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Lempster Civil War Memorial

8/8/2020

OUR FALLEN HEROES 1861-'5

George O. Bruce - Co G, 9th NH; died of dis.9/4/63 in OH
Luman A. Spencer - Co G, 9th NH; died dis 8/26/64 City Point
Lucius A. Spencer - recruit, no reg't; died of typhoid in Concord
George A. Gunnison - Co K, 9th NH; died dis 2/10/63 in DC

Henry J. Davis - Co F, 9th NH; died dis 3/14/65 in MD
George W. Libby - Co H, 10th NH;to 9th VRC; died dis 4/19/64
Charles W. Corey - Co L, 1st NE Cav; capt 8/17/64, d.11/8/64
Truman Young - Co G, 7th NH; capt 7/18/63 Ft Wagner
Solyman (Solomon) Way - Co L, 1st NE Cav; died dis 3/13/65

Henry L. Morse - Co I, 2nd NH; KIA 7/21/61 Bull Run
Isaac M. Dodge - Co G, 9th NH; d. 1/25/63 from measles
Marshall P. Hurd - Co K, 5th NH; wd 9/17/62 Antietam, d.9/18
Capt. Orville Smith - Co B, 9th NH; KIA 5/12/64 Spotsylvania

Located on the grounds of the Lempster Historical Society at 10 2nd NH Turnpike. GPS: 43.225872, -72.178232

Visited today, 08 August 2020, following a parade held in town during the 121st Lempster Old Home Day Celebration. Soldier's data added from Ayling's Revised Register and NH Service Records - S.Dow

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Lempster NH's World War II Memorial

8/8/2020

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HONOR ROLL
to the memory of
F. M. DOUGLASS
WILLIAM C. HOOK
RICHARD M. LAVIGNE
EDWIN O. PUTNAM
GEORGE A. SMITH
who made the Supreme Sacrifice
and to

James E. Allen
George A. Anderson
Edmond Blair
John W. DeCook
Frederick Dubiel
Harry E. Frye
Herbert B. Gallop, Jr.
Eugene W. Gunseth
Warren T. Heiser
William W. Heiser
Edward Howard
Rodney C. Jones
Quentin E. Martin
Raymond E. Martin
Bruce S. Nichols
Earl D. Nichols
Lucius H. Nichols, Jr.

Malcolm M. Olds
Robert E. Olds
Joseph Perry
Eugene Pike
Lloyd W. Quimby
Clarence F. Roberts
Aaro Santti
John R. Sarsfield
Millicent S. Sells
Ladora M. Smith
George H. Thurber
Bernard C. Whiting
Harold R. Whiting
Clarence E. Willett
Harold D. Willett
Mike Wirkkala

Who served in the
World War II
this tablet is dedicated
by the
town of Lempster
A.D. 1947
Rededicated in 2018

Located on the town common in Lempster, New Hampshire, on Lempster Road (ie Second New Hampshire Turnpike).
GPS: 43.238541, -72.210215

Notes:
1. Francis Malcolm Douglass served in the US Navy. He was taken prisoner at Corregidor on 6 May 1942, and died on a Japanese prison ship 18 Jan. 1945. He was buried at sea.
2. William Charles Hook was a seaman, 1st Class, in the US Naval Reserve. He died 8 July 1944, and is buried in Newport, NH.
3. Sgt. Richard Moses Lavigne was in the 262nd Infantry Regiment, 66th Inf Division. He was declared missing on 25 Dec. 1944, when the S.S. Léopoldville, on which he was a passenger, was torpedoed and sunk.
4. Edwin Oliver Putnam served as a Technician Fourth Grade, with the 24th Armed Engineer Battalion, 4th Armored Division, US Army. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Bulge, in Belgium.
5. George A. Smith - sadly, I haven't found anything yet on George.

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Lempster's World War I Memorial

8/8/2020

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1917 HONOR ROLL 1919
To the memory of
DON SYLVESTER HOOPER
who made the supreme sacrifice
and to
LEWIS E. ALLEN
BENJAMIN ANIRALAIJOS
ARTHUR ARMSTRONG
FLORED BAGATY
WILLIAM H. GEORGE
SAMUEL D. HAMLIN
WILLARD HAMLIN JR
who served in the World War
This monument is dedicated
by the
town of Lempster
A.D. - 1920

Pvt. Don Sylvester Hooper was killed in action on 1 Nov 1918, and is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France. He served in Co. K, 309th Infantry, 78th Division.
Find a Grave Memorial: Don S Hooper

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Lempster Civil War Memorial

Lempster NH's World War II Memorial

Lempster's World War I Memorial

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