Edina Veterans Memorial

Edina's veterans memorial effort began on June 25, 2010, when a committee of twelve volunteer members first met, and with financial assistance from the State of Minnesota and the City of Edina, plus contributions of money and essential services from more than 400 Edina residents, businesses, and civic organizations, it was brought to completion and dedicated on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015. It is dedicated to the men and women from present-day Edina and all American communities who have served, are serving, or will serve in the nation's military branches, with special recognition for the sons of Edina who died in the line of duty during times of conflict, whose names are etched into its granite base. It also honors the families of those who served and the community that supported them, with the hope that future generations will remember with pride and gratitude the veterans who served and sacrificed for the country. A majority of the households with service members from present-day Edina who perished during times of conflict were in the northeast quadrant, and the greatest number of casualties occurred during World War II. In that era, Morningside and the Country Club District made up less than 7% of the land of present-day Edina but contained 45% of its homes. The service members who perished were Elmer Claude Sherman, Francis Arnold Ellis Jr., Leo Thomas Slavin, Henry Ernst Mickelsen, Robert Stanley Adams Jr., Hoyt Allen Ross, John McClelland Entrikin, Barrette Leroy Baker, Donald Max Hale, William Parker Bates, Roland Charles Klatt, Hilmer Woodrow Larson, LeRoy Vernon Coaty, Joseph Lester Redpath, Leo Frederick Hawkinson, Harry Louis David, Harold Henry Thorson, Walter Rowe Strubel, Paul John Christensen, Warren Malcolm Halverson, Alfred Bernard Johnson, Charles Douglas Prescott, Donald Grant Hill, Dwight Carlton Williams, Edward Charles Christl Jr., Owen Robert Baird, Paul Walker Latham Jr., Earl Gordon Soderbeck, Wesland Hansord, Eric Craig Egge, Robert Bruce Randall, Lars Peter Hustad, David Martin Peterson, and Stephen Joseph Kaster.

Edina, Minnesota · United States