Honor Roll

The men and women of Parke County, Indiana who answered the call of their country in the Great World Wars are honored here, especially those who died so that others might live, and the American soldiers, sailors, and marines who rest on distant beachheads and outposts in obedience to the American people so that the American way of life might survive. For World War I, from 1914 to 1918, the dead named are George Baird, Forrest N. Burns, Perley C. Carty, Lonnie Clore, Clifford T. Cox, Charles E. Daniels, Vivian B. Davies, George F. Dill, William A. Edminsten, James B. Fellenzer, August Hamm, Forrest K. Hobson, Henry E. Hopper, Maurice C. Irwin, William O. Isham, Gordon R. Jackson, Tony E. Kashon, Earl A. Litsey, Paul H. Long, Peter Lucak, Jr., William R. Martin, Jesse H. Moore, Otis Morris, Floyd E. Nevins, Grover C. Price, William E. Robbins, William B. Settles, Onia L. Shoaf, Lloyd Shoemaker, Isaac C. Thompson, Vance Vestal, Earl R. Wakeland, and James Williamson. For World War II, from 1941 to 1945, the dead named are Homer J. Arnold, Jr., Charles R. Bell, Frank A. Bovillez, James H. Coleman, Joseph W. Coy, Keith B. Delp, Fred P. Doyle, John Doyle, Richard Graham, Loren E. Grimm, Glen Puck, Malcolm Gross, Raymond E. Greene, Francis J. Hannes, Vance C. Harney, Harold W. Hart, Victor Hartman, John E. Havey, Vernon C. Hobbs, John L. Howard, Thomas E. Hunt, John M. Hurley, Charles W. Hutchenson, Thomas R. Irwin, Charles E. Jacks, Mervin A. Jackson, Thomas E. Jefferies, Eugene Lowe, Albert W. Lunsford, Charles W. Martin, Bruno M. Macko, Sherman L. Maurey, William D. Melton, Gerald E. Morgan, Woodrow W. Norman, Connie A. O’Hern, Donald H. Pawley, Charles Phelps, Walter E. Ratcliff, William R. Reed, Wilbur T. Reinoehl, Fred C. Smith, Jr., Robert K. Smith, Warren L. Stump, Edward B. Larget, Paul J. Taylor, Joseph M. Thomas, Raymond C. Thomas, Fern M. Titus, Robert L. Trout, and Francis W. Wood. At the call of duty they did not falter, and in the hour of death they knew no fear; their consecration to a bitter task and their sacrifice challenge the living to defend in peace as in war the dignity of free men everywhere.

Rockville, Indiana · United States