Chester Veterans' Memorial - Chester, Illinois
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BruceS
N 37° 54.728 W 089° 49.416
16S E 251775 N 4199826
Multi-war veterans memorial located in Gazebo Square in downtown Chester, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WM6ADB
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2009
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Text of memorial:
Dedicated To The Memory Tf
Those Who Died In Military
Service To Our Nation, And In
Honor Of All Who Served In
The Armed Forces Of The
United States Of America.
Those Honored Here "Gave The
Last Full Measure of Devotion"
Let Us Not Forget....
Freedom Is Not Free!
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Civil War
Gabriel Jones
J.R. Strother Jones
Samuel E Jones
World War I
George Cheslick
Alva Courier
Ruben T. Cressey
William Diefenbach
Arold Henderson
World War II
Harry Allison
Jack Atchison
Eugen W. Been
William Beisner
Fred Borgard
John Born
Byron Boyington
Harrfill D Brandon
George Choate
Gordon Louis Cohen
Kenneth Demick
Clyde L Eggemeyer
Robert Finley
William Gerberding
Leslie Hoppel
Harold HornBostel
James Howie
Gerald Johnson
Albert E. Kirk
C. Alfred Koehler
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World War II
Walter Koopman
Alvin Kueker
Sylvester Lorenz
Maurice Lynch
Eddie Mabuce
Harry McGuire
Berton Phegley
Gilbert Prosek
Wilbur E. Rader
Ted Rutherford
Leonard Siemers
George R. Taylor
Albert Williams
Roger Williamson
George Witenbrink
Jerome Wolshock
Jesse C. Yankey
Korea
Kenneth Bodeker
George Holloman
Forrest B. Nance
Delmar L. Petrowske
Harry Gene McDonough
Vietnam
Frederick Allmeyer
James Cowell
Kenneth Frazer
Gary Koch
Michael McAdoo
Charles Rader
Philip Summers
Bruce Welge
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Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Civil War
World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
In Honor Of: Dedicated to the memory of those who died in military service to our nation and in honor of all who served in the armed forces of the United States of America.
Marker Text:
Listed above
Who Put it Here?: Unknown
Description of Memorial:
Memorial is in small park in downtown Chester. The memorial is a stone monument listing the names of veterans who died in service to the country during each war listed.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Visited Logs must contain, at least, a picture of the monument and your GPSr. Preferably YOU at the monument with your GPSr, but we understand that some people are camera-shy.
It is suggested you please include something about your visit here, as well.