1917-1919 Honor Roll - Rockville, IN
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This memorial is located inside a small fenced garden, on the south west corner of the Parke County Court House lawn, in Rockville, Indiana.
Waymark Code: WMKYE5
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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This memorial is located inside a small fenced garden, on the south west corner of the Parke County Court House lawn, in Rockville, Indiana. It has a statue of a First World War era Soldier, holding a rifle, on top of it. There is a large plaque listing the names of Parke County soldiers and the Townships that they were from, that lost their lives, in that war.

Memorial Text:

1917 1919
Honor Roll

In commemoration of the patriotism
of our boys who went forth at the
call of their country to serve in
the World War and in memory of
those who died that liberty might live.

William Owen Isham, Adams Peter Lucak, Jr., Raccoon
Isaac Carl Thompson, Adams Floyd E. Nevin, Raccoon
William A. Edminsten, Florida George Baird, Reserve
August Hamm, Florida Clifford T. Cox, Reserve
Tony Kashon, Florida Paul H. Long, Reserve
William Settles, Greene Jesse Moore, Reserve
Lonnie Clore, Howard Otis Morris, Reserve
Earl A. Litsey, Howard Lloyd Shoemaker, Reserve
Forrest K. Hobson, Liberty Vance Vestal, Reserve
Gordon Jackson, Liberty William E. Robbins, Sugar Creek
Vivian B. Davies, Penn Onia Leo Shoaf, Sugar Creek
George F. Dill, Penn Earl F. Wakeland, Sugsar Creek
Perley Cecil Carty, Raccoon William Roy Martin, Union
James Blaine Fellenzer, Raccoon Forrest Burns, Wabash
Henry E. Hopper, Raccoon ` Charles E. Daniels, Wabash
Maurice C. Irwin, Raccoon James Williamson, Wabash
Grover C. Price, Washington

This memorial was erected by
the devoted War-Mothers of Parke County.


Rockville is a town in Adams Township, Parke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 census. The town is the county seat of Parke County.

Parke County is known as "The Covered Bridge Capital of the World".

Rockville on Wikipedia (visit link)
Private or Public Monument?: Other

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: This memorial was erected by the devoted War-Mothers of Parke County.

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America

Physical Address of Monument:
116 West High Street
Rockville, IN USA
47872


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