Pettis County War Memorial - Sedalia, Mo.
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N 38° 42.435 W 093° 13.684
15S E 480170 N 4284315
This multi war memorial is located on the western grounds of the Pettis County Courthouse - 415 South Ohio Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMG2XT
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2013
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The statue is one of three of the "Spirit of the American Doughboy" in the State of Missouri as documented by the doughboysearcher website. From the website on the Sedalia statue:
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"Names of 50 World War I dead are on the front, and names of about 360 World War II, Korea and Vietnam dead are engraved on the other three sides.
The Doughboy’s November 12, 1926 dedication had been delayed by one day so some participants could attend the dedication of Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial (largest World War I monument in U. S.) with President Calvin Coolidge the previous day.
This is one of just four Viquesney Doughboys known to have copyright marks reading “Copyright Walter Rylander 1920”. Walter Rylander of Americus, Georgia, was one of the veterans who posed for E. M. Viquesney in wartime gear. Viquesney encountered some financial difficulties and transferred all the rights to him in early 1922 and regained them in early 1926. Rylander has sometimes been credited as being “the” Doughboy model, which is only partially correct. According to Viquesney, there were multiple models. Other known Rylander copyright marks are on Doughboys at Bolivar, Missouri, St. Bernard, Ohio and Muskogee, Oklahoma. All the others were dedicated in 1925. Sedalia’s had a Rylander copyright even though Viquesney had reacquired the rights by the time it was dedicated."
The pedestal is made of red granite, and as stated above, the names of 50 World War I and 360 World War II, Korea, and Vietnam soldiers killed in the service of their country are inscribed. There is also a US Benchmark located in the lower east base.