Lt. Willoughby Ryan Marks - Apalachicola, Florida, USA. - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

A Benchmark disk AS2041/J 45 dated 1934 was set in the top step of the monument. So the monument was probabally unveiled prior to 1934

Marks monument placed in front of the Courthouse in the heart of downtown Apalachicola in remembrance of Lt. Willoughby Ryan Marks, who commanded Company C of the 61st Infantry, 5th Division.

Lt W R Marks is honored for showing "extraordinary valor" and sacrificing his life in an attempt to save a comrade killed in the Argonne, a World War 1, battle fought October 12, 1918.

Located in the Historic District of Apalachicola Bay on Florida's forgotten coast of the Panhandle.

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Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link] List if there are any visiting hours: Daily 24 hours, but Daylight hours best as the monument is not illuminated. Entrance fees (if it applies): FREE Admission | FREE Parking | Type of memorial: Monument

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