Pottawatomie County World War I Memorial - Wamego, KS
N 39° 12.074 W 096° 18.207
14S E 732853 N 4342572
A memorial honoring 39 men from Pottawatomie County who died in World War I is located in Wamego, Kansas, USA.
Waymark Code: WMCEQP
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2011
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The monument is located in Wamego Park. A plaque on the monument honors the men who died in service during World War I.
The inscription reads:
Dedicated by the women of POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY in honor of those from the county who answered their country's call and to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War, 1914-1918
Louis W. Beard • Walter Blackledge • Ernest E. Brunkow • Robert L. Byrnes • Eli F. Dorsey • Lester Dugan • Clifford Ellis • Orville Ektchison • Wm. Fenton • James I Fitzpatrick • Clarence Gorges • Earl Gregg • Gustav Gustafson • Fred Harrington • Aloysius Helm • Joseph F. Higgins • Joseph A. Hohn • Geo W. Holm • Joe Hoy • Harold M. Johnson • Clyde F. Keeney • Floyd W. Kemp • Edwin I. McGlinchey • Ward McVicar • Fred W. Marten • Joel H. Melgren • Francis Miller • Theodore H. Olson • Guy F. Proctor • Albert Sester • Hank Schultz • Roy Swaim • Russell Taylor • Charley Trezise • Reuben I. Westling • Geo. Wingate • James Witter • Loran Woodcock • Herbert Zeillis
Dedicated November 12, 1923