Cooper County WWI Memorial Eagle - Boonville, Missouri
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N 38° 58.646 W 092° 44.653
15S E 522155 N 4314303
This limestone marker with a stylized eagle on top is located on the western grounds of the Cooper County Courthouse - 200 Main Street in Boonville, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM14TF7
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2021
Views: 3
This limestone marker is located on the western grounds of the Cooper County Courthouse. This is a three foot marker topped by a carved eagle. The eagle is approximately a foot tall, wings spread, roosting on the plinth. Below the eagle is an anchor and a spear with a banner furled around the shaft. The inscription:
They Died that Freedom Might not Perish from the Earth
1917 - 1919
Stanley Ira Bell • Oscar H. Bishop
Merritt H. Boswell • Mack L. Blackstone
William O. Diel • John Edwards
Sidney E. Emery • Harry English
Lon S. Fairfax • Richard Wm. Haller
Emmett W. Hamilton • George C. Harlan
Ephraim Harmon • William K. Johns
Charles E. Jones • Albert F. Junkerman
J. Leonard Larry • Walter T. Langkop
Henry R. Meyer • Leroy F. Miller
Otto Roertner • Roy W. Redd
Jesse Reed • C. C. Richardson
James Ross • Joe Smallwood
Perry L. Smith • Walker Spry
Leonard Thoma • George E. Taylor
J. L. Windsor • George Klein
Emmett F. McRoberts
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Figure Type: Animal
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1919
Materials used: granite
Location: western grounds of the Cooper County Courthouse
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