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Dorris in Siskiyou County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Dorris Veterans Memorial

 
 
Dorris Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2015
1. Dorris Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Killed in Action
V.F.W. Post 5944
Dorris , California


Richard J. Birman • Loren E. Clark • Hudson Moak • Roy N. Taber • Donald F. Taber • James Forthingham • Dalton Yokem • Pete Viscanni • Howard Camp • John S. Branstetter • Clair Ferguson • Earl Tracy • Jason Young • Zipp Wilson

 
Erected by V.F.W. Post 5944.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 57.815′ N, 121° 55.068′ W. Memorial is in Dorris, California, in Siskiyou County. It is on Main Street (U.S. 97) near East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Dorris CA 96023, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on California’s Modoc Plateau, in the Shasta Cascade, and in the Klamath Mountains. It is also in the American Mountain West and specifically in the Pacific Northwest. Globally, it is in North America, in the Cascade Range, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Picard California (approx. 3 miles away); The 42nd Parallel (approx. 3.1 miles away in Oregon); Resolving the Oregon Question (approx. 3.1 miles away in Oregon); Western International History (approx. 3.1 miles away in Oregon); Applegate Trail (approx. 3.1 miles away in Oregon); a different marker also named Applegate Trail (approx. 3.2 miles
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away in Oregon); South Road - Hot Creek (approx. 4.1 miles away); Topsy Station (approx. 9.7 miles away in Oregon). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dorris.
 
More about this memorial. This memorial is in the park next to city hall.
 
Dorris Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2015
2. Dorris Veterans Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 526 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 31, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
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Jun. 17, 2026