The Military and Vanderburgh County, Indiana
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Revolutionary War Period *
Civil War Era *
World War I
World War II *
Korean War *
Vietnam *
Persian Gulf War
Iraq War *
The Indiana Army National Guard in Evansville
ROTC / JROTC
Revolutionary War Period
Vanderburgh Co. Revolutionary War Memorial
is Located at the Main Post Office
Ohio Valley
Chapter of the Indiana Society Sons of the American Revolution
PHOTOS
200th Anniversary of George Washington's Birth
Marker is Located on the Old Courthouse Lawn
Civil War Era
Confederate POWs Buried in Oak Hill Cemetery
PHOTOS
A Cannon in the Civil War Section
at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, IN.
Portion of the Civil War Section
at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, IN.
Civil War Camp Historical Marker
Located in front of the Pagoda
Civil War Refugee Camp Historical Marker
Located at the intersection of Blackford Ave. and 4th Street
Civil War Memorial Bench Located on the Old Courthouse Lawn
Underground Railroad Historical Marker
Located at the Willard Carpenter House or WNIN Studios
RELATED SITES
Indiana in the Civil War
World War I
The Story of Paul and Albert Funkhouser
Biographies of Vanderburgh County's WWI Gold Star Soldiers
Honor Roll of all Vanderburgh County Men who served in WWI
The Victory Oak Tree / Douglas Viele Memorial Tablet
Vanderburgh County World War I Monument (Transcription)
Speech Given at the burial of James Bethel Gresham
PHOTOS
Vanderburgh County World War I Monument
Close-up of Vanderburgh County World War I Monument
Photograph of Corporal James Bethel Gresham, Co. F.,
16th Infantry, 1st Division
Gresham Memorial Home View #1
Gresham Memorial Home View #2
Gresham Memorial Home View #3
Gresham Memorial Home View #4
Culver School's World War I Memorial
Central High School's World War I Memorial
Vanderburgh County Bar Association's World War I Memorial
Oak Hill Cemetery, Grave Marker: 1st Lt. Albert Craig Funkhouser
Oak Hill Cemetery, Grave Marker: 2nd Lt. Paul Taylor Funkhouser
Oak Hill Cemetery, Grave Marker: Pvt. Douglas Viele
RELATED SITES
Visit the Doughboy Center
for The Story of the American Expeditionary Force
The World War I Document Archive
World War II
Died during World War II - Browning Funeral Home Records
PHOTOS
P-47 Thunderbolt Factory Marker
RELATED SITES
WWII U.S. Veterans Website
Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story
U.S. LST Association
Wikipedia: World War II (1939-1945)
Korean War
Died during the Korean War
PHOTOS
Korean War Memorial Detail 1 at the Riverfront.
Korean War Memorial Detail 2 at the Riverfront.
RELATED SITES
Links to sites of interest to 2nd Infantry Division and other
Korean War Veterans
Wikipedia: Korean War (1950-1953)
Vietnam
Vanderburgh County Names from the Vietnam Memorial Washington D.C.
RELATED SITES
Gunny's Links
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page
Wikipedia: Vietnam War (1959-1975)
Persian Gulf War
PHOTOS
Evansville's Desert Storm Memorial
Evansville's Desert Storm Memorial Detail
Evansville's Desert Storm Memorial Bench 1
PFC Jeffrey David Reel, Vincennes, IN
Evansville's Desert Storm Memorial Bench 2
PFC Mark Allen Miller, Cannelton, IN
Evansville's Desert Storm Memorial Bench 3
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Harden Benningfield, Evansville, IN
RELATED SITES
Wikipedia: Persian Gulf War (1991)
Iraq War
Died during the Iraq War
March 31, 2003: National Guard Spc. William Andrew Jeffries, 39,
an Evansville native, died in a hospital in Spain, where he had been taken
after becoming ill in Kuwait. He was assigned to
D Company, 1st Battalion,
152nd Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard.
Laid to rest in Memorial Park Cemetery
April 29 2005: PFC Darren Alan DeBlanc, 20, Evansville, was killed
when a bomb exploded nearby while he was on patrol in Baghdad. DeBlanc was
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Laid to rest in Memorial Park Cemetery
December 30, 2005: Army Pvt. Jonathan R. Pfender, 22, Evansville, was
killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Bayji, Iraq.
Pfender was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Laid to rest in Memorial Park Cemetery
Oct. 15, 2006: Marine Sgt. Brock A. Babb, 40, Evansville, was killed by a
roadside bomb in the Anbar province of Iraq. Assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Laid to rest in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
August 16, 2007: Army PFC Willard Powell-Kerchief, 21, Evansville, died of wounds
suffered from enemy small arms fire during combat operations in Taramiyah, Iraq.
He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.
RELATED SITES
Wikipedia: Iraq War
The Indiana Army National Guard in Evansville
PHOTOS
The Nighthawks
The New Evansville National Guard Armory
The Old Evansville National Guard ArmoryView 1
The Old Evansville National Guard ArmoryView 2
RELATED SITES
Visit the National Guard Website
ROTC / Junior ROTC
Harrison High School JROTC Veteran's Day at Fairlawn Elementary School 1998
USI ROTC Program
RELATED SITES
Visit the US Army JROTC Website
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August 17, 2007
