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Gaffney in Cherokee County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Cherokee County Veterans Monument
 
Cherokee County Veterans Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008
1. Cherokee County Veterans Memorial Marker
 
Inscription.
World War I
Allen, Landrum • Allen, Loyd • Bobo, Jesse • Burgess, Arthur • Camp, Oscar • Chesney, Coke T. • Collins, Ed • Crocker, Alexander • Dickson, Leander T. • Dowdle, Glenn • Edwards, Arthur • Ellis, Grier • Gallman, Richard • Godfrey Jay Bee • Grant, Albert P. • Hames, Broadus B. • Hamrick, John G. • Hicks, Richard J. • Hoey, Sam • Huitt, Thomas • Humphries, Summie • Hutchinson, Lorane • Johnson, Hiram J. • Johnson, James H. • Kirby, Walker • Little, Stanley • Littlejohn, Zeno • McCraw, Carson D. • McCraw, Coleman A. • McCraw, Charlie R. • McCullough, Thomas • McKinney, William • McSwain, Baxter C. • Morris, Read • Mullinax, Amos • Neal, James I. • Owens, Ellis A. • Owens, Lawson J. • Owensby, Marcusl • Petty, Rochelle • Phillips, Lester • Procter, Lewis • Robbs, Furman D. • Roberts, Ben C. • Ross, Crawley • Sarratt, Herbert O. • Sellers, Virgil D. • Sims, Earnest • Sparks, William I. • Spencer, Paige G. • Thompson, L.J. • Thrift, Larking L. • Wilson, Gaines W. • Young, James B.

World War II
Allison, Razz A. • Atkins, Boyce E. • Ault, Joseph E. • Batchelor, James E. • Beam, James F. • Belcher, Leroy M. • Biggers, Charles E. • Blanton, Claude T. • Blanton, James W. • Broome, Boyce O. • Brown, Wofford H. • Byars,
 
Cherokee County Veterans Memorial (W. W. ll) Photo, Click for full size
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008
2. Cherokee County Veterans Memorial (W. W. ll)
 
William W. • Byars, Zachariah T. • Callahan, Bill • Camp, Garrison • Garroll, Wylie C. • Clary, Charlie B., Jr. • Clary, Shufford O. • Cobb, Austell • Coker, Elford C. • Cox, James C. • Cromer, Morgan W. • Curtis, Fred H. • Daniel, Jack E. • Davis, Willard H., Jr. • Davis, William F. • Dixon, William T. • Ellis, Don • Fowler, Albert D. • Gallman, Samuel J. • Goforth, Donald H. • Greene, Perry J. • Hamrick, Roland H. • Harmon, Otha L. • Harris, Tommy D. • Harris, Woodrow W. • Hemphill, Frazier • Hodge, William L. • Horne, William C. • Hughes, Harry L. • Johnson, Eddie W. • Johnson, Logan L. • Jolly, Logan M. • Jones, Lewis B. • Jones, William S., Jr. • Kirby, Bobo V. • Lamb, Emphers T. • Lane, E.G. • Lanier, James • Littlejohn, Thomas L. • McCraw, Luther • Medley, Claude L. • Medley, Samuel A. • Melton, Howard D. • Mills, Hudy A. • Mitchem, Van • Nance, Charles A. • Parris, Billy s. • Patterson, Victor W. • Peeler, Lindsay • Pettit, Albert • Phillips, Curtis P. • Phillips, Roy J. • Plaxico, Victor K., Jr. • Powell, Gene S. • Reynolds, Woodrow W. • Richardson, Charles R. • Robison, William R. C. • Ruppe, Lynn • Ruppe, Toy • Sams, Robert W. • Sapp, James O. • Sarratt, Harry • Sellars, John C. • Skinner, John M. • Smith, Donald W. • Smith, Harvey E. • Sparks, Paul • Sparks, Rodeheaver • Spencer, Quenten E. • Spencer,
 
Cherokee County Veterans Memorial (Korean & Vietnam Wars) Photo, Click for full size
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008
3. Cherokee County Veterans Memorial (Korean & Vietnam Wars)
 
Raymond • Sprouse, Elzie B. • Sutherland, William A. • Thomas, Barron A. • Thompson, Edgar D. • Walker, McKinley • Webster, Walter R. • Whelchel, Wesley T. • White, Jerry H. • Williams, James • Young, Dewey Y. • Ramsey, William R.

Korean War
Crow, Wilton P. Jr. • Estes, W.T. “Bill” • Hodge, William L. • Jones, Donald G. • Kennedy, Theodore • McCraw, B.E. “Bobo” • Millwood, Monroe • Petty, Edward, Jr., • Petty, Edwin • Quinn, James B., Jr. • Shipton, John G. • Waldrop, Jack N. • White, James H.

Vietnam War
Allison, John R. • Blackwell, Robert L. • Clary, John W. • Crotts, Donald C. • Dover, Johnny L. Jr. • Foster, Samuel E. • Fox, Richard L. • Hames, Bobby Joe • Hardin, Curtis L. • Petty, William C. • Reaves, John S. • Rutland, Warren L. • Smith, John C. • Sossamon, Ed D. • Spencer, James A. • Swofford, Danny R. • Walker, Evans S.
 
Erected 1982 by Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, The American Legion, and the Citizens of Cherokee County.
 
Location. 35° 4.406′ N, 81° 38.918′ W. Marker is in Gaffney, South Carolina, in Cherokee County. Marker is on North Limestone Street (South Carolina Route
 
Cherokee County Veterans Monument Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Anna Inbody, August 26, 2012
4. Cherokee County Veterans Monument Marker
Recently added: War On Terrorism ~ Afghanistan ~ Fowlkes, Christopher S.
 
150), on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 North Limestone Street, Gaffney SC 29340, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Carnegie Library (here, next to this marker); Cherokee County WW I Rememberence (a few steps from this marker); Col. James Williams (a few steps from this marker); Michael Gaffney Home (within shouting distance of this marker); First Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Gaffney Cornerstone (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Gaffney (about 500 feet away); Cherokee County Confederate Monument (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Gaffney (about 800 feet away); In Memoriam (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Gaffney.
 
Also see . . .  Museum seeking information on veterans. County residents J.O. Lawson and J.L. Thompson are among 213 U.S. Navy sailors and soldiers lost at sea when a German submarine sunk the Ticonderoga on Sept. 30, 1918, during World War I. (Submitted on October 23, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.) 
 
Cherokee County Veterans Memorial Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008
5. Cherokee County Veterans Memorial Marker
 
 
Cherokee County Veterans Monument -<br>South Corner Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, October 3, 2009
6. Cherokee County Veterans Monument -
South Corner
 
 
Cherokee County Veterans Monument -<br>West Corner Photo, Click for full size
By Brian Scott, October 3, 2009
7. Cherokee County Veterans Monument -
West Corner
 
 
Gaffney City Hall Photo, Click for full size
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008
8. Gaffney City Hall
City Hall is across the road from marker.
 
 
City Hall Fountain Photo, Click for full size
By Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 6, 2008
9. City Hall Fountain
 
 
Cherokee County Veterans Monument Marker Photo, Click for full size
circa 1942
10. Cherokee County Veterans Monument Marker
Claude T. Blanton (right) along with Foster Heath (Left) in Sweden on their way to fight in WW II with the 366th Squadron, 305th Bomber (Heavy) group.
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,226 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   4. submitted on September 3, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina.   5. submitted on September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   6, 7. submitted on October 23, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.   8, 9. submitted on September 7, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.   10. submitted on April 16, 2011, by Charles Carey Blanton of Lakeland, Fl.. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
 
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