Keokuk Veterans' Memorial

Keokuk Veterans List

Last Name	First Name, Middle Initial, Title	Branch	Column
Sistern	Carl W.	USA	5
Skiles	Melvin D.	USA	5
Skinner	Ronald C.	USN	2
Skinner	James D.	USN	5
Skog	James L.	USA	5
Skog	Clarence R.	USA	5
Skog	Donald M.	USA	5
Slater	Marvin W.	USA	6
Slater	Vinton A.	USA	7
Sloop	Robert A.	USA	5
Smeltser	Edward C.	USN	2
Smith	Frank J.	USA	7
Smith	FW (Jack)	USN	5
Smith	Wendell P.	USA	5
Smith	Julian L.	USA	6
Smith	Marilynn Ariel	USN	5
Smith	Stephen J.	USA	2
Smith	Raymond N.	USA	5
Smith	Joe T.	USMC	5
Smith	John R.	USA	5
Smith	Julian L.	USA	5
Smith	Herschel E.	USA	5
Smith	Clyde V.	USN	7
Snider	John M.	USA	5
Soderstrom	Larry S.	USN	5
Souder	Walter P.	USAF	7
Sousek	Merlyn J.	USMC	5
Sparrow	Lester O.	USA	5
Sparrow	Elmer O.	USA	5
Sparrow	George	USA	5
Sparrow	Harold E.	USN	5
Sparrow	Kenneth J.	USA	5
Spees	Cynthia O.	USA	7
Spiker	Charles A.	USA	7
Spring	Richard P.	USAF	7
Spring	Martin J.	USAF	7
Spring	John A.	USN	5
Stafford	Martin P.	USA	7
Stahnke	Herbert H.	USAF	5
Stamper	Clifford D.	USN	5
Standley	Dean M.	USA	5
Stanley	George W.	USN	5
Stark	John J.	USA	5
Stark	Lloyd E.	USA	5
Starr	Harry E. Jr.	USN	5
Starr	Chester H.	USN	7
Starr	Stephan K.	USN	5
Stebbings	Richard L.	USN	5
Steele	Ernest F.	USN	5
Steffen	James D.	USMC	5
Steffey	Fred	USA	5
Steines	Sylvester J.	USA	5
Steingreaber	Donald L	USAF	6
Stephens	Charles R.	USA	5
Stephenson	Jacob	GAR	5
Stephenson	Lewis	GAR	5
Stephenson	Benjamin	GAR	5
Stephenson	John P.	GAR	5
Stephenson	Albert	USA	5
Stephenson	John Sr.	GAR	5
Stepp	Charles E. Sr.	USAF	5
Stepp	William E.	USA	5
Stevens	Bill G.	USN	2
Stevens	Ralph B.	USA	6
Stevenson	Micheal E.	USN	2
Stevenson	William J.	USN	2
Stevenson	Terry L.	USA	2
Stevenson	J William	USN	2
Steveson	Micheal	USN	2
Steveson	Terry L.	USA	2
Stewart	James P.	USN	5
Stice	Charles G.	USA	7
Stice	Floyd E.	USA	7
Stockwell	Simeon	GAR	5
Stockwell	Hubert L.	USN	7
Stockwell	Earl R.	GAR	5
Stoneking	Donald B.	USMC	5
Strate	John Chapman	USA	5
Strohmaier	John C.	USAF	5
Strohmaier	Reinhold E. Jr.	USN	5
Strohmaier	Merle	USN	5
Strohmaier	Merle	USMC	5
Strohmaier	John J.	USMC	5
Strowig	Walter G.	USA	5
Stutenberg	Kevin M.	USA	2
Stutenberg	Delbert H.	USA	2
Stutenberg	Murlen H.	USA	5
Stutes	James David	USN	7
Summers	Roy A.	USA	5
Summers	Hubert V.	USA	7
Summers	Charlie J.	USAF	5
Summers	Jack Wayne	USA	5
Surprenant	Loren E.	USAF	5
Surprenant	Loren E.	USA	5
Suter	Russell W.	USAF	5
Suter	Perry W.	USN	6
Sutton	Robert A.	USMC	6
Swaner	John J. (Jack)	USMC	7
Swaner	James R.	USAF	7
Swanson	Henry W.	USA	6

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About the Memorial

The Keokuk Veterans’ Memorial, located at the entrance of Oakland Cemetery, is a monument dedicated to all citizens of Keokuk who served in the United States military. It depicts the names of over 1,800 local veterans, along with their branch of service. Stars located next to names denote those who were killed in action. The memorial is designed to reflect a previous city monument honoring Keokuk veterans, the Hotel Keokuk Veranda Arch Civil War Memorial. This memorial was deconstructed for the building of the Mississippi River highway bridge.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the memorial took place in July of 2004, and the project was completed in 2005. The effort of building the memorial was made by a wide array of citizens and organizations. Retired Keokuk police chief Jerry Morgan and then-mayor David Gudgel were among the community leaders that organized the project. Leyda, Burrus, & Metz Monuments, of Burlington, Iowa, were hired to design the featured art. Hickey Construction, of Keokuk, designed the foundation and sidewalks at cost. Kent Peters, a local paralyzed veteran, volunteered to do all of the computer work, and made all of the necessary forms and documents. American Legion captain and local Veterans’ advocate George Morgan recalls good turn-outs to all organizational meetings and work days, which was vital in completing this project.

The Keokuk Veterans’ Memorial today is maintained and operated by the Keokuk Veterans’ Memorial Commission, and the names of Keokuk citizens who served our country continue to be added to the memorial. Information is provided below for those interesting in having a Keokuk Veteran’s name added to the monument.