Lawrence Countie's US Military

Fallen Heroes:
Past and Present

He Is Only Away
I can not say and I will not say
That he is dead - He is just away!
With a cheery smile and a wave of hand
He has wandered into an unknown land.
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be since he lingers there.
And you - O you, who the wildest yearn
For the old time step and the glad return
Think of him still as the same. I say;
He is not dead - he is just away.

-James Whitcomb Riley

LEST WE FORGET
OUR HONORED DEAD
Veterans Of Lawrence County
World War I - World War II
Dedicated July 4, 1948

Updated May 30, 1988 to pay reverent
tribute to the men and women of

World War I
War World II
A Thru K
L Thru Z
Korean Conflict
Vietnam Conflict
Lebanon - Beirut Conflict

Memorial updated by
Past Commander of
New Castle Veterans Council
Doyle C. Love, Chairman
Past Lawrence County Commissioners
Elizabeth M. Verterano, Chairperson
Frank A. Vitril
Wendell B. Wagoner

Available at
New Castle Public Library
R.
Hist.
355.16 LOV

TAPS

There will be a great encampment
In the land of clouds today,
A mingling and a merging
Of our boys who've gone away
Though on earth they are disbanding,
They are very close and near,
For these brave and honored heroes
Show no sorrow, shed no tear.
They have lived a life of glory,
History pins their medals high,
Listen to the thunder rolling,
They are marching in the sky!

-Arta Nottingham Chappius

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