Dallas in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Love Field Airman Memorial

Photographed by James Hulse, May 15, 2026

1. Love Field Airman Memorial

Inscription.

Love — Field
Named in honor of
Moss Lee Love
First Lieutenant
United States Cavalry
Virginia
1879 - 1913
2nd Lieut. Arthur Anthony Sego Jr., A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1894, died 1918 • 2nd Lieut. John Maxwell Widenham, A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1889, died 1918 • 2nd Lieut. James L. McKeever, A.S.A. R.M.A., died 1918 • Rex. Everett Field, 1st Lieut., A.S., born 1887, died 1920 • 2nd Lieut. Charles James Hyde, A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1893, died 1918 • Cadet James Forester Dick, born 1895, died 1918 • Cadet Ralph E. Stall, born 1881, died 1918 • Cadet John Wm. Albert Isinger, died 1918 • Cadet Victor L. Dennis, died 1918 • 2nd Lieut. Parker Bruce, A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1894, died 1918 • 2nd Lieut. Robinson E. Bidwell, A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1897, died 1918 • 2nd Lieut. Ralph Phelps Collier, A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1894, died 1918

Erected 1922.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World I.

Location. 32° 51.158′ N, 96° 50.901′ W. Memorial is in Dallas, Texas, in Dallas County. It can be reached from the intersection of George Coker Circle and Lemmon Ave, in the median. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8329 George Coker Cir, Dallas TX 75235, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Love Field: World War I and the Early Years (within shouting distance of this marker); Love Field: Into the Jet Age (within shouting distance of this marker); Love Field: A New Era (within shouting distance of this marker); Love Field: The Airport Matures (within shouting distance of this marker); Love Field: The 21st Century (within shouting distance of this marker); Love Field: World War II and the 1950s (within shouting distance of this marker); Garvin Memorial Cemetery (approx. ¾ mile away); Texas’ First Airmail and Passenger Service (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dallas.

More about this memorial. The marker has been moved to the Dallas Love Field Aircraft Observation Area.

Additional commentary.
1. Memorial History
On May 30, 1922 a small granite monument was dedicated at the entrance to Love Field as a memorial to “the twelve officers and cadets of the Army Air Service who made their last flight at that field.” Hundreds of people attended the dedication to pay their silent respects to the departed flyers.

The memorial was the idea of Lieutenant Marion G. Putman and his personal contribution to the memory of these men, many of them friends

Love Field Airman Memorial - New Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse

2. Love Field Airman Memorial - New Location

of Lt. Putman. The memorial was erected because Love Field was to be abandoned and it was believed it could lose its identity as an airfield along with the memory of the fallen airmen. The individual bronze name plates of the fallen airmen on the memorial formerly hung in the Officer’s Club at the field.

(Source: Aviation, Volume XIII, No. 3, July 22, 1922, p. 75)

— Submitted September 12, 2016.

2. Memorial Abbreviations
The abbreviation A.S.A. was the United States Army’s World War I identification for “Air Service, Military Aeronautics”. R.M.A. is the World War I Air Service rating for “Reserve Military Aviator”.

— Submitted September 12, 2016.