|
Ireton
Veterans Memorial
View Above is
from the West Looking East Toward the
Main Part of the Cemetery. Flag Poles
bearing the United States, Iowa and POW/MIA
flags will be located directly east of
the Memorial.
View of the
Memorial from the East looking West
(Click on
either photo for an enlarged view)
In May 2010, Bertram Post
#276 of the American Legion began raising funds for a
memorial honoring veterans of the Ireton
area. The granite pillars and benches
of the memorial are now in place.
Still to be completed are the roadway
leading to and around the memorial, the
flagpoles arrayed to the east of the
memorial, lighting and landscaping.
The memorial
is located in the western 1/4 of Pleasant
Hill Cemetery -- a section recently platted
for gravesites. There will be a new
entrance off Ireton's Main Street on the
southern east-west road of the cemetery.
As you enter, you will see the view of the
memorial in the top photo. Flagpoles
bearing the United States, Iowa and POW/MIA
flag will be arrayed behind the monument.
The new Memorial is directly west of
Ireton's Civil War Monument.
The center
granite pillar bears an etching of the
United States flag and the inscription:
"Ireton Area Veterans Memorial" "In
Memory Of Those Who Have Served And
Sacrificed For God and Country" "You
Are Not Forgotten". Bertram Post 276
is inscribed at the top of the pillar.
To the left of the center pillar are
pillars representing World Wars I and II and
to the right are pillars representing
Korea and Vietnam. The pillars bear
the seals of the United States Air Force,
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and
Merchant Marine. The eastern side
also refers to Lebanon, Granada, Panama, the
Gulf War and the War on Terrorism. The
eastern side of the center pillar bears an
etching of an eagle in flight and a quote
from John 15:13: "Greater Love Hath No
Man Than This, That He Lay Down His Life For
His Friends."
The memorial was
designed by Rausch Granite of Sioux Falls.
Bertram Post 276 of the American Legion
raised more than $50,000 to cover the cost
of the Memorial. Plans are underway
for completion and dedication.
Thank You To Everyone
Who Donated
To The Veterans Memorial Project.
Special Thanks to Bertram Post 276 and Its
Officers for Undertaking This Project For
The Ireton Community.
Ireton Area Veterans
The Veterans
Memorial honors the service of all area
veterans but does not bear the names of
individuals. To recognize the service
of each individual, the Ireton Area
Historical Society is creating a
"Veterans Memory Book". Please look over that
project and assist with names, information
and photos if you can.
There have
been many veterans in Ireton's history and
compiling a list of each veteran is
challenging. The following list of
veterans is that read by the American Legion
at Memorial Day services. A more
complete list of Ireton Veterans - in
alphabetical order - may be found
here.
We welcome
additions and corrections - please
e-mail them to us.
|
Veterans Buried In Pleasant Hill
Cemetery
Civil War
Veterans |
|
Lyman B. Bailey |
Charles W. Hennrich |
|
Pearson Baker |
Francis Kidson |
|
Levi M. Black |
Washington Irving Knowlton |
|
Wesley B. Burright |
Henry H. Lantz |
|
William J. Bushby |
William A. Morgan |
|
Rev. Jesse Cole |
Alexander Morrison |
|
Hugh Davidson |
Frederick O. Parker |
|
John Cutler Emery |
Alonson Sherman |
|
James Everhart |
Capt. Martin Suter |
|
Alfred Fisher |
Charles P. Tarbox |
|
Charles J. Follett |
John J. Taylor |
|
Bennett O. Fosburg |
James Thomas |
|
Porter Fosburg |
Philo B. Warfield |
|
Ephraim French |
Henry L. Welch |
|
Richard Garrett |
Simon Wells |
|
Joseph H. Hardacre |
David E. Wing |
|
DeForrest Woodford |
| |
|
Spanish-American War Veterans |
|
Clark Cole S. |
Dr. Alec L. Craik |
| |
|
|
World War I
Veterans |
|
Edward Bertram (died
during WWI)
Paul Biemers
Frank Bowden
Edward R. Brown (killed in
France in WWI)
Herbert M. Brown
George M. Carter
Emery M. Cox (killed in
WWI and buried in France)
Fred C. Dannenbring (died
in France in WWI)
George De Groot
Ira J. De Raad
Hermann Dirks
Elmer Dittmer
Carl H. Ehlers
Will Eilers
Henry B. Eilts
Isaac N. Goin
G.
Vernon Grau
Robert D. Greigg
Charles Heidbrink
Everett J. Hilton
Albert E. Holtdorf
Clarence W. Holtdorf
Herman E. Hulshof
Andrew P. (Kelly) Johnson
George A. Johnson
Robert S. Johnson (died
during WWI)
Arthur E. (Sam) Jones
|
William A. (Jim) Jones
Alvin S. Karr
Wyram E. Knowlton
Henry Krommendyk
William M. Lean
Jake Levering (killed in
France
in
WWI)
Fred J. Marienau
Dr. Thomas E. McCaughn
Dr.
Charles R. McCrory
William Miller
Delbert L. Mitchell
George H. Morrison
Bastian A. Muilenberg
Charles E. Reid
Rodney Lee Reid
Joseph O. Richardson
Fred W. Schuette
Harry Sewick
Edward L. Shoemaker
Harry A. Smith
Swan Emil Swanson
Frank Taylor
Casper Thomte (died in
France in WWI)
Adolph H. Twillman
Henry M. Twillman
Edward Van Engen
Oscar M. Vander Hamm
Otis G. Wandling
Earl S. Wells
Charles J. Westra
|
| |
|
|
Peacetime |
|
Guy L. Craik |
Roland Satterlee |
| |
|
|
World War
II Veterans |
Charles Bertram
Andrew J. Boone
Dr. James M. Brown
Robert C. Cooper (killed
in WWII & buried in
New Guinea)
Cornelius J. Coulander
Herbert (Bus) Day
Richard De Vries
Thomas De Vries
Herman H. Degen (also
served in Korea)
Howard W. Dirks (killed
in WWII)
Leonard G. Dirks
Harold Draayer
John Draayer
Louis J. Eilers
Wilbur G. Eilers
Allen J. Eisma
Earnest S. Eisma
Peter Eisma
Lewis A. Goodmanson
Robert C. Groom
Richard Herwynen
Wilber J. (Bud) Heuer
David Huisman
Jacob Hulshof
Fred Louis Imbrock
Gerald A. Juffer
Preston J. Juffer
Dr. J. Thurlow Karr
Weston R. Karr
Albert H. Klave
Wayne Knowles
Bernard (Bernie) Krommendyk
Arthur Earl Larsen (lost at
sea in the battle of
Guadalcanal in WWII)
Lloyd Lawrence
Richard Lemke
Daryl Liston
Peter Lockhorst
Harold L. Marienau (died
during WWII)
|
Kenneth Marienau
Norman C. Marienau
Harvey W. Millard
Ralph W. Milllard
Lawrence E. Mulder
Charles Henry Noon
Edwin L. Onken
Norman H. Opdahl
Robert L. Ping
Merle B. Reinking
Leo Rohlfs (killed during
training in WWII and buried
in Craig, Iowa cemetery)
Loren Rose
Conn Schiebout
Reuben Schipper (killed in
WWII & buried in France)
Cornelius (Mike) Schipper, Jr.
Delbert Schipper, Sr.
Clarence Schmidt
Marvin Schmidt
Theodore (Ted) (Porky) Sneider
(killed during training in
WWII)
Walter M. Struck
William H. Taylor
Lawrence Ten Napel
Harold W. Uthe
Arie Van Bruggen
Fredrick J. Van Dieren
Jarold E. Van Donge
Howard G. Van Oort
Elmer Van Wyhe
Lawrence Van Wyhe
Cornelius Vanden Berg
Peter Vander Griend
Erwin R. Varenhorst
Marion Vellinga
Anthony J. (Tony) Ver Hoeven
Harold Vlieger
David Darwin Walker
Lucius Allen Wells
Jesse Westergard
Fred W. Zalme |
| |
|
|
Korean War
Era Veterans (1950-1955) |
Allan (Bic) Bertram
Marion Byker
Donald D. Coats
Louis E. De Groot
Donald Dougherty
Jerald Feenstra
Ronald F. Heuer
James A. Kruid
Lowell G. Moeller
|
Melvin M. Moeller
Verlyn Dean Moeller
Eugene Reid
Peter G. Schouten
Delmar L. Smit
Melvin D. Torwelle
William Torwelle
Gordon Van Wyhe
Marlin N. Walraven (killed in
Korea) |
| |
|
|
Vietnam War
Era Veterans (1965-1975) |
Rosalie Bertram (died
during the Vietnam War)
Alfred De Raad
Craig Alan Heuer
Blake A. Hultquist
Floyd M. (Bud) Kemper
Bruce D. Liston (killed in
Germany during the
Vietnam War)
Jeffrey L. Marienau |
Michael Dale Ping
Roger L. Ping
Lyle C. Richardson
Kenton L. Schwiesow
Kenneth R. Toczek
Waune Van Donge
John Van Wyk
Mark Douglas Vellinga
Terry M. (Mike) Westergard
(killed in Vietnam) |
|
|
|
|
Cold War Era Veterans (1955-1965)
|
|
Arlo Beermann
Leslie Bertram
Conrad L. Collins
Bobby T. Driggers
Ralph T. (Bud) Hoogland
|
James Peter Hopp
Daryl E. Moeller
Glenn Van Engen (killed in
Greenland in 1948)
Marvin J. Ten Napel |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Veterans Buried at St. John's
Lutheran Cemetery |
| |
|
|
Civil War
Veterans |
|
James Cottrill |
Fred K. Franke |
| |
|
|
World War I
Veterans |
|
William Garner Flood
Fred W. Jahn, Jr. |
George H. Ricklefs (died on
Troop Transport to France
during WWI) |
|
|
Robert W. Vander Hamm |
|
William Lehrman |
Ernest F. Schmidt |
| |
|
|
World War
II Veterans |
|
Robert V. Brunk |
Victor W. Peters |
|
James (Jim) Jasper |
Robert Rockwood |
|
|
|
|
Veteran of
the Korean Conflict |
|
Cletus Emmett Eilts |
| |
|
|
Vietnam War
Veteran |
|
Rodney P. Jahn |
| |
|
| |
|
|
Veteran Buried at Union Hill
Cemetery |
| |
|
Civil War
Veteran |
|
Ezra Jackson Earl |
|
|
|
|
|
Veterans Buried Outside the
Ireton Area Remembered
With Flags at Pleasant Hill
Cemetery |
|
|
|
|
World War I
Veterans |
|
Arthur Karr |
Dan W. Kuecker |
|
|
|
|
World War
II Veterans |
|
Dean Bowden |
Daryl C. Liston |
|
Dudley D. (Dan) De Vries |
Andrew Mars |
|
Burton J. Eisma |
James McNally |
|
Leonard Feldhacker |
Darrell C. Reid |
|
Robert Hemmingson |
Madge Satterlee Montgomery |
|
J.
Wesley Holtdorf |
Conn Schiebout |
|
Lyman Karr |
Hubert J. (Jack) Schmitz |
|
Edward R. Lienhart |
Harold Smith |
|
|
|
Korean War
Era Veterans |
|
Charles R. McCrory |
|
|
|
Vietnam War
Era Veterans |
|
Charlie Toddie Presler |
|
|
|
There are many Veterans with
Ireton "Connections"
Living or Buried Elsewhere.
We are attempting to
compile a complete list which
may be found
here. |
|
|
|
THANK YOU! to all Ireton Area
Veterans and to each of you for
helping us with these projects. |
|
