Lester Prairie in McLeod County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial
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1. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial
(panel A)
Inscription.
Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial. .
Veterans Memorial Ray Kirkpatrick Post #463 "In Honor of All Who Served"United States Army . United States Navy . United States Marine Corp . United States Merchant Marines . United States Air Force . United States Coast GuardRay Kirkpatrick Army KIA in France Argonne Forest Nov. 1918 First Soldier From This Area That Lost His Life in Combat in world war one Dedicated 2011 , B. Lloyd E Groenke Seaman First Class Navy world war two 1945-46 . Cpl Allen R Kuenzel Army Peace Time 1953-55 . A1C Eugene Rennells US Air Force Vietnam . Sgt Gary Jungclaus Air Force Vietnam . Richard Barfnecht Army France Germany world war two 1941-45 . Terry R. Barfknecht Army Nat Guard 1967-73 . E-4 Herbert J Bloom Army 478th Aviation Vietnam 1970-73 . Clarance Will US Navy world war two . Edgar Senne US Army world war two . Cpl Donald E Heuer US Marines Vietnam 1965-68 . E-5 Troy D Heuer USN USNR USANG Terrorism 1990-2003 . SSgt Jerry Jerabek 54th ARMD Inf Btn Army world war two 1942-45 . Sp3 Oria Brinkmeier Army Korea 1955-57 . PFC Larry G Ardolf 14 Arm Cav Germany Army Korea 1954-56 . Major Chad Wendolek Army 1993 to 2013 plus . Sgt Noel Guggemos 2nd Bn 48nd Inf Vietnam 1965-67 . Sp4 Gary Gatz National Guard Vietnam 1967-73 . Walter John Weise Tech Sgt OSS Army world war two 1941-45 Germany . Sgt E-5 Paul Weise 94th Artillery Army Vietnam 1965-68 . Lowell F Johnson MSgt Air Force Korea 1955-69 . PO3 Roger M Lepel Navy Vietnam 1961-65 . SpC4 Darvin Heldt Army 3rd Bn 3rd Div Peace Time 1984-93 . Sgt Glenard Prehn Marines Korea 1953-57 . Lt Barry R Kyllo USN - Submarines USNA - Class of 1982 . Cpl Henry Schelhaas 7th Div Mil Police Korea 1952-54 . Sp5 Robert Kruschke Army Vietnam 1966-69 . Sgt Robert W Green Army Korea DMZ . Scott V Christenson Cpl Marines 1985-91 Desert Shield Storm ,
Post 463 is Honoring the Following Deceased Veterans from the Donations Received. Willard Adams . Donald Berry . Emil Ernst . Willard Fenske . Donald Hall . Robert Kelly . Lawrence Kutz . Clara Milbrath . Arthur O'Neil . Rell Packer . Robert Pfeifer . Fred Schamburg . Ernst Schubert . Karl T Spellum . Amandus Tonn . George Amundson . Arnold Birkholz . Howard Ernst . Millard Gow . Joe Halloran . Leonard Kohls . Paul Lange . August Nimz . Delmar Packer . Rell Packer Jr . Arthur Quast . Martin Schamburg . Herman Seefeldt . Theodore Spellum . Samuel Truewe . Glen Bathen . George Daly . Myron Fenske . John Gennrich . Fred Heneman . Kenneth Kulhmann . Curtis R Lind . Otto Norenberg . John Packer . Wayne Packer . Paul Richter . A Schmidt . Herman Seeman . John Stacy . David Warren . Arthur Bettcher . Ferdinand Emme . Vernan Fenske . Carl Gilster . Clarence Hultgren . Fred W Kuenzel . Dennis Menth . Phil Olson . Mirriam Packer . Christian Pfeifer . William Ristow . Theodore Schmidt . Henry Slanga . Wilfred Thiel . Howard Weiner ,
C. Lt Co David G Weise MN NG Army Ranger AB Vietnam 1956-88 . Henry Hoof Army world war one . PFC Harold J Hoof Army Infantry world war two Italy . SSG Larry C Hoof Air Force Vietnam . SPC Donald R Hoof Reserve 32nd ICC Vietnam 1967-73 . Donald Briesemeister M Sgt Army National Guard Korea 1950-56 . Gary J Breidenbach Sp4 Army Vietnam BSM Am ARCON . Cpl Stanley R Ernst Army world war two 1944-48 . Cpl Harold Lemke Army 593 Engr Co C world war two South Pacific . Sgt E5 Leon V Krone Army Co C 4th Inf Div Vietnam 1965-67 . Sgt Harold E Latzig Army 244 Ord Bep Co Korea 1954-52 . Carl Klaustermeier Army - Germany Korea 1954-56 . Ralph Prehn Army Vietnam 1965-67 . Pvt Jerry Koerschen Army world war one 1918-19 WIA . PFC Henry A Ristow Army world war two . August F Ristow Army world war two 1942-46 . Pvt Edwin A Ristow Army Germany POW 26 MO world war two 1941-45 . Cpl Ervin A S Hoof Marines Korea 1951-52 . PFC Hilbert Hoof Army USAH 5025 SU Korea 1953-61 . Sp E-5 Orlin E C Hoof Army Vietnam 1959-64 . EN3 Kerry Wuetherich Navy USS Recovery Vietnam . Henry Schmidt Army world war one France . Roland J F Schmidt Amm3C Navy Korea . Kenneth Schmidt HM3 Navy Korea . Erland O Raduenz Army Vietnam 1964-66 . Earl William Emich Navy world war two . Chester Hoernemann MSG US Army Retired ARNG-USAR 1957-99 . Cpl Mark Detlefsen Marine Corps 3rd MAW Peacetime 1972-74 . Pvt Harold Birkholz Army Med Dept world war two . PFC Melvin Birkholz Army Korea KIA . Cpl George Birkholz Army Korea . SFC Leroy H Birkholz Army Korea 1953-61 . E5 Louis T Rolf Army Korea 1952-54 . Albert Bahr Army world war two . PFC Emmert Gebhardt Army Korea . Reuben William Roos Army Korea . SpF4 Ortwin J Heldt Army Korea 1951-55 . PFC Roy J Landin Army Air Corps world war two . Elmer E Dierfeldt Army world war two 1943-45 . David A Schwarze Lt Col Air Force Leb-Guf 1988-2010 . Royal Ray Sheppard Dr Army world war one 1917-19 . Clarence G Schwartz Cpl Army world war two 1942-45 . Raymond C Schwartz BT2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 . Leslie F Schwartz Sgt Army Field Arty Peacetime 1980-84 . Clifford Gueningsman Army Korea 1953-55 . Jonathan Gueningsman Army Res 367 EnBn Iraq-Kuwait 2006-14 . PFC August J Voss Army world war two 1941-43 . CPO Richard G Voss Navy Seabees 24 Yrs MCB25-MCB1 1961-95 . Sgt Roger V Voss Air Force Vietnam 1974-78 . SFC Tom Voss WIA Army 5th SFCA Iraq Bronze Star 1995-09 . SRA Gary L Starkson Air Force Peacetime 1977-81 . CPO Jesse B Almquist Navy 1944-65 world war two Korea Vietnam ,
D. SFC Edward L Mlynar Army HQ Co 578 Engr 40 Div Korea 1950-53 . Cpl Willard Parpart Army Korea 1953-55 . Sgt Hillard C Staple AAF 405th Sig Co world war two 1942-46 . SSgt James A Thiel Air Force Vietnam 1967-70 . Edward G Ekdahl AX1 Naval Air VP816 Vietnam . Arvin W Birkholz Cpl Army Peacetime . Sgt Ronald Stibal National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 . Hilard Klaustermeier Cpl Army 129 Inf Reg 2nd Div Korea 1953-55 . John Klaustermeier SFC Army Infantry Iraq 2005-08++ . Sgt Reuben Schmalz Army India Burma China world war two 1941-46 . ASM2 Charles Ernst Navy USS Ranger Persian Gulf 1985-89 . ADR2 Paul Trebil Navy Vietnam War . SN-3 Barry C Trebil Boswain Mate Navy Peacetime . Major Deroyce Monroe MN National Guard Vietnam 1956-76 . LtC Micheal Monroe Army Special Services Persian Gulf 1989-11 . Cpl Murl A Kletscher Army Korea . Cpl Clarence Ehrke Army Air Force Korea 1953-54 . PFC Roland B Rolf National Guard Korea 1953-60 . Sp5 Devan Stoltenow Army 538th Engr Bn Thailand 1965-67 . William G McGowan Navy Korea . Sgt Melvin B Ostlie Army Co H 291st Inf world war two 1942-45 . Sp4 Donald R Litzau Army Vietnam 1966-68 . Vernon Briesemeister PFC Air Force world war two 1944-46 . Lloyd Weisenburger US Marine Corps Korea 1953-56 . Cpl Ivan H Lampher Army 5th Army Co Korea 1951-1953 . Theodore H Banke Reservist Oakland CA Vietnam 1964-70 . Arthur B Kolbe Army world war one . Elizabeth Kolbe Army Nurse world war one . Elmer Hoernemann Army 42 Rainbow Div world war two Purple Heart . Fred C Baumann Army world war one . Lt Leslie P Baumann Army Air Corp Nav world war two . Sp5 Gary P Baumann Army Signal Corp Vietnam . Verndale F Selchow Airman First Class Korea 1952-56 . Wayne H Selchow Sp/4 Army Korea 1957-59 . G "Jake" Bandermer Nat. Guard Peacetime 1957-62 . PFC Ben Lewandowski Army Korea . Cpl Dennis Kuenzel Army Korea 1951-53 . Sgt Orville Foust Army Arty HQ Korea 1952-54 . Sgt Roger Krienke Air Force Vietnam 1966-70 . Melvin H Kroells Army world war two . Robert Warzyiak Army Korea . SSgt Junior Ostlie Air Force Korea 1952-56 . 1st Sgt Joel Ostlie Army Retired Panama-Gulf 1982-06 . SpC5 Dwaine Zebell Army Co E 682 En Bn Vietnam . PFC Roland Zuehl Army world war two . Anthony M Radtke Sr Pvt Army Infantry world war one . Quintin J Radtke Army world war two . Raymond B Radtke Army world war two . Sgt Francis A Radtke Army Air Force world war two South Pacific . Anthony A Radtke National Guard Engr Peacetime 1953-61 . Norman F Stender Cox Navy world war two 1945-46 . Rollin Fenske Army world war two ,
E. Sgt Roland Birkholz "Sonny" Air Force world war two . Orval Birkholz "Bud" Navy world war two . Byron G Workmann SSgt Air Force world war two 1942-45 . 2-GM Gilbert E Rolf USS Indianapolis Navy world war two 1942-45 . Cpt Dr John Klobe Air Force Peacetime 1956-58 . Roland Bruckschen Cpl Army Korea 1953-55 . Sgt Lewis J Heigl Reservist Korea 1954-60 . Jonathan D Schwartz National Guard Iraq 2005-06 . Norman Venske 74th Combat Engr Army Korea . Earl Machemehl 74th Combat Engr Army Korea . Ralph Machemehl Sp4 Army 1956-63 . BM3 Fred Holasek Jr Navy Korea 1948-52 . Alvin Emil Kappes Army Korea . Don W Splettstazer US Marine Corps world war two . Lloyd W B Larson Navy Aviation Cadet world war two 1945-47 . Earl H Dibb Jr 3rd Class Navy CB world war two 1944-46 . Douglass W Dibb US Army world war two 1946-47 . Sgt David D Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1967-72 . A1C Dean A Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1975-76 . SSgt Lyle D Dibb Army 1/10 Cav Vietnam 1965-70 . SPC Kraig W Dibb Nat Guard Army Vietnam 1963-73 . SFC Keith W Dibb Navy-Army Vietnam-Desert Storm . PFC Norwin T Thiel Army world war two . Alvin Albert Lueck Army world war two . Sgt Larry D Kutz Army Vietnam . Sgt Nicholas Fiecke Army National Guard Iraq Freedom . Ronald Baumann Sp5 Army Vietnam 1970-76 . Sgt Charles Parpart Army National Guard Iraq Freedom . T/4 Vernon Parpart Army world war two 1942-45 . Paul Parpart Army world war one France . SP5 John C Parpart Army Vietnam 1966-70 . PFC Melvin Burandt Army Vietnam 1958-61 . Timothy E Burandt Navy Lebanon 1984-04 . Torrance E Burandt Sgt Army Old Guard Wash DC 1991-98 . PFC Larry D Burandt Army Inf Peacetime 1957-59 . Sgt Wes W Lampher Army 249th Spec Ser Europe 1957-59 . SSgt David H Karels Air Force Vietnam 1969-73 . Sgt Edward B Lester Army RCN 744 world war two 1942-45 . Melvin F Artmann Sp3 Army Peacetime 1953-55 . Arnold Klaustermeier Army Cook world war one 1918-19 . Victor Klaustermeier Cpl Army Korea 1951-53 . Allen Klaustermeier Navy Const Seabee's Vietnam 1970-72 . Jacob Klaustermeier Sgt Army Afghanistan 2003-04 . Mark Klaustermeier Army Signal Corp Vietnam 1974-76 . Elton Klaustermeier SFC Army Korea 1953-55 . Donald Klaustermeier Cpl Army Reservist 1954-62 . Duane Klastermeier PNT3 Navy Peacetime 1955-57 . Larry Klastermeier Lt Jg Navy Vietnam 1965-69 . SPC Glen H Templin Army 69th Engr Bn Vietnam 1965-67 . ATR2 Douglas Shrode Navy Vietnam . Sp-5 Roger Jakobitz 747 HQ Main Bn Army Vietnam 1966-72 NG . Karl J Hoernemann Army Air Force world war two ,
F. Arthur Schwichtenberg LtJG Navy 1936-40 world war two 1942-45 . Marian Schwichtenberg Ens Navy Nurse Corp world war two 1942-44 . Thomas Schwichtenberg AMH2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 . Linda Schwichtenberg Cdr Navy Nurse Corp Vietnam-Panama 1969-90 . Jon Schwichtenberg 11th Airborne Korea 1954-56 . Marvin J Tonn Army Korea 1954-55 . Sgt Michael D Tonn Air Force Desert Storm . SSgt Duayne Heimerl Co A 682 Eng ArNG Vietnam 1965-71 . Roland "Red" Miller Army 3rd Inf Div world war two 1944-46 . Tec5 Dennis H Ide Army world war two . Loren E Jilek National Guard 1957-65 . Sgt James D Wilson Marine Corps Vietnam 1965-69 . AG2 James A Molier Navy Peacetime . CPO Peter J Smyth Navy Peacetime 1905-15 . Dr John J Smyth Navy Med Corps world war two 1943-48 . Lt Peter T Smyth Navy Med Corps Vietnam 1973-75 . William A Scrimgeour II Airman Air Force world war two . William A Scrimgeour III Army Vietnam . Richard Scrimgeour Army Vietnam . Sgt Emmert Jenneke Army world war two 1944-46 . RN3 Gary Jenneke Navy Vietnam 1961-64 . Louis R Jenneke Army world war two 1941-46 . Sp4 Joseph Casavant Army Purple Heart Vietnam 1966-67 . Sgt Steven Casavant Army National Guard Peacetime . Sgt Neal Dossett Army Trans Corps world war two 1943-45 . PFC Hillard H Latzke Army HQ Battery 17th world war two 1944-47 . Sgt Luke M Otto 1st Div Marines world war two 1942-45 . LCdr Chris C Otto Navy Vietnam-Gulf 1971-92 . Vernon Kruschke Army world war two . Orland Kruschke Army world war two . QM3 Ardin Kruschke Navy world war two 1944-46 . Marvin Kruschke Army world war two . Ronald Ziemer Navy Vietnam . Byron R Zellmann Tec5 Army world war two Europe . Stanley M Ehrke AZ3 USS Randolph CVS-15 US Navy 1963-65 . ADJ1 Glen Ehrke Sr Navy VF-13 and MNANG 1965-71 and 1980-90 . Cpl Arduin A Rolf Army Korea . YN2 Roger Nawrocki Navy Vietnam . James Daly Army Vietnam . Herbert Hoen Jr Army Vietnam 1965-67 . LtCol Cathy Bergdahl Air Force Gulf War 1989-2010 . Cpl Harlow H West Army 576 Trans Co Korea 1951-53 . PFC Earl A Strey Army 596 Sig Supt Co Korea 1953-54 . MSgt Alton Hovern Army 3rd Inf Div world war two 1941-45 . Cpl Warren Anderson Army 5th Arty Btry Korea 1951-52 . SFC Thomas A Stapel Army National Guard Peacetime 1969-2007 . Loren Ernst Army Korea . Darwin R Leaf Navy Vietnam 1972-75 . William G Berry Army World War I . Vernon Carl Roepke Navy world war two . Sgt Edward Dammann Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 . Joseph Friauf Army world war one ,
G. Harold Milbrath Navy USS Maine Ship world war one 1918-19 Atlantic . Harry Mibrath Navy USS Maine Ship world war one 1918-19 Atlantic . Roger E Behning Army National Guard Vietnam 1966-72 . Robert J Seemann Navy Air Force Persian Gulf War . LtC Desmond Sveiven Army Korea . August Schroeder Army world war one . Glover Dohman Marines So Pacific world war two 1942-45 . Waldo M Dohman Marines So Pacific world war two 1942-45 . Walter A Mahlstedt SFC Army world war two 1942-45 . Sgt David A Wilmot Marines world war two 1945 Korea 1950-52 . Arthur F Kuhlmann Army world war one . Melinda Burtman Register Army Nurse world war one 1918-19 . SSgt Edwin H Scheer Army Air Corps world war two 1941-45 . PFC Orlando Gebhardt Army Co C 368 Engr world war two 1943-45 . Alexander Gebhardt Cpl Army Korea 1951-54 . Clyde F Kuenzel Navy world war two 1944-46 . 1st Lt Randell Tonn Reserve Chaplain Peacetime 1959-65 . E4 Daryl G Dressler Air Force Vietnam 1967-71 . GM3 Elton G Quast Navy world war two . Cpl Ralph A Wolter Army Cook Korea . PFC Emil Tonn Army Provost Guard world war one 1918-19 . Pvt Herman Kuhlmann Army world war one . Pvt Edward Zastrow 2nd Bn 80 Fld Art Army 1989 . Gloria Jean Westphal SSg E6 Army Reservist 1979-2001 . Sp5 Leonard Zastrow Army Reservist 1965-68 1980-92 . SSgt Arlen Westphal US Air Force 1977-92 Just Cause Panama . Tec5 Mark F Krueger Army Co E 273 Rd Inf world war two 1942-45 . Austin D Maetzold Navy world war two 1943-45 . Robert A Lorence Sr Sgt Co D 1935th Inf Peacetime 1923-25 . Sp6 Robert A Lorence Army HQ 47th Inf Div Peacetime 1957-63 . FN LeRoy D Mueller Navy Korea 1955-57 . Virgil S Fruetel Navy world war two 1943 . Leroy Rattenstetter Army Tank Corps world war one 1918-19 . Spec5 Gene Birkholtz Army Vietnam 1966-69 . Chester E Dammann Navy 1957-59 . Sgt Virgil Kegler Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 . Sp5 Stephen Rosckes Army Vietnam 1966-69 . PFC Dennis Rolfzen Army Germany 1957-59 . Victor C Ide CM 3rd Class Navy world war two 1945-46 . LtC Eugene R Monroe Army Engineer Corp 1961-1992 . Maj Michael W Hasz US Air Force Desert Storm 1983-95 . Sp4 Daryl D Krienke Army Vietnam 1966-68 . Cherry Llynn Krienke RM3 Navy Vietnam 1967-70 . Pvt Clifford W Beise Army world war one 1917-18 . Ensign Clyde Beise Navy world war two 1942-45 . Spc Larry F Pavlish Army Honor Guard Co Vietnam 1963-66 . MSgt Travis Zellmann Navy Army Grn Beret Bosnia Persian Gulf . Tec4 Vern C Weegman Army Bronze Star world war two 1942-45 . Deane L Conklin Jr TSgt Marine 1st Div world war two 1942-45 . PFC Mary A Conklin USMC Womens Reserve world war two 1944-45 . Travis Maesse National Guard Operation New Dawn . Cpl Andrew Lyrek Marines Infantry Afganistan 2007-11
Veterans
Memorial
Ray Kirkpatrick
Post #463 "In Honor of All Who Served"
United States Army United States Navy United States Marine Corp United States Merchant Marines United States Air Force United States Coast Guard
Ray Kirkpatrick
Army KIA in France
Argonne Forest Nov. 1918
First Soldier From This Area That
Lost His Life in Combat in WWI
Dedicated 2011
B
Lloyd E Groenke Seaman First Class Navy WWII 1945-46
Cpl Allen R Kuenzel Army Peace Time 1953-55
A1C Eugene Rennells US Air Force Vietnam
Sgt Gary Jungclaus Air Force Vietnam
Richard Barfnecht Army France Germany WWII 1941-45
Terry R. Barfknecht Army Nat Guard 1967-73
E-4 Herbert J Bloom Army 478th Aviation Vietnam 1970-73
Clarance Will US Navy WWII
Edgar Senne US Army WWII
Cpl Donald E Heuer US Marines Vietnam 1965-68
E-5 Troy D Heuer USN USNR USANG Terrorism 1990-2003
SSgt Jerry Jerabek 54th ARMD Inf Btn Army WWII 1942-45
Sp3 Oria Brinkmeier Army Korea 1955-57
PFC Larry G Ardolf 14 Arm Cav Germany Army Korea 1954-56
Major Chad Wendolek Army 1993 to 2013 plus
Sgt Noel Guggemos 2nd Bn 48nd Inf Vietnam 1965-67
Sp4 Gary Gatz
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National Guard Vietnam 1967-73
Walter John Weise Tech Sgt OSS Army WWII 1941-45 Germany
Sgt E-5 Paul Weise 94th Artillery Army Vietnam 1965-68
Lowell F Johnson MSgt Air Force Korea 1955-69
PO3 Roger M Lepel Navy Vietnam 1961-65
SpC4 Darvin Heldt Army 3rd Bn 3rd Div Peace Time 1984-93
Sgt Glenard Prehn Marines Korea 1953-57
Lt Barry R Kyllo USN - Submarines USNA - Class of 1982
Cpl Henry Schelhaas 7th Div Mil Police Korea 1952-54
Sp5 Robert Kruschke Army Vietnam 1966-69
Sgt Robert W Green Army Korea DMZ
Scott V Christenson Cpl Marines 1985-91 Desert Shield Storm
Post 463 is Honoring the Following Deceased Veterans from the Donations Received
Willard Adams Donald Berry Emil Ernst Willard Fenske Donald Hall Robert Kelly Lawrence Kutz Clara Milbrath Arthur O'Neil Rell Packer Robert Pfeifer Fred Schamburg Ernst Schubert Karl T Spellum Amandus Tonn
George Amundson Arnold Birkholz Howard Ernst Millard Gow Joe Halloran Leonard Kohls Paul Lange August Nimz Delmar Packer Rell Packer Jr Arthur Quast Martin Schamburg Herman Seefeldt Theodore Spellum Samuel Truewe
Glen Bathen George Daly Myron Fenske John Gennrich Fred Heneman Kenneth Kulhmann Curtis R Lind Otto Norenberg John
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2. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial
(reverse side)
Packer Wayne Packer Paul Richter A Schmidt Herman Seeman John Stacy David Warren
Arthur Bettcher Ferdinand Emme Vernan Fenske Carl Gilster Clarence Hultgren Fred W Kuenzel Dennis Menth Phil Olson Mirriam Packer Christian Pfeifer William Ristow Theodore Schmidt Henry Slanga Wilfred Thiel Howard Weiner
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Lt Co David G Weise MN NG Army Ranger AB Vietnam 1956-88
Henry Hoof Army WWI
PFC Harold J Hoof Army Infantry WWII Italy
SSG Larry C Hoof Air Force Vietnam
SPC Donald R Hoof Reserve 32nd ICC Vietnam 1967-73
Donald Briesemeister M Sgt Army National Guard Korea 1950-56
Gary J Breidenbach Sp4 Army Vietnam BSM Am ARCON
Cpl Stanley R Ernst Army WWII 1944-48
Cpl Harold Lemke Army 593 Engr Co C WWII South Pacific
Sgt E5 Leon V Krone Army Co C 4th Inf Div Vietnam 1965-67
Sgt Harold E Latzig Army 244 Ord Bep Co Korea 1954-52
Carl Klaustermeier Army - Germany Korea 1954-56
Ralph Prehn Army Vietnam 1965-67
Pvt Jerry Koerschen Army WWI 1918-19 WIA
PFC Henry A Ristow Army WWII
August F Ristow Army WWII 1942-46
Pvt Edwin A Ristow Army Germany POW 26 MO WWII 1941-45
Cpl Ervin A S Hoof Marines Korea 1951-52
PFC Hilbert Hoof Army USAH 5025 SU Korea 1953-61
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3. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial · Panel B
Sp E-5 Orlin E C Hoof Army Vietnam 1959-64
EN3 Kerry Wuetherich Navy USS Recovery Vietnam
Henry Schmidt Army WWI France
Roland J F Schmidt Amm3C Navy Korea
Kenneth Schmidt HM3 Navy Korea
Erland O Raduenz Army Vietnam 1964-66
Earl William Emich Navy WWII
Chester Hoernemann MSG US Army Retired ARNG-USAR 1957-99
Cpl Mark Detlefsen Marine Corps 3rd MAW Peacetime 1972-74
Pvt Harold Birkholz Army Med Dept WWII
PFC Melvin Birkholz Army Korea KIA
Cpl George Birkholz Army Korea
SFC Leroy H Birkholz Army Korea 1953-61
E5 Louis T Rolf Army Korea 1952-54
Albert Bahr Army WWII
PFC Emmert Gebhardt Army Korea
Reuben William Roos Army Korea
SpF4 Ortwin J Heldt Army Korea 1951-55
PFC Roy J Landin Army Air Corps WWII
Elmer E Dierfeldt Army WWII 1943-45
David A Schwarze Lt Col Air Force Leb-Guf 1988-2010
Royal Ray Sheppard Dr Army WWI 1917-19
Clarence G Schwartz Cpl Army WWII 1942-45
Raymond C Schwartz BT2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70
Leslie F Schwartz Sgt Army Field Arty Peacetime 1980-84
Clifford Gueningsman Army Korea 1953-55
Jonathan Gueningsman Army Res 367 EnBn Iraq-Kuwait 2006-14
PFC August J Voss Army WWII 1941-43
CPO Richard G Voss Navy Seabees 24 Yrs MCB25-MCB1 1961-95
Sgt Roger V Voss
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4. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial · Panel C
Air Force Vietnam 1974-78
SFC Tom Voss WIA Army 5th SFCA Iraq Bronze Star 1995-09
SRA Gary L Starkson Air Force Peacetime 1977-81
CPO Jesse B Almquist Navy 1944-65 WWII Korea Vietnam
D
SFC Edward L Mlynar Army HQ Co 578 Engr 40 Div Korea 1950-53
Cpl Willard Parpart Army Korea 1953-55
Sgt Hillard C Staple AAF 405th Sig Co WWII 1942-46
SSgt James A Thiel Air Force Vietnam 1967-70
Edward G Ekdahl AX1 Naval Air VP816 Vietnam
Arvin W Birkholz Cpl Army Peacetime
Sgt Ronald Stibal National Guard Peacetime 1956-64
Hilard Klaustermeier Cpl Army 129 Inf Reg 2nd Div Korea 1953-55
John Klaustermeier SFC Army Infantry Iraq 2005-08++
Sgt Reuben Schmalz Army India Burma China WWII 1941-46
ASM2 Charles Ernst Navy USS Ranger Persian Gulf 1985-89
ADR2 Paul Trebil Navy Vietnam War
SN-3 Barry C Trebil Boswain Mate Navy Peacetime
Major Deroyce Monroe MN National Guard Vietnam 1956-76
LtC Micheal Monroe Army Special Services Persian Gulf 1989-11
Cpl Murl A Kletscher Army Korea
Cpl Clarence Ehrke Army Air Force Korea 1953-54
PFC Roland B Rolf National Guard Korea 1953-60
Sp5 Devan Stoltenow Army 538th Engr Bn Thailand 1965-67
William G McGowan Navy Korea
Sgt Melvin B Ostlie Army Co H 291st Inf WWII 1942-45
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5. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial · Panel D
Sp4 Donald R Litzau Army Vietnam 1966-68
Vernon Briesemeister PFC Air Force WWII 1944-46
Lloyd Weisenburger US Marine Corps Korea 1953-56
Cpl Ivan H Lampher Army 5th Army Co Korea 1951-1953
Theodore H Banke Reservist Oakland CA Vietnam 1964-70
Arthur B Kolbe Army WWI
Elizabeth Kolbe Army Nurse WWI
Elmer Hoernemann Army 42 Rainbow Div WWII Purple Heart
Fred C Baumann Army WWI
Lt Leslie P Baumann Army Air Corp Nav WWII
Sp5 Gary P Baumann Army Signal Corp Vietnam
Verndale F Selchow Airman First Class Korea 1952-56
Wayne H Selchow Sp/4 Army Korea 1957-59
G "Jake" Bandermer Nat. Guard Peacetime 1957-62
PFC Ben Lewandowski Army Korea
Cpl Dennis Kuenzel Army Korea 1951-53
Sgt Orville Foust Army Arty HQ Korea 1952-54
Sgt Roger Krienke Air Force Vietnam 1966-70
Melvin H Kroells Army WWII
Robert Warzyiak Army Korea
SSgt Junior Ostlie Air Force Korea 1952-56
1st Sgt Joel Ostlie Army Retired Panama-Gulf 1982-06
SpC5 Dwaine Zebell Army Co E 682 En Bn Vietnam
PFC Roland Zuehl Army WWII
Anthony M Radtke Sr Pvt Army Infantry WWI
Quintin J Radtke Army WWII
Raymond B Radtke Army WWII
Sgt Francis A Radtke Army Air Force WWII South Pacific
Anthony A Radtke National Guard Engr Peacetime 1953-61
Norman F Stender Cox Navy WWII 1945-46
Rollin Fenske Army WWII
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Sgt
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6. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial · Panel E
Roland Birkholz "Sonny" Air Force WWII
Orval Birkholz "Bud" Navy WWII
Byron G Workmann SSgt Air Force WWII 1942-45
2-GM Gilbert E Rolf USS Indianapolis Navy WWII 1942-45
Cpt Dr John Klobe Air Force Peacetime 1956-58
Roland Bruckschen Cpl Army Korea 1953-55
Sgt Lewis J Heigl Reservist Korea 1954-60
Jonathan D Schwartz National Guard Iraq 2005-06
Norman Venske 74th Combat Engr Army Korea
Earl Machemehl 74th Combat Engr Army Korea
Ralph Machemehl Sp4 Army 1956-63
BM3 Fred Holasek Jr Navy Korea 1948-52
Alvin Emil Kappes Army Korea
Don W Splettstazer US Marine Corps WWII
Lloyd W B Larson Navy Aviation Cadet WWII 1945-47
Earl H Dibb Jr 3rd Class Navy CB WWII 1944-46
Douglass W Dibb US Army WWII 1946-47
Sgt David D Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1967-72
A1C Dean A Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1975-76
SSgt Lyle D Dibb Army 1/10 Cav Vietnam 1965-70
SPC Kraig W Dibb Nat Guard Army Vietnam 1963-73
SFC Keith W Dibb Navy-Army Vietnam-Desert Storm
PFC Norwin T Thiel Army WWII
Alvin Albert Lueck Army WWII
Sgt Larry D Kutz Army Vietnam
Sgt Nicholas Fiecke Army National Guard Iraq Freedom
Ronald Baumann Sp5 Army Vietnam 1970-76
Sgt Charles Parpart Army National Guard Iraq Freedom
T/4 Vernon Parpart Army WWII 1942-45
Paul Parpart Army WWI France
SP5 John C Parpart Army Vietnam
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7. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial · Panel F
1966-70
PFC Melvin Burandt Army Vietnam 1958-61
Timothy E Burandt Navy Lebanon 1984-04
Torrance E Burandt Sgt Army Old Guard Wash DC 1991-98
PFC Larry D Burandt Army Inf Peacetime 1957-59
Sgt Wes W Lampher Army 249th Spec Ser Europe 1957-59
SSgt David H Karels Air Force Vietnam 1969-73
Sgt Edward B Lester Army RCN 744 WWII 1942-45
Melvin F Artmann Sp3 Army Peacetime 1953-55
Arnold Klaustermeier Army Cook WWI 1918-19
Victor Klaustermeier Cpl Army Korea 1951-53
Allen Klaustermeier Navy Const Seabee's Vietnam 1970-72
Jacob Klaustermeier Sgt Army Afghanistan 2003-04
Mark Klaustermeier Army Signal Corp Vietnam 1974-76
Elton Klaustermeier SFC Army Korea 1953-55
Donald Klaustermeier Cpl Army Reservist 1954-62
Duane Klastermeier PNT3 Navy Peacetime 1955-57
Larry Klastermeier Lt Jg Navy Vietnam 1965-69
SPC Glen H Templin Army 69th Engr Bn Vietnam 1965-67
ATR2 Douglas Shrode Navy Vietnam
Sp-5 Roger Jakobitz 747 HQ Main Bn Army Vietnam 1966-72 NG
Karl J Hoernemann Army Air Force WWII
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Arthur Schwichtenberg LtJG Navy 1936-40 WWII 1942-45
Marian Schwichtenberg Ens Navy Nurse Corp WWII 1942-44
Thomas Schwichtenberg AMH2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 Linda Schwichtenberg Cdr Navy Nurse Corp Vietnam-Panama 1969-90
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8. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial · Panel G
Jon Schwichtenberg 11th Airborne Korea 1954-56
Marvin J Tonn Army Korea 1954-55
Sgt Michael D Tonn Air Force Desert Storm
SSgt Duayne Heimerl Co A 682 Eng ArNG Vietnam 1965-71
Roland "Red" Miller Army 3rd Inf Div WWII 1944-46
Tec5 Dennis H Ide Army WWII
Loren E Jilek National Guard 1957-65
Sgt James D Wilson Marine Corps Vietnam 1965-69
AG2 James A Molier Navy Peacetime
CPO Peter J Smyth Navy Peacetime 1905-15
Dr John J Smyth Navy Med Corps WWII 1943-48
Lt Peter T Smyth Navy Med Corps Vietnam 1973-75
William A Scrimgeour II Airman Air Force WWII
William A Scrimgeour III Army Vietnam
Richard Scrimgeour Army Vietnam
Sgt Emmert Jenneke Army WWII 1944-46
RN3 Gary Jenneke Navy Vietnam 1961-64
Louis R Jenneke Army WWII 1941-46
Sp4 Joseph Casavant Army Purple Heart Vietnam 1966-67
Sgt Steven Casavant Army National Guard Peacetime
Sgt Neal Dossett Army Trans Corps WWII 1943-45
PFC Hillard H Latzke Army HQ Battery 17th WWII 1944-47
Sgt Luke M Otto 1st Div Marines WWII 1942-45
LCdr Chris C Otto Navy Vietnam-Gulf 1971-92
Vernon Kruschke Army WWII
Orland Kruschke Army WWII
QM3 Ardin Kruschke Navy WWII 1944-46
Marvin Kruschke Army WWII
Ronald Ziemer Navy Vietnam
Byron R Zellmann Tec5 Army WWII Europe
Stanley M Ehrke AZ3 USS Randolph CVS-15 US Navy 1963-65
Photographed By K. Linzmeier, July 16, 2014
9. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial
Central Square Park
ADJ1 Glen Ehrke Sr Navy VF-13 & MNANG 1965-71 & 1980-90
Cpl Arduin A Rolf Army Korea
YN2 Roger Nawrocki Navy Vietnam
James Daly Army Vietnam
Herbert Hoen Jr Army Vietnam 1965-67
LtCol Cathy Bergdahl Air Force Gulf War 1989-2010
Cpl Harlow H West Army 576 Trans Co Korea 1951-53
PFC Earl A Strey Army 596 Sig Supt Co Korea 1953-54
MSgt Alton Hovern Army 3rd Inf Div WWII 1941-45
Cpl Warren Anderson Army 5th Arty Btry Korea 1951-52
SFC Thomas A Stapel Army National Guard Peacetime 1969-2007
Loren Ernst Army Korea
Darwin R Leaf Navy Vietnam 1972-75
William G Berry Army World War I
Vernon Carl Roepke Navy WWII
Sgt Edward Dammann Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64
Joseph Friauf Army WWI
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Harold Milbrath Navy USS Maine Ship WWI 1918-19 Atlantic
Harry Mibrath Navy USS Maine Ship WWI 1918-19 Atlantic
Roger E Behning Army National Guard Vietnam 1966-72
Robert J Seemann Navy Air Force Persian Gulf War
LtC Desmond Sveiven Army Korea
August Schroeder Army WWI
Glover Dohman Marines So Pacific WWII 1942-45
Waldo M Dohman Marines So Pacific WWII 1942-45
Walter A Mahlstedt SFC Army WWII 1942-45
Sgt David A Wilmot Marines WWII 1945 Korea 1950-52
Arthur F Kuhlmann Army WWI
Melinda Burtman
Photographed By K. Linzmeier, July 16, 2014
10. Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial Information
In 2009, the Ray Kirkpatric Legion Post #463 of this community, started this Veterans Memorial. Today we have 7 monuments, that contain the names of 349 Veterans that have served our Country.
As a 'Perpetual' program, we continue to take the names of Veterans and active Service Persons serving our Country....
Register Army Nurse WWI 1918-19
SSgt Edwin H Scheer Army Air Corps WWII 1941-45
PFC Orlando Gebhardt Army Co C 368 Engr WWII 1943-45
Alexander Gebhardt Cpl Army Korea 1951-54
Clyde F Kuenzel Navy WWII 1944-46
1st Lt Randell Tonn Reserve Chaplain Peacetime 1959-65
E4 Daryl G Dressler Air Force Vietnam 1967-71
GM3 Elton G Quast Navy WWII
Cpl Ralph A Wolter Army Cook Korea
PFC Emil Tonn Army Provost Guard WWI 1918-19
Pvt Herman Kuhlmann Army WWI
Pvt Edward Zastrow 2nd Bn 80 Fld Art Army 1989
Gloria Jean Westphal SSg E6 Army Reservist 1979-2001
Sp5 Leonard Zastrow Army Reservist 1965-68 1980-92
SSgt Arlen Westphal US Air Force 1977-92 Just Cause Panama
Tec5 Mark F Krueger Army Co E 273 Rd Inf WWII 1942-45
Austin D Maetzold Navy WWII 1943-45
Robert A Lorence Sr Sgt Co D 1935th Inf Peacetime 1923-25
Sp6 Robert A Lorence Army HQ 47th Inf Div Peacetime 1957-63
FN LeRoy D Mueller Navy Korea 1955-57
Virgil S Fruetel Navy WWII 1943
Leroy Rattenstetter Army Tank Corps WWI 1918-19
Spec5 Gene Birkholtz Army Vietnam 1966-69
Chester E Dammann Navy 1957-59
Sgt Virgil Kegler Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64
Sp5 Stephen Rosckes Army Vietnam 1966-69
PFC Dennis Rolfzen Army Germany 1957-59
Victor C Ide CM 3rd Class Navy WWII 1945-46
LtC Eugene R Monroe Army Engineer Corp 1961-1992
Maj Michael W Hasz US Air Force Desert Storm 1983-95
Sp4 Daryl D Krienke Army Vietnam 1966-68
Cherry Llynn Krienke RM3 Navy Vietnam 1967-70
Pvt Clifford W Beise Army WWI 1917-18
Ensign Clyde Beise Navy WWII 1942-45
Spc Larry F Pavlish Army Honor Guard Co Vietnam 1963-66
MSgt Travis Zellmann Navy Army Grn Beret Bosnia Persian Gulf
Tec4 Vern C Weegman Army Bronze Star WWII 1942-45
Deane L Conklin Jr TSgt Marine 1st Div WWII 1942-45
PFC Mary A Conklin USMC Womens Reserve WWII 1944-45
Travis Maesse National Guard Operation New Dawn
Cpl Andrew Lyrek Marines Infantry Afganistan 2007-11
Erected 2011 by Ray Kirkpatrick American Legion Post #463.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 44° 53.059′ N, 94° 2.506′ W. Marker is in Lester Prairie, Minnesota, in McLeod County. Memorial is at the intersection of Central Avenue (County Highway 109) and Juniper Street South, on the left when traveling west on Central Avenue. Memorial is in Central / Downtown Square Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lester Prairie MN 55354, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 16, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,680 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on December 16, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.