Corporal Merrill Laws Ricketts Marine Corps Memorial

Corporal Merrill Laws Ricketts Marine Corps Memorial (HMGN9)

Location: Cincinnati, OH 45202 Hamilton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 6.044', W 84° 30.213'

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Inscription
In honor of the United States Marine Corps and the Marines of Hamilton County who made the supreme sacrifice in the
World War

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Corporal Merrill Laws Ricketts
XVIII Co., V. Reg., U.S. Marines
Defensive Sector · Aisne-Marne · St Mihiel · Meuse-Argonne

Presented to the
City of Cincinnati
July 4, 1921
Details
HM NumberHMGN9
Tags
Year Placed1921
Placed ByBenjamin Merrill Ricketts, M.D
Marker Condition
6 out of 10 (1 reports)
Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 3:00pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 715879 N 4330922
Decimal Degrees39.10073333, -84.50355000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 6.044', W 84° 30.213'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 6' 2.64" N, 84° 30' 12.78" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)513
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 301-339 Lytle St, Cincinnati OH 45202, US
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http://home.ix.netcom.com/~rickettsfamily/A%20warmem2.htm

Here are lots of pictures of the memorial site. The area has been changed since I took the pictures several years ago.

Oct 7, 2015 at 2:36pm PDT by kfuller7

Comments 2 comments

  1. Your site is weird. I want to post pictures of this marker. Dr. Ricketts was my great grand uncle. He was the brotehr of my great grand father Edwin Ricketts. You state that you have to adopt the site upload pictures WELL were is that link to adopt?
    Kathleen Fuller

    • Sorry you're having trouble. The link to adopt this marker is just below the title of the marker.

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