Belton in Anderson County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Belton Veterans Memorial

Belton Veterans Park -<br>South View image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, August 23, 2008

1. Belton Veterans Park -
South View

Inscription.
[Front Center]: In this place we honor all those who served in the Armed Forces and reflect upon their dedication to duty and country. We recognize the hardships they endured to protect our freedoms and the ultimate sacrifice of life given by those listed below:

World War I
Charles Leonard Campbell, Louie H. Campbell, Willie H. Cobb, John T. Holliday, Robert Latha, Willard C. Shaw, William C. Todd, Claude N. Willingham

World War II
John Henry Anders, Jr., Joel M. Acker (MIA), Charles H. Bruce, David S. Bruce, Lewis Raymond Bannister, Harold Leonard Campbell, William F. Campbell, Winfred J. Bowen, Clarence D. Crawford, J. Norman Dalarymple, Fred B. Carter, William Earle Duncan, Raymond E. Fields, D.C. Ducworth, Andrew T. Greer, Calvin B. Griffin, J.W. Garrison, Jr., William Harold Hopkins, David Horton, Bethel Harrison, Earle M. Knox, Frank Malone, Fred Kelly, Virgil M. Mitchell, Rex Alderman Rice, Billy D. Massey, Fred H. Sentell, A. Beaty Sherard, Thomas R. Scott, Isadore D. Thompson, Cecil F. Tribble, Major A. Slatter, Myron Martin, James Robert Vanadore, William Clinton Harkey, Rev. Horice E. Gravely, Luther W. Church, Jr., Joseph Edgar Cheek, Julian C. Mullinax, Ralph Allen Weeks
[Rear Left]: Revolutionary War
1775-1789
Mexican

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War
1846-1848
War Between the States
1861-1865
Spanish American War
1898
World War I
1914-1918
World War II
1941-1945
Korean War
1950-1953
[Rear Center]: Greater Love Hath No Man Than This:
That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friend
John 15:13

Vietnam
Albert Eugene Creamer
[Rear Right]:
Vietnam War
1963-1975
Granada
1983
Panama
1989-1990
Persian Gulf
1990-1991

Erected 1997 by Belton Veterans Park Committee.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 34° 31.299′ N, 82° 30.169′ W. Marker is in Belton, South Carolina, in Anderson County. Marker is at the intersection of Blue Ridge Avenue and Bannister Street on Blue Ridge Avenue. Marker is located near the northwest corner of the Belton Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Belton SC 29627, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. First Baptist Church of Belton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Belton Academy / Central School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Belton Depot (approx. half a mile away);

Belton Veterans Monument - <br>Front Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, August 23, 2008

2. Belton Veterans Monument -
Front Center

Greenville & Columbia RR / Belton (approx. half a mile away); Belton / Historic Belton (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Belton Standpipe (approx. 0.6 miles away); Chamberlain-Kay House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Rocky River Baptist Association Headquarters (approx. one mile away); Dorchester Baptist Church World War II Veterans Plaque (approx. 1.9 miles away); Veterans of All Wars (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belton.

Belton Veterans Monument -<br>Rear Left image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

3. Belton Veterans Monument -
Rear Left

Belton Veterans Monument -<br>Rear Right image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

4. Belton Veterans Monument -
Rear Right

Belton Veterans Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, August 23, 2008

5. Belton Veterans Park

Photographed By Brian Scott, August 23, 2008

6. Belton Veterans Park

Belton Veterans Park -<br>Dedication Plaque at Base of Sign Reads image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

7. Belton Veterans Park -
Dedication Plaque at Base of Sign Reads

In Honor of
and
Memory of
Belton High School
Class of 1960

Belton City Council<br>(1997) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, August 23, 2008

8. Belton City Council
(1997)

Leo Fisher, Mayor
Sam F. Hanks
James R. Hawkins
William Jack Jennings
Clarence (Bill) Oates
Wallace P. Shaw
Juanita W. Williamson

Belton Veteran Park Committee image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, August 23, 2008

9. Belton Veteran Park Committee

Martin Brown - Peter S. Burton
Charles G. Campbell - Leonard Campbell
Joe Coward - Michael Edwards
Sam Hanks - Charles Meeks
Ben Pinson

Dedicated May 25, 1997

U.S. Air Force Flag Dedication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

10. U.S. Air Force Flag Dedication Marker

Donated by
Mr. and Mrs.
V. Laniel Chapman
in Memory of
Mr. and Mrs.
Vester Chapman

U.S. Marine Corp Flag Dedication Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

11. U.S. Marine Corp Flag Dedication Plaque

Given by Family of
Luther W. Sr. & Mattie H. Church
In Memory of
Wayman W. Church, USN WWII
Remus H. Church, USA WWII
Melvin G. Church, USA WWII
Luther W. Church, Jr., USAF WWII
David L. Church
USAF Korea-Vietnan
World War II Gold Star Family

MIA/POW Flag Dedication Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

12. MIA/POW Flag Dedication Plaque

In Memory of
William F. Campbell
Jefferson M. Campbell
(Jeff)
By Brother and Sister
Charles G. Campbell
Betty C. King

U.S. and S.C. Flags Dedication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

13. U.S. and S.C. Flags Dedication Marker

The American Legion
Honors All Veterans
American Legion
Post 51
1996

U.S. Army Flag Dedication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

14. U.S. Army Flag Dedication Marker

In Memory of
Lt. Rex Alderman Rice
U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy Flag Dedication Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

15. U.S. Navy Flag Dedication Marker

In Honor of
Marshall L.
and
Jeff Heller
Donated by
Dr. and Mrs.
Kenneth B. Heller

U.S. Coast Guard Flag Dedication Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, October 12, 2010

16. U.S. Coast Guard Flag Dedication Plaque

Honoring All Veterans
Belton Area Council
and
Belton Merchants
Association
1996

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