Lake County Veterans Memorial - Lakeview, Oregon
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The Lake County Veterans Memorial is located on U.S. Hwy. 395 in Lakeview, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM2KMN
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2007
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The Lake County Veterans Memorial is a large brick monument with a large brass memorial. It was erected in 1950 honoring Lake County veterans who died in World War I and World War II. A second brass plaque was added in 1978 honoring veterans who died in the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict. The monument is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Center and F Streets.
The larger of the two plaques on the monument reads:
HONOR ROLL
LAKE COUNTY, OREGON
BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONWORLD WAR I - 1917-1918
PHILIP ALLEN - HAROLD NEIL FOSTER
FRED T. BENEFIEL - JOE LANNING
ROBERT RAYMOND BENEFIEL - NED MILLER
MICHAEL BREEN - JOHN C. NICHOLSON
RAYMOND CLARK - JAMES O'CONNOR
NEIL E. CRAWFORD - RAY J. PETERS
PERCY DRINKWATER - JOHN W. PRATT
JOHN FIELDS - HAROLD J. TAYLOR
ROBERT F. WYAN
WORLD WAR II - 1941-1945
FRANK ALEXANDER - JAMES LANE
CLARENCE E BARBER - KENNETH W. LEWMAN
WALTER A. BUICK - STEN A. LOVENBORG
BILLIE W. BUNCH - MELVIN EARL MAYER
WILLIAM G. BURTON - NED NEASHAM
JOHN J. CAHILL - MICHAEL J. O'CONNOR
EARL W. CLIFTON - JAMES K. RISEN
MADISON DELANEY - JOSEPH B. SALLER
LOYD J. GEERS - FRANCIS SHORTRIDGE
JAMES E. HARRELL - JOHN K. SKELTON
RICHARD B. HAYNES - LOWELL SMEAD
HARRY O. HIGGINS - RAY A. STEWARD
LOUIS F. JACOBSON - MICHAEL C. SULT
WILLIAM E. KOENIG - ERNEST J. WALLACE
ROLAND WOODS
"THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES. FOR THAT PUBLIC GIFT, THEY
RECEIVED A PRAISE WHICH NEVER AGES AND A TOMB MOST
GLORIOUS - NOT SO MUCH THE TOMB IN WHICH THEY LIE,
BUT THAT IN WHICH THEIR FAME SURVIVES TO BE REMEMBERED
FOREVER WHEN OCCASION COMES FOR WORD OR DEED."ERECTED 1950 |
The smaller plaque reads:
IN MEMORIAM
KOREAN CONFLICT
LARRY L. PARMENTIER
VIETNAM CONFLICT
LAYNE F. CLIFTON - PAUL A. SHEER
JAMES B. CARLSON - HOWARD M. GIFFORD
ERECTED 1978 |
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Conflict
In Honor Of: “They gave their lives for that public gift, they received a praise which never ages and a tomb most glorious - not so much the tomb in which they lay, but that in which their fame survives to be remembered forever when occasion comes for word or deed.”
Marker Text:
Please read plaques info above
Date of dedication: 1950
Who Put it Here?: Lake County
Description of Memorial:
Large brick monument with brass memorial plaque.
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