Memorial Library World War II Memorial Plaque - Collinsville, Illinois
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World II memorial plaque at the entrance to Collinsville Memorial Library in Collinsville, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMC7WX
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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The memorial plaque is on the front of the library. The public library was built 1937 in a Federal style. On the grounds of the library is a fountain with a sculpture of Pan. The plaque is inscribed:

In Memoriam
World War II Dead

 Charles Anthony Ady, Jr.
 Harry Charles Lepp
 Charles  John Ashmann
 Fred Joseph Locandro
 Peter Paul Baudino
 Arthur Robert Lockhart
 Jesse Jame Beaver  Florenz Marchiando
 Carlisle Burnwell Bowers
 Marlin Eugene Meadows
 Robert Brancaglione
 Baptist Musso
 Leon Bryant
 Clarence Lester Nippler
 Ray Vernon Castiaux
 Leroy Andrew Obernuefemann
 Herbert Fendrick Chinn
 Robert Lee Palecek
 Arnold Harold Cline
 Albert Joseph Paoli
 Bruce Van Raale Cohn
 George Joseph Peretti
 Wesley Hubert Coulson
 Dearil John Rogers
 William Vincent Daukantis
 James Arthur Savage, Jr.
 Emile DeLuca, Jr
 William Walter Savage
 Henry Benjamin Diaz
 William James Shea
 Vernon Lisa Edwards
 Alexander Edmund Shimkus
 Leo Joseph Giovando
 Elmer Alvin Smith
 Theodore Vincent Grzbowski
 Dominick Babptist Spagan
 Albert Hiken
 Julian Sidney Spalding
 Dorris Larue Hoga
 Marion Everett Vancii
 David Jack
 WilliamRalph Vetter
 Thomas Edward Jackson
 Anthony Joseph Viviano
 Daniel Michael Jackstadt
 Mearl James Frederick Wagner
 Arnold Rolland Krapp
 Donald Edward Ward
 Kenneth Earl Lasurs
 Lonnie Lee Whaley, Jr.
Property Permission: Public

Location of waymark:
408 West Main Street
Collinisville, Illinois


Commemoration: World War II dead

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