Apalachicola in Franklin County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Fort Coombs - Franklin Guards
Erected 2004 by Florida Department of Military Affairs and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-532.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Forts and Castles • Military. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1795.
Location. 29° 43.587′ N, 84° 59.07′ W. Marker is in Apalachicola, Florida, in Franklin County. Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street and Avenue D, on the right when traveling east on 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 66 4th Street, Apalachicola FL 32320, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Methodist Episcopal Church South (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dr. John Gorrie (about 500 feet away); Franklin County (about 600 feet away); Trinity Episcopal Church (about 600 feet away); The Hanserd-Fry House (about 700 feet away); The Raney House (about 700 feet away); The Dr. Alvan W. Chapman House (about 800 feet away); When the River Was King! (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Apalachicola.
Additional commentary.
1. "Bronze plaques located on the exterior front wall memorialize the names..."
The plaque transcriptions that follow are shown in chronological order.
Franklin County’s Volunteers
1917 World War 1918
Raymond Anderson · Wm. H. Allen · T.E. Austin · Glenn H. Ballou · J.L. Barbee · Ellis Barber · J.W. Bailey · P.G. Belleau · Wm. H. Bowington · A. Boylston · Alva Bragdon · Osceola Bragdon · Stanford Bragdon · Emery Branch · Hardy Branch · Roland E. Brown · Willie E. Brown · O.Z. Brookins · D.F. Burns · F.C. Cable · Geo. Carrin · ★W.V. Carrigan · J.A. Cesaroni · Jas. P. Coombs · C.B. Coombs · C.G. Cantrell · Ross V. Coburn · G. Calhoun · E. Cruise · A.S. Cooper · Wm. Cooper · Henry Crowson · B.B. Caldwell · Ernest R. Cotter · Jas. P. de Cosmo · Jno. H. Edwards · Alfred Floyd · Percy E. Floyd · Albert B. Floyd · Wm. J. Floyd · W.O. Floyd · Andrew Fowler · Jas. T. Grantham · Wm. J. Glasgow · Reed J. Hartsfield · Hal Hoffman · Sam Hoffman · Albert M. Hickey · Jean Hickey ·Willis Ham · D.S. Hose · H.H. Hance · J.W. Holloway · R.H. Johnson · Jno. G. Johnson · Wm. Johnson · Leonard A. Jenkins · James A. Jenkins · M.J. King · Jos. Lewis · Carl Lewis · S. Lucido, Jr. · Lewis B. Long · P. Lovett · Fred Maddox · Eddie R. Maddox · Ernest Maddox · Roy Maddox · Robert L. Maige · ★Willoughby R. Marks · Jno. Marshall, Jr. · Frank Messina · Herman Messina · Guy E. Messina · Ansel Messina · Geo. Mitchill · C.F. Mahoney · Clarence Mahoney · H.R. Maige, Jr. · C.H. Montgomery · J.B. Montgomery · C.B. Moore · Jesse O. Mock · Bryan R. Moore · ★J.W. McCranie · Morris E. McLeod · H.D. Marks, Jr. · Herman McNeil · S.R. Mohr · Herman Mohr · Karl Mohr · P.S. Murphy · Carl J. Newman · Abram Nedley · Witham Nedley · Gilbert Nedley · Lee Peters · E.B. Porter · G.W. Roberts · ★Claude J. Roberts · W.A. Roberts, Jr. · G.G. Rocco · Veto Romeo · W.H. Rogers · Clarence Russell · Will J. Russell · Geo. Roberts · Jos. Roberts · Leon Rocco · Jos. Ramsey · Emanuel Redets · Edwin G.W. Ruge · Ernst H. Ruge · J. Herman Ruge · P. Schoelles · Herman Stewart · Ramsie Summerford · Gad W. Segree · Lucius A. Smith · Milton Smith · Robert L. Smith · Edwin B. Smith · Henry Smith · Francis Smith · Geo. Sizemore · Antonio Spano, Jr. · W.L. Sharit, Jr. · Wm. S. Shepard · Aaran Sarvis · Dewey Sarvis · S.F. Tucker · Arthur Tucker · Tasos Themis · J.B. Thompson · N.M. Thompson · Tabor Williams · Asa B. Warren · Geo. L. Warren, Jr. · Shields Warren · Earl K. Wakefield · F.B. Wakefield, Jr. · Geo. C. Wilson · Henry Waldo · Harry Waldo · H.L. Wiggins · Geo. W. Warren, Jr. · T.H. Watkins · R.M. Yent, Jr. · H.S. Yent
In honor of all the men and women from Franklin County who served in the Armed Forces during the Second World War and in memory of those men who gave their lives while in their country’s service.
Robert L. Brown · Clarence B. Burke · Julian Rex Buzzett · Christmas Castorino · Charles Corneliuson · Chauncey Ford · Artis Hollie · James Bewal Jones · John Judah McKnight · Lawrence Fred Meyer · Andrew Stark Nixon · David Leroy Rickards · James J. Russell · Lawson H. Scott · Timothy Simmons · William Ellis Van Vleet · Raymond W. Witherspoon, Jr.
Franklin County Board of County Commissioners · 1999
Roll of Honor
Volunteers World War II
Company E 106th Engineers Combat
Albert V. Adams · Albert H. Adkisson · Andrew J. Ambra · Joe D. Ambra · Charles D. Bailey · Bill Barnard · William M. Bass · Charles E. Black · Benjamin F. Bloodworth · Woodroe B. Bohannon · Charles M. Bouington · James W. Brown · Julian R. Buzzett · Roger P. Coombs · Walter N. Creekmore · Rocco Donato · Dewitt D. Duggar · Mell Duggar · Wilbur W. Faircloth · William D. Faircloth · Alfio J. Fichera · Elmer D. Gilbert · Albert C. Glass · John D. Glass · Forrest T. Gordon · Ollie L. Gunn · Earl W. Ham · Alfred L. Harrison · Jay L. Harrison · Dewey Hayes · George W. Hendels · Crawford I. Henry · James M. Henry · Marcus L. Hodge · Karl E. Holland · George A. Keith · Jay L. Kilgore · Mabrey L. Langston · L.C. Lashley · Macey C. Lewis · Jefferson E. Little · Robert E. Little ·Arron E. Lynn · Herbert O. Marshall · Ollie B. Martin · Raleigh Martin · James W. Mercer · Luke V. Moren · Clyde L. Morrison · John A. Newell · Otis A. Newell · Charles A. Pace · Francis P. Patrenos · George T. Patrenos · Horrace L. Pilkinton · Richard G. Power · Glover E. Raker · Fred W. Richards · Harley B. Roberts · Kenneht R. Roberts · Everett S. Roberson · James A. Roddenberry · James J. Russell · William T. Sanders · Edmund G. Scott · John P. Scott · Lawrence A. Scott · Robert F. Stansberry · George C. Strickland · Harold L. Sturman · Ellis M. Varnes · John N. Vathis · Dewey L. Wages · Raymond W. Walden · George W. Walker · Joe Wilson · John C. Wilson · Robert C. Wilson · George S. Wright · Joseph F. Zingarelli
In honor of the men and women from Franklin County who served in the Armed Forces during the Korean War and in memory of the two men who did not return from the conflict
Earl Lewis King Cpl Army Sept. 1, 1950
Claude L. Stokes Pvt Army July 11, 1953
Franklin County Board of County Commissioners · 1999
In remembrance of the men and women from Franklin County who answered their country’s call and faithfully served in the
Vietnam War
and in memory of the five men who never came home from the war:
Clifford G. Rhodes · May 17, 1966
Herbert Eugene Smith · July 29, 1966
James Henry Clary · January 3, 1968
Robert O’Neal Cato · August 25, 1968
Robert Clifford Millender · February 14, 1970
Dedicated by the Franklin County Board of County Commissioners, 1998
Roll of Honor
Volunteers of the Persian Gulf War
710th Service Company
Paul C. Abbott · Arthur G. Boone · Johnny C. Bryant · Harry D. Bulzer · Jerry N. Bunyon Jr. · Orias R. Butler · Carl R. Carlson · Bobby L. Carrin · Tracey L. Carroll · Ronald L. Carter · Bailey J. Chumney · Willie E. Clark Jr. · Andrew M. Cole · Charles H. Cooper · Jerry J. Cooper · Joseph E. Cooper · Leroy L. Dearinger · William R. Deeson · Carl W. Duncan · James L. Elliott · Aaron D. Esses Sr. · Fredrick Estes Sr. · Robert S. Estes · Stephanie J. Evans · Charles E. Everett · Edward L. Fisher · Lester Forrest Jr. · Jack E. Frye · Charles H. Galloway · Tim M. Garner · Teresa E. Grice · James R. Ham · Bobby L. Hand · Irskel M. Harless · Larry G. Hatcher · Terry J. Hoppenbrouwer · Everett H. Horton · Michael J. Hunter · Eddie Julius Jr. · Lewis E. Julius · Vernon L. King · Jerry L. Lolley · Joseph W. Mallon · Harold R. Mangum · Stephanie F. Marlowe · Kevin L. Martina · Charles J. McCollum · Donald R. McCormick Jr. · Kelley A. McKinley · Eric L. McNair · Willie J. McNair Jr. · James I. Murray · Eulon W. Nelson · James G. Norris · John W. Owens · Tonja F. Parker · Jeffery W. Paterson · William L. Pederson III · William Porter · Timothy W. Register · Tommie L. Robinson Jr. · David J. Roche · Henry Rochelle Jr. · Henry Rochelle Jr. · William E. Scott · James M. Sewell · Mery L. Shively · Elzie L. Shiver · Leonard E. Shiver · Robert E. Smith · Tonald E. Spinks · Patricia L. Stroud · Terry L. Swindell Jr. · Coy C. Todd · Michael D. Todd · Dennis L. Varnes · Darrell E. Ward · Charles W. Watkins · Charlotte B. Williams · John C. Williams · Luther E. Winfield · Roberts M. Yent Sr. · Harry Young
— Submitted August 3, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
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