Korean War Memorial

Historical marker location:

Fountain Square Park, Red Oak, Iowa

( Memorial is at the intersection of 4th Street and Reed Street, on the left when traveling north on 4th Street.)

June 25, 1950 July 27, 1953.

In the early 1900s, the town of Villisca, Iowa was the site of a gruesome murder that remains unsolved to this day. On June 10, 1912, eight people were bludgeoned to death with an axe in their home. The crime is known as the Villisca Axe Murders and has been the subject of numerous books, films, and TV shows.