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World War II Memorial

 
 
World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012
1. World War II Memorial
Inscription.
In tribute to those
from Pottawatomie Co. who
gave their lives during WWII
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Orville F. Area • Charles A. Eckert • Gerald A. Heim • Bernard J. Brockish • Martin L. Cox • James Loy Johnson • Merle F. Draper • Harold E. Eisenbach • Milton D. Humbert • Raymond D. Allen • Carl D. Fairbanks • Jack S. Herrick • Henry U. O'Donnell • James E. Davies • Lawrence L. Beach • Harold L. Gard • Glen E. Flinn • Harold E. Fechter • Fred J. Kelley • Harold A. Gasser • Lem E. Gillett • Leighton E. Hale • William F. Youngkamp • Elmo F. Hartwich • Clyde J. Aubert • Edwin H. Peterson • Eugene M. Hill • Thomas A. Craig • Edwin S. Ingalsbe • Pete L. Fiegener • George R. Jones • Ronald E. Barnett • Elmer F. Kern, Jr. • Edward M. Perry • Francis H. Dresser • Thomas F. Kropf • Charles M. Rezac • Charles W. Line • Delbert E. Vonning • Claire A. Mumaw • Harold W. Hetzler • Ray V. Stauffer • Francis E. Noonan • Lloyd E. Kilner • Roger N. Phillips • Elden L. Whitacre • Rollin M. Miser • Leroy L. Pollock • Roland A. Ehlers • Leroy D. Scott • Thomas Lee Leonard • Lyle
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G. Trimble • Edward E. Williams • Fred C. Howell • Joseph Dale Miller • Fred C. Kurtz

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 23.591′ N, 96° 24.9′ W. Memorial is in Westmoreland, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Memorial is on the Pottawatomie County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 106 East Main Street, Westmoreland KS 66549, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country. 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: World War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Pottawatomie County Court House
World War II Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012
2. World War II Memorial Honored Dead
(here, next to this marker); Korea and Vietnam Wars Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Westmoreland, Kansas (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Westmoreland's Historical Hand Dug Well (approx. 0.4 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Elmo Burkman (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Westmoreland.
 
World War II Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012
3. World War II Memorial Honored Dead
World War II Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012
4. World War II Memorial Honored Dead
World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012
5. World War II Memorial
County courthouse in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 19, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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