Ripley in Jackson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

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1. Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

Inscription.

Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park. . In honor of veterans World War I April 6, 1917 Nov. 11, 1918, In honor of veterans Panama Dec. 17, 1989 Jan. 3, 1900, In honor of veterans peace time Mar. 1, 1908 present, In honor of veterans Desert Storm Jan. 16, 1991 Feb. 28, 1991, In honor of veterans Vietnam War Dec. 22, 1961 May 7, 1975, In honor of veterans Korean War June 25, 1950 Jan. 31, 1955, In honor of veterans World War II Dec. 7, 1941 Dec. 31, 1946, In honor of veterans Granada Oct. 25, 1983 Nov. 2, 1983, In honor of veterans, POW - MIA all wars and conflicts You are not forgotten, Lebanon Peace Keeping Aug. 25, 1982, Persian Gulf War 1990 - 1991, United Shield Somalia Dec. 5, 1992 Mar. 31, 1995, Operation Restore Hope Somalia Dec. 5, 1992 Mar. 31, 1995, Operation Uphold Democracy Haiti Sept. 16, 1994 Mar. 31, 1995, Operation Joint Endeavor Bosnia Nov. 20, 1995 Dec. 19, 1996, Operation Vigilant Sentinel Iraq Dec. 1, 1995 Sep. 1, 1997, Operation Southern Watch Iraq-Saudi Arabia Kuwait-Persian Gulf Dec. 1, 1985, Operation Maritime Intercept Iraq-Saudi Arabia Kuwait-Red Sea Dec. 1, 1995, Operation Joint Guard Bosnia-Croatia Adriatic Sea and airspace Dec. 20, 1996 Jun. 20, 1998, Operation Northern Watch Iraq-Saudi Arabia Kuwait-Persian Gulf Incirlik Ab-Turkey Jan. 1, 1997, Operation Joint Force Bosnia-Herzegovina Croatia-Adriatic sea and airspace Jun. 21, 1998 Dec. 31, 2000, Operation Desert Thunder Iraq-Saudi Arabia Kuwait Bahrain Qatar-UAE-Oman Yemen-Egypt-Jordan Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman Red Sea Nov. 11, 1998 Dec. 22, 1998, Operation Desert Fox Iraq-Saudi Arabia Kuwait-Bahrain Qatar-UAE-Oman Yemen-Egypt Jordan-Persian Gulf Gulf of Oman Red Sea support Dec. 16, 1998 Dec. 22, 1998, Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Aug. 2, 1990 Nov. 30, 1995, Operation Kosova Air Campaign Allied Force Mar. 24, 1999 Jun. 10, 1999, Kosova Defense Campaign Ground Action Jan. 11, 1999, Operation Noble Eagle Homeland Security Sep. 11, 2001, 9-1-1 Police-Fireman EMTs-Paramedics Civil Service Workers and citizens 09-11-2001 We will never forget, Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan Sep. 11, 2001, Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq Mar. 19, 2003 May 1, 2003, Lest We Forget. World War I Tony Lockhart . Harry E. Hill . Harry McCarty . James C. Scarbrough . Kenna Davis . Peter King . Cecil Ables . Robert A. Abels . John A. Petty . Walker Wright . Thomas D. Logston . Rufus Taylor . Harry H. Deem . Jennings Hanley . thomas M. Sheppard . Chester A. Wandling . Richard G. Cromlish . Boyd C. Smith . Clyde L. Armstrong . James A. Patterson . Ralph McKown . Thomas W. Balser . Harley F. Shinn . Emerson A. Williams . Arden Hopkins . Carl H. Carmichael . Roderick Reyburn . William D. Lane . Howard W. Southall . George D. Thompson . Don B. King . Clarence Kerns . Warick Casto . Roy W. Knightster . Dennis H. Bonnett . John T. Sheppard . Lawrence Palmer, World War II Rufus Henry Carney . Floyd Emerick . James W. Williamson, Jr. . Roy Morgan . Dale Vanfossin . Claud C. McPherson . Dean Brown . Clinton Anderson . Derrell G. Carl . Emmett G. Ledbetter . Holly Kay, Jr. . Charles Boso . Cecil Kuhn . Lomas C. McConnell . Lester Dale Thomas . Charles L. Bonnett . Jennings J. Casto . Willie King . Charles McGrew . Elbert Wilkinson . Thomas P. Lupardus . James F. Conner . Melvin Freyburger . Gaylord Smith . CHester C. Baker . Clifton Westfall . Yancy Currey . Harry D. Allen . Charles W. Shaffer . Dencid Herdman . Harold Harmon . Charles Howes, Robert Bush . Burhl Boso . Monnie C. Casto . William C. Ramsey . Floyd Palmer . Dwight Archer . Henry Jones, Jr. . James Kenneth Blake . Joseph Easter . George Davis . Olin Hughes . Kermit Orders . Harold Grandee . Virgil Zahrndt . Roy L. Barnette . Wade Snyder . Morris Miles . Golden Hill . Clarence Paugh . John Rex Koontz . Charles B. Hall . Ralph Swan Smith . William W. Boggess . Donald Hupp . Dale Summers . Donald Skeen . Francis Morgan . Luther Oshe . Odell Parsons . Orland Wilkinson . Ernest Blair . Hobert McCollum . Charles Johnson . Glenn S. Henry . Carl W. Seover . Buddy Atkinson . Roy F. Huhl . Terrell Girkin . Francis Cleek . Kenneth Govey . Willard Sayre . Alex Monroe Johnson . Robert K. Sayre . Clarence L. Dragoo, Korean War Harold Lee Hickman . Carl Edward Parson . Boyd Junior Bennett . John Ray Street . Woodrow Wilson Counts . Paul Edward Thomas McCoy . Charles G. Sarreed . Arthur George Roush . Carl Emmons West . Jack W. Walker, Vietnam Conflict Charles E. Hurd . Delmer F. Jones . Carl Dwight Haynes . Gordon Jack Ray . David Hart Hopkins . Ramey Carl Hughart, Jr. . Darrell Iron Fox, Jr. . James Ray Miller . Carroll D. Fisher,

"Let us highly resolve that these honored dead shall not have died in vain and that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth." Abraham Lincoln

Bob Hope 1903 - 2003 A friend to the American soldier, All gave some - Some gave all.

In honor of
veterans
World War I
April 6, 1917
Nov. 11, 1918

In honor of
veterans
Panama
Dec. 17, 1989
Jan. 3, 1900

In honor of
veterans
peace time
Mar. 1, 1908
present

In honor of
veterans
Desert Storm
Jan. 16, 1991
Feb. 28, 1991

In honor of
veterans
Vietnam War
Dec. 22, 1961
May 7, 1975

In honor of
veterans
Korean War
June 25, 1950
Jan. 31, 1955

In honor of
veterans
World War II
Dec. 7, 1941
Dec. 31, 1946

In honor of
veterans
Granada
Oct. 25, 1983
Nov. 2, 1983

In honor of
veterans

POW - MIA
all wars and
conflicts
You are not forgotten

Lebanon Peace
Keeping
Aug. 25, 1982

Persian Gulf
War
1990 - 1991

United Shield
Somalia
Dec. 5, 1992
Mar. 31, 1995

Operation
Restore Hope
Somalia
Dec. 5, 1992
Mar. 31, 1995

Operation Uphold
Democracy
Haiti
Sept. 16, 1994
Mar.

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Operation
Joint Endeavor
Bosnia
Nov. 20, 1995
Dec. 19, 1996

Operation
Vigilant Sentinel
Iraq
Dec. 1, 1995
Sep. 1, 1997

Operation
Southern Watch
Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Kuwait-Persian Gulf
Dec. 1, 1985

Operation
Maritime Intercept
Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Kuwait-Red Sea
Dec. 1, 1995

Operation
Joint Guard
Bosnia-Croatia
Adriatic Sea
and airspace
Dec. 20, 1996
Jun. 20, 1998

Operation
Northern Watch
Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Kuwait-Persian Gulf
Incirlik Ab-Turkey
Jan. 1, 1997

Operation
Joint Force
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia-Adriatic sea
and airspace
Jun. 21, 1998
Dec. 31, 2000

Operation
Desert Thunder
Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Bahrain
Qatar-UAE-Oman
Yemen-Egypt-Jordan
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Red Sea
Nov. 11, 1998
Dec. 22, 1998

Operation
Desert Fox
Iraq-Saudi Arabia
Kuwait-Bahrain
Qatar-UAE-Oman
Yemen-Egypt
Jordan-Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Red Sea support
Dec. 16, 1998
Dec. 22, 1998

Operation
Desert

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2. Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

Shield
Operation
Desert Storm
Aug. 2, 1990
Nov. 30, 1995

Operation
Kosova Air
Campaign
Allied Force
Mar. 24, 1999
Jun. 10, 1999

Kosova Defense
Campaign
Ground Action
Jan. 11, 1999

Operation
Noble Eagle
Homeland Security
Sep. 11, 2001

9-1-1
Police-Fireman
EMTs-Paramedics
Civil Service Workers
and citizens
09-11-2001
We will never forget

Operation
Enduring Freedom
Afghanistan
Sep. 11, 2001

Operation
Iraqi Freedom
Iraq
Mar. 19, 2003
May 1, 2003

Lest We Forget
World War I
Tony Lockhart • Harry E. Hill • Harry McCarty • James C. Scarbrough • Kenna Davis • Peter King • Cecil Ables • Robert A. Abels • John A. Petty • Walker Wright • Thomas D. Logston • Rufus Taylor • Harry H. Deem • Jennings Hanley • thomas M. Sheppard • Chester A. Wandling • Richard G. Cromlish • Boyd C. Smith • Clyde L. Armstrong • James A. Patterson • Ralph McKown • Thomas W. Balser • Harley F. Shinn • Emerson A. Williams • Arden Hopkins • Carl H. Carmichael • Roderick Reyburn • William D. Lane • Howard W. Southall • George D. Thompson

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3. Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

• Don B. King • Clarence Kerns • Warick Casto • Roy W. Knightster • Dennis H. Bonnett • John T. Sheppard • Lawrence Palmer

World War II
Rufus Henry Carney • Floyd Emerick • James W. Williamson, Jr. • Roy Morgan • Dale Vanfossin • Claud C. McPherson • Dean Brown • Clinton Anderson • Derrell G. Carl • Emmett G. Ledbetter • Holly Kay, Jr. • Charles Boso • Cecil Kuhn • Lomas C. McConnell • Lester Dale Thomas • Charles L. Bonnett • Jennings J. Casto • Willie King • Charles McGrew • Elbert Wilkinson • Thomas P. Lupardus • James F. Conner • Melvin Freyburger • Gaylord Smith • CHester C. Baker • Clifton Westfall • Yancy Currey • Harry D. Allen • Charles W. Shaffer • Dencid Herdman • Harold Harmon • Charles Howes

Robert Bush • Burhl Boso • Monnie C. Casto • William C. Ramsey • Floyd Palmer • Dwight Archer • Henry Jones, Jr. • James Kenneth Blake • Joseph Easter • George Davis • Olin Hughes • Kermit Orders • Harold Grandee • Virgil Zahrndt • Roy L. Barnette • Wade Snyder • Morris Miles • Golden Hill • Clarence Paugh • John Rex Koontz • Charles B. Hall • Ralph Swan Smith • William W. Boggess • Donald Hupp • Dale Summers • Donald Skeen • Francis Morgan • Luther Oshe • Odell Parsons • Orland Wilkinson • Ernest Blair • Hobert

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4. Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

McCollum • Charles Johnson • Glenn S. Henry • Carl W. Seover • Buddy Atkinson • Roy F. Huhl • Terrell Girkin • Francis Cleek • Kenneth Govey • Willard Sayre • Alex Monroe Johnson • Robert K. Sayre • Clarence L. Dragoo

Korean War
Harold Lee Hickman • Carl Edward Parson • Boyd Junior Bennett • John Ray Street • Woodrow Wilson Counts • Paul Edward Thomas McCoy • Charles G. Sarreed • Arthur George Roush • Carl Emmons West • Jack W. Walker

Vietnam Conflict
Charles E. Hurd • Delmer F. Jones • Carl Dwight Haynes • Gordon Jack Ray • David Hart Hopkins • Ramey Carl Hughart, Jr. • Darrell Iron Fox, Jr. • James Ray Miller • Carroll D. Fisher

"Let us highly resolve that these honored dead shall not have died in vain and that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
Abraham Lincoln

Bob Hope
1903 - 2003
A friend to the American soldier

All gave some - Some gave all

Erected 1989 by Jackson County, West Virginia.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical date for this entry is April 6, 1917.

Location. 38° 49.139′ N, 81° 42.717′

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 31, 2021

5. Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

W. Marker is in Ripley, West Virginia, in Jackson County. Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 33) and North Court Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 106 N Court St, Ripley WV 25271, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ripley (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Ripley (a few steps from this marker); Partisan Raid (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Pfost-Greene Murders / Last Public Execution (within shouting distance of this marker); Brother Harry Ripley (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Ripley (about 500 feet away); Raid on Ripley (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ripley.

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6. Jackson County Veterans Memorial Park

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