Russell in Russell County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Russell County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016

1. Russell County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

WWI [Honored Dead]
Marcellus J. Banworth • August Beam • Jack Black • Albert E. Bodmer • J. Fred Boxberger • Arthur Lee Boyles • Frank D. Brainerd • Laurel Felix Brandenburg • Thomas J. Buchan • Galen Elliot Cooper • David Deines • Floyd Leslie Fletcher • Gustav J. H. Gahre • Chester V. Hall • Conrad I. Hurd • George C. Janne • Julius S. Johnson • William Jennings Johnson • Calvin Leroy Newcomer • Claude Edward Pratt • William Roe • Glen Lewis Rouner • Ralph D. Scharpf • David Schmidt • Arthur S. Tisdale • Charles Wheatley • George Zwetig

WWII [Honored Dead]
Paul C. Averill Jr. • Clarence Lee Bachar • Lionel Barb • Percy Barry • Dean Baustain • Marvin Boxberger • Jacob O. Brown • Joe Ed Brown • Clarence Christman • Charles Cooper • Glen E. Danielson • Victor D. Dolecek • Elmer Warren Dougherty • Marvin Elder • Earl Benton Farr • Randall Florea • Eldon Foster • Clyde Fread • Vernon Galyardt • Jack L. Garland • Eldon D. Gier • Dale Guffin • Fred Hammerschmidt • Frank Hampl • Ruben Heffel • Ben Herbel • Earl (Doze) Hile • Clarence A. Hoff • Theodore George Hower • Leon C. Huffman • Leonard Hurlbut • Herbert Karst • Cecil

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Keller • Harold Kepka • Farrell Kvasnicka • Vernon Landon • Karl Robert Laubhan • Dwight Letsch • Don Lewis • Joseph Verl Loreg • Warren L. Loyd • William Lundgrin • Walter Maier • Wilbur Dean Mansfield • Dave Markel • Gerald Marnell • Harry May • Paul E. Michel • Gene V. Moulder • Ralph L. Newton • Van E. Nuss • Lester R Pfortmiller • Calvin Earl Piner • Harold Elmo Prater • Herman Rein • Wilmer V. Resner • Bill Rhodabarger • Herschel Roe • Carl Rogg • Hal Ruppenthal • Vernon R. Schaffer • Roy Schwerdfeger • Kenneth Shaw • Leroy Smith • William J. Smith • Donald Sowers • Robert Thacker • Gerald Thielen • Walter Thomas • Ralph Lawrence Tichenor • Ova V. Vaughn • Floyd Williamson

Korea [Honored Dead]
Gaynor T. Johnson • Orma Eugene Rouse

Vietnam [Honored Dead]
Walter Clifton Hays • William David Hoffman • Carl Frederick Karst • Charles Malone

Erected 2007 by City of Russell.

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

Location. 38° 53.154′ N, 98° 50.604′ W. Memorial is in Russell, Kansas, in

Russell County Veterans Memorial WWI Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016

2. Russell County Veterans Memorial WWI Honored Dead

Russell County. It is at the intersection of Wichita Avenue (Business U.S. 40) and Jay Street, on the left when traveling east on Wichita Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Russell Memorial Park, Russell KS 67665, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kansas’ Smoky Hills.

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: The Freedom Tree (a few steps from this marker); The Arrival of the Railroad (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alexander McKeefer and John Lynch (approx. 0.4 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dream Theater (approx. one mile away); Kansas Street (approx. one mile away); Nicholas Gernon Blacksmith Shop (approx. one mile away); World War II Memorial Barn Quilt (approx. one mile away).

Russell County Veterans Memorial WWII Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016

3. Russell County Veterans Memorial WWII Honored Dead

Touch for a list and map of all markers in Russell.

Russell County Veterans Memorial Korea and Vietnam Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016

4. Russell County Veterans Memorial Korea and Vietnam Honored Dead

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016

5. Russell County Veterans Memorial

Russell County Veterans Memorial Pavers Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 12, 2016

6. Russell County Veterans Memorial Pavers Detail

Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,109 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 3, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.