World War I War Memorial

From 1917 to 1918, Randolph County honored the World War heroes who made the supreme sacrifice for their country: Hershel W. Arens, Clarence W. Borror, Chauncey C. Botkin, Lloyd E. Brown, Charles C. Burres, John Earl Carpenter, Leslie D. Chapin, Herman Coats, Joseph E. Cummings, Emmett Davidson, Howard Virgil Ford, Francis Leroy Frazier, Lloyd T. Freeman, Carcie H. Gilmore, Lester L. Harman, Joseph E. Hicks, Grant B. Houdasheldt, Harry Howell, Earl C. Imel, Homer T. Jenkins, Roy M. Keever, Leland H. Ledbetter, Guy Linder, Clifton E. McFadden, David M. McFarland, William F. McFarland, James T. Moore, Francis A. Norris, John E. Patrick, Wilbur Ralston, Charnell A. Reynolds, Carl J. Rosenbush, Thomas K. Starbuck, Orville N. Stover, William L. Summers, and Ethan G. Weimer. Their service was praised as quickly ready for the test of battle and marked by splendid courage and achievement, and the remembrance was also dedicated to David Kabel and Francis Simpson as the last surviving active World War I members of Randolph County American Legion Post #39 in Winchester, Indiana.

Winchester, Indiana · United States