Indiana World War I Deaths index webpage states: This database contains the names of the 1,420 Indiana soldiers listed as having lost their lives in Europe in World War I. The names of the soldiers are found in Soldiers of the Great War, volume 1, compiled by W. M. Haulsee, F. G. Howe and A. C. Doyle (Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920). The information in this database includes the soldiers' name, rank, cause of death and city of residence. A search without a name will list 1,000 names with their residence and cause of death.
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.”
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
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.
(column 3)
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
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 careNear 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.
WWI memorial installed November 11, 1924 by Frank Gray in the November 20, 2012 The Journal Gazette newspaper.
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.
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
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.
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”.
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.
On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I.
More than 100,000 Americans lost their lives during this war, and more than 30,000 of them are buried or memorialized within our eight overseas World War I cemeteries. Copied from November 11, 2015 post by the American Battle Monuments Commission on Facebook.
Vol. 2- "copied [by hand by the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County] from the original volumes which were borrowed from the Indiana State Library." Service records: v. 2. A -- v. 3. B -- v. 4. C -- v. 5. D -- v. 6. E-F -- v. 7. G -- v. 8. H -- v. 9. I-K -- v. 10. L -- v. 11. M -- v. 12. N-P -- v. 13. Q-R -- v. 14. S -- v. 15. T-V -- v. 16. W-Z
"The first volume is a detailed account of the various war time activities and services carried on locally [includes pamphlets and photos] ... the other nine [i.e., 15] volumes are devoted to the service records of the 3500 soldiers, sailors and marines from Allen County."
Indiana State Library posted February 25, 2017 on Facebook All World War I photos from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection are now available in the Indiana State Library Digital Collection here: http:// digitalcollections.library. in.gov/
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 FMintroduction 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.
WW I MaterialsAbout 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.
Rosie the Riveter was a well known cultural icon representing women workers during WWII. But did you know that women did...
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 ]
