World War II Memorial ~ Mendon, MO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 35.188 W 093° 07.938
15S E 488639 N 4381869
Just outside of town, stands this magnificent monument. The area is a large grass plain, alongside hwy. CC, the main entrance to town from the south.
Waymark Code: WM6G8X
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GT.US
Views: 3

Monument Erected by: The Citizens of Mendon.
County of Memorial: Chariton County.
Monument Text:

TO HONOR OUR HEROIC FORCES OF WORLD WAR II

THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

Charles P Stephens, Jr.
Keith Edwin Collins
Everett H. Geromini
William Harrel carpenter
Billy Vaughn
Arthur C. Hamilton
Marion J. Richardson
George Ticknor


Those Who Served:
The following from the Mendon area served our nation during World War II
[This list is under glass on the front of the monument and and water has entered the area a cause some damage. Almost the first half of the first column is gone. I will present here those that are still readable.]


Floyd Thornsberry
Elson G--er
Francis Schorgle
John Truesdale
Leroy Palmer
Ralph Slater
Keith Slater
George Zeigler
Ralph McGileray
Kenneth Lamb
Stanley Lamb
Howard Gordon
Russell Tiley
Wilferd Chapman
Marjorie Chapman
Logan McCampbell
Howard Minich
Richard Smith
Chester Smith
Charles Smith
Ralph Manlove
Frank Culleu
Ola Dick
Roy Dick
Woodrow Dick
Clair Vaughn
Gilbert Gladbach
Harold Gladbach
William Sires
Foster Sires
Harry Sires
Luther Lanning
Walter Gladbach
Harold Gladbach
Gerald Tyler
Tommy Yancy
Keith Bowman
Paul Kincaid
Harold Kincaid
Robert Gorthy
James Grimes
Leroy Gates
Harlan Raines
Arthur Sayler
Earl Judd
Kenneth McCollum
George Loyd McAllister
J. Marvin Garner, Jr.
David Harless, Jr.
Eugene Ammons
Lester Smith
Ralph Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Marjorie Kennedy
Howard Davis
Wayne Sublett
Eugene Wayman
William McCollum
Lyle Atterbury
Byron Jackson
Dale Earlywine
Johyn Kitchen
Gerald Swift
Howard Blume
Leonard Groves
Calvin Collins
Roscoe Sellers
Ralph Austin
L.B. Stanley, Jr.
Hilton Stanley
J.W. Richardson
Milton Asbell
Billy White
Russell Wolfskill
Glen Long
Roger Allen
Woodrow Haynes
Sam Solomon
Allen Engleman
Leon Roberts
Robert Lambert
Verl Krager
Virgil Krager
Glen Dent
Francis Hardin
Howard McCollum
Donald Price
Raymond Grotjan
Chas. Crandell
Everett Crandell
Robert Crandell
Albert Cook
Francis Kepner
Norbert Koehl
Edward Keller
J.D. Thornsberry
Jake Thornsberry
Willis Murdock
Donald Little
Charles Westrup
Glen Cunningham
Property Permission: Public

Access instructions: MO-11 is a main artery in this county. MO-CC goes N. as the access to town. It is on your right.

Location of waymark:
MO-CC
off MO-11
Mendon, MO USA
64660


Commemoration: To Honor Our Heroic Forces of World War II

Date of Dedication: Not listed

Access times: Not listed

Website for Waymark: Not listed

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