Veterans Memorial, Ruritan Park, Allendale, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 31.794 W 087° 42.702
16S E 437966 N 4264851
Small Park in small town on IL-1.
Waymark Code: WM3V3G
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member "Paws"itraction
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DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF THE YOUNG
MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THIS NATION AND
TO HONOR THOSE WHO
HAVE SERVED IN THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.


PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Edward Martin 1918
Lyman H. Martin 1918
William Arthur Stone 1918
Randall S. Bye 1939
William Howard Stoltz 1942
Harold William Alsop 1943
Kenneth Everett Conrad 1943
Ralph Glenn Reed 1943
William Randall Andrews 1944
FOREVER REMEMBERED

Harrison Eugene Breen 1944
Harold Dale Dixon 1944
George Robert Howe 1944
Clyde Herald Cusick 1945
Charles Ralph Dixon 1945
Randall Joseph Hussey 1945
Harvey Leon Osman 1945
Reuben Cy Pierson 1945
Charles Warren Hispher 1950
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial

In Honor Of: The Memory of Young Men from This Community.

Date of dedication: 1967.

Who Put it Here?: Erected by the Allendale Ruritan Club.

Description of Memorial:
A long thin park along side a once heavy traveled highway. Now relegated to local traffic and an occasional traveler. The one old Motel closed and falling down. Park is clean and neat. Monument well kept. Very pleasant.


Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed

Marker Text: Not listed

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