Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial

Lester Prairie Veterans Memorial (HM1IEO)

Location: Lester Prairie, MN 55354 McLeod County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 53.059', W 94° 2.506'

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Veterans
Memorial
Ray Kirkpatrick
Post #463
"In Honor of All Who Served"


United States Army · United States Navy · United States Marine Corp · United States Merchant Marines · United States Air Force · United States Coast Guard

Ray Kirkpatrick
Army KIA in France
Argonne Forest Nov. 1918

First Soldier From This Area That
Lost His Life in Combat in WWI

Dedicated 2011

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Lloyd E Groenke Seaman First Class Navy WWII 1945-46 ·
Cpl Allen R Kuenzel Army Peace Time 1953-55 ·
A1C Eugene Rennells US Air Force Vietnam ·
Sgt Gary Jungclaus Air Force Vietnam ·
Richard Barfnecht Army France Germany WWII 1941-45 ·
Terry R. Barfknecht Army Nat Guard 1967-73 ·
E-4 Herbert J Bloom Army 478th Aviation Vietnam 1970-73 ·

Clarance Will US Navy WWII ·
Edgar Senne US Army WWII ·
Cpl Donald E Heuer US Marines Vietnam 1965-68 ·
E-5 Troy D Heuer USN USNR USANG Terrorism 1990-2003 ·
SSgt Jerry Jerabek 54th ARMD Inf Btn Army WWII 1942-45 ·
Sp3 Oria Brinkmeier Army Korea 1955-57 ·
PFC Larry G Ardolf 14 Arm Cav Germany Army Korea 1954-56 ·
Major Chad Wendolek Army 1993 to 2013 plus ·
Sgt Noel Guggemos 2nd Bn 48nd Inf Vietnam 1965-67 ·
Sp4 Gary Gatz National Guard Vietnam 1967-73 ·
Walter John Weise Tech Sgt OSS Army WWII 1941-45 Germany ·
Sgt E-5 Paul Weise 94th Artillery Army Vietnam 1965-68 ·
Lowell F Johnson MSgt Air Force Korea 1955-69 ·
PO3 Roger M Lepel Navy Vietnam 1961-65 ·
SpC4 Darvin Heldt Army 3rd Bn 3rd Div Peace Time 1984-93 ·
Sgt Glenard Prehn Marines Korea 1953-57 ·
Lt Barry R Kyllo USN - Submarines USNA - Class of 1982 ·
Cpl Henry Schelhaas 7th Div Mil Police Korea 1952-54 ·
Sp5 Robert Kruschke Army Vietnam 1966-69 ·
Sgt Robert W Green Army Korea DMZ ·
Scott V Christenson Cpl Marines 1985-91 Desert Shield Storm
Post 463 is Honoring the Following Deceased Veterans from the Donations Received


Willard Adams · Donald Berry · Emil Ernst · Willard Fenske · Donald Hall · Robert Kelly · Lawrence Kutz · Clara Milbrath · Arthur O'Neil · Rell Packer · Robert Pfeifer · Fred Schamburg · Ernst Schubert · Karl T Spellum · Amandus Tonn ·

George Amundson · Arnold Birkholz · Howard Ernst · Millard Gow · Joe Halloran · Leonard Kohls · Paul Lange · August Nimz · Delmar Packer · Rell Packer Jr · Arthur Quast · Martin Schamburg · Herman Seefeldt · Theodore Spellum · Samuel Truewe ·

Glen Bathen · George Daly · Myron Fenske · John Gennrich · Fred Heneman · Kenneth Kulhmann · Curtis R Lind · Otto Norenberg · John Packer · Wayne Packer · Paul Richter · A Schmidt · Herman Seeman · John Stacy · David Warren ·

Arthur Bettcher · Ferdinand Emme · Vernan Fenske · Carl Gilster · Clarence Hultgren · Fred W Kuenzel · Dennis Menth · Phil Olson · Mirriam Packer · Christian Pfeifer · William Ristow · Theodore Schmidt · Henry Slanga · Wilfred Thiel · Howard Weiner

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Lt Co David G Weise MN NG Army Ranger AB Vietnam 1956-88 ·
Henry Hoof Army WWI ·
PFC Harold J Hoof Army Infantry WWII Italy ·
SSG Larry C Hoof Air Force Vietnam ·
SPC Donald R Hoof Reserve 32nd ICC Vietnam 1967-73 ·
Donald Briesemeister M Sgt Army National Guard Korea 1950-56 ·
Gary J Breidenbach Sp4 Army Vietnam BSM Am ARCON ·
Cpl Stanley R Ernst Army WWII 1944-48 ·
Cpl Harold Lemke Army 593 Engr Co C WWII South Pacific ·
Sgt E5 Leon V Krone Army Co C 4th Inf Div Vietnam 1965-67 ·
Sgt Harold E Latzig Army 244 Ord Bep Co Korea 1954-52 ·
Carl Klaustermeier Army - Germany Korea 1954-56 ·
Ralph Prehn Army Vietnam 1965-67 ·

Pvt Jerry Koerschen Army WWI 1918-19 WIA ·
PFC Henry A Ristow Army WWII ·
August F Ristow Army WWII 1942-46 ·
Pvt Edwin A Ristow Army Germany POW 26 MO WWII 1941-45 ·
Cpl Ervin A S Hoof Marines Korea 1951-52 ·
PFC Hilbert Hoof Army USAH 5025 SU Korea 1953-61 ·
Sp E-5 Orlin E C Hoof Army Vietnam 1959-64 ·
EN3 Kerry Wuetherich Navy USS Recovery Vietnam ·
Henry Schmidt Army WWI France ·
Roland J F Schmidt Amm3C Navy Korea ·
Kenneth Schmidt HM3 Navy Korea ·
Erland O Raduenz Army Vietnam 1964-66 ·
Earl William Emich Navy WWII ·

Chester Hoernemann MSG US Army Retired ARNG-USAR 1957-99 ·
Cpl Mark Detlefsen Marine Corps 3rd MAW Peacetime 1972-74 ·
Pvt Harold Birkholz Army Med Dept WWII ·
PFC Melvin Birkholz Army Korea KIA ·
Cpl George Birkholz Army Korea ·
SFC Leroy H Birkholz Army Korea 1953-61 ·
E5 Louis T Rolf Army Korea 1952-54 ·
Albert Bahr Army WWII ·
PFC Emmert Gebhardt Army Korea ·
Reuben William Roos Army Korea ·
SpF4 Ortwin J Heldt Army Korea 1951-55 ·
PFC Roy J Landin Army Air Corps WWII ·
Elmer E Dierfeldt Army WWII 1943-45 ·

David A Schwarze Lt Col Air Force Leb-Guf 1988-2010 ·
Royal Ray Sheppard Dr Army WWI 1917-19 ·
Clarence G Schwartz Cpl Army WWII 1942-45 ·
Raymond C Schwartz BT2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 ·
Leslie F Schwartz Sgt Army Field Arty Peacetime 1980-84 ·
Clifford Gueningsman Army Korea 1953-55 ·
Jonathan Gueningsman Army Res 367 EnBn Iraq-Kuwait 2006-14 ·
PFC August J Voss Army WWII 1941-43 ·
CPO Richard G Voss Navy Seabees 24 Yrs MCB25-MCB1 1961-95 ·
Sgt Roger V Voss Air Force Vietnam 1974-78 ·
SFC Tom Voss WIA Army 5th SFCA Iraq Bronze Star 1995-09 ·
SRA Gary L Starkson Air Force Peacetime 1977-81 ·
CPO Jesse B Almquist Navy 1944-65 WWII Korea Vietnam

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SFC Edward L Mlynar Army HQ Co 578 Engr 40 Div Korea 1950-53 ·
Cpl Willard Parpart Army Korea 1953-55 ·
Sgt Hillard C Staple AAF 405th Sig Co WWII 1942-46 ·
SSgt James A Thiel Air Force Vietnam 1967-70 ·
Edward G Ekdahl AX1 Naval Air VP816 Vietnam ·
Arvin W Birkholz Cpl Army Peacetime ·
Sgt Ronald Stibal National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 ·
Hilard Klaustermeier Cpl Army 129 Inf Reg 2nd Div Korea 1953-55 ·
John Klaustermeier SFC Army Infantry Iraq 2005-08++ ·
Sgt Reuben Schmalz Army India Burma China WWII 1941-46 ·
ASM2 Charles Ernst Navy USS Ranger Persian Gulf 1985-89 ·
ADR2 Paul Trebil Navy Vietnam War ·
SN-3 Barry C Trebil Boswain Mate Navy Peacetime ·
Major Deroyce Monroe MN National Guard Vietnam 1956-76 ·
LtC Micheal Monroe Army Special Services Persian Gulf 1989-11 ·
Cpl Murl A Kletscher Army Korea ·
Cpl Clarence Ehrke Army Air Force Korea 1953-54 ·
PFC Roland B Rolf National Guard Korea 1953-60 ·
Sp5 Devan Stoltenow Army 538th Engr Bn Thailand 1965-67 ·
William G McGowan Navy Korea ·
Sgt Melvin B Ostlie Army Co H 291st Inf WWII 1942-45 ·
Sp4 Donald R Litzau Army Vietnam 1966-68 ·
Vernon Briesemeister PFC Air Force WWII 1944-46 ·
Lloyd Weisenburger US Marine Corps Korea 1953-56 ·
Cpl Ivan H Lampher Army 5th Army Co Korea 1951-1953 ·
Theodore H Banke Reservist Oakland CA Vietnam 1964-70 ·

Arthur B Kolbe Army WWI ·
Elizabeth Kolbe Army Nurse WWI ·
Elmer Hoernemann Army 42 Rainbow Div WWII Purple Heart ·
Fred C Baumann Army WWI ·
Lt Leslie P Baumann Army Air Corp Nav WWII ·
Sp5 Gary P Baumann Army Signal Corp Vietnam ·
Verndale F Selchow Airman First Class Korea 1952-56 ·
Wayne H Selchow Sp/4 Army Korea 1957-59 ·
G "Jake" Bandermer Nat. Guard Peacetime 1957-62 ·
PFC Ben Lewandowski Army Korea ·
Cpl Dennis Kuenzel Army Korea 1951-53 ·
Sgt Orville Foust Army Arty HQ Korea 1952-54 ·
Sgt Roger Krienke Air Force Vietnam 1966-70 ·

Melvin H Kroells Army WWII ·
Robert Warzyiak Army Korea ·
SSgt Junior Ostlie Air Force Korea 1952-56 ·
1st Sgt Joel Ostlie Army Retired Panama-Gulf 1982-06 ·
SpC5 Dwaine Zebell Army Co E 682 En Bn Vietnam ·
PFC Roland Zuehl Army WWII ·
Anthony M Radtke Sr Pvt Army Infantry WWI ·
Quintin J Radtke Army WWII ·
Raymond B Radtke Army WWII ·
Sgt Francis A Radtke Army Air Force WWII South Pacific ·
Anthony A Radtke National Guard Engr Peacetime 1953-61 ·
Norman F Stender Cox Navy WWII 1945-46 ·
Rollin Fenske Army WWII

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Sgt Roland Birkholz "Sonny" Air Force WWII ·
Orval Birkholz "Bud" Navy WWII ·
Byron G Workmann SSgt Air Force WWII 1942-45 ·
2-GM Gilbert E Rolf USS Indianapolis Navy WWII 1942-45 ·
Cpt Dr John Klobe Air Force Peacetime 1956-58 ·
Roland Bruckschen Cpl Army Korea 1953-55 ·
Sgt Lewis J Heigl Reservist Korea 1954-60 ·
Jonathan D Schwartz National Guard Iraq 2005-06 ·
Norman Venske 74th Combat Engr Army Korea ·
Earl Machemehl 74th Combat Engr Army Korea ·
Ralph Machemehl Sp4 Army 1956-63 ·
BM3 Fred Holasek Jr Navy Korea 1948-52 ·
Alvin Emil Kappes Army Korea ·

Don W Splettstazer US Marine Corps WWII ·
Lloyd W B Larson Navy Aviation Cadet WWII 1945-47 ·
Earl H Dibb Jr 3rd Class Navy CB WWII 1944-46 ·
Douglass W Dibb US Army WWII 1946-47 ·
Sgt David D Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1967-72 ·
A1C Dean A Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1975-76 ·
SSgt Lyle D Dibb Army 1/10 Cav Vietnam 1965-70 ·
SPC Kraig W Dibb Nat Guard Army Vietnam 1963-73 ·
SFC Keith W Dibb Navy-Army Vietnam-Desert Storm ·
PFC Norwin T Thiel Army WWII ·
Alvin Albert Lueck Army WWII ·
Sgt Larry D Kutz Army Vietnam ·
Sgt Nicholas Fiecke Army National Guard Iraq Freedom ·
Ronald Baumann Sp5 Army Vietnam 1970-76 ·
Sgt Charles Parpart Army National Guard Iraq Freedom ·
T/4 Vernon Parpart Army WWII 1942-45 ·
Paul Parpart Army WWI France ·
SP5 John C Parpart Army Vietnam 1966-70 ·
PFC Melvin Burandt Army Vietnam 1958-61 ·
Timothy E Burandt Navy Lebanon 1984-04 ·
Torrance E Burandt Sgt Army Old Guard Wash DC 1991-98 ·
PFC Larry D Burandt Army Inf Peacetime 1957-59 ·
Sgt Wes W Lampher Army 249th Spec Ser Europe 1957-59 ·
SSgt David H Karels Air Force Vietnam 1969-73 ·
Sgt Edward B Lester Army RCN 744 WWII 1942-45 ·
Melvin F Artmann Sp3 Army Peacetime 1953-55 ·

Arnold Klaustermeier Army Cook WWI 1918-19 ·
Victor Klaustermeier Cpl Army Korea 1951-53 ·
Allen Klaustermeier Navy Const Seabee's Vietnam 1970-72 ·
Jacob Klaustermeier Sgt Army Afghanistan 2003-04 ·
Mark Klaustermeier Army Signal Corp Vietnam 1974-76 ·
Elton Klaustermeier SFC Army Korea 1953-55 ·
Donald Klaustermeier Cpl Army Reservist 1954-62 ·
Duane Klastermeier PNT3 Navy Peacetime 1955-57 ·
Larry Klastermeier Lt Jg Navy Vietnam 1965-69 ·
SPC Glen H Templin Army 69th Engr Bn Vietnam 1965-67 ·
ATR2 Douglas Shrode Navy Vietnam ·
Sp-5 Roger Jakobitz 747 HQ Main Bn Army Vietnam 1966-72 NG ·
Karl J Hoernemann Army Air Force WWII

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Arthur Schwichtenberg LtJG Navy 1936-40 WWII 1942-45 ·
Marian Schwichtenberg Ens Navy Nurse Corp WWII 1942-44 ·
Thomas Schwichtenberg AMH2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 · Linda Schwichtenberg Cdr Navy Nurse Corp Vietnam-Panama 1969-90 ·
Jon Schwichtenberg 11th Airborne Korea 1954-56 ·
Marvin J Tonn Army Korea 1954-55 ·
Sgt Michael D Tonn Air Force Desert Storm ·
SSgt Duayne Heimerl Co A 682 Eng ArNG Vietnam 1965-71 ·
Roland "Red" Miller Army 3rd Inf Div WWII 1944-46 ·
Tec5 Dennis H Ide Army WWII ·
Loren E Jilek National Guard 1957-65 ·
Sgt James D Wilson Marine Corps Vietnam 1965-69 ·
AG2 James A Molier Navy Peacetime ·

CPO Peter J Smyth Navy Peacetime 1905-15 ·
Dr John J Smyth Navy Med Corps WWII 1943-48 ·
Lt Peter T Smyth Navy Med Corps Vietnam 1973-75 ·
William A Scrimgeour II Airman Air Force WWII ·
William A Scrimgeour III Army Vietnam ·
Richard Scrimgeour Army Vietnam ·
Sgt Emmert Jenneke Army WWII 1944-46 ·
RN3 Gary Jenneke Navy Vietnam 1961-64 ·
Louis R Jenneke Army WWII 1941-46 ·
Sp4 Joseph Casavant Army Purple Heart Vietnam 1966-67 ·
Sgt Steven Casavant Army National Guard Peacetime ·
Sgt Neal Dossett Army Trans Corps WWII 1943-45 ·
PFC Hillard H Latzke Army HQ Battery 17th WWII 1944-47 ·

Sgt Luke M Otto 1st Div Marines WWII 1942-45 ·
LCdr Chris C Otto Navy Vietnam-Gulf 1971-92 ·
Vernon Kruschke Army WWII ·
Orland Kruschke Army WWII ·
QM3 Ardin Kruschke Navy WWII 1944-46 ·
Marvin Kruschke Army WWII ·
Ronald Ziemer Navy Vietnam ·
Byron R Zellmann Tec5 Army WWII Europe ·
Stanley M Ehrke AZ3 USS Randolph CVS-15 US Navy 1963-65 ·
ADJ1 Glen Ehrke Sr Navy VF-13 & MNANG 1965-71 & 1980-90 ·
Cpl Arduin A Rolf Army Korea ·
YN2 Roger Nawrocki Navy Vietnam ·
James Daly Army Vietnam ·

Herbert Hoen Jr Army Vietnam 1965-67 ·
LtCol Cathy Bergdahl Air Force Gulf War 1989-2010 ·
Cpl Harlow H West Army 576 Trans Co Korea 1951-53 ·
PFC Earl A Strey Army 596 Sig Supt Co Korea 1953-54 ·
MSgt Alton Hovern Army 3rd Inf Div WWII 1941-45 ·
Cpl Warren Anderson Army 5th Arty Btry Korea 1951-52 ·
SFC Thomas A Stapel Army National Guard Peacetime 1969-2007 ·
Loren Ernst Army Korea ·
Darwin R Leaf Navy Vietnam 1972-75 ·
William G Berry Army World War I ·
Vernon Carl Roepke Navy WWII ·
Sgt Edward Dammann Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 ·
Joseph Friauf Army WWI

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Harold Milbrath Navy USS Maine Ship WWI 1918-19 Atlantic ·
Harry Mibrath Navy USS Maine Ship WWI 1918-19 Atlantic ·
Roger E Behning Army National Guard Vietnam 1966-72 ·
Robert J Seemann Navy Air Force Persian Gulf War ·
LtC Desmond Sveiven Army Korea ·
August Schroeder Army WWI ·
Glover Dohman Marines So Pacific WWII 1942-45 ·
Waldo M Dohman Marines So Pacific WWII 1942-45 ·
Walter A Mahlstedt SFC Army WWII 1942-45 ·
Sgt David A Wilmot Marines WWII 1945 Korea 1950-52 ·
Arthur F Kuhlmann Army WWI ·
Melinda Burtman Register Army Nurse WWI 1918-19 ·
SSgt Edwin H Scheer Army Air Corps WWII 1941-45 ·

PFC Orlando Gebhardt Army Co C 368 Engr WWII 1943-45 ·
Alexander Gebhardt Cpl Army Korea 1951-54 ·
Clyde F Kuenzel Navy WWII 1944-46 ·
1st Lt Randell Tonn Reserve Chaplain Peacetime 1959-65 ·
E4 Daryl G Dressler Air Force Vietnam 1967-71 ·
GM3 Elton G Quast Navy WWII ·
Cpl Ralph A Wolter Army Cook Korea ·
PFC Emil Tonn Army Provost Guard WWI 1918-19 ·
Pvt Herman Kuhlmann Army WWI ·
Pvt Edward Zastrow 2nd Bn 80 Fld Art Army 1989 ·
Gloria Jean Westphal SSg E6 Army Reservist 1979-2001 ·
Sp5 Leonard Zastrow Army Reservist 1965-68 1980-92 ·
SSgt Arlen Westphal US Air Force 1977-92 Just Cause Panama ·

Tec5 Mark F Krueger Army Co E 273 Rd Inf WWII 1942-45 ·
Austin D Maetzold Navy WWII 1943-45 ·
Robert A Lorence Sr Sgt Co D 1935th Inf Peacetime 1923-25 ·
Sp6 Robert A Lorence Army HQ 47th Inf Div Peacetime 1957-63 ·
FN LeRoy D Mueller Navy Korea 1955-57 ·
Virgil S Fruetel Navy WWII 1943 ·
Leroy Rattenstetter Army Tank Corps WWI 1918-19 ·
Spec5 Gene Birkholtz Army Vietnam 1966-69 ·
Chester E Dammann Navy 1957-59 ·
Sgt Virgil Kegler Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 ·
Sp5 Stephen Rosckes Army Vietnam 1966-69 ·
PFC Dennis Rolfzen Army Germany 1957-59 ·
Victor C Ide CM 3rd Class Navy WWII 1945-46 ·

LtC Eugene R Monroe Army Engineer Corp 1961-1992 ·
Maj Michael W Hasz US Air Force Desert Storm 1983-95 ·
Sp4 Daryl D Krienke Army Vietnam 1966-68 ·
Cherry Llynn Krienke RM3 Navy Vietnam 1967-70 ·
Pvt Clifford W Beise Army WWI 1917-18 ·
Ensign Clyde Beise Navy WWII 1942-45 ·
Spc Larry F Pavlish Army Honor Guard Co Vietnam 1963-66 ·
MSgt Travis Zellmann Navy Army Grn Beret Bosnia Persian Gulf ·
Tec4 Vern C Weegman Army Bronze Star WWII 1942-45 ·
Deane L Conklin Jr TSgt Marine 1st Div WWII 1942-45 ·
PFC Mary A Conklin USMC Womens Reserve WWII 1944-45 ·
Travis Maesse National Guard Operation New Dawn ·
Cpl Andrew Lyrek Marines Infantry Afganistan 2007-11
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HM NumberHM1IEO
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Year Placed2011
Placed ByRay Kirkpatrick American Legion Post #463
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, December 18th, 2014 at 9:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 417727 N 4970627
Decimal Degrees44.88431667, -94.04176667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 53.059', W 94° 2.506'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 53' 3.5400" N, 94° 2' 30.3600" W
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Area Code(s)320
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Juniper St S, Lester Prairie MN 55354, US
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