Veterans Memorial Display At Old Jail Museum Honors Local Fallen Soldiers
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
A veterans display to honor local soldiers who died while serving is now complete for the public to view at the Kosciusko County Old Jail Museum.
The memorial remembers Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, U.S. Army Captain Michael T. Fiscus, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brock A. Beery and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James P. Snyder.Jack Elam, Kosciusko County Old Jail Museum director, came up with the idea for the memorial.
Veterans Day is Nov. 11. Elam said he wanted the memorial completed in time for people to have the opportunity to remember local fallen soldiers. The memorial was completed last week.
Fribley, formerly of Atwood, was killed in combat in Iraq on March 23, 2003.
Fiscus, formerly of Milford, died in the line of duty March 26, 2005, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Beery, formerly of Warsaw, died March 23, 2006, in Al Habbaniyah, Iraq.
Snyder, Nappanee, formerly of Syracuse, died May 10, 2008, in Columbus, Ga., from injuries suffered while serving in Iraq.
The soldiers' names also appear on the Memorial War outside the county courthouse. Fribley Field and the Atwood Post Office are named after Fribley.
"These men gave their all. One day they were kids growing up in this community, became men, and now they are gone but not forgotten," Elam said.
The veteran memorial display is in an enclosed glass case at the museum, 121 Indiana St., Warsaw, and includes four 8-inch by 10-inch photos of the fallen soldiers.
Elam said the glass case was donated from the old post office in Warsaw.
Underneath the photos are the soldiers' names, the date they were born, died and where they served.
Elam obtained photos from the servicemen's family, and used Warsaw Community Public Library archives to obtain birth dates and dates of death information.
Elam said Cox Studio, Warsaw, preserved the photos.
Julia Frush, jailhouse museum volunteer, said she enjoyed working with Elam to put together the memorial.
"I think the memorial display honors the soldiers and their families," Frush said.
The museum will be open Nov. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for people to view the memorial.
The memorial also can be viewed at the museum Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
