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Cooper County WWI Memorial

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A memorial to the memory of Cooper County's WWI veterans can be viewed at the Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville, Missouri. The large stone monument stands about three feet tall and is inscribed with the names of those who died in the Great War for Democracy. On top of the stone stands a carved eagle. The inscription reads: "They Died that Freedom Might not Perish from the Earth 1917 - 1919". The names are listed as follows: Stanley Ira Bell, Oscar H. Bishop, Merritt H. Boswel, Mack L. Blackstone, William O. Diel, John Edwards, Sidney E. Emery, Harry English, Lon S. Fairfax, Richard Wm. Haller, Emmett W. Hamilton, George C. Harlan, Ephraim Harmon, William K. Johns, Charles E. Jones, Albert F. Junkerman, J. Leonard Larry, Walter T. Langkop, Henry R. Meyer, Leroy F. Miller, Otto Roertner, Roy W. Redd, Jesse Reed, C. C. Richardson, James Ross, Joe Smallwood, Perry L. Smith, Walker Spry, Leonard Thoma, George E. Taylor, J. L. Windsor, George Klein, Emmett F. McRoberts

Image courtesy of Dr. David Karr

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