Macoupin County, Illinois Monuments & Memorials

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Macoupin County, Illinois
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On this page SAWYERVILLE SCOTTVILLE SHIPMAN STAUNTON VIRDEN WOODBURN

SAWYERVILLE

Veteran's Memorial

Memorial in Sawyerville 1

W W I I Frank W. Griffith 1919-1990 USMC Stephen Joseph SHERIDAN, Sr. 1917-1988 USN Clarence E. HEMPHILL 1923-1991 USA Roy L. LEHMAN 1924- USN John "Jack" ANDERSON 1920- USA Billy COMBS 1922- USA Eugene ANDERSON 1921- USN Andy ONDO 1911-1957 USA Albert ONDO 1921- USA Vernon G. WHITEHOUSE 1921- USA Roy WHITEHOUSE 1919- USA Leroy SEILER 1920- USN Joseph P. KOZAK 1905-1956 USA Joseph SPURNEY, Jr. 1925- USA Lloyd J. HICKS 1924-1981 USA John D. SARIC 1926- USA Rex J. MUDD 1915-1980 USAF Steve N. SPUDICH 1916- USA Pete J. BOSTON 1923- USA Alfonzo N. CLARO 1915- USA Arthur D. BAZZARONE 1927- USN Louis P. GARBIN 1918- USAF E. D. PARISH 1923- USA John CARTER 1917-1990 CBS John CHIOLERO 1910- Walter R. WILLIAMS 1918- Mike SARIC 1923- USA		THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES John M. MALNOR 1926-1968 Vietnam USMC Eugene G. MALNOR 1923 - 1945 WWII USMC John M. SPUDICH 1907 - 1945 WWII USA John M. SPUDICH III 1928 - 1950 Korea USMC Robert CARTER 1924 - 1943 WWII USN Robert PURDY 1924 - 1944 WWII USN Vincent WALTIS 1916 - 1946 WWII USN John ONDO 1923 - 1945 WWII USN		KOREA VIETNAM Robert Frank FRITZ 1931 - 1952 K USN Emil FRITZ 192 - K USAF John W. HEMPHILL 1948 - V USAF Roy "Buddy" LEHMAN 1947 - 1974 V USA Jerry Alan COMBS 1947 - V USAF William ALBL, Jr. 1948 - 1987 V USAF William C. HAMILTON 1949 - 1972 V USA Stephen J. SHERIDAN 1949 - V USN David J. SPURNEY 1950 - V USN James A. STEWART 1948 - V USA Harold JOHNS 1947 - Vietnam USAF

Charles K. JANULAVICH 1923 - WW II Korea USA
David H. GUILD 1919 WW II USA Mike J. BALEN 1923 WW II USMC Joseph MAKSTELL 1904 1988 WW II USAF Andrew J. BISCAN 1917 - 1973 WW II USA		George M. BALEN 1916 - 1986 WW II USA Phillip J. MATESA 1922 - 1957 WW II USA Haryy LAROSA 1920 - WW II USN Edward PURDY 1926 - WW II USA
Clifford HICKS 1918 WW II USN Robert L. LUMMA 1919 - 1995 WW II USCG William J. CARTER 1941 - 1993 Vietnam USN

SCOTTVILLE

Armed Forces Memorial

- Memorial - Dedicated By A Grateful Community To Honor Those Valiant Men And Women Who Gave Themselves In Service And Sacrifice For God And Country		In Memoriam World War I Tink Van Bebber World War II George Brackett John Hicks Irving C. Hinman William Wilkinson

SHIPMAN

Veterans Memorial
Monument By : Kitchen Klatter Band
Artillery By : Southwestern Military History Club

I N M E M O R Y		Erected In Honor Of And Appreciation For All War Veterans Of Shipman Community Past Present Future

STAUNTON

Veterans Memorial
Dedicated June 14, 1987

VIRDEN

W W I Memorial

inscribed on the north & south sides
1917 WORLD WAR 1919

inscribed on the east & west sides
SOLDIERS AND SAILOIRS

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W W II Memorial
1961

We Proudly Pay Tribute To Those Who Gave Their Lives Or Their Services For The Protection and Preservation Of Our Country Since The Beginning of World War II

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Battle of Virden
1898
Coal Miners Riot

David Seagraves 2006

Wanted !

175
GOOD COLORED MINERS
-- FOR --
VIRDEN, ILLINOIS

PAY IN FULL EVERY TWO WEEKS
Pay 30c per Ton, Run of Mines
MINERS CAN MAKE FROM $2.75 TO $4.00 PER DAY

Want 20 Skilled Drivers, $1.75 per day: 15
Good Top and Outside Laborers, $1.35 per Day: 15 Good Timber
Men, $1.75 per Day: 2 First Class Blacksmiths, $2.25 per Day
35 Experienced Miners With Families; 8 First Class Machine
Runners, $2 per Day. Want 10 Boys For Trappes, 75¢ per Day. Coal
is 7 To 8 Feet Thick. Twenty Cagers, $1.75 per Day. No Charges
For Blacksmithing.
No Commissaries. Want Nothing But First
Class Miners. All Coal Weighed On Top.

Bring Your Tools Well Tied Up If You Wish To Carry Them

Will Leave Birmingham
Thursday Night At 8 O'Clock P.M., Sept 22.
Transportation will be Furnished and Ample Time Given You To
Pay The Same. For Information Call At
1905 Third Avenue,
Regular Work ! Between 19th and 21st.

KILLED OCTOBER 12
1898

William Harmon

Abraham Brenneman

Frank Bilyeu

Ed Welsh

Joseph Gillerle

Ernest Kamerer

Ellis Smith

Ernest Long

BATTLE 0F VIRDEN MONUMENT PATRONS STATE OF ILLINOIS COAL OFFICE UMWA DISTRICT 12 ILLINOIS AFL-CIO CITY OF VIRDEN
JOHN E. HEIN JOHN & SONDRA NARMONT WAYNE & LIZ JOPLIN JOHN & JEANNIE ALEXANDER IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN & LAURIEL NARMONT BY JOHN & SONDRA NARMONT		UMWA LOCAL 1613 UMWA LOCAL 1969 UNITED TRANSPOTATION FUND SEIU LOCAL 73 SOUTHERN & CENTRAL ILLINOIS LABORERS DUPAGE COUNTY BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL		TRUSS SLATER / GARRETSON LUMBER CALVERT & FERRY FUNERAL HOME ROGER K. FLOWERS SR. ATMOS ENERGY

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Officer Mike Virden's First K - 9 Badge No. K 97 December 5, 1995 November 13, 2001

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Operation Iraqi Freedom


Operation Iraqi Freedom In Memory Of The Fallen By Family, Friends & Community		SSG GARY R. HARPER Jr. 2ND BAT 5TH SFG MEDIC KIA BAGHDAD IRAQ 10 - 09 - 2005

WOODBURN

W W I Memorial

		Erected By The Citizens Of Bunker Hill Township And Dedicated To The Memory Of George Partridge Co. B 1st Gas Regt Killed In Action At Bantheville Wood Nov. 1, 1918 Dietrich A. H. Rust Co. A 5th LTO Service Regt Died At Camp Grant, ILL Oct. 3, 1918 Alfred Heine HDQ. Co. A 14th BNF. A RD Bat C Died At Camp Taylor, KY Oct. 7, 1918

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