Cass County Veterans Memorial

Cass County Veterans Memorial (HM1FDD)

Location: Cassopolis, MI 49031 Cass County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 56.404', W 86° 2.105'

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(Panel 1)

"Who More Than Self

Their Country Loved"

1946


(Panel 2)

Korean Conflict

1950 to 1955



Name - City - DOB - DOD - Rank



Eugene Waldo - Dowagiac - 10-11-23 - 7-16-50 - SFC

Donald Webber - Dowagiac - 10-20-30 - 9-26-50 - SGT

Melvin Wright - Dowagiac - 9-5-32 - 9-18-50 - SGT

Theodore Terkos - Dowagiac - 6-18-26 - 2-5-51 - SGT

James Balog - Marcellus - 8-8-29 - 12-2-50 - CPL

Roy Lapham - Cassopolis - 5-1-21 - 9-11-51 - PFC

Howard Smith - Marcellus - 4-14-27 - 3-7-51 - PVT

Donald Chaney - Edwardsburg - 5-22-30 - 8-10-50 - PVT



Dedicated to Nicholas and Beatrice Terkos

Proprietors of the Olympia Cafe Dowagiac Michigan

"Friends to all Veterans"

"Thank you Nick and Bea from all Veterans of Cass County"



(Panel 3)

World War II

Arthur F. Abendroth ? Richard J. Anderson ? Otis J. Avery ? Charles W. Ball ? Paul Edward Bainbridge ? Richard A. Bickle ? Millard Bivvins ? Wilbur Eugene Bolin ? Emil J. Brown ? James V. Burrows ? Harley F. Byers ? William Calahan ? John C. Clancy Jr. ? Howard Clark ? Austin Willis Clute ? Raymond T. Cowham ? Alvin Cox ? Benhardt Dahlke ? Paul Gene Davis ? Ernest W. Dohm ? George Thomas Earl ? Everett E. Edgerly ? Charles W. Eisenhauer ? Bob Ely ? Edward L. Essex ? Earl R. Fickies ? Douglas H. Fox ? Arthur S. Frisbie ? Edward Thomas Gardner ? Billy Y. Hartsock ? Jay Hemminger



(Panel 4)

World War II

Harold Lee Gray ? Carl P. Hoppe ? Howard Hough ? Wayne J. Huff ? Clarence Ted Huston ? James F. Hutton ? J. Norton Jones ? Marvin Kennedy ? Duane Kesterke ? Dale Edward Kuhns ? Leroy Richard Lane ? Gerald Larkin ? Edward H. Lasseter Jr. ? Dale Lyon ? Casimir Majewski ? Joel B. Mann Jr. ? Joseph Marlow ? Edward Arthur Mayhew ? Leo Myers ? Ray M. McKenzie ? Joseph Ostrowski ? Ross S. Overton ? Bernard C. Pardun ? Robert D. Perkins ? Paul Weston Pompey ? Lloyd Puffer ? Lisle P. Pullin ? Dale Rantz ? Robert Robbins ? Gordon Ford Rohlfs ? Robert Scheetz ? Harold E. Schutlz



(Panel 5)

World War I Veterans

1917 - 1918



In everlasting memory to honor the Cass County Michigan World War I veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice for their country



Name - Age - Year of Death



Pvt Reem R. Bronson - 29 - 1918
Pvt James L. Buckley - 26 -1918
Pvt Edward Chavous - 25 - 1919
Seaman Millard Cooper - 20 - 1918
Pvt Karl F. Dyer - 20 - 1918
Robin East - 27 - 1918
Lyall G. Eggleston - 21 - 1918
Pvt Eugene Ewing -???- 1919
Pvt Claudius Graham - 31 -1918
E. Laverne Hill -???- 1918
Pvt Fred Hodgson - 23 -1918
Pvt Stanley Holleger - 27- 1918
Corp Floyd Ibbotson - 24 - 1918
Lt Efton M. James - 28 - 1918
Sgt Carl R. Kibler - 24 - 1920
Pvt George A. King - 27 - 1918
Pvt Ward Kline - 21 - 1918
Pvt Zolla F.H. Langlan - 31 - 1919
Corp Maurice G. Lyon - 24 - 1919
Pvt Elmer Mathews -??? - 1919
Pvt Otis Messenger - 25 - 1918
Pvt Max S. Moore - 19 - 1918
Pvt Glen Quimby - 25 - 1918
Lt Howard Redner -???- 1918
Corp August K. Richey - 27 - 1919
Pvt Warren M. Rutherford - 22 - 1918
Pvt Dwight Shingledecker - 23 - 1918
Pvt David H. Starrett - 23 - 1918
Pvt Ward Stillson - 27 - 1919
Pvt Harry Surran - 29 - 1918
Lt Charles H. Swan -???- 1918
Pvt Henry Thompson - 26 - 1918
Pvt Avery B. Wilkinson - 18 - 1917
Pvt Russell A. Wood - 27 - 1918



Presented and dedicated by the Doe-Wah-Jack American Legion Post #563 and the Cass County Veterans Advisory Committee

30 May 1991



(Panel 6)

World War II

Theodore J. Schrock ? Robert C. Shafer ? Arthur W. Sherry ? Lyle F. Showers ? Jack Simbulan ? A.J. Smith ? Ernest A. Sopher ? Donald K. Spalding ? Marvin Stahl ? Richard H. Strickland ? William Roger Suits ? John Suski ? James T. Swisher ? Roy Allen Thornton ? Gerald Turner ? Victor Verner Veach ? Robert James Verde ? Eugene Phillip Wagar ? Walter G. Waterson ? Leo R. Webster ? Kenneth Weeks ? John Wendl ? Phillip Delos Williamson ? Edward M. Winchester ? Lynus Yeager



(Panel 7)

Vietnam

For Those Who Served and Died for Their Country

1963 - 1975



Name - Rank - Svc - DOD - City



Bell, Wayne Morris - CWO - AR - 10-12-68 - Cassopolis
Clime, Ralph John - WO - AR - 6-19-69 - Marcellus
Edgerly, John Wallace - PFC - MC - 8-12-66 - Dowagiac
Frist, Michael B. - PFC - AR - 2-8-71 - Dowagiac
Gressel, John Vincent - 1LT - AR - 7-29-68 - Dowagiac
Haines, John Loda - SGT - AR - 3-6-68 - Vandalia
Hall, Jeffrey H. - SP4 - AR - 6-19-68 - Dowagiac
Hensley, Gary Lee - SP5 - AR - 11-3-67 - Cassopolis
Huscher, John Randolph - SP4 - AR - 2-19-68 - Dowagiac
Kauffman, Ernest Lee - PFC - AR - 2-20-68 - Vandalia
Lozier, William Ear - 2LT - AR - 2-2-68 - Cassopolis
Nicol, Michael William - SP4 - AR - 6-29-71 - Marcellus
Personette, Michael D. - LCPL - MC - 9-23-68 - Cassopolis
Richmond, Robert Stanley - CAPT - AR - 3-21-70 - Marcellus
Scott, Daniel Lee - SP4 - AR - 8-7-67 - Edwardsburg
Smith, Smith, Steven Robert - PFC - AR - 1-30-68 - Edwardsburg
Stolley, William R. Jr. - LCPL - MC - 3-14-69 - Dowagiac
Wenger, Robert Lee - CPL - MC - 7-23-66 - Dowagiac
Bonine, Thomas - WO - AR - 6-3-69 - Cassopolis
Shafter, Gary - LCPL - MC - 5-27-68 - Cassopolis



Dedicated by the Cass County High School Students

30 - May - 1989
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Year Placed1946
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Date Added Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 1:50pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 579987 N 4643572
Decimal Degrees41.94006667, -86.03508333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 56.404', W 86° 2.105'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 56' 24.24" N, 86° 2' 6.3" W
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Area Code(s)269
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 59000-59182 M-62, Cassopolis MI 49031, US
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