Henryetta in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Henryetta War Memorial
The Spirit of the American Doughboy
This memorial plate bears inscription. “To the memory of all of this area who paid the supreme sacrifice in all wars was cast, “by the people” the year of 1991.”
World War I
Adams, Martin L. Anderson, Frank Arnold, Balie Banks, Hubert M. Barrie, Sapper A. Billbe, William A. Boerstler, Harry E. Cullen, Norman A. Guthrie, Gavin T. Haislip, Eurla O. Kullas, Harry Phillips, Cecil B. Teague, Julian F. Tippie, Charles E. Tucci, Guisseppe
World War II
Baird, Charles L. Blackmon, Jesse C. Brown, Claud A. Bungard, Harvey B. Bungard, Jack Caldwell, C.A. Calhoun, Kenneth D. Creech, Burl L. Dellinger, Lloyd A. Eastham, Ernest Edwards, Norland Ehrlich, C.H. Ellis, Donald E. Ellis, James L. Flake, Caswell A., Jr. Fontaine, Charles E. Geary, Leonard D. Gonderman, Raymond Hamilton, Jack Hedrick, Calvin A. Holliday, L.L. Hott, Earl D. Hold, Frankie S. Howard, Nippy W. Howard, W.R. Bill Kaler, Roy W. Lackey, Marvin Toots Lambert, Paul R. Lester, S.T. Lewis, Chester C. McGill, Edward L. McEntyre, Jack McKay, John E. McLaughlin, Daniel C. McMorris, Allen R. Maserd, Steve Montgomery, Carl S. Murphy, Buck New, Eldred W. Norman, Ethel Parker, Delmar A., Jr. Parker, Wilbur H. Peavler, Roy M. Porter, Elmer Richardson, Merle Robnett, Frankie N. Runyan, Marcel W. Sams, John N. Sharp, Gomer H. Sisemore, Lloyd L. Sisson, Glenn R. Sites, William J. Stall, Joseph Jr. Teague, Felix Teague, Foster Thompson, Thomas J. Tomlinson, Leonard L. Turan, Fritz G. Whiteley, Fred Willis, Robert J. Wynne, Richard C.
Korean War
Baddon, David E. Whiteman, M.M. Buddy Winn, Barry Jr.
Vietnam
Crawford, Michael A. Grundy, Anthony
Erected 1925.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Spirit of the American Doughboy - E. M. Viquesney series list.
Location. 35° 26.395′ N, 95° 59.293′ W. Marker is in Henryetta, Oklahoma, in Okmulgee County. Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street and North 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. Located in front of the Henryetta Public Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 518 W Main St, Henryetta OK 74437, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Okmulgee County Veterans Memorial (approx. 12.6 miles away); Samuel Checote (approx. 12.7 miles away); Creek Capitol (approx. 12.7 miles away); Creek Council House Capitol Of The Muscogee Nation (approx. 12.7 miles away); Trail of Tears (approx. 12.7 miles away); First Bank of Okmulgee (approx. 12.7 miles away); 2nd Lt. Kenneth Strang Memorial (approx. 13.8 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. The E.M. Viquesney Doughboy Database. (Submitted on November 19, 2015.)
2. New plaques installed at Doughboy statue. In November 2016, new plaques with 80 additional names were added. (Submitted on November 5, 2016, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
Additional commentary.
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Here is information regarding some of the men who died in World War One.
Billbe, William A. Private, 58th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, KIA, July 18, 1918, near Chevillion, France. Buried: Plot A Row 9 Grave 70 Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.
Cullen, Norman A. Corporal Co. G, 358th Infantry, 90th Division, KIA November 10 1918, near Stenay, France, Buried: Plot A Row 1 Grave 3, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France.
Phillips, Cecil B., Corporal, Supply Train, 5th Division, KIA October 4, 1918, near Cunel France. Reinterred: Westlawn cemetery, Henryetta, Oklahoma.
Tippie, Charles E. Private, 358th Infantry, 179th Brigade, 90th Division. KIA, September 21, 1918 somewhere along the Moselle river near Vandieres, France. Reinterred: West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, Oklahoma
— Submitted November 19, 2015, by Randal B. Gilbert of Tyler, Texas.
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