Near Cassopolis in Cass County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Cass County Veterans Memorial

Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014

1. Cass County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Cass County Veterans Memorial. . (Panel 1) “Who More Than Self Their Country Loved” 1946. (Panel 2) Korean Conflict 1950 to 1955 Name - City - DOB - DOD - Rank Eugene Waldo - Dowagiac - 10-11-23 - 7-16-50 - SFC Donald Webber - Dowagiac - 10-20-30 - 9-26-50 - SGT Melvin Wright - Dowagiac - 9-5-32 - 9-18-50 - SGT Theodore Terkos - Dowagiac - 6-18-26 - 2-5-51 - SGT James Balog - Marcellus - 8-8-29 - 12-2-50 - CPL Roy Lapham - Cassopolis - 5-1-21 - 9-11-51 - PFC Howard Smith - Marcellus - 4-14-27 - 3-7-51 - PVT Donald Chaney - Edwardsburg - 5-22-30 - 8-10-50 - PVT Dedicated to Nicholas and Beatrice Terkos Proprietors of the Olympia Cafe Dowagiac Michigan “Friends to all Veterans” “Thank you Nick and Bea from all Veterans of Cass County” (Panel 3) World War II Arthur F. Abendroth . Richard J. Anderson . Otis J. Avery . Charles W. Ball . Paul Edward Bainbridge . Richard A. Bickle . Millard Bivvins . Wilbur Eugene Bolin . Emil J. Brown . James V. Burrows . Harley F. Byers . William Calahan . John C. Clancy Jr. . Howard Clark . Austin Willis Clute . Raymond T. Cowham . Alvin Cox . Benhardt Dahlke . Paul Gene Davis . Ernest W. Dohm . George Thomas Earl . Everett E. Edgerly . Charles W. Eisenhauer . Bob Ely . Edward L. Essex . Earl R. Fickies . Douglas H. Fox . Arthur S. Frisbie . Edward Thomas Gardner . Billy Y. Hartsock . Jay Hemminger (Panel 4) World War II Harold Lee Gray . Carl P. Hoppe . Howard Hough . Wayne J. Huff . Clarence Ted Huston . James F. Hutton . J. Norton Jones . Marvin Kennedy . Duane Kesterke . Dale Edward Kuhns . Leroy Richard Lane . Gerald Larkin . Edward H. Lasseter Jr. . Dale Lyon . Casimir Majewski . Joel B. Mann Jr. . Joseph Marlow . Edward Arthur Mayhew . Leo Myers . Ray M. McKenzie . Joseph Ostrowski . Ross S. Overton . Bernard C. Pardun . Robert D. Perkins . Paul Weston Pompey . Lloyd Puffer . Lisle P. Pullin . Dale Rantz . Robert Robbins . Gordon Ford Rohlfs . Robert Scheetz . Harold E. Schutlz (Panel 5) World War I Veterans 1917 - 1918 In everlasting memory to honor the Cass County Michigan World War I veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice for their country Name - Age - Year of Death Pvt Reem R. Bronson - 29 - 1918 Pvt James L. Buckley - 26 -1918 Pvt Edward Chavous - 25 - 1919 Seaman Millard Cooper - 20 - 1918 Pvt Karl F. Dyer - 20 - 1918 Robin East - 27 - 1918 Lyall G. Eggleston - 21 - 1918 Pvt Eugene Ewing - - 1919 Pvt Claudius Graham - 31 -1918 E. Laverne Hill - - 1918 Pvt Fred Hodgson - 23 -1918 Pvt Stanley Holleger - 27- 1918 Corp Floyd Ibbotson - 24 - 1918 Lt Efton M. James - 28 - 1918 Sgt Carl R. Kibler - 24 - 1920 Pvt George A. King - 27 - 1918 Pvt Ward Kline - 21 - 1918 Pvt Zolla F.H. Langlan - 31 - 1919 Corp Maurice G. Lyon - 24 - 1919 Pvt Elmer Mathews - - 1919 Pvt Otis Messenger - 25 - 1918 Pvt Max S. Moore - 19 - 1918 Pvt Glen Quimby - 25 - 1918 Lt Howard Redner - - 1918 Corp August K. Richey - 27 - 1919 Pvt Warren M. Rutherford - 22 - 1918 Pvt Dwight Shingledecker - 23 - 1918 Pvt David H. Starrett - 23 - 1918 Pvt Ward Stillson - 27 - 1919 Pvt Harry Surran - 29 - 1918 Lt Charles H. Swan - - 1918 Pvt Henry Thompson - 26 - 1918 Pvt Avery B. Wilkinson - 18 - 1917 Pvt Russell A. Wood - 27 - 1918 Presented and dedicated by the Doe-Wah-Jack American Legion Post #563 and the Cass County Veterans Advisory Committee 30 May 1991 (Panel 6) World War II Theodore J. Schrock . Robert C. Shafer . Arthur W. Sherry . Lyle F. Showers . Jack Simbulan . A.J. Smith . Ernest A. Sopher . Donald K. Spalding . Marvin Stahl . Richard H. Strickland . William Roger Suits . John Suski . James T. Swisher . Roy Allen Thornton . Gerald Turner . Victor Verner Veach . Robert James Verde . Eugene Phillip Wagar . Walter G. Waterson . Leo R. Webster . Kenneth Weeks . John Wendl . Phillip Delos Williamson . Edward M. Winchester . Lynus Yeager (Panel 7) Vietnam For Those Who Served and Died for Their Country 1963 - 1975 Name - Rank - Svc - DOD - City Bell, Wayne Morris - CWO - AR - 10-12-68 - Cassopolis Clime, Ralph John - WO - AR - 6-19-69 - Marcellus Edgerly, John Wallace - PFC - MC - 8-12-66 - Dowagiac Frist, Michael B. - PFC - AR - 2-8-71 - Dowagiac Gressel, John Vincent - 1LT - AR - 7-29-68 - Dowagiac Haines, John Loda - SGT - AR - 3-6-68 - Vandalia Hall, Jeffrey H. - SP4 - AR - 6-19-68 - Dowagiac Hensley, Gary Lee - SP5 - AR - 11-3-67 - Cassopolis Huscher, John Randolph - SP4 - AR - 2-19-68 - Dowagiac Kauffman, Ernest Lee - PFC - AR - 2-20-68 - Vandalia Lozier, William Ear - 2LT - AR - 2-2-68 - Cassopolis Nicol, Michael William - SP4 - AR - 6-29-71 - Marcellus Personette, Michael D. - LCPL - MC - 9-23-68 - Cassopolis Richmond, Robert Stanley - CAPT - AR - 3-21-70 - Marcellus Scott, Daniel Lee - SP4 - AR - 8-7-67 - Edwardsburg Smith, Smith, Steven Robert - PFC - AR - 1-30-68 - Edwardsburg Stolley, William R. Jr. - LCPL - MC - 3-14-69 - Dowagiac Wenger, Robert Lee - CPL - MC - 7-23-66 - Dowagiac Bonine, Thomas - WO - AR - 6-3-69 - Cassopolis Shafter, Gary - LCPL - MC - 5-27-68 - Cassopolis Dedicated by the Cass County High School Students 30 - May - 1989

(Panel 1)
“Who More Than Self
Their Country Loved”
1946
(Panel 2)
Korean Conflict
1950 to 1955

Name - City - DOB - DOD - Rank

Eugene Waldo - Dowagiac - 10-11-23 - 7-16-50 - SFC
Donald Webber - Dowagiac - 10-20-30 - 9-26-50 - SGT
Melvin Wright - Dowagiac - 9-5-32 - 9-18-50 - SGT
Theodore Terkos - Dowagiac - 6-18-26 - 2-5-51 - SGT
James Balog - Marcellus - 8-8-29 - 12-2-50 - CPL
Roy Lapham - Cassopolis - 5-1-21 - 9-11-51 - PFC
Howard Smith - Marcellus - 4-14-27 - 3-7-51 - PVT
Donald Chaney - Edwardsburg - 5-22-30 - 8-10-50 - PVT

Dedicated to Nicholas and Beatrice Terkos
Proprietors of the Olympia Cafe Dowagiac Michigan
“Friends to all Veterans”
“Thank you Nick and Bea from all Veterans of Cass County”

(Panel 3)
World War II
Arthur F. Abendroth • Richard J. Anderson • Otis J. Avery • Charles W. Ball • Paul Edward Bainbridge • Richard A. Bickle • Millard Bivvins • Wilbur Eugene Bolin • Emil J. Brown • James V. Burrows • Harley F. Byers • William Calahan • John C. Clancy Jr. • Howard Clark • Austin Willis Clute • Raymond T. Cowham • Alvin Cox • Benhardt Dahlke • Paul Gene Davis • Ernest

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W. Dohm • George Thomas Earl • Everett E. Edgerly • Charles W. Eisenhauer • Bob Ely • Edward L. Essex • Earl R. Fickies • Douglas H. Fox • Arthur S. Frisbie • Edward Thomas Gardner • Billy Y. Hartsock • Jay Hemminger

(Panel 4)
World War II
Harold Lee Gray • Carl P. Hoppe • Howard Hough • Wayne J. Huff • Clarence Ted Huston • James F. Hutton • J. Norton Jones • Marvin Kennedy • Duane Kesterke • Dale Edward Kuhns • Leroy Richard Lane • Gerald Larkin • Edward H. Lasseter Jr. • Dale Lyon • Casimir Majewski • Joel B. Mann Jr. • Joseph Marlow • Edward Arthur Mayhew • Leo Myers • Ray M. McKenzie • Joseph Ostrowski • Ross S. Overton • Bernard C. Pardun • Robert D. Perkins • Paul Weston Pompey • Lloyd Puffer • Lisle P. Pullin • Dale Rantz • Robert Robbins • Gordon Ford Rohlfs • Robert Scheetz • Harold E. Schutlz

(Panel 5)
World War I Veterans
1917 - 1918

In everlasting memory to honor the Cass County Michigan World War I veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice for their country

Name - Age - Year of Death

Pvt Reem R. Bronson - 29 - 1918
Pvt James L. Buckley - 26 -1918
Pvt Edward Chavous - 25 - 1919
Seaman Millard Cooper - 20 - 1918
Pvt Karl F. Dyer - 20 - 1918
Robin East - 27 - 1918
Lyall G. Eggleston - 21 - 1918
Pvt Eugene Ewing - - 1919
Pvt

Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014

2. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 1

Claudius Graham - 31 -1918
E. Laverne Hill -   - 1918
Pvt Fred Hodgson - 23 -1918
Pvt Stanley Holleger - 27- 1918
Corp Floyd Ibbotson - 24 - 1918
Lt Efton M. James - 28 - 1918
Sgt Carl R. Kibler - 24 - 1920
Pvt George A. King - 27 - 1918
Pvt Ward Kline - 21 - 1918
Pvt Zolla F.H. Langlan - 31 - 1919
Corp Maurice G. Lyon - 24 - 1919
Pvt Elmer Mathews -    - 1919
Pvt Otis Messenger - 25 - 1918
Pvt Max S. Moore - 19 - 1918
Pvt Glen Quimby - 25 - 1918
Lt Howard Redner -   - 1918
Corp August K. Richey - 27 - 1919
Pvt Warren M. Rutherford - 22 - 1918
Pvt Dwight Shingledecker - 23 - 1918
Pvt David H. Starrett - 23 - 1918
Pvt Ward Stillson - 27 - 1919
Pvt Harry Surran - 29 - 1918
Lt Charles H. Swan -   - 1918
Pvt Henry Thompson - 26 - 1918
Pvt Avery B. Wilkinson - 18 - 1917
Pvt Russell A. Wood - 27 - 1918

Presented and dedicated by the Doe-Wah-Jack American Legion Post #563 and the Cass County Veterans Advisory Committee
30 May 1991

(Panel 6)
World War II
Theodore J. Schrock • Robert C. Shafer • Arthur W. Sherry • Lyle F. Showers • Jack Simbulan • A.J. Smith • Ernest A. Sopher • Donald K. Spalding • Marvin Stahl • Richard H. Strickland • William Roger Suits • John Suski • James T. Swisher • Roy Allen Thornton • Gerald Turner • Victor Verner Veach • Robert James Verde

Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014

3. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 2

• Eugene Phillip Wagar • Walter G. Waterson • Leo R. Webster • Kenneth Weeks • John Wendl • Phillip Delos Williamson • Edward M. Winchester • Lynus Yeager

(Panel 7)
Vietnam
For Those Who Served and Died for Their Country
1963 - 1975

Name - Rank - Svc - DOD - City

Bell, Wayne Morris - CWO - AR - 10-12-68 - Cassopolis
Clime, Ralph John - WO - AR - 6-19-69 - Marcellus
Edgerly, John Wallace - PFC - MC - 8-12-66 - Dowagiac
Frist, Michael B. - PFC - AR - 2-8-71 - Dowagiac
Gressel, John Vincent - 1LT - AR - 7-29-68 - Dowagiac
Haines, John Loda - SGT - AR - 3-6-68 - Vandalia
Hall, Jeffrey H. - SP4 - AR - 6-19-68 - Dowagiac
Hensley, Gary Lee - SP5 - AR - 11-3-67 - Cassopolis
Huscher, John Randolph - SP4 - AR - 2-19-68 - Dowagiac
Kauffman, Ernest Lee - PFC - AR - 2-20-68 - Vandalia
Lozier, William Ear - 2LT - AR - 2-2-68 - Cassopolis
Nicol, Michael William - SP4 - AR - 6-29-71 - Marcellus
Personette, Michael D. - LCPL - MC - 9-23-68 - Cassopolis
Richmond, Robert Stanley - CAPT - AR - 3-21-70 - Marcellus
Scott, Daniel Lee - SP4 - AR - 8-7-67 - Edwardsburg
Smith, Smith, Steven Robert - PFC - AR - 1-30-68 - Edwardsburg
Stolley, William R. Jr. - LCPL - MC - 3-14-69 - Dowagiac
Wenger, Robert Lee - CPL - MC - 7-23-66 - Dowagiac
Bonine, Thomas -

Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 3 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane Hall, July 9, 2014

4. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 3

WO - AR - 6-3-69 - Cassopolis
Shafter, Gary - LCPL - MC - 5-27-68 - Cassopolis

Dedicated by the Cass County High School Students
30 - May - 1989

Erected 1946.

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

Location. 41° 56.404′ N, 86° 2.105′ W. Marker is near Cassopolis, Michigan, in Cass County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of State Highway 62 and Beeson Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located at the Cass County Veterans Memorial Roadside Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cassopolis MI 49031, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cassopolis Veterans Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); Cass County Courthouse (approx. 2.3 miles away); Freedom Road (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sanctuary and Deliverance (approx. 2.4 miles away); Lewis Cass (approx. 2.6 miles away); Cass County Jail Cornerstone (approx. 2.6 miles away); Pioneer Log Cabin Museum (approx. 2.6 miles away); To Those Who Fight For America's Freedom in the Past, Present and Future (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cassopolis.

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5. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 4

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6. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 5

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7. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 6

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8. Cass County Veterans Memorial - Panel 7

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9. Cass County Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial Roadside Park image. Click for full size.

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10. Veterans Memorial Roadside Park

View to north along M-62

DAR Marker near Memorial image. Click for full size.

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11. DAR Marker near Memorial

Cass County Veterans Memorial Highway
Sponsored by Captain Samuel Felt Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 857 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on July 16, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.