Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Memorials

1. September 26, 2013 post by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook:

   September 28, 1918 a wooden memorial on the northeast corner of Berry and Calhoun Streets.

2. 1919 - Nearly 20 Per Cent of Employees of Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Co. in Service - WWI

   Article from Aug 30, 1919 The Fort Wayne News And Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1919, Wayne oil and pump company

   1919 - Nearly 20 Per Cent of Employees of Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Co. in Service - WWI The Fort Wayne News And Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, August 30, 1919, Page 9.

   Nearly 20 Per Cent of Employees of Wayne Oil Tank and Pump Co. In Service

   Nearly twenty per cent. of the force of the Wayne Oil Tank and Pump company, left for service during the war, most of whom have returned to their work with the company. Many were the holders of commissions and Lieut. Kenneth S. Clapp, who was with the 27th aero squadron, first pursuit, group, in France, and who is now employed in the sales department of the Wayne Oil Tank and Pump company, won the distinguished service metal and the Croix de Guerre with palm. Following are the names of the men in the front row of the above picture, reading. from left to, right: Al F. Junge, Clem J. Gremaux, Fred. J. L, Poinsette. Robert E. Compton, C. L. Marshall. F. I. Wagner, W. W. Collins, J. L. Noyer, Tony Hemmert, F. Reiter. W. A. Gordon, Darwin. N. Fry. Don V. Burt, Irvan Gunther, John R. Wemhoff, 0. G. Baumgartner, Elmer Mueller, Geo. H. Marshall, Theo. F. Deck, Geo. M. Bichion, Arthur F. Kraft, Lee A. Fett, Clarence V. Knight, Albert F. Schnorr. Carl D. Heine, B. H. Watson, H. V. Widdifeld. Grellon J. Cork, Arthur R. Horman, Paul O. Gombert, Arthur F. Miller, H. K. Burley, C. E. Pask. The names of the men in the back row follow, reading from right to left: Joseph H. Hilleke, Otis Bender, Edward M. Wilt, F. O. Young, H. C. Brandt, Russell La Cowan, Charles Franke, F. G. Polls, Clyde Brazier, A. J. Brown, J. Smith, Gard in. Eckels,, Geo. B. Dunham, 'Geo. H. Adams, Ora A. Bowers. H. F. Boehm, Ralph B. Pussler, Regadanz, Clyde Hench, Nelson more Schlatter, E. B. Lipsett, C. P. Rosaberg, Kenneth S. Clapp, Ralph R. Hawkins, Arnold P. Hitzeman, E. T. Gross, R. W. Lennart, Ralph C. Root, Meyer H. Joseph, Austin A. Mabrey, Henry C. Fredrick, Harold J. Bower, Don C. Rulo, C. W. Tilden, John A. Klingenberger, A. C. Gallmeyer, Chas. E. Hammond, Lester Robinson, H. E. Jordan, Claude W. Grim, P. D. Schoff, Robinson, F. Wilson, Clarence Jackemeyer, W. R. Durbin, Ralph H. Taylor.

    

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3. November 11, 1924 GE World War I Memorial Monument dedication.

4. May 30, 2022 post by Electric Works on Facebook:

   An original memorial on the Electric Works campus is dedicated to the selfless sacrifice of those who gave their lives in defense of our country in World War I — 748 men and women from the Works went into military service during WW1. Six lost their lives.

   The memorial once sat at the SW corner of Broadway and Wall Street, before the Works expanded to the west side of Broadway. Now, the monument is located in McCulloch Park and lists employees of the Fort Wayne Works General Electric Company who served in WW1.

   This Memorial Day, we honor our nation's heroes. “We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.”

5. General Electric Company Donates WWI Memorial to City is discussed on the City of Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation website.

6. 

   Daniel Baker Uploaded on April 10, 2014 on flickr.com

   "Matter of time...."

   A memorial for WWI veterans in McColloch Park, Fort Wayne. The cast iron monument sat for almost 90 years in a little yard next to the GE complex, protected by an 8 foot iron fence. As GE's future in town was accepted as never coming back, it was moved to the center of the park.

   Now the GE complex is being gutted for a future unknown. Consequently, the memorial is open season to vandalism such as the Sony television laying smashed at its base.

   Inscription:
   TO THE MEN
   OF THE FORT WAYNE WORKS
   GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WHO
   SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918
   THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES
   NOV. 11, 1924 

7. 
   Daniel Baker 2015 flickr photo
   lists names on his flickr page

   March 24, 2015 post by Daniel Baker posted his photo and a list of names on his GE's Monument to its WWI veterans on flickr (front of 4 sided monument)

   TO THE MEN OF THE FORT WAYNE WORKS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918 THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW EMPLOYEES, NOV. 11, 1924 ________________

   *THESE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

   *ADAMS, HAROLD T., *HIBBENS, WALTER L., *HILGEMAN, WILLIAM R., *MAXSON, ROY, *SLENTZ, DANIEL R., *WOODS, CLEO M. 

   ROLL OF HONOR

   (column 1)

   ACKLEMAN, H. A., ADAMS, FRANK S., AHEARN, JOHN, ALLEN, E. J., ALLEN, LLOYD H., ALTERKRUSE, WILLIAM, ARCHER, LLOYD, ARCHBALD, F., ARCHIBALD, OWEN, ARNOLD, CLYDE C., ASHER, VIRGIL C., ASHLOCK, GEORGE W., ATWATER, E. E., AUER, CHARLES J., AUTH, EDMOND L., AXT, AUGUST J., BAADE, ERIC A., BAIR, E. A., BAKER, ELRY, BANDT, EDWARD, BANGERT, ROBERT J., BARBIER, ROLAND D., BARNES, HARRY, BARNETT, FRANK, BARROWS, IRA C., BARTELL, ROBERT R., BARTELLO, FRANCIS O., BARTELS, CARL H., BARTH, GEORGE, BASHARA, GEORGE R., BAUER, GEORGE, BAUER, WILLIAM E.

   (column 2)

   BAUERLE, HOWARD J., BAUGHMAN, CLARENCE, BAUGHMAN, GAIL, BAUMGARDNER, A. M., BAUMGARTNER, ERNEST, BEAL, ROY B., BECKER, WALTER H., BENDER, CHARLES M., BENDER, JESSE R., BENGS, ERWIN H., BENTLEY, FRANK, BENTZ, ROY H., BERGER, NOAH L., BEUCHEL, GEORGE, BEUCHEL, HENRY, BILTZ, CLARENCE, BIRD, JAMES R., BIRKENBEUL, HENRY, BLAKE, VICTOR, BLEM, LESTER L., BLESSING, ROY, BLOMBERG, WALTER G., BLOUGH, HARRY, BOARD, WILLIAM, BOCK, WILMER, BOESE, ALBERT, BOROFF, HERBERT R., BOULOS, NICK, BOURNE, ROBERT O., BOWERS, JOHN W., BOWERSOX, JAMES J., BOYSELL, HARMON, BRADLEY, DEWEY

   (column 3)

   BRADLEY, H. C., BRADMUELLER, ADOLPH, BRADY, THOMAS J., BRAKE, LAWRENCE, BRAUN, ANDREW J., BRAUN, CHARLES F., BRAUN, HERBERT C., BRAUN, OTTO H., BRAUN, ROBERT P., BREIMEIER, OTTO W., BROOKS, E. A., BROWN, ARTHUR M., BROWN, A. R., BROWN, LOUIS B., BROWN, MITCHELL Z., BROWN, WILLIAM J., BRUECKER, JOHN, BRUECKNER, M. O., BRUEGGEMAN, H. W., BRUNSON, CARL L., BUCK, HERBERT A., BUCK, ARTHUR I., BUDD, H. B., BUELL, CHAUNCEY C., BURNS, JAMES, BURNS, ROBERT A., BURNS, STEPHEN E., BURT, PAUL, BUSCHE, ERNEST, BUSHING, W. C. E, BUTLER, JOHN J., CAIN, LEVERETTE L., CANNON, TIMOTHY S.

   (column 4), CARMER, VERN, CARNEY, DON C., CARTEAUX, JULIUS, CASHDOLLAR, LEO N., CASNER, A. C., CHANEY, HUGH E., CHRISTEN, A., CHURCH, LE ROY, CLARK, HIRAM L., CLARK, JEWEL R., CLARK, M. E., CLAYTON, HARLAN H., CLIFFORD, GEORGE, CODDINGTON, CARL, COFFELT, CARL, COLE, LOVELL B., COLVIN, HARLIND D., CONTURE, EDMUND, COOK, HARLO C., COOK, JOSEPH D., COOK, WAYNE M., CORLL, RUBE D., COUGHLIN, CHARLES G., COVERSTONE, A., CRAIG, ELLSWORTH, CRICKMORE, FRED, CROMER, ROBERT S., CROYLE, C. L., CULLEN, L. L., CULVER, CLAYTON, DAILEY, GEORGE, DAILEY, L. W.

   (right side), ROLL OF HONOR

   (column 1)

   DALEY, NEIL, DANNENFELSER, IRVIN, DAUGHETY, JOHN C., DECK, THEODORE, DEGITZ, CLARENCE, DEHNER, JOE, DELEGRANGE, C., DENNISON, HAROLD, DEPEW, ELMER A., DICKE, F. W., DICKMEYER, EDWARD, DIDIER, CLARENCE, DIDIER, FAY, DIDIER, LEO F., DIDIER, RALPH J., DIFFENDORFER, THOMAS, DOEHLA, G. J., DOHREN, C., DONNELLY, G. S., DOYLE, E. P., DRIFTMEYER, H. L., DRUCE, A. F., DRUHOT, F. J., DRUHOT, R. J., DUNTEN, LESLIE M., DUNTEN, RUSSEL, EALING, EARL, EARL, BURWELL, EBERWINE, A. C., EDSALL, CLARENCE, EDSON, R. W., EDWARDS, LYNN, EGGEMAN, R. C., EHINGER, N. F., EHREMFORT, WILLIAM, ERMAN, E. C., EILER, C. K., ELDER, CARROL, ELDER, LEO, EMRICK, RALPH, ENSCH, L. S., EPPLE, H. G., ERDMAN, G. W., ERICKSON, EDWARD, ERICKSON, L. A., ERNE, HARLO, ESTEP, DEWEY EVARD, CLARENCE, EVERSOLE, A. H., FAULKNER, J. F., FAULKNER, S. M.

   (column 2)

   FEASER, HARRY, FELL, W. J. B., FEUCHTER, FRED, FIREHAMMER, P. B., FIRTH, FRANK, FISHBACK, J. R., FITCH, F. W., FLAIG, FRANK, FLAIG, W. H., FLEMING, WALTER, FOELLINGER, F. M., FOERSTER, G. D., FOLEY, E. C., FORTNEY, GLEN, FOSNAUGH, HOMER, FOSTER, GEORGE, FOSTER, O. F., FOULKS, C. E., FOULKS, NORMAN, FOX, C. R., FOX, O. A., FRANCE, E. W., FRANK, C. B., FRAZIER, ELLIS, FRETZ, E. F., FREY, R. A., FRIES, C. G., FUCHSHUBER, CHARLES, GALLOGLY, C. W., GARDT, ELMER, GARNER, GILFORD, GASKILL, E. V., GEAKE, SAM, GEHRIG, T. V., GEORGE, J. P., GERHARD, F. W., GERKE, C. H., GILBERT, CHARLES, GINGHER, VERN, GLANCY, CLINTON, GOEGLEIN, J., GOETZ, LEO H., GOILLET, CHARLES, GOLDEN, W. J., GOOLEY, HOWARD, GORDEN, RAY, GRABNER, CLEM, GRABNER, WILLIAM, GRAGE, H. F.

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   GRANGER, M. R., GRATTS, M. W., GRAUE, G. H., GRAY, R., GREEK, CLEO G., GREEN, J. C., GREIDER, J. E., GRIFFON, LLOYD, GROSSMAN, HENRY, GROTE, G., GRUBB, GLENN, GRUBER, EARL, GRUBER, ROY, HAAG, HERBERT, HAGEMAN, R. C., HAIFLEY, L. H., HALEY, DAN, HALL, L. H., HALLEFELDT, A. W., HAMBROCK, C. F., HAMER, W. R., HAMILTON, E. D., HAMRICK, CHALMER, HANAGAN, A., HANDY, FLOYD, HARD, RONALD, HARDY, GEORGE, HARRINGTON, LOWELL, HARRIS, C. C., HARRIS, C. E., HARRISON, B. H., HART, JOE, HARTMAN, J. J., HATFIELD, CLARENCE, HATTERY, J. S., HAUCK, CARL, HAWKINS, H. H., HAWORTH, J. G., HAYES, W. A., HAZEN, W. A., HECKMAN, E. C., HEIM, W. L., HEIN, V. L., HEINE, H. F., HEINE, LESTER, HEINGARTNER, MARTIN, HEISER, MARSHALL, HEISLER, LLOYD HEIT, W. G., HELLER, MERLAND, HENDERSON, ESTA

   (column 4)

   HENDERSON, W. J., HENKEL, R. A., HENLINE, S. G., HENRY, CARNEY, HENRY, J. E., HENSCHEN, GEORGE, HERBER, F. M., HERR, CHARLES, HESSINGER, GEORGE, HIGGENS, O. E., HIGHLEN, C. E., HILDEBRAND, THOMAS, HILLE, R. W., HILLS, CLARENCE, HINDMAN, ROSS, HINES, E. F., HINES, L. G., HINGA, JOHN, HIRTH, R. G., HITZFIELD, OTTO, HIXON, A. E., HLAVA, A. V., HOBEN, EDWARD, HODELL, L. D., HOGLUND, H. G., HOLLIDAY, F. M., HOMRIGHOUSE, L. E., HOPPE, E. C., HORMAN, A. H., HORN, BERNARD, HORN, OMAR, HORNER, GEORGE, HOUCK, J. F., HOUSER, S., HOWE, W. W., HUDSON, C. E., HUEBER, CLARENCE, HUGGLES, ALFRED, HUGHES, HOWARD, HUGHES, J., HUGUENARD, C. A., HUNTING, H. S., HUTH, HERBERT, ISLAND, LOUIS, JACKSON, EVERETT, JACQUAY, FRANK, JAMES, J. L., JEFFERS, L. P., JENKINS, HOWARD, JENSEN, ADOLPH, JENSEN, WILLIAM

   (back side), ROLL OF HONOR

   (column 1)

   JOHNSON, C. F., JOLLY, J. J., JONES, K. K., JORDAN, CHARLES, JUENGEL, THEODORE, KABISCH, R. R., KALLMEYER, JOSEPH, KAMMEYER, RICHARD, KAPP, RALPH, KEARNS, H. F., KEEGAN, K. M., KELLER, J. S., KELLY, R. J., KEMMETER, BERNARD, KEMMETER, L. F., KENNEY, RAYMOND, KENT, WALTER, KEPLINGER, D. H., KESSLER, F. A., KIMBLE, MARTIN, KINDER, CLARENCE, KING, W. C., KINGSBURY, W. S., KINZY, A. E., KIRKPATRICK, C. P., KLEEMEYER, C., KLEINT, H. S., KLINE, J. H., KLINE, KEARNEY, KLINGENBERGER, L. J., KLOPFENSTEIN, RUFUS, KNIGHT, CLARENCE, KNIGHT, H. S., KOENIG, W. F., KORTE, FLORIAN, KOSTER, H. T., KRAMER, ANTHONY, KREAGER, DEWEY, KREIGH, E. D., KRING, V. F., KRUSE, C. E., KRUSE, W. B., KUNER, RUPERT, KUTTNER, L. W., LACEY, W. H., LALLAK, JOHN, LAMBOLEY, H. T. LAMONT, HARRY, LANGE, HARMAN, LANGENDERFER, M. J.

   (column 2)

   LANGSTON, C. C., LARENITIS, L. P., LARSON, CHARLES, LASH, EDWIN, LEE, A. W., LEIDOLF, R. A., LEVANDOWSKY, STANLEY, LEWIS, A. D., LINDEMUTH, MAURICE, LINEMEIER, H. H., LOCKE, C. D., LOCKER, W. W., LOPSHIRE, R. C., LOTZ, HERMAN, LUEHR, HENRY, LULEY, L. W., MABREY, AUSTIN, MACKE, F. E., MARDO, FRANK, MARKS, HAROLD, MARTIN, E. H., MASON, H. T., MATHEWS, E. W., MATTSON, RUSSEL, MEEHAN, THOMAS, MEEKER, H. C., MELTON, E. L., MENEWISH, CARL, MENEWISH, EDWARD, MEO, NICK, MERCHANT, D. W., MERTON, E. J., METCALF, J. L., METCALFE, HOWARD, MEYER, C. H., MEYER, E. F., MEYER, E. L., MEYER, O. J., MEYNORSKI, STANLEY, MIDDENDORF, G. F., MILES, F., MILLER, A. D., MILLER, CLEMENT, MILLER, G. H., MILLER, GUY, MILLER, H. R., MILLER, IVAN, MILLER, J. E., JR., MILLER, K., MILLER, RALPH, MILLER, WALTER

   (column 3)

   MILLER, W. A., MILLER, W. R., MILLS, D. G., MILLS, J. I., MILWARD, ERNEST, MINNICH, CLARENCE, MINNICH, S. C., MISCHO, VICTOR, MITCHELL, BRYAN, MITTEN, G. R., MOEHLENBRUCK, HENRY, MOFFETT, CHARLES, MOGALLE, M. L., MOLL, C. S., MOMPER, J. G., MONAHAN, A. W., MONAHAN, FRANK, MONROE, F. E., MOORE, G., MORROW, WILBER, MOSER, JESS, MOTTER, B., MOTTER, RAYMOND, MOWERY, G. H., MUCKLEY, KING, MUGG, C. C., MULLINS, P., MUNSON, C. W., MYERS, D. S., MYERS, L. S., MCCARTHY, HARRY, MCCARTHY, LAWRENCE, MCDANIEL, K. L., MCDEVITT, LEE, MCKENZIE, LINUS, MCMAKEN, JOSEPH, MCMULLEN, L. J., MCNEE, L. W., MCNUTT, COVIS, NACE, JOHN, NAGEL, FRED, NAHRWOLD, G. E., NEIMEYER, WALTER, NEUKAM, HENRY, NEUKAM, OTTO, NICHTER, CLARENCE, NICHTER, H. F., NITZ, W. C., NOONAN, FORDYCE, NOYES, CLEON, NULL, CHARLES

   (column 4)

   NYBOER, L. J., NYBOER, SYLVESTER, NYCUM, R. J., OBELSON, P., OBER, CLAUD, OBERLIN, G. E., O'BRIEN, T. R., OCHSTEIN, ISAAC, OEHMIG, EDWARD, OERTEL, H. C., O'NEAL, E. D., ORMISTON, CARL, ORMISTON, ROE, ORR, HOWARD W. OSTROWSKI, J. S., OSWALD, G. J., PADDOCK, L. B., PAPPERT, C. L., PARISOT, ROYAL, PARKER, C. U., PARKER, J. R., PARNIN, ROSS, PAYNE, W. A., PAYTON, M. J., PECK, HAROLD, PERSING, E., PIEPENBRINK, C. E., PIEPENBRINK, EDWARD, PLACE, MERVINE, PLATT, HERSCHEL, PLUMMER, J. A., PLUMMER, F. A., POPE, ROY, POTTER, D. E., POWELL, ALVIN, PRANCE, HENRY, PRESSLER, R. B., PRESSNALL, D. D., PRINE, ERNEST, PUMPHREY, JOHN, QUILLINAN, EDWIN, RADEMACKER, RICHARD, RARICK, J. E., REASONER, BERT, REED, C. R., REED, HOWARD, REHLING, C. P., REILLY, V. P. RHAMY, LISLE, RICHET, CHESTER, RIDLEY, ARTHUR

   (left side), ROLL OF HONOR

   (column 1)

   RIESEN, HARVEY, RILEY, E. V., RINEHARDT, D. C., ROBINSON, W. B., ROCKHILL, V. S., RODENBERG, A. H., RODMAN, RICHARD, ROE, H. S., ROEGER, R. C., ROESENER, H. C., ROGERS, O. R., RONDOT, GLENN, ROOT, GLEN, ROSENCRANCE, J. L., ROSS, FRANK K., ROTH, DAVID, ROWLEY, DAVID, ROY, WALTER, ROYCE, H. D., RUCH, B. K., RUFNER, WILLIAM, RULU, DON C., RUNYAN, G. D., RYAN, RAY M., SABO, JOHN, SANGER, JOE, SAUER, LOUIS, SAURBAUGH, C. L., SCHAAF, F. W., SCHAEFFER, G. D., SCHIEMAN, H. L., SCHMIDT, C. W., SCHMOE, F. E., SCHNURR, EDWARD, SCHOEFF, P. D., SCHREIBER, E. J., SCHUH, W. E., SCHULTZ, ADOLPH, SCHULTZ, C. C., SCHUST, W. G., SCHUSTES, GERHARD, SCHWARTZ, HAROLD, SCHWARTZ, L. F., SCHWARZ, C. R., SELBY, GEORGE, SESSFORD, C. E., SHEEHAN, CHARLES SHEETS, CLAYTON SHELLEY, DALE, SHIDLER, C. D., SHIREY, ELMER

   (column 2)

   SHIVERS, GEORGE, SHONDELL, HOWARD, SHOW, FLOYD, SHUMAKER, W. L., SIHLER, O. F., SILCOX, S. F., SINDERSON, LELAND, SINGREY, JACKSON, SIVITS, W. A., SKEER, JACK, SMEADER, FLOYD, SMETHERS, T. J., SMITH, CLEMENT, SMITH, E. H., SMITH, GUY, SMITH, H. W., SMITH, L. H., SMITH, R. P., SNYDER, TED, SOLDNER, NOAH, SOMERS, EARL, SOMERS, HARRISON, SORTIS, GEORGE, SOUTHERN, W. R., SOWERS, JOHN, SOWERS, W. H., SOWLE, REX, SPARKS, R. A., SPEELMON, G. L., SPENCER, A. R., SPIETH, W. M., SPORE, RUSSELL, SPRADLIN, K. H., SPRUNGER, CALVIN, SROUFE, T. L., STACY, BENJAMIN, STANGER, GLENN, STANLEY, E. O., STANTON, JUDSON, STAUCH, L. C., STEEL, HARVE, STEPHENSON, H. M., STEUP, W. W., STEURY, P. P., STINE, DAVID, STINGER, R. L., STOCKBERGER, JOHN STOCKS, E. G. STOCKS, W. W., STOUDER, J. V.

   (column 3)

   STREIDER, OTTO, STUCKY, LEO, STUTE, ARTHUR, SUNDAY, W. A., SWANK, ELTON, SWANTON, FRANK, SWARTZ, H. J., SWEENEY, E. A., SWIFT, F. E., TEAGARDEN, WILLIAM, TEGTMEYER, LAWRENCE, TELLEY, H. F., THIEME, GEORGE, THOMAS, C. A., THOMAS, D. W., THOMPSON, HARLEY, THOMPSON, K. E., THOMPSON, R. G., THOMSON, C. P., THURBER, EVERETT, TILLMAN, HERMAN, TILLMAN, H. A., TILMAN, N. S., TOWNSEND, J. G., TRAFGER, W. I., TRAUTMAN, C. H., TRAUTMAN, F. C., TRAVIS, ROBERT, TROSIN, F. W., TURNER, R. A., TURNER, SHEPPARD, TYNDALL, MARK, UECKER, WILLIAM, ULMER, ARTHUR, UNDERHILL, JOSEPH, VACHON, J. B., VACHON, L. A., VALENTINE, C. W., VALENTINE, F. A., VALENTINE, RALPH, VAN ALSTINE, ARTHUR, VAN BUSKIRK, JOHN, VANZANT, HERMAN, VASTANO, J., VEGALUES, A. R., VENDERLY, C. G., VOGT, CARL, VOLMERDING, H. F., VOLTZ, HARLAN, VONDERHAAR, OTTO, VORHEES, FOREST

   (column 4)

   WALKER, FRANK, WALLACE, R. D., WALT, MIKE, WALTERS, R. L., WARNER, ELMER, WATSON, BARTELS, WATTERSON, CLARENCE, WEAVER, J. R., WEBER, B. C., WEBER, CLARENCE, WEBER, FREDERICK, WEBSTER, E.M., WEFEL, L., WELLS, EUGENE, WELLS, KENNETH, WERKMAN, GEORGE, WETZLE, W. C., WHARTON, RUSSEL, WHONSETLER, W. L., WIGGEN, E., WIGHT, WILLIAM, WILLIAMS, F. T., WILLIAMS, RAYMOND, WILLIAMS, T. W., WILLIAMS, WAYNE, WILSON, D. E., WILSON, F. D., WINNER, W. W., WINTEREGG, HOMER, WINTERS, C., WINTERS, WALTER, WITTE, E. W., WITTWER, AMOS, WOEHR, A. E., WOLF, ED., WOLLEY, J., WOLTZ, HALMON, WOODWORTH, I. E., WORDEN, ROY, WORKMAN, GEORGE, WUNDERLICK, T. R., WYSONG, C. L., WYSS, J. L., YOCUM, V. V., ZACHARIAS, JOHN, ZERBE, WILBER, ZIELINSKI, ALEX ZIMMERMAN, E. C. ZOLL, EARL, ZOLLINGER, ERWIN, ZURCHER, FRED

8. 80 Years Ago This Week… posted November 12, 2008 on Around Fort Wayne blog.
9. City honors World War I monument May 25, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper. Mayor Tom Henry joined local veterans, City Councilman Tom Didier and park officials Friday in rededicating a World War I memorial moved to McCulloch Park. GE’s WWI memorial merits care Near the main entrance to one of General Electric’s buildings, behind the tall iron fence on the west side of Broadway, is a memorial installed 84 years ago.
10. WWI memorial installed November 11, 1924 by Frank Gray in the November 20, 2012 The Journal Gazette newspaper.
11. Fort Wayne World War I veteran will finally get grave marker His story inspired a local U.S. Army veteran to pursue getting a marker for the grave. by Kevin Kilbane published April 15, 2017 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.

12. August 14, 2017 post by ARCH, Inc. on Facebook:

    ARCH recently completed research for a new plaque that will list all 135 names of the fallen World War I soldiers from Allen County, which will be placed in the Memorial Grove at Memorial Park. Memorial Park was designed in 1918 as a living monument to local World War One veterans, including the designer Adolph Jaenicke’s own son. Living memorials such as this park were a new concept following WWI, and was part of a collective shift in how our country honored soldiers and veterans. Central to the living memorial here in Fort Wayne was Jaenicke’s design for a Memorial Grove. Intentionally located on a large hill, a planned landscape feature, the grove was planted with trees marked with the names of each of Fort Wayne’s deceased soldiers and nurses from WWI.

    Harold T. Adams, William H. Ahrens, Spencer T. Alden,
    Horace W. Barnes, Charles Baron, Russell C. Barrett, Lansing Behrman,
    John C. Berry, Edward Bethner, Walter G. Betz, Samuel Bibo,
    Leo J. Boaeuf, Albert B. Board, Alfred B. Boerger, Clifford Boleau,
    Otto W. Boseker, Robert W. Bowser, Erhardt Bradtmueller,
    Albert Brintzenhofe, Grace G. Buell, Henry C. Buuck, Russell S. Byrd,
    Patricia L. Byron, Antino Confrancesco, Fred M. Cook, Harold A. Cox,
    Delpheus C. Crall, Edward]. Cranston, George N. Cunion,
    Robert N. Dickson, Davis A. Diffenderfer, William M. Dowling,
    Frank L. Dullaghan,James Eby, Evertt W. Ecenbarger,
    Edwin H. Echelmeier, Alfred Elion, Clarence B. English, Leon Engrom,
    Garland Farley,John C. Farrell, Walter Feusufer,JamesJ. Fisher,
    Walter F. Gabet, Robert Gabiel, Clyde R. George, William L. Gillespie,
    Joseph A. Girard, Benedict H. Goodman Jr., Charles W. Greim,
    Roy]. Gruber, Stephen A. Guinee, Henry F. Guth, William E. Harber,
    Walter L. Hibbins, William R. Hilgeman, Edward Hill,John Hollehan,
    Charles F. Hugenard,John E. Huron, Samuel M. Hurwitz,Jani Ioffcheff,
    George D.Jackson, Kurt Jaenicke, Oscar C.Junge, Leslie C. Kayser,
    Walter A. Knecht,John H. Koehn, Herbert H.A. Kramer,
    Louis George Lauer, Paul J. Lauer, Arthur D. Long, Lloyd A. Long,
    Leroy C. Mann, Roy Mason, Ralph McCormick, George E. McGill,
    Gerald F. McKinnie, Allen F. McQuoid, Manford L. Melchi,
    Fred G. Merklein, Karl Messerschmidt, Clarence D. Monte),
    Arthur P. Mooney, Ralph F. Moses, Ross K. Murchland, Lewis Newman,
    Roy Noel, William M. Ormsby.John E. Pitzen, Forest D. Platt, Elmer R.
    Pond, Grover Poor, Wilbert Pope, Forest Powers, Edward]. Prover, Donald
    Rank, Loren L. Reidinger, Howard C. Root, Norbert]. Ryan, William].
    Ryan, Lee E. Sanders, Rufus 0. Sartain, Frank]. Savoy,JosephJ. Schultz,
    John W. Shears, Charles T. Shepard, Lynn Y. Shoub, Daniel R. Slentz,
    Forest Slusher, Ivan E. Smith, George R. Somerfeldt, Arnold L. Speck,
    George A. Speck, Charles B. Spivey, Ernest H. Stahlhut, Ernest R. Thieme,
    James F. Toutloff, Arthur Trosin, Clifford C. Uetrecht, Harry M. Wagner,
    Clinton C. Walda, Ernest Warbritton, Harry Warfield, Virgil E. Weaver,
    Edward Welling, Frank]. Wilkinson,James Williams, Carl Winklemeyer,
    Russell H. Wood, Cleo M. Woods, Edward Woodworth, Edward L. Wright,
    Leroy E. Wright,John F. Wyss

13. November 11, 2018 post by Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation on Facebook:

    Today we honor the brave men and women who serve our country, and we thank everyone who joined us at Memorial Park to unveil a new memorial to the 125 soldiers, sailors, and nurses who made the ultimate sacrifice at WWI.

    

    Mayor Tom Henry posted a photo November 11, 2018 on Twitter.

14. World War I Memorial Dedication

    By Randy Harter
    Fort Wayne Reader
    2018-11-15

    

    During WW I over 117,000 Americans lost their lives. Here in Indiana 135,000 Hoosiers served in the military and over 100 from Allen County gave the ultimate sacrifice. Both nationally and locally, patriotic fever ran high by the time Armistice took place on November 11, 1918, and rightfully so. A large temporary “Liberty Memorial Arch,” designed by architect Marshall Mahurin, was constructed on the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the courthouse square in September of 1918 that included the names of the local war dead. When this was later removed in 1921 it was promised to the Gold Star parents that a permanent memorial listing the deceased would later be erected.

    After the war, Lebanon, Indiana sculptor E. M. Viquesney designed a commemorative statue called “The Spirit of the American Doughboy,” an Army infantryman holding a rifle, of which over 140 copies were made and erected in public spaces throughout the United States, generally on a plinth with a plaque below the statue listing those locally lost. Later, Viquesney sculpted a second figure, a sailor called “The Spirit of the American Navy.” Only seven of these were ever made. In 1927, nine years after the end of World War I a committee formed of members of the American Legion Post No. 47, Fort Wayne City Council, and the Allen County Commissioners determined that these two statues would be the focal points gracing the long awaited war memorial. Chosen to hold the two sculptures and four bronze plaques was a design for a large triple- arched white marble structure conceived by Captain John K. Shawvan. The parks department then let a contract to the Muldoon Monument Company of Louisville, Kentucky to fabricate and erect the memorial.

    On November 12, 1928, ten years after the war’s end, a dedication was made of the completed memorial that had been placed in Memorial Park on Glasgow Avenue just north of Maumee. A mammoth parade that took 35 minutes to pass formed on Clinton Street between Wayne and Berry. It then marched to Washington Boulevard and continued east completing the route to the park. The parade included policemen on motorcycles, firemen, floats and cars full of officials, the General Electric Band, Concordia College Band, News-Sentinel Boys Band, American Legion Buglers, a drum corps, active military and veterans, Boy Scouts, families of the deceased, nurses from Methodist (Parkview), Lutheran and St. Joseph hospitals, community service and patriotic organizations, hundreds of school children and thousands of everyday citizens. Many stores closed and factories in town allowed military veterans off to participate in the parade and dedication.

    At Memorial Park an estimated 12,000 assembled for a program that in part included the unveiling of the memorial, music and singing of patriotic songs, firing of a military salute, flowers dropped from a plane flown from the municipal airport (Baer/Smith Field), and as its keynote speaker, Colonel David N. Foster. The ceremony at the park was broadcast live over radio station WOWO.

    Now, 90 years later, the WWI Memorial is in need of repair and the replacement of some pieces. The City of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation department has recently completed an extensive accounting of the required work and is committed to having it performed as funds become available.

    (Image Courtesy 1929 Parks Department Annual Report/ACPL)

    Randy Harter is a Fort Wayne historian and co-author along with photographer Dan Baker of the newly released book “Fort Wayne Through Time”.

     

    The same photo was posted October 4, 2018 by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook.

    For "Throwback Thursday" we share this picture of the dedication of the WORLD WAR MEMORIAL in Memorial Park. This is found in the TWENTY - FIFTH ANNUAL Report of Board of Park Commissioners in 1929. F.M. Randall was the Civil City Engineer in 1929, A.K. Hofer would become Department Engineer in 1930.

Newspapers

1917 - Fort Wayne Young Men Who Were Given Officer's Commissions

Article from Aug 9, 1917 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1917, Wwi, Fort wayne, Indiana

1917 - Fort Wayne Young Men Who Were Given Officer's Commissions The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday, August 9, 1917, Page 9

Other Information

1. World War I films over 150 YouTube videos from the The National Archives.
2. Photo titled: Motor Vehicles - Tractors - Tests - Miscellaneous - The automatic one man farm tractor plowing Liberty Gardens at Fort Wayne, Indiana - fall of 1918 manufactured by the Automatic Corporation, Fort Wayne, Indiana in Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs > Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs > File Unit: Motor Vehicles - Tractors - Tests - Miscellaneous in the National Archives Catalog. This Waynedale area photo was discussed October 3, 2022 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook
3. The Average American Today and on the Eve of World War I by Jeff Nilsson published April 6, 2017 by The Saturday Evening Post.
4. Library of Congress World War I and World War I: Online Offerings by John Sayers published February 15, 2017 on The Library of Congress blog.
5. Online Collections Database at The National World War I Museum and Memorial.
6. Significance of poppies remembering veterans - In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army
7. Using WWI Military Service Cards to Trace Female Ancestors published December 3, 2018 on the Fountaindale Public Library District's Genealogy Blog.

8. November 20, 2018 post by the Indiana Archives and Records Administration on Facebook:

   This week, we'll be posting Thanksgiving-related items from our collection.

   This WWI poster urged Americans to "be thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom."

9. World War I and Hoosiers: their diaries and letters posted October 16, 2021 on the Archives of Hoosier History Live podcast on Saturdays, noon to 1 p.m. ET on WICR 88.7 FM introduction states: The soldier who fired the first American shot during World War I was a Hoosier. Because initial reports from France did not include the soldier’s name, they only indicated that he was from South Bend. A media frenzy ensued in October 1917 to determine his identity, with widespread misinformation that was repeated for years. Also in 1917, a nurse who had been born on a farm near Elkhart signed up with the American Red Cross to treat wounded soldiers at a military hospital in France. She became accustomed to nursing soldiers who had been injured by gas, a new form of warfare in World War 1. About 60 percent of the hospital’s patients suffered from gas-related injuries; in many cases, their lungs and respiratory systems were barely functioning.
10. WW I Materials About this collection When the United States declared war on Germany in April, 1917, the majority of Hoosiers supported fighting as allies with England and France. Indiana supplied soldiers and war materials on a large scale, and citizens showed their unity with the support of Liberty Bond Campaigns and local aid groups. At We Do History online digital collection by the Indiana Historical Society.

11. Women’s machine gun squad police reserves, New York City. Practicing with Lewis Machine Gun which is to be sent to the...

    Posted by Today's Document on Wednesday, August 1, 2018

    Wednesday, August 1, 2018 post by Today's Document on Facebook:

    Women’s machine gun squad police reserves, New York City. Practicing with Lewis Machine Gun which is to be sent to the front. The killing range of this gun is 2 miles and it fires 500 shots per minute. Captain Elise Reniger, manning the gun, Miss Helen M. Striffler on the rear seat, and Mrs. Ivan Farasoff driving. 8/1/1918

    International Film Service, photographer. File Unit: Drills - Civilian Bodies - Women, 1917 - 1918. Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 - 1918. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952. Drills - Civilian Bodies - Women - Women's machine gun squad police reserves, New York City

    Uncover more World War I Centennial Resources at the US National Archives: World War I Centennial

12. Rosie the Riveter was a well known cultural icon representing women workers during WWII. But did you know that women did...

    Posted by Fold3 on Sunday, April 7, 2024

    Sunday, April 7, 2024 post by Fold3 on Facebook:

    Rosie the Riveter was a well known cultural icon representing women workers during WWII. But did you know that women did the same thing during WWI? Pictured here are female ordnance factory workers in 1918: Page 87 Info[ Caption: Women workers in ordnance shops, Midvale Steel and Ordnance Co., Nicetown, Pa. Hand chipping with pneumatic hammers. 1918. Lt. Lubbe. (Army) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 111-SC-31731 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 545 ]

13. 1st Vice Eric Johnson presents Richard Waterfield and his wife Marni with a “Spirit of Excellence Award” for his...

    Posted by Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

    Wednesday, March 26, 2025 post by the Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum on Facebook:

    1st Vice Eric Johnson presents Richard Waterfield and his wife Marni with a “Spirit of Excellence Award” for his involvement in a new World War I Memorial. 2nd Vice Patrick Fraizer is pictured next to Marni ! Thank You for your commitment to the Veterans Memorial.