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 Veterans Memorial, Benton, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 37° 59.796 W 088° 55.461
16S E 331031 N 4207184
Typical cold marble and a living tree, set this memorial aside.
Waymark Code: WM4J7K
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2008
Views: 59
County of Memorial: Franklin County.
Location of Memorial: Main St. & Pope St., Benton Municipal Bldg, Benton.
Monument Text:
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN
LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. John 15:13
WORLD WAR I
Walston Bauer
Dorsie J. Bolin
Sheridan Cardwell
Melvin H. Conner
Wilford E. Crane
Leslie Darnell
Stanley Gostowski
Elbert Hall
Ross M. Heard
Claburn Hobbs
Archie E. Keller
William E. Mabry
| Roy McAdoo
Stanley L. McCollum
Pete McGovern
Robert Moore
Alva S. Odle
Clyde T. Perry
Rufie Reese
Charles A. Simmons
Walter M. Sims
Edgar Snetren
Joseph O. Sweet
Wesley R. Swofford | |
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WORLD WAR II
Paul Allen
Walter C. Barkus
Donald E. Baty
James Brantley
Sylvester Brisky
Bailus K. Cantrell
John W. Carroll
Bob Chamness
Frank Compa
Richard L. Davis
James Deason
Stanley Dobroski
Andrew E. Dunning
Joseph M. Easley
Ransom T. Eldridge
John H. Erwin
Ishmal T. Eubanks
Jack J. Fisk
Andrew Flatt
Clarence A. Flatt
Arvel Furlong
Edmond J. Gibala
Johnnie L. Gipson
George E. Gipson
Lawrence E. Goff
| Roy H. Gossett
Leroy Graham
Orville S. Grigg
Edgar S. Hall
Joseph R. Hamilton
Wendell M. Hamilton
Dwight N. Harrelson
Burford H. Harris
Howard E. Hopkins
Julius Hornyak
Ezra E. Huffstutler
John D. Isaacs
Wilford Ing
William E. Johnson
Ernest Johnson
Howard M. Jones
Forrest D. Kays
George B. King
Leone L. Kivett
Phillip M. Kramer
Frank Kupczak
Stanley L. Layman
Everett R. Lewis
Ralph E. Lewis
Hubert Lunsford
| James R. Marshall
Virgil R. McAlpin
John F. McCann
Gene B. McKemie
Leonard Moody, Jr.
Stanley L. Newberry
John D. Noel
Stanley Nowicki
Burell T. Parks
Albert Petroski
Frank K. Piercy
William L. Pilson
Linder Pirtle
William Pulverman
Louis Rago
Joseph Rapach
Thomas L. Rea
Charles L. Rich
Coy D. Rogers
Ralph B. Rose
Everett Russell
Lee Roy Russell, Jr.
Joe E. Rybka
Fred E. Seibert
E. Lavern Seel
| William L. Shambling
Samuel A. Short
Julian J. Slimak
Harold Smith
Robert H. Smith
James Stevens
Paul Stull
Arthur J. Sweetin
Dale E. Todd
Earl Tranbarger
John W. Watson
Henry L. West
Howard E. Whaley
Ransom D. Williams
Walter E. Williams
Joe Woolard
Stanley M. Zeboski
Francis Zinzilieta
Bud Hall
Steve Disko
Ray Lampley
Nick Evanchik
George E. Grayhem
Charlie Bobiak
Joseph W. Ozbourn
C.M.H. | | | |
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KOREAN WAR
William L. Brown
John W. Ferrell
Paul A. Frost
Bob R. Mandrell
Marion E. Morris
Curtis E. Roberts
Charles D. Tennison
| VIETNAM WAR
Dean E. Clinton
Larry J. Gammon
David N. Hill
James R. Johnson
Kenneth W. Tate
Millard R. Valerius
Steven C. Webb
Michael J. Wyman | |
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Dedication Stone Text:
This Ash Tree is Dedicated to WWII Veterans.
Joseph W. Ozbourn was a World War II Marine and a MOH recipient. To read more about Pvt. Ozbourn you can visit this Marine Corps site:
Joseph W. Ozbourn, Private, USMC |
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Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.
In Honor Of: Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,
Marker Text:
see above.
Date of dedication: Ash Tree: May 24, 2001
Who Put it Here?: Ash Tree: VFW Post # 2671; Stone: The City of Benton.
Description of Memorial:
On the left of the Benton Municipal Building is the Veterans Memorial, while on the right side is an equal marble stone for a Coal Miners Memorial. It balances the Municipal building in a full frontal view.
The Veterans Memorial also includes 3 flag poles and directly in front of the flags is an Ash Tree, planted and dedicated to the WWII Veterans.
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