Klamath Union HS WWII Memorial - Klamath Falls, OR
N 42° 13.825 W 121° 46.716
10T E 600788 N 4676081
This memorial hangs in the stairway in the front entrance to Klamath Union High School.
Waymark Code: WMJDF4
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2013
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Visitors and students of Klamath Union High School might notice this small plaque that hangs on a wall in the front entrance to the school. It hangs opposite another war memorial plaque that memorializes former Klamath Union students killed in wars after WWII.
This WWII memorial plaque reads:
PRESENTED BY
AMERICAN LEGION
POST NO. 8IN MEMORY OF
THE 48
KLAMATH UNION
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
KILLED DURING WORLD WAR II
WALTER AMBROGETTI WESLEY KANGAS
HARVEY BAKER RAY KARRER
FLOYD "TOM" BALDWIN ROBERT LESLIE
LEO BECK, JR. WILLIAM MURRAY
WALTER BUICK RICHARD MUSKOPF
ROBERT BUNNELL MELVIN MYERS
BOB BURGESS ROBERT NELSON
LAWRENCE BURGESS DON NEWSOM
HUGH CAMPBELL RONALD PATTERSON
ROLLO CHEYNE WALTER "BUD" POOL
FRANK CRESS CHARLES "TOMMY" PRITCHARD
JACK COLVIN JAMES ROGERS
FLOYD DARNELL WALTER SALBERY
JOHN DE MILLE BILLIE SEHORN
DALE DUNHAM JOHN PAUL SEVCIK
DON DUNHAM LORENZO STALLARD
GLENN FIELDS ERNEST STEINSEIFER
NORMAN FYKERUD GEORGE STEPHENSON
VICTOR HERTAGER DON TABER
CHARLES HITSON LOUIS THORNTON
HARRY JOHNSON EARL TRACY
THOMAS JOHNSTON WILLIAM TUCKER
DONALD KAFTON DANIEL WANN
KENNY WILSON
JACK DONALD PATZKE
I was able to find a web link to the local Klamath County Museum website that has a page devoted to all local men who died in WWII and a quick bio of each (link provided below). These deceased men are also listed on a WWII memorial near the Klamath County Courthouse on Main Street.
This memorial plaque is a sobering reminder of the many young men who lost their lives in this one community of Klamath during World War II and one of thousands of communities across the nation that lost young men and women in their communities.