Toquerville Veterans Memorial

Read the names and you read the town. This memorial gathers the people of small Toquerville who served in the wars of the last century, and the same surnames repeat down the columns — Bringhurst, Naegle, Slack, Spilsbury, Kleinman — whole families sending sons, sometimes half a dozen from one household. A place this size measures a war differently than a city does; here the fallen and the returned were cousins and neighbors, known to everyone. The memorial, dedicated in 2007, keeps their names together in stone the way the town held them in memory.

What the plaque says

Dedicated to those who served from Toquerville WWI Walter Anderson • Eorgina Anderson, Nurse • Leland Bringhurst • Samuel Bringhurst • George Dodge • Kenneth Forsyth • Don Forsyth • Loren Higbee • Frank Jackson • Harry Jackson • Harvey Jackson • George Kleinman • Moroni Kleinman WWI George Naegle • John Naegle • Maurice Naegle • Ray Naegle • Roland Naegle • Wallace Stewart • Leon Slack • Edwin Slack • Arthur Slack • Walter Slack • Floyd Spilsbury • Leslie Spilsbury • Archie Bringhurst • Benjamin Bringhurst WWII Frank Anderson • Bob Bacon • Lavon Batty • Quinton Beatty • Benny Bringhurst • Bobby Bringhurst • Gordon Bringhurst • Ivan Bringhurst • June Bringhurst • Morgan Bringhurst • Donald Duffin • Leonard Duffin • Lyman Dodge • Lewis Fish • Clyde Gregerson • Leland Gregerson • Ralph Johnson • Mack Johnson • Forrest Kleinman • Preston Kleinman WWII Carlos Lemaster • Lewis Naegle • Verl Naegle • Clark Olds • Wayne Olds • Merrill Olds • Kent Olds • Richard Olds • Clifton Parkinson • Earl Parkinson • Warren Parkinson • Ben Slack • George Slack • Kenneth Slack • Ellis Smith • Virgil Wallace • Woodrow Stapley • Clarence Theobald • Evan Theobald Korean Dennis Beatty • Jim Beatty • Park Beatty • Deon Bringhurst • Stanley Bringhurst • Ralph Bringhurst • Wayne Bringhurst • Hal Ewell • Donnie Kleinman • Leland Kleinman • Legrande Kleinman • Clayton Olds • Rodney Olds • Claude Parkinson • Deloy Slack • Neil Theobald • Stephen Naegle Reverse Side Dedicated to those who served Helen Dunford Jeppson, Navy, WWII • Allan J. Schulz, Navy Seabees, Army, WWII • Ronald F. Conely, Army, Vietnam • Orin D. Heideman, Army Air Corps, WWII • David M. Pope, Army, 1987-2003 • J Robert Brimhall, Navy, WWII • Lysle R. English, Air Force, Korea, Vietnam • Mark D. English, Army, Iraqi Freedom • Leland P. English, Army, Korea • Vernon H. English, Navy, WWII • Norman M. Hale, Air Force, Korea • Marba P. Hale, Air Force, Korea • Newell W. Matheson, Army, National Guard • Steven Lefeure, Army, Vietnam • Lee J. Bergon, Navy, Vietnam • Robert R. Olsen, Air Force, Korea • David F. Everett, Navy, Vietnam • Wilford Honsvick, Air Force, Korea • Ned A. Snow, Air Force, Vietnam • Tom Gray, USMC, Vietnam • Don C. Tait, Air Force, Korea • Bruce E. Lenois, Army, Vietnam • Allen D. Hannert, Navy, Vietnam • Ronald W. Hannert, Army, Vietnam • John P. Shaw, Air Force, Vietnam • Grant R. Woodbury, Army, Vietnam • Calvin D. Lowe, Army, Merchant Marines, Korea, WWII • H. Bruce Wallace, USMC, Vietnam • Lewis Fish, Army, WWII • Ernest L. Olsen, Air Force, 1973-2006 • J. Grant Wood, Navy Air, Korea • Robert Larsen, Army, Vietnam • John Krom, Navy, WWII • Francina Everett, Navy, 1998-2006 • Quentin T. Hansom, Navy, Korea • Morgan S. Jensen, Air Force, Korea • Clinton D. Perkins, Army, 1957-1959 • Duane J. Bolander, USMC, 1956-1959 • Leon D. Slaugh, Navy, 1956-1960 • Gaylen L. Peterson, Navy, WWII • Daniel R. Walsh, Air Force, Vietnam • John W. Carter, Army, Korea • Niles Jacklin, Army, Korea • Don L. Martin, Coast Guard, 1958-1962 • James L. Legg, Army, 1954-1957 • Charles E. Halladay Jr., Army Air Corps, WWII • Jonathan D. Hunter, Army Nat. Guard, Iraqi Freedom • Ted Bird, Navy, 1952-1953 • Allen Mills, Air Force, 1983-2006 • Mark R. Jeppson, Army, Iraqi Freedom • James "Mike" Dalley, Army, Vietnam • Francis A. Richardson, Army, Korea 1952-1954

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hurricane Canal Trail — 5.2 mi
  The hand-dug canal that built Hurricane, now a walking trail blasted into the Virgin River gorge
• Grafton Ghost Town — 13 mi
  A photogenic ghost town used in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Zion National Park — 15 mi
  Towering sandstone cliffs that glow like fire at sunset
• Kolob Canyons — 15 mi
  The quiet, uncrowded back door to Zion National Park

More markers nearby

• Toquerville — steps away
• The Southern Exploring Company — 3.7 mi
• LaVerkin Pioneers — 3.9 mi
• Southern Exploring Company 1849 Parley P. Pratt Southern Utah Expedition — 4.1 mi