A racially segregated plaque was added to the Soldiers and Sailor's Memorial Hall after 1922 to commemorate the men of Atchison County (white and "colored") who died in WWI. Each man, his rank, company, and cause of death was listed on that memorial plaque, as was his race.
In 2017, the original plaque had weathered and was in poor condition. The plaque was taken down, cleaned, refurbished, reinstalled and rededicated on 29 May 2017. See: (
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The plaque reads as follows:
"Let us hold in grateful memory the Atchison County men who gave all for God, country and humanity in the World War 1917-1919
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Private Bryan Amend
Co. C., 140th Inf., 35th Div.
Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., Feb. 1, 1918
Private Iradell Babcock
Caisson Co. 2, 110th Ammo Train, 35th Div.
Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., Nov. 17, 1917
Private Aloysius L. Bichlmeier
385th Field Hospital, 332nd Sanitary Train, 97th Div.
Died at Camp Cody, N.M., Oct. 16, 1918
Private Marion A. Branch
Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. I, 353rd Inf, 89th Div. A.E.F.
Killed in accident at Andelot, France, July 20, 1918
Private Franklin O. Brun
Hdqrs. Co., 137th Inf., 35th Div. A.E.F.
Died at Liverpool, England, May 7, 1918
Private Clyde P. Burbank
Pvt. 1st Cl., 388th Bakery Co., QM Corps, A.E.F.
Died at Liffol le Grand, France, Jan. 24, 1919
Private Benjamin G. Clayton
58th Co., 184th Depot Brigade
Died at Camp Funston, Oct. 12, 1918
Private George Duran Cox
Co. B, 29th Machine Gun Bn., 10th Div.
Died at Camp Funston, Oct. 28, 1918
Chaplain Owen E. Degan
Capt. U.S. Army
Died at Nat'l Mil. Home,
Leavenworth, Kans. Dec. 1, 1918
Private James Anthony Dunham
Co. A., 7th Inf., 3rd Div. A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Second Battle of the Marne, June 21, 1918
Private William P. Durkin
412th Co., B Battn, Marines
Died at Parris Island, S.C., Jan. 12, 1919
Corporal Richard Eccher
Co. I, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Died Oct. 29, 1918, of Wounds Received in Bantheville Wood, France
John William Eick
Painter, 2nd Class, Co. 30, Reg. 12, U.S.N.
Died at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 20, 1918
Private Henry A. Fleming
Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Died Oct. 1, 1918, of Wounds Received near Baulny [sic Baulne], France
Sergeant George W. Gibson
Co. B, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Montrebeau Wood, France, Sept. 28, 1918
Private Jesse C. Gordon
Co. B, 137th Inf., 35th Div.
Died at Camp Doniphan, Okla., Feb. 13, 1918
Private Robert Bryan Greene
Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. E, 139th Inf, 35th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Charpentry, France, Sept. 27, 1918
Private Fay Guy
Hdqrs. Co., 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Montrebeau Wood, France, Sept. 28, 1918
Private Lee Roy Hoffman
31st Co., 184th Depot Brigade, Camp Funston
Died at Ft. Riley, Oct. 14, 1918
Private William Oscar Hundley
Co. 1, 353rd Inf., 89th Div.
Died at Camp Merritt, N.J., Mar. 28, 1918
Lieutenant Jared Fox Jackson
1st Lt., Co. M. 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Bantheville Wood, France, Nov. 1, 1918
John Franklin Kaufman
Apprentice Seaman, Co. H., 3rd Reg., U.S.N.
Died at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 23, 1918
Elmer Martin Larson
Seaman, U.S.S. Delaware
Died at Hampton Roads, Va., Oct. 8, 1918
Lieutenant William Farrel Leland
2nd Lt., Machine Gun Co., 369th Inf., 93rd Div., A.E.F.
Died Sept. 29, 1918, of Wounds Received in the Argonne, France
Private Joel N. Lovgren
Co. F., 309th Engineers, 84th Div., A.E.F.
Died at St. Germain, France, Oct. 12, 1918
Private Ray Millard McFarland
Btry. F, 338th Field Arty, 88th Div., A.E.F.
Died in France, Oct. 5, 1918
Private Robert E. Nettleton
Btry. C, 3rd Trench Mortar Bn., 3rd Div., A.E.F.
Died at Bourbonne, France, Nov. 4, 1918
Corporal Charles W. Nielander
Co. C., 134th Inf., 34th Div.
Died at Camp Dix, N.J., Sept. 29, 1918
Private John Peterson
Pvt. 1st Cl., Co. F., 351st Inf., 88th Div., A.E.F.
Died at Gondrecourt, France, Oct. 4, 1918
Private Charles L. Potter
385th Field Hosp, 322nd Sanitary Train, 97th Div.
Died at Camp Cody, N.M., Nov. 6, 1918
Lieutenant Clement Martin Ripperger
2nd Lt., 47th Squadron, Air Service, U.S.A.
Killed in accident, March Field, Cal., Mar. 31, 1919
Corporal Charles E. Robinson
18th Observation Btry., Field Artillery
Died at Camp Taylor, Ky., Oct. 16, 1918
Private James E. Romick
Co. F., 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Dieulet Wood, France, Nov. 6, 1918
Sergeant Ralph Raymond Roth
Co. A, 364th Inf., 91st Div., A.E.F.
Killed in Action, Battle of the Argonne, France, Sept. 26, 1918
Corporal Noble E. Seever
Co. F, 137th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Died Sept. 28, 1918, of Wounds Received near Varennes, France
Sergeant Joe Raymond Speer
Co. I, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., A.E.F.
Died Nov. 2, 1918, of Wounds Received in Bantheville Wood, France
Lieutenant Harry Augustus Swendson
1st Lt., Co. D, 4th Bn., 1st Australian Inf. Brig., A.I.F.
Killed in Action, Polygone Wood, Belgium, Oct. 4, 1917
Corporal Albert L. Tate
Co. F, 18th Inf., 1st Div., A.E.F.
Died May 1, 1918, of Wounds Received at Cantigny, France
Private Alson Leon Viles
Co. L, 140th Inf., 35th Div., A.E.F.
Died Oct. 24, 1918, of Wounds Received at Exermont, France
Private Carrol J. Walker
Pvt. 1st Cl., Hdqrs. Det., Medical Department
Died at U.S. General Hospital, Ft. Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 2, 1918
Private Starkey Lloyd Williams
Btry. F, 129th Field Arty, 35th Div.
Died at Ft. Sill, Okla., April 9, 1918
Colored
Private Leonard W. Henton
Co. F., 805th Pioneer Inf., A.E.F.
Died at Tours, France, Oct. 18, 1918
Private Otto Majors
Co. H, 805th Pioneer Infantry
Died at Camp Funston, Aug. 19, 1918
Private Clifford Murphy
28th Construction Co., A.S.M.A.
Died at Ft. Wayne, Mich., July 1, 1918
Sweet be your rest! Your task is done;
The tramp of armies, boom of gun,
The furious cry of savage Hun
are silent now, the Victory's won."