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Submitted: 5/13/13 • Approved: 5/13/13 • Last Updated: 4/17/18 • R61857-G61853-S3
Plaque on the north side of the monument:
"THIS MEMORIAL HAD BEEN DEDICATED TO THOSE OF THE PLAINFIELD AREA WHO GAVE THEM ALL FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, APRIL 12, 1861 TO APRIL 9, 1865. TIME AND THE ELEMENTS HAVE LONG SINCE ERODED THEIR NAMES FROM THE STONE, BUT WHAT THEY GAVE WILL LONG LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF ALL AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE IN THEIR CAUSE. BEING RESET AFTER THE TORNADO OF AUGUST 28, 1990, WE REDEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL IN THEIR HONOR. NOVEMBER 11, 1991
THIS PLAQUE PRESENTED BY MARNE POST NO. 13, THE AMERICAN LEGION."
Here are some names that can be still be made out on the stone:
O. D. KELLER
J. C. LANG
T. BOSSOM
P. MARTIN
L. BURDICK
R. MCELHOSE
D. CAMPBELL
B. B. PILCHER
S. COLLIER
P. PETERSON
Section B
Contributed on 5/13/13 by pasteffen99
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