Worthington Veteran Project

Worthington Youth Service Council (WYSC) undertook this project during Worthington's Bicentennial year to help the community remember its veterans. Students researched the histories of local veterans and prepared biographical sketches of each. In researching the histories of these veterans, the students learned about the lives of real heroes. A companion watercolor and ink on canvas was created, to be exhibited with the reports at each of the four high school campuses in the Greater Worthington Community: Linworth Alternative High School, Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington Christian High School, and Worthington Kilbourne High School. From the War of 1812 to the war in Iraq there are a total of thirty-four military personnel represented. These men made the ultimate sacrifice in giving their lives for the lives of the community at large, and are mourned in their passing.

The veterans represented are: (War of 1812) Zophar Topping; (Civil War) Eli Barker, Henry C. Burr, George W. Mcilvain, and Walter A. Tuller; (World War I) Lawrence G. Leasure, Arthur C. Wolford, and William H. Yauger; (World War II) Tad Blackston, Curtiss A. Brown, Ted R. Chapin, Lewis C. Christian, Max D. Clark, John N. Erskine, Clarence R. Graham, Norman B. Griggs, Joseph J. Harrold, Daniel Hodges, John W. Keys, Frank Kruse, Richard E. Livingston, Richard Lee Lynam, William Edward Mantel, James E. Orr, Jeremy O. Pruden, Ben Pyle, Edwin J. Stroupe, and Charles H. Wilson; (Vietnam) George Bonnell III, William H. Condit Jr., Charles J. Freeland, and William J. Hrinko; (Gulf War) David Spellacy; and (Iraq War) Branden F. Oberleitner.