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Sioux Center in Sioux County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Sioux Center, Iowa Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, June 16, 2018
1. Sioux Center, Iowa Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription. Lest We Forget

U.S. and Sioux Center timeline:
1775---
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
2nd Continental Congress formed
Battle of Bunker Hill
Olive Branch Petition issued
USS independence commissioned
Military Branches: Army-Navy- Marines established
George Washington appointed Commander of Continental Army
Patrick Henry's Speech "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Benjamin Franklin appointed first Postmaster General

1776---
British capture New York City
United States becomes nation's new name
Virginia is first state to enact its own constitution
"Common Sense" published
"Wealth of Nations" published
"The American Crisis" published
Nathan Hale executed by British
Declaration of Independence issued
Battle of Trenton

1777---
Battle of Saratoga
Official Flag "Stars and Stripes" Design
Continental Army winters at Valley Forge
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Germantown

1781---
Battle of Yorktown
Articles of Confederation ratified
6th Pennsylvania Regiment mutinies

1783---
Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War
George Washington resigns commission
Pennsylvania Evening Post is 1st Daily Paper
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100,000 Tories emigrate
Last British troops leave America
Continental Army disbanded
Newburgh conspiracy

1787---
Delaware is first state to ratify U.S. Constitution
Northwest Ordinance passed
Shay's rebellion ends
Federalist Papers published
Constitutional Convention adopts U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights is promised
Three-Fifths Compromise
Connecticut Compromise
James Madison introduces the Virginia Plan
1787 Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia

1789---
George Washington becomes president
New York City temporary capital
U.S. Congress meets for first time
Bill of Rights introduced to Congress
First Tariff Act passed
George Washington forms first Cabinet
First Judiciary Act passed
John Adams becomes first Vice-President
Thomas Jefferson becomes first Secretary of State
Henry Knox becomes first Secretary of War
Alexander Hamilton becomes first Secretary of the Treasury

1791---
Whiskey Act passed
Pierre Charles L'Enfant designs Washington DC
First Bank of the United States is established
U.S. capital named "Washington DC"
Vermont is admitted as the 14th state
Bill of Rights ratified

1800---
Library of Congress is founded
Revolution of 1800
Congress meets in DC for
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first time
Washington DC is official capital
U.S. population exceeds five million
Quasi-War Ends
U.S. Average Life Expectancy Thirty-Five Years
House of Representatives decide presidential election (1801)

1803---
Future state of Iowa part of Louisiana Territory
First public library opens in Connecticut
Ohio is admitted as the 17th state
Congress passes the 12th Amendment
America purchases Louisiana Territory
Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison

1804---
Thomas Jefferson is reelected president
Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel
Congress impeaches federal judge John Pickering
12th Amendment ratified
Lewis & Clark expedition begins
Lewis & Clark camp south of present day Sioux City, Iowa

1807---
Steamboat Clermont launched
Prohibiting Importation of Slaves Act
USS Chesapeake incident
Aaron Burr acquitted of treason
Embargo Act passed

1808---
Fort Madison established
James Madison elected president

1812---
War of 1812 begins
U.S. invades Canada
James Madison reelected president
Gerrymandering first used
Louisiana is admitted as 18th State
USS Constitution sinks British Frigate Guerriere

1814---
Dolly Madison saves National Treasures
Treaty of Ghent
Battlefield Cross image. Click for full size.
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ends War of 1812
Hartford Convention meets
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Lake Champlain
"Star Spangled Banner" written
Battle of Fort McHenry
British forces burn Washington D.C

1816---
James Monroe elected president
Second Bank of the United States
Indiana is admitted as 19th State
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee
"Era of Good Feelings" begins

1819---
Alabama is admitted as 22nd State
Spain cedes Florida to U.S.
McCulloch v. Maryland

1820---
Missouri Compromise enacted
James Monroe reelected president
HMS Beagle launched
Maine is admitted as 23rd State
Daniel Boone dies
U.S. population approximately ten million
Missouri Compromise makes Iowa a non-slave territory

1824---
Bureau of Indian Affairs established
Gibbons v. Ogden
The "Corrupt Bargain"
"Favorite Sons" run for president

1828---
Andrew Jackson elected president
Tariff of Abominations passed
Jacksonian Democracy begins
Andrew Jackson begins "Spoils System"

1830---
First U.S. Steam Locomotive "Tom Thumb"
Webster-Hayne Senate Debate
Indian Removal Act passed

1835---
America has no National Debt
First presidential assassination attempt
Liberty Bell cracks a second time
Battle
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Years on base: 1775-1839
of Goliad

1836---
Martin Van Buren elected president
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle of the Alamo

1838---
Trail of Tears
Iowa Territory organized

1839---
Iowa & Missouri "Honey War"
U.S. Congress bans dueling in DC

1840---
U.S. population 17 million
"Penny Blacks" first issued
William Harrison elected president

1841---
Preemption Act passed
VP John Tyler becomes president
President Harrison dies
William Harrison becomes president

1844---
James K. Polk elected president
Notre Dame University Chartered

1845---
Congress designates National Election Date
Andrew Jackson dies
Edgar Allen Poe publishes "The Raven"
James Polk becomes president
American annexes Texas
First Congressional veto override

1846---
Iowa becomes the 29th state
U.S. & Canadian border established
U.S. declares War on Mexico
First Baseball game is played
Ansel Briggs first Governor of Iowa
Neptune is discovered
Oregon Treaty signed
Construction begins on Smithsonian

1848---
Zachery Taylor elected president
California Gold Rush begins
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
Seneca Falls Convention

1850---
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave
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Years on base: 1840-1883
Law passed
"Scarlet Letter" published
American Express is founded
U.S. population exceeds twenty-three million
California is admitted as 31st State
Slave Trade abolished in District of Columbia

1852---
Franklin Pierce elected president
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" published

1854---
Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
Republican Party is formed
Missouri Compromise ends

1856---
Republican Party's first National Convention
Senator Charles Summer attacked
James Buchanan elected president

1857---
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Financial Panic of 1857
Spirit Lake Massacre
Iowa capital moved to Des Moines

1858---
Minnesota is admitted as 32nd State
Trans-Atlantic Cable laid
Lincoln-Douglas debates

1859---
Harper's Ferry Raid
"On the Origin of Species" published

1860---
Abraham Lincoln elected president
South Carolina secedes from Union
Pony Express makes its first delivery
Sioux County, Iowa is established
Calliope first county seat of Sioux County
U.S. population exceeds 31 million

1861---
Confederate Congress declares war on United States
President Lincoln suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus
West Virginia secedes from Virginia
First transcontinental telegraph is transmitted
Congress
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Years on base: 1886-1927
authorizes "Medal of Honor"
Battle of Athens (Croton Skirmish)
Succeeding states form the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th president
First Battle of Bull Run
Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter
Confederate forces fire on "Star of the West"

1862---
Battle of Antietam
Homestead Act passed
Congress authorizes segregated military
USS Monitor is launched & sunk
Legal Tender Act passed
Pacific Railroad Act passed
Seven Days Battle
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Fredericksburg
Second Battle of Bull Run
Department of Agriculture established

1863---
Thomas J. Jackson dies
National Conscription Act passed
West Virginia is admitted as the 35th state
Thanksgiving proclaimed a National Holiday
Anti-Draft riots break out in NYC
Emancipation Proclamation issued
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Vicksburg
Enrollment Act passed
Gettysburg Address
Battle of Gettysburg

1865---
General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Lincoln
Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes president
President Johnson restores Writ of Habeas Corpus
Steamship USS Sultana sinks in Mississippi River
Ku Klux Klan is formed
U.S. Secret Service established
Major Henry
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Years on base: 1928-1954
Wirz executed
13th Amendment ratified
Reconstruction begins (1865-1877)
Freedman's Bureau established

1868---
Decoration Day (Memorial Day) first observed
Thomas Edison patents his first invention
Ulysses S. Grant is elected president
Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson
14th Amendment ratified

1870---
West Branch "Sioux Center" settled
15th Amendment ratified
Joseph Rainey sworn into House of Reps.
Christmas proclaimed a National Holiday
Robert E. Lee dies
U.S. Department of Justice established
U.S. population approximately 40 million
Standard Oil Company incorporated

1873---
First Women's prison opens
Coinage Act passed
Economic Panic of 1873
San Francisco starts cable car service

1876---
Telephone is invented
"Tom Sawyer" published
Battle of Little Big Horn
U.S. Centennial celebrated
Dewey Decimal System debuts
James Butler Hickok killed

1877---
Post Office opens in Sioux Center
Bell Telephone Company incorporated
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Thomas Edison invents phonograph
Newspaper Washington Post is first published
Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president
First Church established in Sioux Center
Compromise of 1877

1881---
James
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Years on base: 1955-1988
A Garfield becomes president
President Garfield is assassinated
Chester A Arthur becomes president
American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
Booker T. Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute
Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts
O.K. Corral shoot out

1883---
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show premieres
America divided into four time zones
Brooklyn Bridge opens
Spoil System ends
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act passed

1886---
Statue of Liberty officially dedicated
Haymarket Riot
President Cleveland marries
Coca-Cola introduced
Apache Geronimo surrenders
American Federation of Labor founded

1889---
Sioux Center School District formed (1891)
First Railroad in Sioux Center
Benjamin Harrison becomes president
Thomas Edison invents Kinetoscope
Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth"
Jane Addams opens Hull House

1893---
Thomas Edison opens first movie studio
Grover Cleveland becomes president
Diplomatic Appropriations Act passed
Gasoline powered Automobile introduced
American Railway Union formed
Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani overthrown

1896---
William McKinley elected president
James B. Connelly wins Gold Medal
First Modern Olympic Games are held
Rural Free Delivery Act passed
Supreme
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Years on base: 1989-2013
Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson

1898---
U.S.S. Maine explodes
Spanish-American War begins
Battle of Kettle Hill
Battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba
U.S. captures the Philippines
U.S. seizes Guam
Puerto Rico surrenders to U.S
1898 Treaty of Paris
Guam becomes a U.S. Territory

1900---
U.S. Average Life Expectancy Forty-Five Years
Foraker Act passed
U.S. population exceeds 75 million
Brownie Box Camera introduced
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" published
William McKinley reelected President

1901---
President McKinley assassinated
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
Platt Amendment passed
U.S. Steel formed
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty passed

1904---
Sioux Center Christian School formed (1905)
U.S. begins Panama Canal construction
Deficiency Act passed
Roosevelt Corollary issued
Theodore Roosevelt reelected President

1906---
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" published
Theodore Roosevelt wins Nobel Peace Prize
Hepburn Act passed
Susan B. Anthony dies
"The Bitter Cry of Children" published
Meat Inspection Act passed
World's first radio broadcast transmitted
Pure Food & Drug Act passed

1908---
General Motors formed
First Model T automobile produced
William Howard Taft
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Upper section images: American Revolution, War of 1812, Indian Wars, Mexican War, Spanish-American War
Lower section names: World War I
elected president

1910---
Boy Scouts of American founded
Camp Fire Girls founded
Halley's Comet causes mass panics
Mann-Elkins Act passed
U.S. population approximately 92 million
Mark Twain dies
Angel Island Immigration Center opens

1911---
Carry Nation dies
Cy Young retires from baseball
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Scandal

1912---
Woodrow Wilson elected president
"Bull Moose" political party formed
Arizona is admitted as the 48th state
Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
Japan gifts 2,000 Cherry Trees to Mrs. Taft
Jim Thorpe dominates Olympic games
Theodore Roosevelt shot

1913---
Harriet Tubman dies
Department of Labor established
Buffalo Nickel debuts
17th Amendment ratified
Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line
Woodrow Wilson becomes president
Federal Reserve Act passed
Underwood Tariff Act passed
16th Amendment ratified

1914---
Construction on Lincoln Memorial begins
World War I begins
Federal Trade Commission created
Clayton Antitrust Act passed
Henry Ford pays his workers $5 per day
Panama Canal officially opens
US Congress establishes Mother's Day
Babe Ruth plays his first pro game
Eastman Kodak introduces color photos

1915---
Movie
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Upper section images: Civil War
Lower section names: World War II
"Birth of a Nation" debuts
$355 is average annual income for farm laborers
$328 is average annual income for teachers
Germany is first nation to use Chemical weapons
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns
U.S. Coast Guard established
Lusitania is sunk
Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare

1916---
Jeannette Rankin elected to Congress
Woodrow Wilson reelected president
National Defense Act establishes ROTC
Sussex is sunk by a German Submarine
Germany agrees to the Sussex Pledge
Official flag of U.S. president adopted
U.S. forces invade Dominican Republic
"Great Migration" of African Americans

1917---
Iowan Merle Hay first U.S. soldier killed in WWI
Espionage Act passed
Liberty Bonds & Victory Bonds sold
Pulitzer Prizes are first awarded
War Industries Board established
Army Nursing Corps established
Women officially serve the military for first time
Military Draft enacted
Zimmerman Telegram revealed
Blue Star Banner authorized
America enters World War I

1918---
National War Labor Board established
Pvt. James Doornink, Camp Dodge, Iowa
Sedition Act passed
Daylight Savings Time begins
Gold Star Banner authorized
Battle of the Argonne Forest
U.S. Army's 77th Divisions "Lost
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Upper section images: World War I
Lower section names: World War II
Battalion"
Alvin York most decorated soldier of WWI
World War I armistice signed
Woodrow Wilson introduces Fourteen Points plan

1919---
Sioux Center American Legion Auxiliary Unit 199 (Chartered 1920)
Sioux Center American Legion Doornink Post 199 (Chartered 1920)
U.S. Senate refuses to allow American to join League of Nations
U.S. Senate refuses to sign Treaty of Versailles
First Armistice Day celebrated
Labor Strikes & Race Riots breakout
U.S. American Legion auxiliary established
U.S. American Legion is Chartered
Red Scare begins
18th Amendment ratified
Schenck v. United States

1921---
Warren G. Harding becomes president
Emergency Quota Act passed
Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax
First National religious radio broadcast
First National sports radio broadcast
First National Hospital Day observed
U.S. Veterans Bureau is established
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti are found guilty
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is stricken with polio
President Harding's political appointments "Ohio Gang"
Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon introduces 'Supply-Side Economics"

1923---
Sioux Center Boy Scout Troop #1 Chartered
The "Hollywood" sign is dedicated
Insulin for diabetics becomes available
Ku Klux Klan attacks Rosewood,
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Upper section images: World War II
Lower section names: World War II
Florida
Calvin Coolidge becomes president
Warren G. Harding dies in office

1924---
National Origins Act passed
Calvin Coolidge elected president
J. Edgar Hoover appointed director of FBI
Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" debuts
1st Negro League World Series
Teapot Dome Scandal results in indictments issued
Iowa Representative Gilbert Haugen proposes McNary-Haugen Bill

1927---
Babe Ruth hits sixty home runs
Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
Henry Ford's Model T ends production
Charles Lindbergh flies across Atlantic Ocean
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed
Movie "Jazz Singer" debuts

1928---
Iowan Herbert Hoover elected President
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Mickey Mouse debuts in "Steamboat Willie"
Ty Cobb retires with 4,191 hits
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed

1929---
Wyatt Earp dies
Babe Ruth is first to hit 500 homeruns
"All Quiet on the Western Front" is published
Albert Fall convicted of bribery
First Academy Awards Ceremony
Saint Valentines Day Massacre
Great Depression begins
Stock Market Crash

1932---
Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected president
"Dust Bowl" begins
Emergency Relief & Construction Act passed
"Bonus Army" marches on U.S.
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Upper section images: World War II
Lower section names: World War II, Peacetime
capital
American Farmers Revolt
Approximately 30,000 U.S. companies close
Amelia Earhart flies solo across Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Yearly Average Household Income was $1,600
"Dust Bowl" Years (1932-1939)
Northwest Iowa Farmers protest foreclosures (1932-1933)

1933---
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act passed
"Fireside Chat" by FDR
21st Amendment ratified
20th Amendment ratified
Tennessee Valley Authority Act passed
Frances Perkins 1st Female Cabinet Member
Agricultural Adjustment Act passed
U.S. abandons Gold Standard
FDR declares a Bank Holiday
First New Deal begins

1935---
2nd New Deal begins
Social Security Insurance Act passed
Resettlement Act is passed
Sioux Center Boy Scout Troop 94 Chartered
Schechter v. United States
Huey Long is assassinated
Board Game Monopoly introduced
National Labor Relations Act passed
First U.S. Neutrality Act passed

1936---
Rural Electrification Act passed
Statue of Liberty's 50th Anniversary
Life magazine is first published
Jesse Owens wins four Olympic Gold Medals
First players elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Congress authorizes flag for the Vice President
United Auto Workers stage first sit-down strike
First Girt Scout unit in Sioux Center
Hoover
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Upper section images: Korean War
Lower section names: Korean War
Dam completed
FDR is re-elected president
1937---
FDR's Recession begins
FDR's Supreme Court packing bill is defeated
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres
Supreme Court upholds the National Labor Relations Act
Neutrality Act of 1937 passed
Hindenburg Disaster
Amelia Earhart disappears
Golden Gate Bridge opens
Joe Lewis wins Heavyweight title

1938---
House of Representatives forms HUAC
Kate Smith sings "God Bless American"
Teflon & Fiberglas introduced
"Superman" comic debuts
The "War of the Worlds" broadcasted
First Minimum Wage enacted
Fair Labor Standards Act passed

1939---
Congress passes "Cash and Carry" Law
World War II begins
SS St. Louis denied permission to dock in America
"The Grapes of Wrath" published
"The Wizard of Oz" premieres
"Gone with the Wind" premieres
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" premieres
Hatch Act passed
Submarine SS Squalus sinks
Marian Anderson sings in front of the Lincoln Memorial

1940---
Sioux County voters favored Wendell-Willkie for president
Sioux County Draft Board selected 2,830 men for service
U.S. population exceeds 130 million
Iowan Henry Agard Wallace elected Vice-president
U.S. declares a Hemispheric Defense Zone
First U.S. Helicopter
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Upper section images: Vietnam War
Lower section names: Korean War, Peacetime
debuts
FDR's Destroyers for Bases Deal
FDR elected to 3rd term as president
Selective Service and Training Act passed

1941---
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
America enters World War II
Japan invades the Philippines
Battle of Wake Island
Atlantic Charter
USS Greer incident
USS Reuben James sunk
Lend-Lease Act passed
Mount Rushmore construction finished
Jeannette Rankin votes against war

1942---
Double V Campaign begins
Battle of Guadalcanal
Bracero Program begins
Navajo Code talkers first used
Sullivan Brothers are killed in Action
Manhattan Project begins
Des Moines first training center for WAACs
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps established
Executive Order 9066 issued
Bataan Death March
Doolittle Raid
Battles of Coral Sea & Midway

1943---
Battle of Tarawa
Zoot Suit Riots
Executive Order 9320 issued
99th Pursuit Squadron 1st Combat Mission
Boy Scout Troop 211 Chartered
Lt. Albert Brunsting, English Channel
Seaman Apprentice John Dieters
TSGT. Bernard M. Vermeer, England
Sgt. Bert Kroon, Battle of Anzio, Italy
Japanese forces are defeated in Aleutians

1944---
Sioux County voters favored Thomas Dewey for president
Staff Sgt. Peter De Boer, Ground campaign in Germany
Sgt.
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Upper section images: Vietnam War
Lower section names: Peacetime, Vietnam War
Arie Moerman, Bombing run over Germany
PFC. John A. Kempers, St. Lo at La Bashare, France
Pvt. Benjamin Vermeer, Camp Hood, Texas
Servicemen's Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) passed
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Korematsu v. United States
Battle of the Bulge
FDR elected to 4th term as president
Operation Overlord (D-Day)

1945---
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
Enola Gay drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
USS Indianapolis sunk
V-E Day & V-J Day
United Nations formally established
Cold War begins (1945-1989)
1st Lt. David E. Vermeer, Bombing run over Germany
Pvt. Gerrit Ter Haar, Battle of Okinawa
Sgt. Charles Aardema, Battle of Luzon

1947---
Levittown construction begins
Jackie Robinson breaks Baseball's color barrier
Baseball's World Series first televised
Loyalty Review Program begins
Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier
Truman Doctrine issued
U.S. Air Force established

1948---
U.S. military desegregated
U.S. recognizes state of Israel
Berlin Blockade/Airlift begins
Harry S. Truman elected president
Peace Time draft reinstated
Marshall Plan passed
Alger Hiss indicted
McCollum v. Board of education

1949---
Berlin Blockade/Airlift ends
NATO
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Upper section images: Bay of Pigs - Cuba, Operation Urgent Fury Grenada, Operation Just Cause Panama
Lower section names: Vietnam War
established

1950---
McCarthyism begins
Korean War begins
McCarran Act passed
Great Brinks Robbery
Battle of Inchon
Armed Forces Day is first celebrated
U.S. population exceeds 150 million
Comic stirp "Peanuts" debuts
U.S. wins first fighter jet dogfight
Assassination attempt on President Truman
Judith Coplon convicted of spying for Soviets

1951---
William Randolph Hearst dies
James Jabara becomes first fighter jet ace
U.S. develops Hydrogen Bomb
UNIVAC revealed
TV show "I Love Lucy" debuts
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted
22nd Amendment ratified
President Truman fires General MacArthur

1953---
Sioux Center Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6129 formed
Korean War armistice is signed
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg executed for treason
Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president
Jacqueline Cochran breaks sound barrier
Earl Warren becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

1954---
Gunmen open fire in House of Representatives
"Under God" added to the Pledge of Allegiance
U.S. launches first atomic sub SS Nautilus
Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day
Brown v Board of Education
U.S. Army versus McCarthyism

1955---
Rosa Parks arrested
Montgomery Bus Boycott begins
Sioux Center's
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Upper section images: Operations Desert Shield / Desert Storm Kuwait
Lower section names: Vietnam War, Peacetime, Panama Conflict
Dordt College founded
Minimum Wage is .75 cents per hour
Disney Land opens in California
Albert Einstein dies
Gunsmoke premieres on television
Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is declared safe
"In God We Trust" placed on U.S. currency

1956---
President Eisenhower reelected
Federal Highway Act passed

1957---
U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik I
Little Rock Nine
Civil Rights Act passes
Joseph McCarthy dies
$5,234 Median Income for a family of four
First Nuclear power plant opens
Senator John F. Kennedy wins Pulitzer Prize

1958---
Hoola Hoop craze hits America
Defense Reorganization Act
Operation Northwest Passage
Sherman Adams resigns
NASA is created

1959---
Kitchen Debate
NASA selects its first astronauts
Alaska & Hawaii become states

1960---
John F. Kennedy elected president
First nuclear powered aircraft carrier launched
Submarine Triton circles globe under water
Civil Rights Sit-In Protests begin
First televised presidential debate
U-2 Incident

1961---
Mapp v Ohio
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Wall begins construction
Executive Order 10924 issued
Freedom Riders attacked
23rd Amendment ratified
Alan B. Shepard is first American in space
Robert
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Upper section images: War On Terror
Lower section names: Gulf War/Post Gulf War, Global War On Terror
Kennedy becomes Attorney General

1962---
Engel v. Vitale
Baker v Carr
Cuban Missile Crisis

1963---
President John F. Kennedy assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president
March on Washington DC
Marin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
Gideon v. Wainwright
Lee Harvey Oswald killed
America and U.S.S.R. establish a 'Hotline"
Submarine Thresher sinks
Medgar Evers assassinated
First African-Americans graduate Air Force Academy

1964---
Douglas MacArthur dies
Race riots erupt in New York City
Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
24th Amendment ratified
Escobedo v. Illinois
Lyndon B. Johnson elected president
Warren Commission report issued
Westberry v. Sanders

1965---
Congress establishes Medicare
Congress establishes Medicaid
Race Riots erupt in Watts
Malcolm X is assassinated
March on Selma
Voting Rights Act is passed
American Edward White walks in space
Operation Rolling Thunder
Battle of La Drang Valley

1966---
Robert Weaver is first African-American cabinet member
Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California
Fair Packaging & Labor Act passed
Chester W. Nimitz dies
Child Nutrition
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Gemini 8 completes first space docking
Race riots erupt in Atlanta & Chicago
United Farm Workers of America is formed
Highway Safety Act is passed
Miranda v Arizona

1968---
Martin Luther King assassinated
Shirley Chisholm elected to U.S. Congress
Tet Offensive
Democratic National Convention Protest
Richard Millhouse Nixon elected president
Massacre at May Lai
Apollo 8 orbits the Moon
Cpl. Randall K. Schutt TET Offensive, Vietnam
Cpl. Arlin D. Franken, HAU NGHIA Province, Vietnam
Robert Kennedy is assassinated
PFC Robert A. Van Ballegooyen, Vietnam (1967)

1969---
Alexander v. Holmes
Dwight D. Eisenhower dies
Vietnamization Plan begins
U.S. population exceeds 200 million
Neil Armstrong walks on Moon

1970---
U.S. invades Cambodia
Kent State tragedy
First Earth Day observed
EPA established
Clean Air Act passed
Lt. Everett Alvarez longest prisoner of war
Apollo 13 incident
Chicago Seven are found not guilty

1971---
Lt. William Calley is found guilty
Amtrak begins railway service
Attica prison revolt
26th Amendment ratified
Congress extends military draft
Pentagon Papers are released

1973---
Vietnam cease fire signed
War Powers Act passed
Roe
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Endangered Species Act passed
Senate Watergate investigation begins
OPEC Oil Embargo leads to fuel shortages
Skylab is launched into space
Vice-President Spiro Agnew resigns
"Wounded Knee" incident

1974---
USS Monitor wreck discovered
Duke Ellington dies
Hank Aaron hits his 715th homerun
Freedom of Information Act passed
United States v. Nixon
President Ford pardons Nixon
Gerald Ford becomes president
President Nixon resigns

1977---
James Carter becomes president
Federal Minimum wage is $2.30 an hour
Department of Energy established
Alaskan pipeline opens
U.S. agrees to sign over Panama Canal
Mini Series "Roots" debuts
Shuttle Enterprise makes first test flight

1979---
Camp David Accords signed (1978)
U.S. embassy in Tehran seized
Three Mile Island accident

1980---
Ronald Reagan elected president
U.S. population exceeds 226 million
Mariel Boatlift
U.S. boycotts summer Olympics
Mt. St. Helens erupts
U.S. Hockey team wins Olympic gold
Operation Eagle Claw ends in disaster
Love Canal declared Federal disaster area
Mothers Against Drunk Driving formed

1981---
133rd Army Infantry National Guard Unit established in Sioux Center
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is identified
President Reagan fires air traffic controllers
President Reagan introduces Reaganomics
Space Shuttle Columbia orbits Earth
Assassination attempt on President Reagan
American Hostages in Iran are released

1983---
U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon bombed
Reagan proposes Strategic Defense initiative
Operation Urgent Fury launched
Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday
U.S. Marine barracks bombed in Beirut, Lebanon
Guion Bluford is first African-American in space
U.S. spacecraft Pioneer 10 leaves Solar System
Sally Ride is first American woman in space

1984---
Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the U.S.A."
Kathryn Sullivan first woman to walk in space
Federal Government bails out U.S. banks
Ronald Reagan is reelected president

1986---
Iran-Contra Scandal
Space shuttle Challenger explodes
Statue of Liberty celebrates its 100th birthday
National Debt exceeds $2 trillion
U.S. bombs Libya
Jonathan Pollard convicted of spying for Israel (1987)

1988---
USS Vincennes shoots down Iranian passenger jet
George H.W. Bush elected president

1989---
Exxon Valdez disaster
Berlin Wal is torn down
Cold War ends
Operation
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DC-10 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa
House Speaker Jim Wright resigns
47 USS Iowa Seamen are killed

1991---
Minimum Wage is $4.25 per hour
U.S. population exceeds 250 million
Operation Desert Storm begins

1993---
Black Hawk down incident in Somalia
William J. Clinton becomes president
World Trade Center bombed
Whitewater Investigation begins
Military policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" begins
Holocaust Museum in Washington DC opens

1994---
Aldrich Adams convicted of spying for Russia
Contract with America introduced
NAFTA enacted
U.S. intervenes in Bosnia (1995)

2000---
Supreme Court Case Bush v. Gore
George W. Bush elected president
Sioux Center 67% of population is of Dutch heritage
USS Cole Bombing
International Space Station begins operations
Sioux Center's population exceeds 6,000 residents

2001---
War on Terrorism begins
Operation Enduring Freedom begins
Nearly 3,000 Americans are killed on 9/11
9/11 Terrorist attacks on America

2003---
U.S. invades Iraq
Space shuttle Columbia breaks up
Department of Homeland Security officially begins operations
Human genome Project completed
Army Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox is credited with the capture of Saddam
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2006---
Construction on the Freedom Tower in New York City begins
U.S. Army decommissions last M.A.S.H. unit
Western Union discontinues use of its telegram service
NASA launches New Horizons probe
Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink, Anbar Province, Iraq

2008---
Barak Obama elected president
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act passed

2013---
NSA Documents leaked to the public
Sioux Center's Veterans Memorial is dedicated on 11-11-2013
Barak Obama begins second term as president
Sioux Center's population exceeds 7,200 residents
U.S. Navy Seal Team VI kills Terrorist Osama Bin Laden

Wall 1, side 1:
American Revolution 1775 - 1783
Served - 217,000* • Killed in Action - 4,435 • Wounded in Action - 6,188
*VA estimate

War of 1812 1812 - 1815
Served - 286,730 • Killed in Action - 2,260 • Wounded in Action 4,505

Indian Wars 1817 - 1898
Served - 106,000* • Killed in Action - 1,000*
*VA estimate

Mexican War 1846 - 1848
Served - 78,718 • Killed in Action - 13,283 • Wounded in Action - 4,152

Spanish-American War 1898 - 1902
Served - 306,760 • Killed in Action - 385 • Wounded in Action - 1,662

World
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Klaas Aardema USA, Nicholas Aardema USA, Nonnie Aardema USA, Lutje Achterhof USA, Peter Arendsen USA, Raymond P. Balkema USN, John Bierma USA, Gerrit H. Blekkink USA, Gerrit Boerma USA, Edward Bolluyt USA, Joe N. Bomgaars USA, Ben Borgman USA, Seine Brandts USA, William Brandts USA, Henry Brinkman USA, James Brommer USA, Nick Buyert USA, Gerrit Bernard Debey USA, William DeBruyn USA, George W. Dekraay USA, Henry Dekraay USA, William E. DeMots USA, Gerrit J. DenHerder USA, Teunis "Tony" DenHerder USA, Dr. Seine Bolks Depree USA, George DeRuyter USN, John DeRyke USA, Edward DeVos USA, Adrian Dewitt USA, Arie Dibbet USA, Floyd Dickman USN, Fred Dickman USA, Fred C. Dierks USA, James Doornink USA, Martin Dykshoorn USA, Albert Dykstra USA, Gradus Feekes USA, Opke Feekes USA, William Goemans USA, Jacob Harmsen USA, David Heusinkveld USA, Mark Meusinkveld USA, Ray Hogan USA, Syne Hogan USA, William A. Hubers USA, William Huitink USA, Gerrit W. Hulstein USA, Jerry J. Jansen USA, Andrew Jansma USA, John J. Janson USA, John J. Johnson USA, Conrad Jongewaard USN, Gerrit Juffer USA, Lee H. Kiel USA, Ben Kooi USA, Fred Kooi USA, Clarence "Case" Kooistra USA, Dick Kruizenga Jr. USA, Charles J. Kuyper USA, William D. Lammers USA, John Landegent USA, Adrianus "Ed" Langstraat USA, Lyle E. Mantor USA, Dr. William Maris USA, Thomas F. McDonald, William L. Mieras USA, Albert A. Mouw USA, Peter B. Mouw USA, Allan Muilenburg USA, Dave Muilenburg USA, Harry Muilenburg USA, Hubert Muilenburg USA, Ernest Mulder USA, James Mulder USA, Andrew Nettinga USA, Hendrikus "Henry" Nicolay USA, Anna Ossenwarde USA, William K. Pasma USA, Evert J. Plantage USA, John Pluim USA, Benjamin Poll USA, J. Reynold Postma USN, Cornelius A. Punt USA, Cornelius "Neal" C. Punt USA, Cornelius "Neal" M. Punt USA, Sanderis "Sam" A. Punt USA, William Punt, George Riemersma USA, James J. Riemersma USA, Herman Rowenhorst USA, Neal J. Rozeboom USA, John Scheffer USA, Andrew Schoep USA, William Schuiteman USA, Steve Slappendal USA, John H. Slickers USA, Volkert Spijker USN, William Termeer USA, Albert Terpstra USA, Edward Teveltrup USA, Gerrit Tilstra USA, Ralph Top USA, Stephen Top USA, Alvin S. Tostlebe USN, Jacob Vanek USA, Andrew VanBeek USA, Bert H. VandeBrake USA, Pearson G. VandeBrake USA, Gerrit VanderLugt USA, Dick VanderMeer USA, William VanderMey USA, Herman VanderMuelen USA, Cornelius VanderStelt USA, James VanderStoep, RIchard H. VanderStoep USA, Rients "Ray" VanderWeide USA, Arnold VanderWilt USA, Hessel VanderZee USA, Peter VanDyke USA, John VanGorkum USA, Bernard VanHeukelom USA, Martin VanNoort USA, John C. VanOosbree USA, Chester Otis VanPeursen USN, Joe VanRavenswaay USA, William VanRoekel USA, John VanSteenbergen USA, Bernard VanSteenwyk, Jacob W. VanSteenwyk USA, Teunis VanVeldhuizen USA, Paul Veenkamp USA, Gerrit G. Vermeer USA, Gerrit W. Visser USA, Gysbert Visser USA, Rykman "Richard" Wichers USA, George H. Winter USA, Arnold Winterfeld USA, Herman Winterfeld USA, Louis H. Winterfeld USA, Henry J. Wissink USA, Herman J. Wissink USA

Wall 1, side 2:
Civil War 1861 - 1865

General Ulysses S. Grant
United States President Abraham Lincoln
Confederate States President Jefferson Davis
General Robert E. Lee

Union Army
Served - 2,213,363 • Killed in Action - 364,511 • Wounded in Action - 281,881

Confederate Army
Served - 1,064,000 • Killed in Action - 164,821 • Wounded - 137,000
Based on incomplete records

World War II
Charles Aardema USA, Clarence Aardema USN, Eugene J. Achterhof USN, Floyd E. Achterhof USCG, Henry W. Addink USA, Henry William Addink USN, Elmer J. Altena USA, James Altena, Julius Altena USA, Arnold "Buster" Arendsen USN, George F. Armington USA, Arthur Attema USA, Jake Attema USA, Tunis "Tony" Attema USA, Henry Baker USN, Marion J. Baker USA, Clayton N. Balkema USA, Eugene S. Bartels AAF, James A. Bartels USA, Paul D. Bauer USN, William R. Beernink USMC, Alfred Beukelman USN, Bert Beuzekom USA, Carl Bierma USA, Syne Bierma USA, William B. Bierma USA, Henry M. Blankespoor USA, Lawrence Bleeker USA, William "Billy" Bleeker USN, Albert "Bud" E. Bodnar USA, Jacob Boeyink USN, Paul W. Boeyink AAC, Nickolas J. Bomgaars USA, Richard Bonnema USA, William D. Boone USA, Alfred J. Borgman USA, Lawrence Bos USA, Richard Bos Jr. AAC, Gerald G. Bosch USA, Fred W. Braakman USA, John Brantsen USN, Gerald H. Breneman AAC, Arthur Brenneman USA, Daryle A. Brink AAC, Donald E. Brink AAC, Albert Broek USA, Barney Broek USA, David B. Broek USA, John Broek AAC, Donald Brommer USA, Lester Brommer AAF, Lloyd A. Brown USA, Aldred Bruins USA, Robert Bruins USA, Albertus "Bert" Bruinsma USA, Reynold Bruinsma USA, Albert Brunsting AAC, Arlene De Mots Brunsting USN WAVE, Bernard Robert Brunsting AAC, Hans Burgers USA, Percy Bylsma USA, Gerald F. Calsbeek USA, Stanley Campagne USA, Earl W. Clary USA, Herman S. Clemens USN, Donald Paul Colon USN, Henry Coulander USA, Raymond F. Debey USA, George DeBoer USN, John DeBoer USA, Oscar DeBoer USA, Peter DeBoer USA, Bernard DeBondt USA, Gerrit DeBondt USA, John DeGoei USA, Donald R. DeGooyer USA, Marvin DeGooyer USA, Abraham DeGroot USA, Cornelius DeGroot USA, Henry A. DeGroot USA, Henry J. DeGroot USA, Henry Neal DeGroot USA, John H. DeGroot Jr. USA, John R. DeGroot USA, John W. DeGroot USA, Reuben DeGroot USA, Gary Deinken USA, Angeline Deiters USN WAVE, Harold Deiters USN, Herman Deiters Jr. USN, John Deiters USNR, Art DeKoter USA, Robert D. DeKraay USN, Thomas DeLange USA, Ringert G. DeMots USN, Pershing J. DenHartog AAC, Alvin DenHerder USA, Gerald E. DenHerder USN, Jake DenOuden USA, Seine Byron DePree USN, David DeRuyter USN, George M. DeRuyter USMC, Jacob J. DeRyke USA, Cornelius DeStigter USA, Melvin DeStigter USA, Peter DeStigter USA, John DeVries USA, John H. DeVries AAF, Lorance E. DeVries USA, Dick DeWeerd USA, Gerald DeWeerd USA, Lawrence DeWild AAC, James A. DeWit USA, John A. DeZeeuw Jr. USA, John Dibbet USA, Wilbur Dokkumburg USN, Clarence J. Dorhout AAC, Nicholas Draayer USA, John Droog USA, Dick J. Duits USN, Peter Duits USN, Egbert "Bert" J. Dykhuizen USA, Neal Dykhuizen USA, Henry Dykstra USA, Cornelius Elshuis USA, Henrietta Eppink USA, Herman J. Eppink USA, Arnt Espeset USN, Norman J. Evenhuis USA, Arnold J. Feekes USA, Ted W. Feekes USA, Theo "Ted" H. Feekes USA, Edward H. Foreman USN, J. Lester Foreman AAC, Dries Franken USA, Everett G. Franken AAC, Everett J. Franken USA, Gerrit H. Franken Jr. USA, Henry A. Franken USA, Henry E. Franken USA, Howard Franken USA, Joe Franken USN, Louis G. Franken USA, Ernest J. Gerritsma USA, William D. Godsey USA, John Gosling USA, Theodore T. Goslinga USA, Peter Groen USA, James Robert Groff USA, Marvin J. Grotenhuis USA

Wall 2, side 1:
World War I 1917 - 1918
Served - 4,734,991 • Killed in Action - 53,402 • Wounded in Action - 204,002
Sioux Center - KIA
James Doornink · Gerrit Tilstra

World War II
Peter Haak USA, Cornelius R. Haverhals USA, Fred Herweyer USN, William Herweyer USA, Elmer J. Heusinkveld USA, Edward A. Hoeven, Evert A. Hoeven USN, Bernard Hogan USA, James John Hollander USN, Samuel Holtrop USA, Alfred J. Hoogland USA, John "Johnny" Hoogland USA, Henry Hooyer USN, Henry Hubers USA, Wilbur Huisman USA, Gerrit R. Hulstein USA, Raymond Hulstein USA, Charles R. Irwin USA, Edward H. Jansen USA, Marion Jasper USA, Albert J. Jongewaard USN, Richard C. Jongewaard USN, Ringert "Gene" Eugene Jongewaard USA, Harry "Pete" Juffer USN, James "Hans" L. Juffer USN, Arnold Kaemingk USA, Arthur Kamerman USN, Russell Kamerman USA, Gilbert Keizer USA, Roy J. Kelley USMC, John A. Kempers USA, Marion Kempers USA, Gerrit Kersbergen USA, Howard Kiel USA, Wilbert Kleene USA, Clarence Klein USA, Herman G.J. Klein USA, James Klein AAF, John J. Klein USA, Sam A. Klein USA, Harold D. Kleinwolterink USA, Gary Koerselman AAC, Orville K. Koerselman USN, Lewis B. Kooi USA, Raymond Kooi USN, James Koops USA, Bernard W. Koops USA, Gerrit William Kosters USN, Lloyd E. Kots USA, Albert Kramer USA, Steve Kramer USN, Charles "Max" M. Kreutz AAC, Bernard C. Kroon USN, Bert Kroon USA, Henry "Tubby" John Kroon USN, Richard J. Kroon AAC, William "Billy" J. Kroon USN, Gertrude Kroon-Plattner USN WAVE, Dick J. Kruizenga USA, Harry Kuhl USA, Gysbert E. Kuyper USA, Harold Lenters USA, John Lihudis USA, Abe Louwerse AAC, Howard Lubach USA, Elmer H. Lutjens USA, Robert Malisch USA, Henry Marema USA, Dr. Arthur L. McGilvra USA, Albert H. Meendering USA, Richard Meyer USA, Willis "Bill" Meylink USA, Helen Mieras USN, Lawrence H. Miller USA, Walter Mitchell AAC, Jacob "Jack" Moeller USA, Joyce Boeyink Moeller USN WAVE, Kenneth Arthur Moeller USN, Adrian Moerman USA, Arie "Harry" Moerman USA, Cornelius Moerman USA, Peter Moerman Jr. USA, William "Bill" Moerman USA, Clarence T. Mol USA, Cornelius C. Mol USN, Neal J. Mol AAC, Henry J. Moret USN, Lloyd Morrow, Albert Moss USA, Edward A. Moss USA, Bernard N. Mouw AAC, Clarence J. Mouw, Donald Mouw USMC, Harold B. Mouw USN, Irvin Mouw USA, Lawrence Mouw USA, Marvin Mouw USN, Melvin J. Mouw USA, Steven Mouw USA, Vernon P. Mouw USN, William L. Mouw USA, Everett Muilenburg USA, Wallace Muilenburg USA, Bernard A. Mulder USN, Dick B. Mulder USA, Elmer D. Mulder USA, Gary Mulder USA, James A. Mulder USN, James E. Mulder USA, John H. Mulder USA, Gerald Nettinga USA, Eugene F. Newel USA, Lubbert Niessink USA, Bernard Niezink USA, Elvin Norman USN, Dr. Carl D. Oelrich USA, John "Jack" M. Oliver USN, Arie J. Olivier USA, Arie P. Olivier USA, Asa Olivier USA, George M. Olson USA, Alfred Pals USA, Dale Pas USN, Dean Peterson USA, William Peuse USA, William E. Plantage USA, Lester R. Ploeger USN, Gerrit Postma USA, Martin Punt USN, Marvin Punt USA, G. Dennis Raak USMC, Gerald Ramaker USA, Bert Regnerus AAC, Gerald R. Reinders USA, Robert Rens USA, William Rens USA, Douglas Ribbens USA, Theodore "Ted" Ribbens USN, William Frank Richmond USA, Wilbur Riemersma USA, Bernard Riepma USA, Henry W. Rikkers USN, Jack Rodibaugh USA, Gerrit "Hein" H. Roelofs USA, Henry J. Roelofs USN, Stanley Roelofs AAC, Edwin Roetman USA, Edward J. Roghair USA, John Roos USA, Gerrit Roskam USA

Wall 2, side 2:
World War II 1941 - 1945
Served - 16,112,566 • Killed in Action - 291,557 • Wounded in Action - 670,846
Sioux Center - POW
Donald Brommer · Lester W. VanGorkum · Gilbert Wallenburg

World War II
Dick J. Rozebooom USA, Garret H. Rozeboom, Garrett G. Rozeboom USA, James Rozeboom USA, William R. Rozeboom USA, Howard Ruisch USA, Theodore "Ted" Ruisch USA, Leona Boeyink Russell USN WAVE, Bernard H. Sandbulte AAF, John H. Sandbulte USA, Andrew Santema USN, Bernard J. Santema USN, James Santema USA, John C. Schaap USN, Cornelius R. Schelling USA, Ralph Schelling AAF, Abe Schiebout USA, Benjamin Schiebout USN, Chris Schiebout USA, Ferdinand Schiebout AAC, Joe Schiebout AAC, Adrian H. Scholten USA, Henry J. Schouten USA, Peter C. Schouten USA, Arthur J. Schuiteman USA, Arthur W. Schuiteman USA, Gerald R. Schut USMC, John F. Schut USA, Marvin G. Schutt USN, Alton Shafer USN, Steve C. Siebersma USA, Myron W. Siemen USA, Clarence Sjaarda USA, Donald Sjaarda USA, Gerald John Sjaarda USA, Elmer L. Slob USA, Alfred W. Smith USN, William Martin Sneller USA, Bernard Spenkelink USA, John H. Stock AAC, Albert J. Tamminga AAC, James Tamminga USA, William Tamminga USA, William H. Taylor USA, Marvin Tegrotenhuis USA, Milo V. Tegrotenhius USN, Adelphos "Del" H. Tepaske USA, Garrit TerHaar USA, Cecil J. Thomas USA, John E. Vanaller USMC, C. A. VanAndel USA, Lawrence VanAndel USMC, Henry A. VanBeek AAC, Severt VanBerkel USA, Cornelius VanBochove USA, Maurice J. VandeBerg USA, Theodore Martin VandeBerg USN, James "Bud" C. VandeBerg USA, Clarence L. VandeBrake USA, John A. VandeBrake USA, Marion VandeBrake USA, Dr. Gerald C. VandeGarde USA, Peter VandeGriend AAF, John E. VandeKerk USA, John VandeKieft USA, Alvin G. VandeBerg USN, Clarence VandenBerg USA, Gerrit "Gary" Vandenberg USA, James "Jerry" G. VandenBerg USA, Richard VandenBerg USA, Theodore W. VandenBerg USA, Richard VandenBrink AAF, David L. VanderBerg, Elmer H. VanderBerg USN, Gerrit W. VanderBerg, James L. VanderBerg USA, Cornelius VanderBrink USA, Raymond VanderBroek USAF, Robert VanderBroek USN, Jake B. VanderGriend USA, Dick VanderHoef USA, Henry VanderKerk USN, Edward VanderPloeg USN, Elmer C. VanderPloeg USA, Harold VanderPloeg AAC, J. Freeman VanderPloeg USA, Marion VanderPol USA, Sam VanderSchaaf USA, Gerrit VanderStelt USA, Andrew D. VanderStoep USA, Andrew VanderVliet USA, Everett Vanderweerd USA, Lawrence VanderWeerd USN, Edward VanderWeide AAC, Henry VanderWeide USA, John P. VanderWeide USA, George VanEngen USA, Gerrit VanEngen USA, Lester W. VanGorkum AAC, Earl VanGorp USA, Ricard VanHill AAF, Gerrit J. VanHolland AAC, Harry VanHunnick USN, Albert VanKley USA, Bert VanMaanen USN, Dick VanMaanen Jr. USA, Gerrit B. VanMaanen USA, Irwin VanMarel USA, Cornelius VanMiddendorp USA, Lester VanMuyden USA, Marvin VanMuyden USA, Milton VanMuyden USA, Peter VanMuyden USA, Chris L. VanOosbree USN, Cornelius VanOosbree USA, John C. VanOosbree Jr. USA, Anton "Tony" VanOosbree USN, Adrian VanRavenswaay USN, Gerald VanRavenswaay USA, Gerald VanRavenswaay USN, Dick VanRegenmorter USA, Abraham VanRoekel USA, Gordon VanRoekel USA, Kenneth W. VanRoekel USA, Merle VanRoekel USA, Warren VanRoekel USA, Cornelius VanSchouwen USA, Henry VanSloten USA

Wall 3, side 1:
World War II 1941 - 1945
Sioux Center - KIA
Charles Aardema · Albert Brunsting · Peter DeBoer · John Deiters · Jake DenOuden · John A. Kempers · Bert Kroon · Arie "Harry" Moerman · John F. Schut
Garrit TerHaar · John A. VandeBrake · Benjamin Vermeer · Bernard M. Vermeer · David E. Vermeer · Gerrit J. Vis · Wallace C. Winans · Bernard Ykema

World War II
Cedric F. VanSteenwyk USN, William "Arny" A. VanSteenwyk Jr. AAC, Nick R. Vantil USA, Harry VanVoorst USA, John H. VanVoorst USA, Maurice VanVoorst USN, Richard H. VanVoorst USMC, Ted VanVoorst USA, Arthur VanWyhe USA, Joseph VanZweden USN, Conrad J. Veenkamp AAC, George Howard Veldboom RCAF, Lawrence Vellinga USA, Rodney Vellinga USA, William P. Verduin AAC, Andrew K. Vermeer USA, Arnold J. Vermeer USA, Benjamin Vermeer USA, Bernard E. Vermeer AAC, Bernard M. Vermeer AAC, David E. Vermeer AAC, E. Wayne Vermeer USA, Gerald James Vermeer USA, Harold B. Vermeer USN, James Vermeer USN, Loyd W. Vermeer USN, Ross K. Vernon USA, Arie M. Verrips USN, Gary H. Verrips AAC, Carl Versteeg USA, Cedric Versteeg USA, Gerrit J. Vis USA, Gerrit W. Visser USA, Gilbert W. Visser USA, John A. Visser USA, John J. Visser USA, Leonard Visser USA, Peter Visser USA, James Henry Vlieger USN, William Vlieger AAC, Henry Vogel, Leroy Vogel AAF, William Vogel USA, Ben Vonk Jr. USA, Henry Vonk USA, John W. Vonk USN, Arend Voorderman USA, John Voortman USA, Richard Voortman USA, Gerrit "Gary" W. Vreeman USA, Gilbert Wallenburg USA, Merrill H. Wallinga DVM USA, Harold D. Wandscheer USN, John Wandscheer AAC, Floyd Wanningen USN, Charles Warren USA, Arend T. Wassink USA, Jesse Knight Wells USN, Arthur H. Wesselink USN, Edward Wesselink USA, Gerrit Willem Wesselink AAC, John A. Wesselink USN, William Westhuis USA, Henry Westra USA, Louis H. Wielenga USA, Thomas Wierda USN, Clarence J. Wiersma USA, William T. Willemstyn USA, Wallace C. Winans USA, Alfred Wissink USA, Dick Wissink USN, Harvey Wissink USA, Lawrence Wissink AAF, Louis S. Wynia USA, Martin Wynia USA, Joe Wynja USN, Lloyd Yates USN, Wesley Yates USN, August Ykema AAC, Bernard Ykema USA, George Feekes USA, Lawrence Ykema USA, Tony Ykema AAC, Marion Zevenbergen USA, Gerrit Zomermaand USA, John Zomermaand USA, Eugene Helwig USN, Roy Kelley USMC

Peacetime
Raymond Moeller USA

Wall 3, side 2:
Korean War 1950 - 1953
Served - 1,789,000 • Killed in Action - 36,574 • Wounded in Action - 103,284

Korean War
Truman D. Bartels USN, Donald Bernink USA, Eugene J. Beernink USA, Richard Berkenpas Jr. USA, Harold J. Boer USA, Norman G. Bonnema USN, Elmer P. Bonnema USA, Marvin A. Boone USN, Vernon E. Boone USA, Henry J. Brinks USA, Donald W. Broek USA, Byron R. Bruinsma USA, Earle Wayne Bruinsma USMC, Alvin L. Brunsting USA, John Buyert USA, Matthew Buyert USA, Christopher C. Claye USAF, Nelson Cleveringa USA, Tunis W. Cleveringa USA, William DeBondt USA, Conard DeBoom USA, Richard L. DeBoom USA, Harold J. DeGroot USA, James L. DenHerder USA, Daniel DeRuyter USN, Irwin D. DeVos USA, Kenneth W. DeVos USA, Alfred DeVries USA, Jacob Dibbet Jr. USA, Walter Disch USAF, Edwin D. Dokter USA, Gerrit "Gary" Dokter USA, Henry J. Dokter USA, Gerald N. Dolieslager USA, Junior Fred Dooyema USA, Harvard Dorhout USN, John G. Draayer USA, Joe Dragstra USA, Chester W. Faber USAF, Arnold J. Franken USA, Irwin E. Franken USA, Owen J. Gesink USAF, Clarence Goemaat USA, Herman A. Gradert USA, Lawrence Groen USA, Henry Haak USA, Bruce C. Hagen Sr. USA, Howard J. Hall USAF, Morris Harrison USMC, Donald L. Harskamp USA, John L. Harskamp USA, Robert Hellenga, Bert Holtrop USA, Alfred Hoogland, Dick Hoogland USA, Tony Hooyer USA, Elmer L. Hopper USA, Kenneth Hulstein USMC, Rodney Hulstein USA, Wayne E. Juffer USMC, Harold Kaemick USA, Thomas Kiernan MD ANG, Donald G. Koel USA, Duane Koele USA, James J. Koldenhoven USA, Lane V. Kooi USA, William D. Kooi USA, Arend Kraayenbrink USA, Harry Kraayenbrink USA, Stanton E. Kroon USA, Gerald H. Kruger USA, Gerrit J. Kruid USA, Harold Kuiken USA, Arnold L. Kwikkel USN, Kenneth R. Kwikkel USN, Gary "Garret" J. Lihudis USAF, Roger Lubbers USN, Jacob C. Mantel USA, George Meendering USA, John Meendering Jr. USA, Aaldert "Al" Mennega USA, Rudolph Meyer USA, Charles Miedema USA, Harold Moeller USA, Lowell G. Moeller USA, Verlyn Dean Moeller USA, Paul L. Moerman USA, John M. Mol USMC, Peter Mol USA, Eugene M. Moss USA, James Moss USA, Arvin Wayne Mouw, Orvin Mouw USAF, Ronald J. Mouw USA, Kenneth Muilenburg USN, Theron Mulder USA, Bernard E. Nibbelink USA, Roger Oliver USA, John Plantage USA, William John Plantage USA, Earl C. Potter USMC, Ralph Punt USA, Wilmer G. Rensink USA, William Roghair USA, Herbert Roos USA, William M. Rosenboom USA, Leonard Roskam USA, Marion W. Rozeboom USA, Howard H. Sandbulte USA, Milton W. Sandbulte USA, Conn "Cornie" Schiebout USN, Marvin J. Schoep USA, Peter G. Schouten USA, Robert J. Schouten USA, Arvin J. Schuiteman USA, Herlan Schut USA, Raymond Sneller USMC, Burton H. Snieder USA, Harvey C. Steinborn ARNG, Stanley Sybesma USA, George E. Tamminga USN, Lester G. Tegrotenhuis USA, Gerald S. TerHaar USA, Bernard James VandeBerg USA, Lowell D. VandeBerg USA, Charles A. VandeKamp USMC, Severt C. VanderEsch USA, Basil H. VanderHelm USA, Clarence VanderStoep USA, Dick J. VanderStoep USA, William L. VanderWerf USAF, Stanley W. VanDokkumburg USA, Richard VanDonge USA, Louis Y. VanDyke USA, Delbert M. VanMaanen USA, Donald VanRavenswaay USN, John VanRavenswaay USN, Ralph VanRavenswaay USN, Richard VanRavenswaay USN, Richard VanRegenmorter USA, Lloyd J. VanRoekel USA, Norman G. VanSteenwyk USA, Cornellius W. VanVelzen USA, John VanVoorst USA

Wall 4, side 1:
Vietnam War 1964 - 1975
Served - 3,403,000 • Killed in Action - 58,272 • Wounded in Action - 303,644

Korean War
Duane VanWyhe USA, Elmer VanWyk USA, Willard J, Veenkamp USA, Harvey L. Velgersdyk USA, Donald Vermeer USAF, Richard A. Vermeer USA, Verlyn D. Vermeer USA, Wilbur H. Vermeer USMC, Gerrit Vonk USA, Peter Vonk USA, Donald W. Voortman USA, Gerald J. Vreeman USA, Bernard Wierda USA, Stanley M. Wiersma USA, Carroll E. Winterfeld USA, Merlyn A. Winterfeld USA, John Wynia USA, Melvin J. Wynia USA, Norman Ykema USA, Herbert G. Zeutenhorst USA, Arthur F. Zevenbergen USA, William J. Kleene USA, Peter A. Bartels USA

Peacetime
Wilmer Altena ARNG, Thurlow Beimers USA, Dick G. Bleyenberg USN, Rodney B. Bolkema USA, Edwin L. Boote USA, Abe Bos USA, Herman Brenneman USA, Delbert Broek ANG, David L. Bruinsma USA, Randolph D. Bruinsma USA, Robert J. Bruinsma USA, Sam L. Bruinsma USMC, Stanley G. Bruinsma USA, Arthur Buyert USA, John W. Cleveringa USA, Everett DeBondt USA, Donald D. DeGooyer USA, Rodney DeKruyf USA, Garold DenHerder ARNG, Roger A. DenHerder USA, Cornie "Jack" DeVos USA, Avan Eugene DeVries USA, Bernard A. DeWit USA, Harlan E. Doorenbos USN, Nelton "Bud" J. Doornink USA, Arnold Dorhout USMC, Lee Erickson USN, Norman J. Gaines USA, Melvin H. Gesink USN, Gerrit S. Hulstein USA, Wilbur H. Hulstein USA, Wilmer Hulstein ANG, Arnold Koekkoek USA, Elmer J. Kooi ARNG, Peter B. Kooi USA, Dick Kraayenbrink USA, Stanley Kroese USA, Herb Kuyper ARNG, Kenneth F. Lubbers USA, Daryl Moeller USA, Neal Moss ANG, John Mulder Jr. USAF, Leonard Nyhof USA, Frank Pollema USN, Marvin W. Prins ANG, Darrel H. Ramhorst USAF, Darrell Rensink ARNG, Bill Riphagen USA, Gary Riphagen ANG, Darrell Roetman USA, Arend J. Sandbulte USA, Dennis Schenk USMC, Peter L. Schouten USN, Vel Shicks USA, Delbert Swets USA, Cleo Teslaa ARNG, Gary Testroete ANG, Egbert VanBeek USA, Erwin VanBeek ARNG, Lowell VandeBerg USA, Jerace VandeGriend USA, Mike VandenBosch USAR, David J. VanderBerg USA, Donald G. VanderSchaaf USA, Harold VanderWeide USA, Kenneth VanderWeide USA

Wall 4, side 2:
Vietnam War
Sioux Center - KIA
Arlin D. Franken · Randall K. Schutt · Robert A. VanBallegooyen

Peacetime
Arnold R. VandeVegte USA, Herman J. VanDonge USMC, Donald VanEgdom USA, Gerrit VanEngelenhoven USA, Perry VanGorp USA, John B. VanMiddendorp ANG, Glen VanMuyden USA, Arlin D. VanRoekel USA, John H. VanWyk USA, Arnold G. VerHoef USA, Robert J. Vermeer USA, Bernard D. Versteeg USA, Ronald D. Voorderman USA, John C. Vreugdenhil ANG, John G. Westra USA, Gerald E. Wiekamp ARNG, Don E. Winterfeld USA, Marvin Gerald Wissink USA, Syne Wynia USA, Delmar L. Smit USA, Robert L. Harskamp USN, Alvin D. Harmelink USA, Leroy A. Kleene USA, Louis R. Tamminga USA, Jason D. VanderHeiden USAF, Peter Vermulm ARNG

Vietnam War
Michael R. Achterhof USA, Don Altena USA, Eugene "Oots" Altena USA, Gilbert Anker USA, Larry D. Armstrong USAF, Arthur L. Attema USN, Roger B. Bahrenfuss USAF, Carl Baker USAF, Herlon J. Baker USN, Larry D. Baker USAF, Dennis Bandstra USAR, David A. Bauder USN, William J. Beimers Jr. USA, Eldon Berkenpas USA, Lloyd W. Bierma USA, Gerrit Bleeker USA, William Bleeker USN, Dick Bleyenberg Jr. USA, Allen L. Bloemendaal USN, Dale A. Boerma USA, James Boeyink USN, Merle Bonnema USN, Norman Bonnema USN, Adrie "Dutch" Born USN, Fred Brandes Jr. ANG, Howard Brandes USA, David L. Breckenfelder USN, Robert A. Broek USA, James Brommer USA, Leslie J. Brommer USN, Francis O. Brooke USA, Edwin D. Brummel USN, Charles E. Brunsting USN, Arlin J. Buyert USN, John J. Buyert USA, Dennis Calkhoven ARNG, John P. Calsbeek ARNG, Richard "Rick" Cameron USAF, Brian Carr USA, Harlan K. Cleveringa USA, Andy Dalle USA, James R. Dean USN, Gerald D. DeBey USA, Irwin E. DeBoer USN, Kenneth W. DeBoer USA, Owen J. DeBoer USA, Richard L. DeBoer USN, Teunis "Tom" A. DeBondt USMC, Norman J. DeBoom USAF, Stanley DeBoom ANG, John P. DeGroot USAF, Larry DeGroot USA, Theodore M. DeHoogh USN, Alfred B. DeJong ANG, Gerald DeJong, Peter H. Dekkers ARNG, Dennis D. DeKruyf USA, Eugene M. DenHerder USA, Ronald DenHerder ANG, W. Dale DenHerder USA, Carroll E. DeNooy USAF, Mark DeRuyter USAF, Glenn H. DeStigter USA, Harlan W. DeStigter USA, Roger E. DeStigter USA, Ronald DeStigter USA, Thane DeStigter USN, Vincent DeStigter USN, Harold DeVos USA, Gordon DeWeerd USA, Garry DeYoung Jr. USA, Ron C. Dieck USAF, Donald E. Dixon USAF, Corwin P. Dolieslager USA, Donald Dorhout USA, Kenneth Dorhout USN, Lester J. Dorhout USN, Marlin Dorhout USA, Warren Dorhout USN, Wendell Dorhout USA, Ned Douma USAF, Gary Draayer ARNG, Gerald L. Droog USA, Owen Dykshorn USA, Wayne Dykshorn USN, Arlan Dykstra USAF, David Eekhoff USA, Kenneth L. Ehrp USA, Cornelius Eshuis USN, Roger Evans USA, Howard D. Faber USAF, Bernard Fedders USA, Gary L. Fedders USAF, Robert Fedders USAF, Stanley Feekes ARNG

Wall 5, side 1:
Bay of Pigs - Cuba 1961
US Backed Brigade of 2,506 Soldiers.
Casualties - 118 (5 American) • POW - 1,100+

Operation Urgent Fury Grenada 1983
Served - 7,900+ • Killed in Action - 19 • Wounded in Action - 116

Operation Just Cause Panama 1989 - 1990
Served - 2,000 • Killed in Action - 23

Vietnam War
Judy Schiebout Fisher, Jerald Fluit USA, Arlin D. Franken USA, Daniel J. Franken USN, Dick Frank Jr. USA, John Franken ANG, Sylvan E. Gerritsma USA, Benjamin H. Gesink USA, David Gesink USA, Ron Groeneweg ARNG, Bruce T. Groff DVM USA, Roger Haug USMC, Harvard Haverhals USN, Michael G. Haverhals ARNG, Johan H. Hegeman USA, Alan Heidecker USA, Bob Helwig USN, Michael H. Hilleman USA, Daryl L. Holtrop USAF, Bruce Hooyer USA, Roger J. Hotalen USA, Virgil Houtkooper USA, Don Huisman USMC, Roland J. Hulstein USA, Robert Huyser ANG, Bennis J. Jans USA, Merlyn V. Johnson USA, Gerald W. Juffer USA, Daryl Kleinhesselink USA, Arlyn Kleinwolterink USAF, John Koerselman USN, Daniel W. Kooiker ANG, Larry Koopmans USA, Robert F. Koopmans USMC, Bernard Koops Jr. USA, Henrich L. Kraayenbrink USAF, Allan Kramer USA, Henry L. Kroon ANG, John A. Kruid USA, Leroy G. Kruid USAF, Marvin H. Kruid USA, David P. Kruse USA, Ralph D. Lammers II USA, John Langstraat USA, David A. Lein USN, Louis A. Louwerse USA, John S. Maatman USA, Richard E. Magnuson USAF, Terry McGilvra USA, Harry Allen Meendering USA, Larry J. Meyer USA, Martin J. Moeller USA, Preston Moerman ARNG, Roger Moerman USAF, Clifford J. Mol USN, Reid Mosher USAF, Glen Moss USAF, Gregory A. Mouw USA, Ken Mouw USAF, Phillip Mouw USA, Robert L. Mouw USAF, Ronald G. Mouw USA, Marvin Mulder USA, Terry L. Nibbelink USAF, Loren Olson USA, Stanley M. Oordt USA, Ronald Oostra USA, Tom Overman USAF, Larry Peterson USA, Dennis E. Pieper USA, Jerry Plasier USA, Warren L. Post USA, Michael Bruce Prince, Richard Prince Jr. USA, Leslie Punt ANG, Hans Rodenburgh USN, Ronald Roskam USA, Glenn A. Rozeboom USAF, Gerus Rubingh USAF, Wilfert Gene Rus USA, Rick Ryan USN, Daniel J. Sandbulte USA, Leon Schimmel USA, Arnold W. Schoellerman USA, Robert L. Schuiteman USA, Randall K. Schutt USA, Marlow Scheffer USA, Albert Schelling USA, Harold Schelling USA, James E. Smith USA, Perry Sneller USA, Stan Sneller USN, Dennis J. Spitler USA, Carl S. Sybesma USA, Jon A. Sybesma USMC, Leon M. Tegrotenhuis, Loran K. Tegrotenhuis USA, Donald G. Tennapel USAF, Judson R. Tepaske USN, Leon Terpstra, Lewis B. Terpstra USA, Myron D. Toering USAF, Robert A. VanBallegooyen USA, Klaas F. VanBeek USA, Wilmer J. VandeBerg USA, William "Bill" VandeHoef USN, Harlan VandeHoef USA, Dennis W. VandenBerg USN, Ronald VandenBerg USN, Marlin VandenBosch USA, Herm VandenHul USAF, Eldon VanderBerg USA, Michael L. VanderPol USA, Delbert VanderSchaaf USA, Jay A. VanderStouwe USA, Harlyn J. VanderVliet USA, Walt VanderWaal USAF, Gene VanderWeide USA, Larry L. VanderWeide USMC, Hugh VanderWilt ANG, Ken VanderZiel ARNG, Bennie J. VanderZwaag USAF, Russell D. VandeVegte USA, Conrad VandeZandschulp USMC, Marvin D. VandeZandSchulp USA, Floyd A. VanEngen USN, Quentin VanEssen USAR, Jeroy H. VanMiddendorp, Larry Larue VanMuyden USA, Donald L. VanOtterloo USA, Arthur D. VanRavenhorst Jr. USA, Arlen VanRavenswaay USA, Conrad VanRoekel USA, Larry L. VanRoekel USAF, Lyle L. VanRoekel USA

Wall 5, side 2:
Operations Desert Shield / Desert Storm Kuwait 1991
Served - 2,225,000 • Killed in Action - 147 • Wounded in Action - 467

Vietnam War
Ned VanSteenwyk USA, Paul VanSteenwyk USA, Conrad VanVoorst USAF, Don VanVoorst USA, Gary G. VanVoorst USMC, Gerald VanVoorst USA, Harlan L. VanVoorst USA, Henry A. VanVoorst USMC, Kenneth J. VanVoorst USN, Myron "Mike" VanVoorst USN, Wayne VanVoorst USA, Glenn A. VanWyhe USA, Corneil I. Verduin USA, Dale Verduin USA, James Verduin USA, Bruce A. Verhoef USAF, Daniel J. Verhoef USA, Philip Vermeer ARNG, Bruce H. Vernon USAF, Dennis G. Visser USA, Larry J. Visser USA, Marlyn T. Visser USA, Stanton L. Visser USA, James A. Vos USA, Dennis Walstra USAR, William G. Wassink USA, Duane F. Winterfeld USA, Terry J. Winterfeld USA, Alvin Wissink USA, Sherman Wissink USA, Jim Wolfswinkel ANG, John K. Wolfswinkel ANG, Arthur J. Zeilenga USA, Marlo D. Zeutenhorst USA, Marlyn G. Zeutenhorst USAF, Lyle J. Klein ARNG, Dennis L. Zomermaand USAF, Edwin H. Zomermaand USA, Peter L. Zomermaand USAF, Henry W. Langstraat USA, Norm Te Slaa USA, Gerald J. Kleene USA, Anthony "Teak" Van Ravenswaay ARNG, Robert Van Ruler ANG, Robert D. Kleene USA

Peacetime
Merrill C. Bohnenkamp Jr. USMC, Reginald C. Boot USA, Dale E. Brands USA, David L. Bruinsma ARNG, Lisa Bruinsma Timmer ARNG, Michael T. Franken USN, Christina Goemaat USA, Randal B. Harlow USAF/ANG, Steven E. Harlow ARNG, David J. Horstman ARNG, Dedra A. Leffring USAF, Todd J.D. Leffring USAF, Renae Wierda Macy USAF, Jeff Matheis ARNG, Richard P. McManimon USA, Douglas H. Moret USN, Leo Nyhof ARNG, Lyle Nyhof ARNG/ANG, Jim Oliver ARNG, Dean Reichert ARNG, Derek Schenk USA, Garry Schenk USMC, Teresa Schenk USA, Victor D. Schiebout ARNG, Douglas G. VanBeek ARNG, Tim B. VanDonge USMC, Tim VanEngelenhoven USN, Alvin VanRavenswaay USAF, Evan VanRegenmorter USMC, Joe VanSchouwen ARNG, Jeffrey A. Visser USAF, Donald Walburg ARNG, Rick L. Wierda USAF, Terry Wiersma USAF, Randy S. Wiese USA

Panama Conflict
Larry Rensink USA

Wall 6, side 1:
War On Terror 2001 -
Terrorism knows no borders, it seldom has a face. We will continue to fight terror, to protect our freedom and this place.
Sioux Center - KIA
William "B Jay" Leusink

Gulf War/Post Gulf War
Rob Baker USMC, Danny Barnes USA, Dan Bruinsma USAF, Jason Bruinsma USN, Nathan L. Brunsting USA, Mark A. Cleveringa ARNG, Susan Vermeer Cox USAF, Brian Damstra USN, Emily VanVoorst Davis ARNG, Teunis "Tom" G. DeBondt USMC, Vincent DeGroot ANG, Scott E. Driesen USA, Dan Hodgson USAF, Shawn M. Huisman USMC, Karlowe Kroon USAF, Holly Menke Salsman USAF, Scott Mulder USAF, Robin Huygens Ortega USAF, Alex Peat USAF, Michael R. Popovich USAF, Chad M. Robertson USN, David Samani USAF, Gary L. Schaap USAF, Garry Schenk USA, Keith D. Stahl ARNG, Troy D. Tennapel USAF, Lyle VanderSchaaf USAF, Scott VanVoorst USAF, Y. Brad VanVoorst USMC, Brandy L. Borchers ANG, Jeris Visscher ANG, Justin Zevenbergen USA, Ryan Moret USN

Global War On Terror
Michael Apol USAF, Mick Argo ARNG, Anousinh Richard Baccam ARNG, Matthew L. Behrens ARNG, Richard Bleeker USMC, Allen L. Bloemendaal ARNG/USA, Benjamin T. Bloemendaal ANG, Cory A. Bloemendaal ARNG, Tyler Bohnenkamp USMC, Sean Brons USMC, Christen Brouwer Elms USAF, James Bruinsma USMC, Blake Bruns USAF, Teri Byl USAF, Michael E. DeBoer USA, Davis M. DeJong ANG, Dustin A. DeJong ARNG, Jeremy Eric DeWit ANG, Dan Doornink USN, Aaron Dreise USA, Bradley Emerson USN, Brian L. Erickson USN, Michael T. Franken USN, Curtis J. Hayes USCG, Keith Hoekstra USMC, Dustin Horstman USA, Alexander Hurtado USMC, Calvin Hurtado USMC, Diego Hurtado USMC, Jeffrey A. Husa ANG, Brett A. Huyser USAF, Christopher J. Huyser ANG, Matthew Huyser ANG, Kenzie Huyser Buhl ANG, Tyler L. Jacobsma USMC, Meggan Jacobsma Purkett USAF, Adam Koopman ARNG, Jaime Koopman ARNG, Jeremy D. Kruid USMC, Jonathan W. Leffring ANG, William "B Jay" Leusink USMC, Benjamin Leusink ARNG, Landon Nohava USA, Kevin Paultz USA, Daniel J. Peat USN, Serina Peterson USAF, Mitchell F. Phomphakdy USMC, Ned E. Popovich USA, Wade O. Popovich USA, Trevor Pritchard USAF, Austin Reichle USA, Nathaniel J. Renes USAF, Bradley Ribbens USAF, Colten Rozeboom USA, Matthew Sandbulte USMC, Jessica Sneller ARNG, Matthew Sneller USA, Jeremy Spaans USMC, Eric Swets USN, Andrew TerHaar ANG, Anthony TerHaar USA, Daniel TerHaar USAF, Jonathan TerHaar USAF, Apolonio "Polo" Topete USMC, Jessica Tubergen ARNG, Jade VandeKamp USMC

Wall 6, side 2:
freedom is not free

Global War On Terror
Nicholas VandeKieft ARNG, Wade VandenBurg ARNG, Joshua VanderSchaaf USN, Lloyd VanderSchaaf USN, Brent A. VandMiddendorp ARNG, Trevor VanMiddendorp ARNG, Daniel VanSchouwen USA, David VanSchouwen ANG, Jacob VanSchouwen USA, Joshua VanSchouwen USA, Cory L. VanSloten ARNG, Tygue Wierda USA, Kevin Wynia ARNG, Bruce K. VanderWilt USAF, Jordan A. Carlson ARNG, Paul De Stigter USAF, Matthew L. Punt ARNG
 
Erected 2013.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 43° 4.593′ N, 96° 10.508′ W. Marker is in Sioux Center, Iowa, in Sioux County. Memorial is on S Main Ave, 0.1 miles north of 2nd St SW, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 148 S Main Ave, Sioux Center IA 51250, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. First Reformed Church (approx. half a mile away); Memory Gardens Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hull Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.3 miles away); The Birthplace of Extension (approx. 8.3 miles away); Ireton Civil War Monument (approx. 10.3 miles away); Ireton Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.4 miles away); Rubber Tires on Tractors (approx. 10.4 miles away); Doon Veterans Memorial (approx. 14.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sioux Center.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 249 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 18, 2018, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota.   4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. submitted on February 22, 2024. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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