Bellefontaine High School is seeking additional names of service members killed while defending our freedom.
The initial BHS War Memorial was dedicated in May 2021.The Bellefontaine High School AGAPE Club raised $15,000 to pay for the project.
The memorial honors all BHS students and Logan County residents who have fought to defend and serve our country in times of war.
The names of the heroes who gave their lives defending freedom — from the Civil War through today — are inscribed on a memorial plaque.
A new plaque with several additional names will be installed later this year.
For a final time, the War Memorial Board is asking for your help. If you know of any names missing from the list below, contact Bill Tipple at tipple. The deadline to submit additional names is May 27.
Here’s the current list of local service members:
Civil War: Alcott, James E.; Alexander, Matthew; Aley, Leander C.; Anderson, John W.; Baldwin, Alsinas; Ballinger, David M.; Barnett, John; Bates, Thomas; Bell, William A.; Boggs, William T.; Brown, William H.; Bushong, John; Carson, Robert S.; Coffelt, Aaron C.; Cooper, Isaac A.; Cowgill, Aaron; Cozard, Solomon; Day, Francis P.; Dill, Thomas; Early, Jacob W.; Easton, John; Eicher, David Upton; Elliot, Levi; Emery, J.C.; Faris, Hervey R.; Fawcett, Elwood; Finch, George W.; Fisher, Charles J.; Gardner, Isaac R.; Gray, Hugh; Green, Capt. Shepherd; Haines, Hudson M.; Hankin, William; Harbaugh, Henry C.; Harner, George S.; Hartley, Aaron O.; Harvey, Daniel A.; Hazel, James W.; Hill, Henry; Hogan, John W.; Hoge, John; Hopkins, Almon; Houts, H.C.; Humphreys, William; Inskeep, Job; Inskeep, Levi W.; Jenkins, William; Johnston, Robert F.; Kautzman, John C.; Kaylor, Henry H.; Keller, Frederic; Kirkland, William A.; Lane, Charles; Lease, John B.; Lease, Samuel S.; Line, Nathan T.; Line, William A.; Loffer, Francis; Lynn, George; McAra, William; McCalla, William H.; McCracken, George C.; McKinnon, Alfred M.; McPherson, Henry; Miller, William C.; Miltenberger, Albert; Mitchell, Leonard H.; Moore, Archibald; Moore, Cyrus A.; Moore, Isaac W.; Moore, Joseph; Moore, Joseph M.; Moore, Thomas M.; Moots, Daniel L.; Mustain, Andrew; Oder, Capt. Benjamin F.; Oder, George Washington; O’Neal, Thomas J.; Parker, Barzilla; Patterson, Alexander F.; Perkins, Atlas;
Perkins, Leonidas; Plum, Lt. John A.; Powell, William; Raff, Jeremiah; Rairdon, George W.; Rairdon, James H.; Rairdon, John S.; Reed, Joseph; Renick, Robert H.; Reynolds, Eugene; Riddle, William B.; Robinson, James; Rosebrugh, Robert; Rowan, Alfred; Sager, Samuel L.; Sailor, Joseph; Schooler, Daniel B.; Scott, James; Seaman, George N.; Sesler, Thomas F.; Shepherd, Hiram; Simpson, William W.; Smith, Archibald N.; Smith, Isaac M.; Smith, Lafayette; Southard, Allen; Southard, Levi; Spain, David R.; Spain, John N.; Spellman, Henry Morris; Stafford, James K.P.; Stanfield, Jesse; Starr, William D.; Stephenson, Lewis H.; Stephenson, William R.; Stokes, Walker; Strother, W.H.; Sullivan, David; Taylor, James M.; Thompson, Amos; Turner, Caleb J.; Underwood, Joel; Vail, John L.; Wilkins, S.M.; Wilkinson, Augustus M.; Williams, Flavius; Wren, Lewis; Young, Thomas.
Spanish-American War: Mitchell, Melvin B.
World War I: Abraham, Richard F.; Ailes, Edward; Allen, James; Bergshicker, Floyd H.; Bushawn, H.F.; Collins, Sgt. Charles C.; Crum, Michael A.; Culver, Earl Blair; Currin, Will J.; Detrick, Sgt. Virgil; Devine, Wilbur C.; Doanne, Lyman; Dubbs, Forest; Frye, Robert; Gilbert, Howard W.; Girard, William Wallace; Harshfield, Armond; Haynes, Noah; Hemphill, William; Hurley, Daniel E.; Kerr, Cpl. Harold R.; Manahan, Clayton Earle; McGovern, Charles; Miller, Sgt. Glenn D.; Mount, Maynard; Mustaine, Herman; Ortman, Alfred; Peck, Harry; Reed, Ottis; Rowley, Freeman; Selsor, Guy B.; Shafer, Ray; Simms, Charlie; Smith, George Dewey; Stout, Willard; Wise, Forest Woodard, Bernie; Yinger, Berio.
World War II: Andrews, Eugene W.; Andrews, William H.; Barris, George; Beck, William M.; Bell, Bruce E.; Berry, Edward; Bills, Richard; Bird, Charles; Boone, Franklin John; Britton, William T.; Brooks, Emory; Brown, Pvt. Walter Eugene; Bunnell, Paul; Burris, Otho; Carel, Cpl. Clarence E.; Castle, Frank D.; Corey, Sgt. Herbert S.; Corwin, Phillip; Cost, Robert L.; Culp, PFC Carlos A.; Cummins, Jack C.; Derkson, PO Peter, Jr.; Devine, Lt. Robert; Dick, Paul C.; Downing, William L.; Dysert, Carl Wilber; Elliott, Billie J.; Elliott, Curtis; Fair, Thomas Eugene; Felger, Charles; Fortney, Herbert L.; Ginn, Sgt. Jack; Green, Jack; Greeno, Roger William; Gregg, Russell E.; Hammye, Pvt. Paul V.; Headings, Boyd W.; Heath, PFC Wayne W.; Henselman, Chester H.; Hill, Charles R.; Hinkle, Ben; Hoey, Staff Sgt. James; Hughes, Sgt. Ralph H.; Hull, Kenneth; Hurley, Donald; Huston, Walter D.; Jordan, William C.; Kennedy, Staff Sgt. Ernest; Kimmel, Charles J.; Kinney, Sgt. James; Knerr, Robert F.; Kotsaris, Lester P.; Licklider, Herbert Paul; Lind, Richard; Loffer, PFC James L.; Long, Frederick V.; Long, Cpl. William Howard; Longbrake, John Robert; Longenecker, 2nd Lt. Robert T.; Lord, Vernon; Lowman, Harry E.; Ludemann, Daniel Henry; McCauley, James T.; McConnell, PFC James; McCormick, Robert D.; McGinnis, Dale; Miksch, Robert; Miley, Maurice; Miller, Harold; Miller, Vincent “Ben”; Millikan, Charles; Miranda, George; Neal, Leonard; Nogle, Leroy; Ohns, John M.; Orsborn, Lawrence; Piatt, Jacob I.; Pratt, 1st Lt. John L.; Pratt, Lt. Cdr. Dr. Malcolm; Pryor, Frances Herbert; Pusey, Herman L.; Reames, Harley C., Jr.; Reames, Spencer; Ridgeway, Kenneth R.; Riley, Robert F.; Rosebrook, Cpl. Francis; Settlemire, Alonzo; Shafer, Harold L.; Slane, Elwood; Smith, Gene D.; Smith, Max Wayne Smith, Ralph; Smith, Richard P.; Smith, Walter D.; Snyder, William R.; Steinhelfer, Donald; Stockwell, Leron; Swetland, Harold; Tallman, Charles; Tennery, Oren J.; Thrailkill, Max; Tillman, James; Trenary, Robert J.; Vermillion, Kermit M.; Walton, Richard; Watkins, Kenneth Oscar; Wells, James Darius; Wiley, Robert F.; Wilgus, Richard C.; Wood, William R.; Wynn, Roy N.; Yoder,Willis R.; Zink, Roland.
Korea: Akey, John Edward; Brinkley, John R.; Focht, Irvin E.; Hoffman, PFC Franklin R.; Lewis, Lyman Eugene; Phipps, PFC Alvin; Seamon, James G.; Shafer, Willard James, Jr.;
Vietnam/Southeast Asia: Bechtel, Herbert Stephen; Brown, R. Dennis; Cornelius, John A.; Davis, Duane Michael; Earick, James Allen; Early, James Michael; Ferguson, Lynn Michael; Geuy, James Robert; Heintz, Ned Richard; Hoge, Frank Lee; Hughes, LCpl. Lewis Eugene, II; Karibo, John Altman; Keller, David Richard; Kerns, Roger Ray; King, Michael Lee; Kramer, Donald E.; Krueger, Randall Lee; Lovelace, Kenneth; Lovett, Glenn Allen; McFarlin, Charles Richard; Mueller, Stephen Michael; Parker, Roger Louis; Pilson, Thomas Victor; Shepherd, Roger Eugene; Short, William Michael; Shroyer, Perry Vernando; Southard, Jerry Lee; Timms, Terry Lynn; Titus, Friman A.; Young, Jerry Owen; Zimmerman, Steven Arthur; Zook, David Hartzler, Jr.
Balkans: Dugan, Donald A.
War on Terror: Hansen, Dennis; Hodge, Jeremy; Spicer, David S.