POW * MIA - Clark County Veterans Memorial - Marshall, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 39° 23.406 W 087° 41.791
16S E 440019 N 4360299
I added the theater of prison camp in parenthesizes behind each name.
Waymark Code: WMVZ4Q
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2017
Views: 5
County of memorial: Clark County Location of memorial: Archer Ave. & N. 5th St., courthouse lawn, Marshall Memorial erected by: The Citizens of Clark County Date memorial dedicated: Unknown
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL VETERANS WHO SERVED IN WAR AND PEACE.
POW * MIA YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN Carl Bender, WWII (Pacific) Joe Zimmerman, WWII (Europe - Stalag 9A) Verner Adams, WWII (Europe - Stalag 4B) Ernie Robinson, WWII (Germany) Fenton Quinn, WWII (Pacific) Arthur Welsh, WWII (Germany -Pilot 416th Bomb Group) Frank Beasly, WWII (Europe - Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria) Ben Harrison, WWII (Air Force - Mooseburg, Germany) Bill Bealer, WWII (Unknown) Jim Zachary, WWII (Army - Stalag 4f Work Camps Hartmannsdorf Chemnitz Saxony)
Norman Ulrey, WWII (Ball Turret Gunner on a B-17 - Germany) Edgar Morris, WWII (Pacific - His Story ) William F. Buehler, WWII (Pacific - His Story 8th paragraph down) Earl Rayhel, WWII (Pacific) Darrell C. Chapman, WWII (germany - Stalag 3c Alt Drewitz Brandenburg Prussia) LET US NOT FORGET.
Type of Resource: Monument
Other from above - Please Specify: memorial
Relevant Position in Armed Forces: Carl Bender - private - US Army (Philippines)
Fenton Quinn - PFC - US Marine Corps - captured on Wake Island and sent to Osaka Main Camp Chikko near Osaka, Japan
Edgar Morris - Full Name Ralph Edgar Morris - U.S. Navy in 1939 and survived the sinking of U.S.S. Houston - and was a POW of the Japanese for the remainder of the war.
Private First Class William F. Buehler (MCSN: 286355), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Wake Island on 23 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.
Earl D. Rayhel was a Private First Class in the Army during World War II. Earl was captured by Imperial Japan while serving in the Philippine Islands, and was sent to Hoten Camp near Manchuria where 1,420 other American POWs were held. Earl's capture was first reported to the International Committee of the Red Cross on May 7, 1942, and the last report was made on October 12, 1945. Based on these two reports, Earl was imprisoned for at least 1,254 days (3 years and ~6 months), one of the longest durations of captivity recorded.
Date if Relevant: Not listed
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