The Wheeling Doughboy was dedicated on Memorial Day 1931.  The statue, affectionately known locally as "Lester", is named in honor of Wagoner Lester Scott, a doughboy from Wheeling who was killed during WWI.​  It is one of many identical "Spirit of the American Doughboy" monuments designed by Ernest Moore "E.M." Viquesney.  Following years of neglect, in a state of disrepair (dented, rusted, missing bayonet and rifle, cracked base), the doughboy was restored and rededicated in 2020. 

The inscriptions on the left and right lower sides of the cenotaph read:

ERECTED BY
WHEELING CHAPTER
NO. 1
SERVICE STAR LEGION
1931

IN HONOR
OF ALL
WHO SERVED
IN WORLD WAR
1917   -   1918

In memory of those who gave theri lives

This World War I Memorial is located in Veterans Plaza, Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Veterans Plaza contains memorials to the veterans of Memphis and Shelby County who were killed defending our freedom.

The statue of the WWI Doughboy soldier lists 236 names. The statue is made of copper, which came from pennies that were collected by school children. Those pennies were melted down and used to create the Doughboy.

U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces ★ 1917 - 1918
Missouri State History Museum

This stone plaque mounted on a wall in the Museum is engraved with the names of
and “Dedicated to the memory of…” 257 members of the 35th Infantry Division of
the Missouri National Guard, 139th Infantry Regiment “…who fell In the service of
their country during the World War…” 1917 to 1918 “..by the Relatives Auxiliary of
the St. Louis National Guard A.E.F.”
“That these dead shall not have died in vain”         MCMXX (Erected - 1920)

U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces ★ 1917 - 1918

Missouri State History Museum 

This stone plaque mounted on a wall in the Museum is engraved with the names of
and “Dedicated to the memory of…” 114 members of the 89th Infantry Division
“…from St. Louis & St. Louis County Missouri who died In the service of their country
during the World War… 1917 ~ 1918”

Division's Losses By Unit:
164th Depot Brigade - 3
314th Engineers - 3
340th Field Artillery - 1
353rd Infantry Regiment - 4
354th Infantry Regiment - 68
355th Infantry Regiment - 9
356th Infantry Regiment - 22
341st Machine Gun Battalion - 1
342nd Machine Gun Battalion - 3

“LEST WE FORGET”                     MCMXX (Erected - 1920)

Doug Betten, brother of California WW1Centennial Task Force Co-Director Bill Betten, found this monument in Newberry, SC, about 30 miles north-east of the state capitol of Columbia, SC. The WWI monument, located in Memorial Park, (at Main St. & Nance St.) in downtown Newberry is one of the famous bronze statues erected after the war in honor of those from Newberry who served. The beautiful little park in downtown Newberry is adjacent to the historic Newberry Opera House. In this cozy, one block square park one can visit memorials for the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World Wars, Korean War, and Vietnam War. Many of Downtown Newberry's events take place in this lovely shaded green-space. Since no other South Carolina monuments had been listed at this date, Bill helped his brother to post his find.

Large granite boulder with brass plaque attached.

Georgia - American Legion - T.L. Spence, Jr. Post No. 31 - This memorial is erected by the citizens of Thomas County and dedicated to the following Thomas County men who lost their lives during the World War of 1917-1918.

The listing is divided into two sections:  “White” (30 names) and “Colored” (32 names). 

The opposite side of the granite boulder holds a similar brass plaque, listing the Thomas County casualties from World War 2.

In a small park surrounded by monuments to the Civil War, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars stands Thomaston's World War I Roll of Honor, which was dedicated “by the town of Thomaston to those who served their country in the World War.”  The Roll of Honor monument, which has an iron fence in front of it, also bears a quote from President Woodrow Wilson reading “in a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind.”  The monument also features a stylized representation of Liberty standing between a soldier and a sailor, who are surrounded with symbolic flourishes including an airplane, a lighthouse, a cannon and other decorative elements.  Below these elements is a bronze plaque with four columns of names honoring members of the Army, Navy, Marines and, in an uncommon but rather nice touch, 10 Red Cross and Army nurses.   

Boulder: TO THE DEAD / OF THE / 307TH INFANTRY A.E.F. / 500 OFFICERS AND MEN / 1917-1919 /

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Boulder Plaque: 1917 ---- 1919 / HONOR ROLL OF THE 307TH INFANTRY / 77TH DIVISION / A.E.F. / BACCARAT / OISE / AISNE / MEUSE / ARGONNE / [honor roll]

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11 Tablets

This park contains memorials for all wars starting with WW1. Pictured above is the new WW1 memorial wall. The old WW1 memorial marker is currently undergoing repair; once repairs are complete, the new header sign will look like the Korean War header pictured in the gallery below. A POW/MIA memorial stands at the entrance to the memorial section of the park.

This memorial was dedicated to Fair Haven resident Timothy Francis Ahearn in 1937. Sculpted by Karl F. Lang, it depicts a standing male figure in the uniform and helmet of World War I. He is writing in a tablet with a pen. Ahearn, after all officers in his company had become casualties, took over command and later rescued a wounded officer in the face of heavy machine gun fire. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.  A dedication on the front (north) face of the monument’s base includes biographical information about Ahearn, and adds the inscription, “He best exemplified the spirit of the enlisted men of the Yankee division.”  Ahearn survived the war and, after returning to New Haven, was unable to find work.  He traveled across the country as a migrant farm worker. He died in his 20s in California, and his family buried him in St. Lawrence Cemetery, not far from this monument.  This is the only monument in New Haven produced under the city's WPA art program.

United States Army Private Tobias “Tobey” Bilyeu was attached to the
Student Army Training Corps at Eureka College and was a ministry student,
which gave him an exception from military service, but to quote his obituary
"…but he disdained the idea of taking advantage of such exemption and
chose rather to go in the service of his country as other men are obliged
to do. He has now paid the supreme sacrifice and no hero in France
ever laid down his life more willingly than he.” Private Bilyeu succumbed
to influenza on October 12, 1918 just six days after he was reported ill.
Because of Private Bilyeu’s forthright determination to serve his country,
the high admiration he received from other students, the utmost
confidence the faculty had in him, noting that he was “One of the finest
men that ever attended Eureka College…”, the founding members of the
New Douglas American Legion chose him as Post 710’s Namesake.
Private Bilyeu is buried at the New Douglas Cemetery under a white
marble military headstone.

Directly in front of the historic Todd County Courthouse is a monument dedicated to the memory of the soldiers and sailors who died in the service of their country. In 1918 William E. Lee approached the county commissioners and offered to build the monument at his own personal expense. The specifications were drawn up by Clarence H. Johnston, architect; and the sculpture was done by John K. Daniels, St. Paul.

100 Cities / 100 Memorials

The granite memorial is centered on a 14-foot tall shaft topped by a sculpted urn. On the front of the shaft is a small shelf on which sits a large bronze sculpture of a winged angel holding an olive branch. Underneath the angel is inscribed the commemoration to the men of Delaware who served in World War I and on the side is a bronze plaque with the names of all those from the state who died during the conflict. The memorial was sculpted by Augustus Lukeman and dedicated on November 11, 1925; as indicated on the inscription for the memorial it was presented to the state by the shipbuilder William H. Todd in honor of his parents.  The Memorial was restored to coincide with the centennial of the Great War and was rededicated in 2018. 

Dedicated to the memory of all veterans who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States of America