cook Melvin Cope Elmer Crumpton Kenneth DeWalt Victor E. Feldhausen Peter Fiegener Rodney Fundis William R. Gibson Dale Hooper Johnny Joe Jackson Milan E. Jester Vern F. Long Matt McKeon Carl O. Nord Aloysius Noud Howard Olson Paul A. Paden Charles Poff Charles L. Punteney James Stoffel Robert B. Welsh Loraine Westenhaver Munro Zoellner
Korean:
Eugene Miller
Vietnam:
Gerald Founds
Erected by Willie S. Loucks and Family.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean
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Location. 39° 42.145′ N, 96° 25.244′ W. Marker is in Frankfort, Kansas, in Marshall County. It is at the intersection of 2nd Street (State Highway 9) and Elm Street, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street. Monument is near the southeast corner of the City Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Frankfort KS 66427, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and 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 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pikes Peak Trail 1842 (within shouting distance of this marker); Memory of Battleship Maine (within shouting distance of this marker); Frankfort's First School House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Frankfort Grade School (approx. Ό mile away); Father William L. Nelligan (approx. 10.9 miles away); Marysville (approx. 14½ miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 14.6 miles away); David Smith's Pony Express and Stage Station Overland Trail (approx. 16.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frankfort.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Marysville (was approx. 14½ miles away but has been replaced with another
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014
2. War Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 1, 2014
3. War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 840 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 25, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
