Douglas County Veterans of All Wars Memorial - Ava, Missouri
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Douglas County Veterans of All Wars Memorial
Waymark Code: WM114FK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2019
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This memorial was erected 30 May 1964. A flag pole with an American flag on it stands in front of, that is the north side of the memorial. A white to gray stone memorial sits behind it, on the south side. There are two bronze plaques mounted on the lower outboard stones and engravings on the central taller stone depicting symbols of the four military branches of service. It is centrally located in the Ava cemetery.
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I
World War II
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
In Honor Of: Dedicated to those who have served Veterans of All Wars
Marker Text:
DEDICATED TO
THOSE WHO HAVE
SERVED
VETERANS
OF ALL WARS
ERECTED
MAY 30 1964
DEDICATED
NOV 11 1996
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY, MISSOURI
WORLD WAR I
U.S. ARMY
JACK ALSUP JAMES M. BROWN DELBERT BURK JAMES C. CHADWELL
MonROE W. COLLINS WILLIE CORNETT CURTIS K. DENNY EDGAR L. ELLIOT
LEWIS W. HEATHERLY ZEEK HURST WILLIE LEROY SHERMAN E. JENNINGS
VIRGIL M. McMURTREY JOHN A. MOORE BURL PHILLIPS LESTER R. SUTHERLAND
ROY W. TOOLEY WILLIAM O. WOODFORD WILLIAM E. KESTER WILLIE FREEMAN
EPHRAM DAVIS EARL FOSTER FLOYD BRECKNER ARRELL PHILLIPS
CHARLIE BALL FRANK BELL CLAUDE F. WALLACE JOHN F. WALLACE
U.S. NAVY
OTHO HOPENWELL
WORLD WAR II
U.S. ARMY
JAMES E. DAY CLETIS APPLEGATE FRANK PIGG BILLIE BARTLETT
SAMMY C. CANTRELL JOHN B. CLAYTON ALVA A. COOK OVA C. COOK
DAN CUNNINGHAM CLARENCE E. DOBBS GEORGE F. GETTYS JOHN F. GOTT
JOHN L. FREEMAN EVERETT A. HAMPTO LAWRENCE V. HUFFMAN CLIFFORD E. HUTCHISON
FRED L. LATHROP RICHARD W. McDONALD JACK B. McVAY OTIS W. NALL
BOB L. PETTIT CHARLES O. PAMPERIEN GENE R. PHILLIPS LAWRENCE E. PRIVETT
LOWELL I. QUICK JIMMIE H. RHYNES HARLEY L. STUBBS GENE A. WHEELER
AMERICAN LEGION POST #112
AND V.F.W.POST #5993-1995
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY, MISSOURI
WORLD WAR II
U.S. ARMY
EARL E. WILLIAMS VIRGIL W. WILSON EARL N. McINTOSH CECIL HUFFMAN
FRED HARRIS FRANKCUDWORTH MERLE MELTON FERDINAND GAUER
HERBERT M. EVANS
U.S. NAVY
FORREST O. McHOLLAND LOWELL R. TURNER CALVIN F. HUFF LEONARD ROWE
JACK BREEDLOVE
U.S.M.C.
GLEN V. BROWN
KOREAN WAR
EARNEST P. BARTLETT FRED M. ELLIS
HERBERT L. GIDEON JAMES WILLARD PAGE
WALTER ROSS COBLE CHARLES L. WILSON
VIETNAM WAR
GEORGE LAKEY HENRY R. LONGSTON
LESTER C. McGINNIS DALE L. POSEY
CHARLES RAY RICH
AMERICAN LEGION POST #112
AND V.F.W.POST #5993-1995
Date of dedication: 11 November 1996
Who Put it Here?: Ava Garden Club & American Legion Post 112 and VFW Post 5993
Description of Memorial: A flag pole with an American flag run up on it. A white to gray stone memorial behind it, on the south side. There are two bronze plaques mounted on the lower outboard stones and engravings on the central taller stone depicting symbols of the four military branches of service. It is centrally located in the Ava cemetery.
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