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Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry World War I Memorial

1917 - 1919

 
 
Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2012
1. Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry World War I Memorial
Inscription.
In grateful tribute to the supreme sacrifice of our comrades

Co. D, 2nd Kans. Inf.

James C. Marymee • Donald E. McKellar • Virgil Berkebile • Rosser C. Fraser • Earl J. Lathwell • Sidney P. Fisher • Ralph Branton • Andrew Malm • Lester L. Reid • Loran Lipe


 
Erected by Members of Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 38° 22.203′ N, 97° 40.176′ W. Memorial is in McPherson, Kansas, in McPherson County. It is at the intersection of Marlin Street and Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west on Marlin Street. Monument is in Memorial Park, on the county courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 114 North Maple Street, McPherson KS 67460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McPherson County War Memorial (here, next to this marker); POW-MIA Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Major General James B. McPherson (within shouting distance of this marker); One Main Place (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); McPherson Opera House (approx. Ό mile away); Veterans Memorial
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(approx. 1½ miles away); Kansas Indian Treaty (approx. 6.3 miles away); Sora Kansas Creek (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McPherson.
 
Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 30, 2012
2. Company D, 2nd Kansas Infantry World War I Memorial
McPherson County Courthouse in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 387 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 13, 2026