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This was a special project of Norm and Pat Bickford and Phyllis Sondergard, who spent five years working on it. They raised $65,000 to build this Appreciation Park. There are 320 men and women on it so far. Space is still available to add names to the memorial wall.
Those who wish to donate to Appreciation Park may contact West Branch Veterans Memorial, 5732 35th St. NE West Branch, Iowa 52358.
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| Photo from The Graniteer Magazine, with compilments from Iowa Memorial Granite Company April 2013 |
| Herbert Sondergard Army WWII | Glenn A Rogers Marine 1973-75 | Hans Louie Hansen Army WWI | Thomas L Budreau A 2nd Airforce 1951-55 1958-60 |
| Harold Williams Sr Army WWI | Philip E Rogers Air Force 1973-75 | Merle E Holland Army Air Corps WWII | Kevin Kingsbury Army Vietnam |
| Harold W Williams Jr WWII | Charles W Rogers Navy Vietnam Retired | Robert L Slach Army WWII | Charles Samuel Bickford Army Pilot Vietnam |
| Francis H Bahmler Air Force 1953-61 | Alfred W Rogers Army WWII | Brandon E Keeler Army National Guard Iraq | Donald R Bickford Marine Vietnam 1964-67 |
| Donald J (Chesty) Beeler Marine Corps SGT 1952-54 | Chad W Meisner Navy 2003-07 | Stephen A Keeler Army National Guard Desert Storm | Bruce Allen Bickford Army Vietnam |
| David W Brenneke Army 1958-64 | Frank Kabela Army Korea | Duane Pedersen Air Force Korea | David Edward Bickford Army 1982-83 |
| Walter J Juels Air Force Korea | Duane W Hills Army 1953-55 | Glenn E Pedersen Army 1944-46 | Bill K Burton Army Navy Korea |
| H A Pedersen Army WWII | Woodrow M Millett Army WWII | Steven Cleo Pedersen Army 1970-72 | Floyd M Pershin Army Vietnam 1967-68 |
| Shane Robert McElderry Army | J Marvin Smith Army WWI | Cleo Alfred Pedersen Army WWII | Ivan Curtis Barnhart Army WWII |
| Jim Mohr Army WWII | Edward F Gruwell Navy 1953-54 | Ross B Sayles Army WWII | David Gene Barnhart Air Force Vietnam |
| Ardell Jacobsen Army WWII | Eugene C Gruwell Army 1958-60 | Dale R Sayles Army Vietnam | Robert W Wright Army Vietnam |
| Jonathan R Beranek Army 2009-11 | Ronald L Gruwell Navy 1959-63 | Elvin A Marks Army WWII | Leal Carran Navy WWII |
| Russell W Leighty SP5 Army 1956-59 | Joseph 'Pat' Maher Army 1957-59 | George C Sexton Army WWII | Glen Hope Sr Army WWI |
| Charles C Geertz PFC Army 1955-57 | Gene Vincent Army 1957-62 | Maynard Harry Sexton Army WWII POW | Glen Hope Jr Navy WWII |
| Raejean Lynn Slach Army National Guard 1995-03 | Bruce Jeffries Army Vietnam | John L Sexton Air Force WWII | James Edwin Peak Navy WWII |
| Kenneth D Beeler Army Korea | Kenneth D Jeffries Navy WWII | Lawrence Hughston Sexton Marine Air Corp WWII | Herbert C Hinkhouse Army WWII 1942-45 |
| Kenneth Duane Lathrop Navy WWII 1946-48 | Cornelius Michael Hurley Navy WWII | Thomas Robert 'Bob' Sexton Army Korea | Andrew T O'Neill Army Vietnam Era - Germany |
| James 'Jim' C Barnhart Army 1951-53 | Matthew P Nash Air Force Afghanistan | Paul H Sexton Army Korea 1952-54 | Raymond George Barnes Army 1972-78 |
| Warren R Jensen USS Essex 1943-46 | Dale L Wilson Army 1963-69 | Frank William Sexton Army 1954-56 | John Edward Lumpa Air Force Vietman 1965-69 |
| Orville West Jr Navy 1963-67 | Johnathan Todd Walker Air Force | James Ralph Fulwider Army Korea | Lloyd I Henderson Army WWI 1917-18 |
| Louis F Ernst 1st CAV Army Pacific Thea WWII | Gerald Sinclair Army 1953-55 | Philip Ellyson Army WWII | Donald A Henderson Navy Seabees WWII 1943-46 |
| Doris Rex Reilly WAVE WWII | Margaret Ann Ruzek Navy 1975-78 | Ronald M Ellyson Navy WWII | Robert W Dahlberg Navy WWII 1945-46 |
| Wayne R Rummells Navy WWII Korea | Paul J Johnson Army Korea 1952-54 | Vernon E Maher Navy WWII | Randall E Rushton Air Force WWII |
| Cleo C Byers Army WWII | David Anthony Johnson Army 1989-91 - 91 Gulf War | Leland A Waters Army WWII | John P Langenhan Navy WWII |
| Leland F Byers Army Air Force WWII | William Joseph Krall Army National Guard 1958-64 | Francis L Abel Army Korea 1952-54 | Donald William Lumpa MSGT Army Korea 1951-53 |
| Charles Harold Stotler Army WWII | Bruce B Hoffman Army Korea | James Maurice Nevins CW4 Navy Reserve Retired WWII | Frank W Pearson Navy WWII |
| Col Leland J Belding III ANG Desert Storm & Iraq | F Burdette Hoffman Army WWI | Elmer Hack Army WWII POW | Marion Arnold Billick Army WWII |
| Leland J Belding Jr Air Force 1955-59 | Anton F Slach II Army WWI | Samuel L Jeffries Army WWI | Charles Fredrick Billick Navy WWII |
| Robert J Hora Army WWII | Allen Marshall McMath Army WWII | William H Edgerton Army 1942-45 | Harold C Sondergard Army Air Force WWII |
| Allison Jane VanGinkel Army National Guard Iraq | Tom Moore III Army WWII | Billy D Campion Army Korea | Roland Donovan Navy Korea 1952-56 |
| Camie Jo Van Ginkel Army National Guard Iraq | Kenneth P Moore Army Vietnam | Owen Kofoed Navy WWII | Gary Dean Thomas Army Vietnam |
| George E Bowers Army WWI | Bernard E Lynch Army WWII POW | Kenneth Kabela Army Korea 1952-53 | William Henry Murphy Army WWII |
| Glenn F Bowers Army WWII | Charles W Kofron Army WWII | Gilbert R Lindberg Army Air Forces WWII | Robert Charles Walsh Army 1956-58 |
| William F VeDepo Jr Marine WWII | Varney L Youngs DPC Navy Ret 1973-93 | Gibert E Lindberg Marine Vietnam | Loyd W Lincoln Army WWI 1917-19 |
| Leonard C VeDepo Army 1954-56 | Richard J Furchtenicht Air Force Vietnam | William F Whitlow Navy WWII Korea | Michael J Kessler Marine 1991-98 |
| Ronald L VeDepo Army Vietnam | Howard Crew Army WWI | Glen A Radford Army WWII | Stephen H Howell CPT Navy Retired 1955-89 |
| Russell Grout Coast Guard WWII | Francis H 'Fritz' Crew Army Korea | Jeremy Borchert Army Iraq 2003-05 | Richard W Hinkhouse Army Korea 1965-67 |
| Arlo D Anderson Army WWII | Christopher C Crew Army 1982-85 | Iral T Ellyson Army WWII | Leslie Pedersen Air Force Bronze Star WWII |
| Donald Anderson Navy WWII | Fred Crew Army WWII | Bernard I Aldeman Army WWII | Ashley Hayes Army 2009-11 |
| Herman Paulsen Navy WWII | Michael A Crew Army Vietnam-Alaska | Robert J Fuhrmeister Jr Army Reserve 1963-69 | Adam Kofoed Army 2009-11 |
| Robert K Reinbrecht Army 1943-45 | Louis 'Bud' Ruzek Army Korea | James Thomas Foraker Navy | John (Cihla) Brick Army WWII |
| Richard Keith Campion Navy Korea 1951-55 | Richard Edwin Slach Army WWII | Frank E Corbin Marine WWII | Darrell R Kinsey Army ASA 1960-63 |
| Robert L Hunter Army LT COL Ret | Donald A Secrest Army Germany 1956-58 | Herbert S Sorensen Army Air Force WWII | David H Kinsey Army ASA Vietnam |
| Eldon Hanson Army Vietnam 1966-67 | Clarence L Crew Navy WWII | John P Fobian Army Korea | Kenneth L Herman Navy 1944-46 |
| Richard J Olsen Navy 1945-46 | Alvin Paulsen Army WWII | David P Musser Marine Iraq/Afghanistan | Joe D McMath Army Reserve 1968-74 |
| J D Quinlan Army WWII | Jerry D Ketchum Air Force 1960-64 | Jackson W Hollingsworth Army National Guard Afghanistan | Mindy McMath Odegard Navy 2008- |
| Jim Quinlan Marine Vietnam Era | Lewis Endsley Army WWI | Kenneth F Ketchum Air Force Ret Korea 1950-72 | Melvin E Korschgen Army Vietnam |
| David Vincent Lynch Air Force Vietnam | Donald E Stafford Army Korea | Leonard C Moore Army Vietnam 1966-68 | Thomas E Messenger Army Reserve Vietnam |
| John E Kofron Army Artillery WWII | Juergen Knoop Army Korea | Elvin Marks Army WWII | James A Hemingway Air Force 1966-86 Retired |
| Mildred Eunice Mather Army WAC WWII | Klaus Knoop Army Korea | Tom Wertzbaugher Army Airborne 1990-2013 Ret | Franklin Henry Wren Army WWII |
| Stewart E Mather Army Korea | Robert A Ketchum Air Force 1952-80 | Robert E Wertzbaugher Army Air Corp WWII | Clarence Donald Thomas Army WWII |
| Mark Nash Sr Army WWI | Cory L Nalan Army 1991-95 | John West Army WWII | George W McIlrath Sr Navy Army Marine WWII |
| Roy M Mayhew Air Force WWII 1941-45 | Raymond VeDepo Army WWII | John W Wertzbaugher Infantry Civil War | Geroge W McIlrathJr Air Force 1963-67 |
| Carl R Jensen Army 1955-57 | Richard I Lehman Army 1957-62 | Denny Gerot Army Vietnam 1970-71 | Terry L McIlrath Air Force 1867-93 |
| Wayne A Hayslett Navy Vietnam | Justin William Kane Marine Afghanistan | LP 'Pat' Foster Jr Army air Corps WWII | David L Mcilrath Army Airborne 1970-74 |
| Jeremiah John Sabourin Marine Iraq | Francis J Lacina Army Korea 1953-54 | Charles A Foster Army Artillery Vietnam | Donald J Woods Army WWII |
| Alfred Wilmer Jensen Army WWI | Orville Loercher Army WWII |
| Joseph Frederick Crew Army WWi | Francis Joseph Gerlits Army WWII |
| Chauncey Butler Army WWI | Weston Melson Army WWII |
| George A King Army WWI | Charles W Parry Army WWII |
| Henry L Espenson Army Airborne WWII | Charles Ketchum Army WWII |
| Frank Clemons Army WWII | Vincent C Lynch Army WWII |
| William Howard Thumma Army WWII | Darrell Hansen LT Army Korea DSC |
| Merl Morris Welty Army WWII | Carroll E Fankhauser Marine Vietnam |
| Joe Wayne Lewis Army Air Corp WWII | Richard L Murray Army Vietnam |
| Robert Davidson Marine WWII |
| Donald Woods Jr Air Force 1965-85 | Mathew J Brecht Air Force 1990-97 | Richard Hinty Army WWII | |
| Anthony 'Tony' Woods Navy 1965-69 | Derald J Brecht Sr Marine WWII | Carroll L Petersen Army Korea | |
| Herbert (H) Oxley Navy Korea | Dale Robert Slach Army Reserve 1968-74 | Richard H Petersen Navy WWII | |
| Herbert Joseph Oxley Navy Vietnam | John P Wall CPL Army 1953-55 | Bob Fitzsimmons Army WWI | |
| Timothy Charles Oxley Marine Gulf War 1989-93 | Allen G Eakes E 8 Navy Vietnam 1964-68 | Donald H Paul Navy Korea | |
| John Patrick Oxley Marine Gulf War 1989-93 | Kelly Lanham Navy 1988-92 | Christopher J Paul Army Iraq | |
| Kenton Dee Herman Navy 1959-77 | Kyle Lanham Air Force 2009 - | Glenn Tuttle Jr Army Air Force WWII | |
| Donald Edward Johnson Army WWII | James Lloyd Army 1961-63 | Chuck Compton Army Iraq | |
| Edward Dean Navy 1943-45 | Michael Dalton LT COL Air Force 1970-76 Ne-Agn 1986-02 | Philip A Thomas Air Force WWII | |
| Thomas Dean Army 1973-2005 | David Edward Warden Army 1983-05 | ||
| Benjamin Dean Air Force 2005- | Chris Rushton Air Force Vietnam | ||
| Emory Stagg Jr Army WWII | Joanne C Brookshear Navy Vietnam | ||
| Bernard Patrick Donohoe Army 1953-61 | Mark Menard Navy 1988 - 2010 Retired | ||
| Edmond Eugene Grace Army Air Corps WWII | Keenan Lee Graves Sr Navy WWII 1942-48 Korea 1951-54 | ||
| John Max Lodge Army WWI | Wayne R Frauenholtz Army MP 1969-71 | ||
| Harold Daniel Lodge Army WWII | Wyatt Frauenholtz ARNG Afghanistan 2004 - | ||
| Clarence Eugene Lodge Army Korea | Earl R King SSGT Army Bronze Star WWII | ||
| Herbert Friis Army 1957-60 | Robert William Laughlin Navy Korea | ||
| James Ervin Anderson Navy WWII | Dr L J Leach Drummer Boy Civil War | ||
| Arnold J Slach Army 1953-55 | Eric J Heid Marine Afghanistan | ||
| Arthur Collins Navy WWII | Dan W Gafeller Army Vietnam Era - Korea | ||
| Joseph J Ruzek Jr Army WWII | Tom Moore I Infantry Civil War | ||
| Roger H Platteter Marine Vietnam | Ronald Lee Cousins Army Vietnam | ||
| Donald Dean Rummells Navy WWII 1944-46 | Carl A Fobian Army Air Force Korea | ||
| Joseph W Rummells Army SP Forces 1970-73 | Raymond Michael O'Neil Marine WWII | ||
| William R Rummells Army 1973-1976 | Lee J Siegling Army 1945-47 | ||
| Robert A Rummells Army 1st Ranger BN 1988-93 | Hugh T Maher Army National Guard 1955-70 | ||
| James E Laszczak Army 3rd Ranger BN 1992-96 | Raymond J Phillips Navy WW II |
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