Bowdle, South Dakota Veteran's Memorial honors those who left Bowdle, South Dakota, to serve in the armed forces of the United States of America and did not return home: Harry Stroup, Ted Feiock, Louis Krumm, Harold Erbe, Merle Merkel, Wayne Barth, Philip Merkel, Robert Leidholt, John Dangl, Edwin Dumdei, and Jerome Bachman.