Iraq War Memorial
[ Individual Plaques - Left to Right ]
SPC Luke P. Frist
209th Quartermaster Co., Lafayette, IN
United States Army Reserve
January 5, 2004, Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Marine Cpl. Bryan Scott Wilson
2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Div. 1st Marine Exp. Force
Dec. 1, 2004, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Army Spc. Matthew C. Frantz
1st Special Troops Battalion
1st Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division MI
January 20, 2006, Huwijah, Iraq
Army Cpl. Nathaniel S. Baughman
1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
July 17, 2006, Bayji, Iraq
Army Cpl. Cody Putman
4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
25th Infantry Division,
40th Cavalry Regiment
April 12, 2007, Baghdad, Iraq
Sgt. Andrew R. Weiss
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry
Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division
May 3, 2007, Baghdad, Iraq
[ Art-work Plaque ]
“ Most Precious Offering “
© 2006
Created by artist, Saundra Whiddon, to honor the courage and
sacrifice of all parents who from infancy held and nurtured the
soldier and now, for the sake of other, must let him go. In the
final goodbye, the parents exhibit purpose and unspeakable
selflessness.
The infant is portrayed as vulnerable and yet secure in the
hands of his parents. He is swaddled in the American Flag. The
hand of his father lifts him up with great determination and
purpose; using his strength to hold the head of the infant
securely for the entire journey. The mother’s hand, by contrast,
forms a nurturing pose as she reluctantly and slowly lifts her
child toward the heavens. The infant is simultaneously emitting
a cry of victory and of separation with which the artist hopes
to show the ambivalence even the bravest soldier feels when
called to war. He clutches the American flag against his chest
with one hand clinging to those things that are familiar. With
the other hand, he raises his flag toward the Creator showing
the courage that soldiers exhibit when they dare to reach
higher than others! © 2006
Marker is at the intersection of North 2nd Street and Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North 2nd Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
