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 Veterans Memorial, Keyes Park, Du Quoin, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 00.814 W 089° 14.250
16S E 303577 N 4209682
Du Quoin is pronounced "Dew Coin". It is often said incorrectly.
Waymark Code: WM4EVB
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2008
Views: 56
County of Memorial: Perry County.
Location of Memorial: Washington St., Keyes Park, Du Quoin.
Monument Text:
KEYES PARK
City Dedication
Veterans Memorial
The land for this City Park was donated by Chester A. Keyes who is considered the "Father of Du Quoin." He platted the city and it was officially dedicated on September 20, 1853.
Du Quoin was incorporated as a town in 1865 and the first Mayor was G.S. Smith.
Du Quoin inherited its name from an old Kakskaskian Indian Chief named Chief Jean Baptiste DuCoigne.
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
WORLD WAR I
Cpl. Henry Isaacs
Pvt. Howard McCollum
Pvt. Roy Mitchell
Rollen E. Naylor S2C
Pvt. Arthur R. Parker
Pvt. Harry H. Polley
Pvt. Harry Ray
Pvt. Ernest W. VancilWORLD WAR IIPVT. Aaron J. Bourland
PVT. Gerald Brock
PVT. Francis P. Brown
PVT. Dominic Bruno
CPL. joseph Cejka
CPL. Leroy Clark
SGT. William Commean
PVT. Charles T. Davis
SGT. John Davis
PVT. Loren L. Davis
PFC. Edward Downs
PFC. Sherman P. Dunson
PFC. John Fiorio
LT. Walter Newton Forester
CPL. Clifford V. Hardyn
LT. John Carroll Harriss
LT. R. P. Hartman
Frank Heilig, Jr. S2C
PVT. Thomas Jefferson
F.O. Donald B. Jones
SGT. Wilbert Killer
| Essie Dean Loucks, SIG.
SGT. Sam Macaluso
SGT. Charles Maiden
PFC. Leonard Manis
Lawrence R. Mesner, SIG.
PVT. Paul E. Mifflin
LT. Roy Nimmo
S-SGT. Robert Pace
S-SGT. Charles C. Parsons
PVT. Joe Reminger
CPL. Todd Roberts
Marshall Roy, RM2C
PVT. Bernard N. Roznowski
PVT. Carl Scarber
PVT. H. William Schroeder
Garnett Leo Shelton, Cox'N
PVT. Emmanuel L. Simmons
T-SGT. Delmous South
SGT. Otto Eugene Teel
Donald F. Todd, HA1C
F.O. Edward Watson | |
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KOREA
PFC. Haroldene Bailey
PFC. John R. Dolomas
PFC. Wayne L. Funkhouser
PVT. Jack Hamilton
PFC. Franklin J. Knight
PFC. Clifford E. Melvin
SGT. Merle E. Norris
CPL. Donald (Jack) Purdy
SGT. Donald E. Williams
VIETNAM
CAPT. Barry L. Brown
PFC. Cecil E. Dorsey
CPL. Glenn Revelle
CAMBODIA
SPEC.4 Eddie Huntley
PERSIAN GULF
LCPL. Drew Michael Uhles |
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Persian Gulf.
In Honor Of: Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives.
Marker Text:
please see above.
Who Put it Here?: The City of Du Quoin.
Description of Memorial:
Flag pole rising from the center of a stubby marble obelisk, resting upon a huge stone circle base, surrounded by a circular sidewalk, with 5 sidewalks spiraling from the center like the spokes of a wheel.
Du Quoin is the site of the Illinois State Fair, and not far from the quiet park is the fairgrounds. Second, I am told, in size and attendance to the huge affair in Texas. This fair has held many midget auto races, and many trotting horse races, the main trotter race is among the largest in the world. Sort of the trotters version of the Kentucky Derby.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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