Honor Roll Project- Gosport Cemetery, Indiana

A few years ago, I discovered a wonderful historical project that helps to honor the brave veterans throughout our country. 

I would love to share it with you, also.

It is called The Honor Roll Project, and it is "an effort to transcribe and photograph military honor rolls. The transcribed names make the soldiers available for search engines, so that descendants and family members can find them on the internet." This description was taken straight from The Honor Roll website (Honor Roll Project), and is exactly the reason that I am so enthused about doing what I can.

When I explained to my husband about this project, he was on board also for helping me as much as possible. He is always on the lookout with me as we are traveling down the road.

Recently, as we were driving through Owen County, a Veterans of Foreign Wars monument near the road caught our attention.

Near the little town of Gosport, on State Highway 67 in Owen County, is the small Gosport Cemetery. 

Immediately upon turning into the Gosport Cemetery, you will notice the following Veterans of Foreign Wars monument.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Monument, Gosport Cemetery

Note: I have transcribed the names exactly as I read them on the monument. You will notice there are a few places where the nameplates are broken and indecipherable. In those places, I transcribed what I could, and left (???) where I could not.

Front side of monument

FRONT - 5 Unknown Soldiers ~ Wess Acuff ~ James M. Alexander ~ Jesse L. Alexander ~ George L. Ancil ~ Eli Anderson ~ Frank W. Anderson ~ Johnathon Andrews ~ Albert Arganbright ~ Dr. Harvey Asher ~ Joe Asher ~  George R. Baker ~ Isaac Baker ~ Robert w. Barnes ~ Frank Beaumont ~ William Blankenship ~ Richard Boyd ~ James C. Bracken ~ John Brasier ~ Wiley Brasier ~ John Breeden ~ John Brewer ~ John J. Brewer ~ John W. (?????) ~ T(?????) ~ Alf(???..wn) ~ Dr. Archie Brown ~ David L. Brown ~ Tighman Brown ~ Ross Brown ~ William Brown ~ William Burk ~ T.P. Burt ~ David Buskirk ~ James (Matt) Buskirk ~ James Whit. Buskirk ~ Thomas Buskirk ~ Wm. Gene Carter ~ Eli Cash ~ John William Cassell ~ Robert H. Cassell ~ Robert H. Cherry ~ Joel Childers ~ Ben Chrissman ~ William Corrie ~ Dave M. Cowden ~ John A. Cradick ~ F.M. Cravens ~ William W. Creager ~ Harrison Criss ~ E.W. Cromwell ~ J.M. Cromwell ~ William Cromwell ~ Hiram Crouch ~ James Crouch ~ John Crouch ~ William Dagley ~ Clarence Davis ~ James Davis ~ Samuel Davis ~ William Dietrick ~ Adam Dittemore ~ Bert Dittemore ~ Bernard W. Donahue ~ Lewis Dowdy ~ Hershel L. Ducker ~ Ray Dunagan ~ Bob Dunn ~ Harley Otis Dunning ~ Ernest Dusenbery ~ William Dusenbery ~ Gaylord Edwards ~ Wilbur F. Edwards ~ Wm E. (Bill) Felton ~ George C. Fritch ~ James Fritts ~ Herman S. Fox ~ James W. Fox ~ Harry E. Frye ~ John Gillaspy ~ Thomas F. Gillaspy ~ Alfred Glover ~ Dean Goss ~ Ephriam Goss ~ Fred Goss ~ John W. Graham ~ David C. Gray ~ John Green ~ James T. Greer ~ Joseph Gregory ~ James Grimsley ~ Hiram Grounds ~ James Guillen ~ Thomas Guy ~ Andrew L. Hale ~ John Hale ~ Robert Hale ~ Leon Hall ~ Glen Hall ~ Robert James Hall ~ Ron Hall ~ William Hammond ~ Don D. Hancock ~ Keith Joe Harlan ~ William Richard Harrigan ~ Alva Hart ~ William Hatfield ~ Col. B.F. Hays ~ Jesse A. Hays ~ Oscar Hendricks ~ James Henry ~ F.M. Hollick ~ John Hollick ~ Stanley Hollis ~ Thomas Holmes ~ Fred Houston ~ John V. Howell ~ Lewis E. Hubble ~ Frank Hunsicker ~ William Hutchings ~ William James ~ James Jennings ~ James John ~ John S. Johnson ~ Phillip Johnson ~ Thornton Jones ~ Rev. William N. Jones ~ Raymond S. Kaylor ~ Lawrence I. Keaton ~ Virgil Keelan ~ Lawson Keeler ~ John Keely ~ Edwin B. King ~ Joshua Kelly ~ Mortimer King ~ Coy Knoy ~ Harvey Laughlin ~ Roy Legge ~ William Lemon ~ William Lenning ~ Oscar E. Lighter ~ Pierce E. Lingle ~ Eugene Long ~ Barnabas Lukenbill ~ Jacob Lukenbill ~ Willliam Lundy ~ Elijah A. McCarty ~ Charles McClung ~ Fred McCullough ~ Arthur A. McDole ~ Isaac McGinnes ~ Dr. J.H. McNutt ~ James Madison ~ John Maple ~ George Marksbury ~ Hugh Anthony Marre ~ Fielding Marsh ~ Frank Martin ~ Jacob Massey ~ James B. Miller ~ Andrew Modrell ~ George Modrell ~ Robert Modrell ~ Jack Moon ~ Abner Morehead ~ David Morgan ~ James Lewis Morgan ~ Stephen Montgomery ~ Raymond E. Morton ~ Leo Mulligan ~ John Mullin ~ Hiram Murphy ~ Charles Myers ~ David Myers ~ Knarf S. Newby ~ Dale D. Newlin ~ James D. Newton ~ Wayne M. O'Hara ~ Dr. H.G. Osgood ~ William Painter ~ F.M. Partin ~ Orley O. Payton ~ Joshua Larkin Ratliff ~ James Richardson ~ Wilbur Roberts ~ J.R. Robinson ~ Andrew Rogers ~ Charles Rogers ~ Marcus Rogers ~ William Rogers ~ James Rose ~ A.J. Sanders ~ Lawrence E. Schoeman ~ William Seay ~ Cornelius Sinclair ~ Delana Eck Sinclair ~ Strange Sinclair ~ Francis Lee Sink ~ Herman Sink ~ Hubert Sink ~ James F. Sink ~ Homer David Smith ~ Howard Ross Smith ~ Lawrence Smith ~ R.C. Smith ~ John Soth ~ Cyrus Spillman ~ William Steele ~ William H. Steele ~ Richard Stemper ~ Harold Stewart ~ Harry Sthair ~ Luther Sthair ~ Harold Stierwalt ~ Thomas Stierwalt ~ Samuel Stierwalt ~ William E. Stines ~ Charles E. Stouder ~ Frank Stucky ~ Dr. J.M. Stucky ~ Frank Swain ~ Montgomery Taylor ~Willie Taylor ~ George Terry ~ Roy Leon Thacker ~ J.A. Thompson ~ J. Wes Thompson ~ Ray Thompson ~William Thompson ~ Combs Craig Truax ~ Frank Vickery ~ ?????? (For 1 or 2 people) ~ James Vickery ~ Elsa Wagoner ~ Harry Steven Wall ~ John Walters ~ Bert Wampler ~ Clint Wampler ~ Robert Guy Wampler ~ George C. Wampler ~ Kiah Wampler ~ Miller A. Wampler ~ J.V. “Bun” Wampler ~ Jess Wampler ~ Ritter Wampler ~ Ralph Watson ~ Jesse Watson ~ Herbert “Humpy” Weiss ~ Dr. Eli Whitaker ~ Orien Whitaker ~ Renos White ~ Barton Wilson ~ Emsley Wilson ~ John Wineiger ~ O. Wilhite ~ G.W. Wooden ~ Jerry Wooden ~ Hershel Wright ~ James A. Wright ~ Clarence Young

Back side of monument

BACK - Duane Anderson ~ Wm T. Applegate ~ Carol V. Asher ~ James O. Brewer Sr. ~ Ralph F. Burns ~ Willard E. Burton ~ Robert M. Bush ~ Norbert R. Caywood ~ Henry C. Childers ~ C.M. “Dubbie” Dittemore ~ Kenneth F. Hooker ~ Ritter W. Jones ~ Luffman Hoskins ~ Cecil McGinnis ~ Marvin E. Mullin ~ E.E. Bud Mullin ~ Alex F. Murphy ~ Jonnie Peralta ~ William N. Rogers ~ James Arthur Shultz ~ James E. Seigle ~ Ralph S. Sink ~ Homer Donald Smith ~ James R. Smith ~ Clifford R. “Pat” Swinney Sr. ~ Carl “Bill” Sullivan ~ Donald P. Williams ~ Lyman E. Wood ~ Donald Woodruff ~ N.S. Chrisma ~ Alfred Clover ~ Jonathan Edwards ~ James Ennis ~ James Gregory ~ James M. Gregory ~ Ed Haltom ~ James R. Hart ~ T.H. Hollick ~ Wm. R. Johnson ~ Losson Keelen ~ Thomas Keelen ~ Fred G. Kelley ~ H.N. Lukenbill ~ Wm. J. Miller ~ Thomas Minnick ~ James H. Quillin ~ Odessa M. Rodgers ~ Wm. Paul Rush ~ F. Campbell Stucky ~ John M. Styer, Jr. ~ Philip Tackett ~ Emanuel Teague ~ Edward Combs Truax ~ J.M. VanBuskirk ~ Thomas VanBuskirk ~ S.W. Vickery ~ R.S. Waltz ~ Ralph E. Wicker ~ ????? ~ Claude Jr. Baker ~ John W. Brewer ~ James C. Brown ~ Gene Carpenter ~ Jay I. Chandler ~ George E. Chrisman ~ William D. Coffey ~ Nicholas W. Cooper ~ Larry G. Dittemore ~ Norman Gene Glidden ~ Paul O. Harris ~ Floyd Jones ~ Clarence Keefover ~ Elmer Van Lighter ~ Oscar “Bud” Lighter ~ William C. Marley ~ Fred R. Miller ~ Robert L. Moore ~ Frank W. Morgan ~ Donald E. Pettijohn ~ Marvin L. Powell ~ Ellsworth Pruett Jr. ~ George A. Reid Jr. ~ David Rush ~ Danny R. Shepherd ~ C.E. Spoonamore ~ Howard N. Sterrett ~ Richard F. Whitaker ~ Harold Hall ~ Fred L. Arnett ~ Robert Bonnes ~ Glenn O. Brown ~ Joe H. Clark ~ Earl Wilson Clouse ~ William Creager ~ John Culross ~ Kenneth Dunning ~ Richard L. Felton ~ Albert Fishel ~ Jess Harris ~ Eddie Haulk ~ James R. Hunt ~ Jesse Lawrence ~ L. Stanley Lynch ~ Marcus Jones ~ Noah E. Moore ~ Dwight Mullin ~ Gerald Navel ~ William C. Riley ~ Leslie D. Ringler ~ Ronald Robertson Sr. ~ Richard H. Seigle ~ Charles W. Sink ~ R.C. “Riley”Smith ~ Edward C. Truax ~ Charles Williams ~ Robert L. Woods ~ Frank C. Arganbright ~ Thomas Bault ~ Edgar Wimpy Cheeseman ~ Hershel R. “Dick” Collier ~ Lawrence “Bud” Culross ~ Frank Forthoffer ~ Harold G. Haase ~ Ralph L. Holler ~ Julian T. Jones ~ Stanley Lambert ~ Howard L. Morgan ~ Steven Melton ~ George W. Nichols ~ Dorrell C. Roach ~ Joseph W. Schwartz ~ Richard “Dick” Sink ~ Guy A. Stewart ~ Gerald G. Steele ~ C. Connelly Stouder ~ Ronald V. Torgerson ~ J. David Wampler ~ Albert Marley ~ Larry Shelly ~ Robert Wall ~ Ned Smith ~ (4 empty spots: not used yet????)