Gowen Field Memorial Park
"Honoring Idaho's military veterans and families whose units' lineage traces their unit to the Idaho National Guard or Gowen Field." - Gowen Field Memorial Park
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"Major General M. G. McConnel
Idaho National Guard
1908-1946
Mexican Border Punitive Expedition
1916
World War One, France 1918-1919
Adjutant General Idaho National Guard
1925-1946
World War Two
1940-1946
State Director Selective Service
1940-1946
Memorial Gifted by
LTC Mervin G. McConnel USA (RET) USMA 1956
and his wife Julianne Davis McConnel
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Dedicated to the memory of
Major General M.G. McConnel
and the members of the
Idaho National Guard
With whom he served
1908-1946
"We sons of today we salute you,
you sons of an earlier day"
-- The Corps
Photos courtesy of LTC Mervin G. McConnel USA (RET) USMA 1956
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