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Macoupin County, Illinois
Monuments & Memorials
© 1997 - 2009

 
Areas, Cities, Towns, Villages, etc.
 
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MODESTO
MOUNT OLIVE
NILWOOD

 
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MODESTO

Veterans' Memorial
located in the northwest corner of the city park

 
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M E M O R I A L
DEDICATED BY
A GRATEFUL
COMMUNITY
TO HONOR THOSE VALIANT
MEN AND WOMEN
WHO GAVE THEMSELVES
IN SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

 
IN MEMORY
WORLD WAR I
LEWIS F. DOHRS
 
WORLD WAR II
RICHARD R. ALDERSON
CARL W. FEELY
WILLIAM W. FLETCHER
JOHN D. HARVEY
RUSSELL I. TURNER

KOREA
RICHARD LOVELESS

 
This photograph contributed by Robert Fletcher. all rights reserved,
and is used by permission of the photographer : Robert Fletcher.
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Additional information furnished by Robert Fletcher
In the World War II listing :
William W. Fletcher

This is :
William Wendell Fletcher
Staff Sgt. - 319 AAF FTR Control Squadron
 
SSG Fletcher's death occured in Guadalcanal
during World War II.
 
William Wendell Fletcher was laid to rest at :
Oak Hill Cemetery
Palmyra, Macoupin County, Illinois


 
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MOUNT OLIVE
 
Mother Jones Monument

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NILWOOD
 
      East 4 Miles to New Hope Methodist Church and South 2½ Miles to
 
Sulphur Springs Cemetery
 
W W I Soldier

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inscribed on base   inscribed on top of stump
EVERETT C. SON OF
WALTER & LAURA BURTON
APR. 18, 1895 - - - OCT. 24, 1918
  PVT. Co. K
127 INF. 32 DIV
DIED FROM WOUNDS
RECEIVED IN ACTION
IN ARGONNE
FOREST BATTLE,
FRANCE

 


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