Korean War Memorial - Memorial Park - Kirksville, MO
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N 40° 12.238 W 092° 34.440
15T E 536254 N 4450482
Large memorial, names of wars and those who gave all on the column; names of those who served, regardless of war, on wall.
Waymark Code: WM11CM7
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2019
Views: 3
County of memorial: Adair County
Location of memorial: US 63, Rotary Park, Kirksville
Memorial erected by: Adair County- City of Kirksville
Date obelisk erected: 1932
Korean War additions: Dedicated Memorial Day 1976
Monument Text:
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO MADE
THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN THE
KOREAN CONFLICT
Jerry D. Bass
Nova Lee Bass
Jerry D. Bentley
C. M. Clevenger
Jerry P. Davis
John David Ewing
Robert N. Howell
Gerald E. Miller
Clifford G. Moncrief
William D. Peek
Perry Porter
Richard L. Stanley
David J. Voneschen
Joseph R. Wellman
The memorial obelisk was erected in 1932, but the wall and names on the wall and obelisk, for events other than World War I, were added in 1959 and 1976.
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