Jefferson County War Memorial - Madras, OR - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Located in front of Madras City Hall and Police Station is a multi-war memorial made of black granite that sits on top of a concrete base. The headline of the memorial reads:

Dedicated to those from Jefferson County who went to war.
They never came home.

The wars mentioned on the memorial include World War I, World War II, Vietnam and the Global War on Terror. The names on the memorial are as follows:

World War I
Orlie I. Alexander
Paul A. Burson
Walter M. Eaton
Earl Elliott
Joseph O. Gans
Dallas R. Gregory
Harry F. Gunnison
George S. Johnson
August C. Jorgensen
Roy McDaniel
George Seethoff
John Sloss

World War II
George M. Campbell
Virgil W. Degner
Benjamin Dick
Roscoe Dick
Ben O. Gedney
Vernon E. Haggstrom
Ralph F. Klann
Albert Kuhn
Claude M. Miller
Elliott S. Palmer
Howard K. Read
Leland G. Strawn
George L. Swetland
Phillip C. Symons
Oscar C. Walrod
Jack O. Watkins
Gilbert Yahtin

Vietnam
William L. Kinkade
Lloyd H. Rohde
Daniel J. Tababoo, Jr.

Global War on Terror
Thomas L. Tucker Iraq

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I World War II Vietnam Global War on Terror In Honor Of: Dedicated to those from Jefferson County who went to war. Marker Text: Please read above. Who Put it Here?: Unknown Description of Memorial: This war memorial resides north of the entrance to Madras City Hall and Police Station. This memorial is part of a veterans park that also contains a nearby sculpture of a soldier who died in Iraq (Thomas Tucker). There are also a number of dedicated benches that were sponsored by each branch of the U.S. military. Finally, dedicated bricks inlaid around the sculpture and leading to another brick-inlaid path that represents the Deschutes River is noticeable near this war memorial. The city hall/police station was dedicated in 2012, so this war memorial hasn't been here for very long. Date of dedication: Not listed

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