Goldsboro in Wayne County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Wayne County Veterans Memorial
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1. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Wayne County Veterans Memorial. .
We must honor those sons of ours who fought so bravely. A Grateful Citizen (1925) , (Walkway plaque) Most of them were boys when they died and they gave up two lives--the one they were living and the one they would have lived when they died. They gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their country, for us. All we can do is remember. Ronald Reagan, (1st Bronze plaque, far left) In Honor Of The Sons Of Wayne Who Served And Died In The World War Jesse J. Baker Harry B. Hood Roscoe Benton Sam G. Hummell Andrew Best Cleon Ray Jones James H. Blalock Ezra A. Mayo Willie L. Blalock Ezra Moore Bruce L. Blevins Wm. O. Mozingo Levi C. Branson Chas. Raynor Irving Bryant Fred Reed Fred Lawson Casey Mortimer Roscower Carl B. Clingon Jesse R. Ruffin Eulas Lee Collins Herman P. Shackleford Roland Cox Chas. Dixon Shaver John Creech Leslie Jurney Short Marion Lee Daniels King David Simmons Daniel Davis Willie Simmons Gaston L. Dortch Foster B. Stevens Mack Elliott Isaac Stevens James Irvin Fulford Elam Summerlin Wm. James Gardner James G. Summerlin Adrian H. Grantham Ben Ira Taylor Moses Hadley Nathaniel K. Thornton Samuel Hadley Arthur Turner Herbert Lee Handley William Walston George R. Hardesty R.H. Westbrook Faison Harris Grover Cleveland Wiggins James Hill Major Williams Sidney W. Hinson Danzie Winn Wyatt Hinson Guy Winstead James Herbert Hogan Shade Wooten (2nd Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne Who Served And Died In World War II And The Korean Conflict World War II Robert E. Abel Marvin L. Faircloth Albert J. Adams Stephen P. Faircloth Henry W. Allen, Jr. Joseph Farah Bruce Anderson Louis H. Faulk Raymond R. Anderson Reulien R. Floyd Cleveland C. Balkcum Thurston D. Fogleman George W. Barber Alleyne Foster William A. Barwick Carl E. Franklin Jerry H. Beamon Ralph Giddens Benjamin F. Bell George E. Grantham William H. Bell Robert Greenfield Robert O. Benton Clifton Hamm J.R. Best Thomas P. Harrison Norman E. Best Robert R. Hatch James Horace Blackman Henry Edward Herring James Lee Blackman Cecil Hertford Paul L. Borden, Jr. May S. Higgins William Louis Britt David R. Hill Ben R. Brock Ray Hill Glennie M. Brock Liston Levi Hines Lee Roy Brogden Wilbert O. Hodge James L. Byrd John Hollingsworth Archie B. Carter Horace Horton Raeford L. Campbell Roland W. Horton, Jr. Carl C. Casey James L. Howell Earl Chestnutt Charles M. Howell Linwood Ray Combs Ernest C. Howell Harold Crawford George F. Howell Lawton Crumpler, Jr. W.A. Harry Hundley Wayne Garland Crumpler Alton Jarmon Woodard W. Crumpler Louis J. Jernigan Edward Carlyle Daly Douglas T. Johnson Jake Davis Wayne Lee Johnson I.D. Dickerson Jack Jones James Edmundson Melvin B. Jones Clarence M. Edwards Roy Wayne Jones Wayne Roland Edwards J.C. Jones William H. Ellis Charles C. Keller Albert L. Ellington Roscoe Kelly Richard Elmore Charles S. Killette Ray E. Eubanks Ben R. King Gene J. Elzas Willie Lane (continued on 4th plaque) , (3rd Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne County Who Served And Died In The Vietnam War Emmett E. Ballree Casco D. Howell George P. Power Muray L. Borden, Jr. Ernest R. Howell James L. Ratliff James R. Coates Ralph Howell Richard V. Riggs William D. Crawford Robert H. Irwin William C. Sutton Donald E. Daniels Dan L. Jenkins Edmund R. Toler Edgar F. Davis Stokely J. Jones Paul G. Underwood James P. DeVaney Wilbert E. Jones Kenneth E. VanHoy Robert A. Govan Bobby R. Lane Albert Vick Jr. Joseph M. Grantham, III Billy W. McKeel Richard W. Watson William W. Hail Rudolph S. Parrish Phillip D. Hardy Herbert Pearsall, Jr. Joseph N. Hargrove Phillip W. Pigford , (Small lower plaque) These are the original bronze tablets recovered after the fire in 2004 destroyed the Wayne County Memorial Community Building. The first plaque commemorates the purpose and a chronology of the memorial. The other plaques name and honor those who died in combat. (4th Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne Who Served And Died In World War II And The Korean Conflict World War II Harvey J. Langston John Sauls Raymond J. Langston Leonard O. Savage Charles C. Lassiter Charles Marcus Scott Henry H. Lee Neal Scott Rayford S. Lynch Ira S. Smith Gary L. MacDonald L.L. Smith Carl O. Martin Earl C. Smith Hugh D. Marshburn Levert L. Smith, Jr. James T. Marshburn Harold H. Smothers Wilbert C. Massey, Jr. Emmett Spicer James P. McLamb Kermit Stallings Margus I. McCarty Alvin T. Strickland Tyson Hardy Mewborn Richard Summerlin James Allen Mozingo Daniel C. Sutton Earnest Newsome Edd Leddell Sutton Melville W. Odom Herbert A. Sutton James L. Parker James L. Taylor William F. Parker Henry A. Taylor Tryphon D. Peacock Benjamin W. Taylor Willis G. Peele, Jr. Robert L. Taylor Boddie Perry James A. Thomas William J. Pierce James Richard Troutman Charlie E. Pike Johnnie Joseph Turnage Donald N. Pope Ira Wade James A. Powell Charles Warren Dudley A. Powell, Jr. Henry Edwin Weeks Leon Price Gordon Whitaker, Jr. Charles Malcolm Price Charles E. Wiegand Royal Puckett Cecil H. Wiggs Roscoe Quinn Robert E. Williams Blanton E. Reaves William C. Wilson, Jr. Joe Renfrow Joseph D. Winchester Bryant Roberts George B. Womble, Jr. Willie Rogers Donza Wood John C. Rose, Jr. Bernice R. Wynn John G. Rowe Ray Edwin York Korean Conflict James Elisha Bass James Lee Kornegay Daniel Joseph Carter John W. Lamm William Lloyd Howell I.L. Littleton John Henry King James Merritt Forrest L. Price , (5th Bronze plaque, far right) Wayne County Memorial Community Building 1919 May-June Committee appointed by commissioners of county, by aldermen and Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro to consider a memorial to the sons of Wayne who served and died in the World War. Committee recommended erection of a community building to be both a memorial and a means of service to the living. August Report approved by above named bodies and committed authorized to proceed with undertaking. October Campaign begun for funds to erect building. 81,000 dollars finally raised. 1924 January Contract for building awarded. February 23rd Corner stone laid, civic organizations participating. 1925 June 26th Dedication ,
We must honor those sons of ours who fought so bravely.
A Grateful Citizen (1925)
(Walkway plaque)
Most of them were boys when they died and they gave up two lives--the one they were living and the one they would have lived when they died. They gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their country, for us. All we can do is remember.
Ronald Reagan
(1st Bronze plaque, far left)
In Honor Of The Sons Of Wayne
Who Served And Died In The World War
Jesse J. Baker Harry B. Hood
Roscoe Benton Sam G. Hummell
Andrew Best Cleon Ray Jones
James H. Blalock Ezra A. Mayo
Willie L. Blalock Ezra Moore
Bruce L. Blevins Wm. O. Mozingo
Levi C. Branson Chas. Raynor
Irving Bryant Fred Reed
Fred Lawson Casey Mortimer Roscower
Carl B. Clingon Jesse R. Ruffin
Eulas Lee Collins Herman P. Shackleford
Roland Cox Chas. Dixon Shaver
John Creech Leslie Jurney Short
Marion Lee Daniels King David Simmons
Daniel Davis
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Willie Simmons
Gaston L. Dortch Foster B. Stevens
Mack Elliott Isaac Stevens
James Irvin Fulford Elam Summerlin
Wm. James Gardner James G. Summerlin
Adrian H. Grantham Ben Ira Taylor
Moses Hadley Nathaniel K. Thornton
Samuel Hadley Arthur Turner
Herbert Lee Handley William Walston
George R. Hardesty R.H. Westbrook
Faison Harris Grover Cleveland Wiggins
James Hill Major Williams
Sidney W. Hinson Danzie Winn
Wyatt Hinson Guy Winstead
James Herbert Hogan Shade Wooten
(2nd Bronze plaque)
In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne
Who Served And Died In World War II
And The Korean Conflict
World War II
Robert E. Abel Marvin L. Faircloth
Albert J. Adams Stephen P. Faircloth
Henry W. Allen, Jr. Joseph Farah
Bruce Anderson Louis H. Faulk
Raymond R. Anderson Reulien R. Floyd
Cleveland C. Balkcum Thurston D. Fogleman
George W. Barber Alleyne Foster
William A. Barwick Carl E. Franklin
Jerry H. Beamon Ralph Giddens
Benjamin
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2. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker
F. Bell George E. Grantham
William H. Bell Robert Greenfield
Robert O. Benton Clifton Hamm
J.R. Best Thomas P. Harrison
Norman E. Best Robert R. Hatch
James Horace Blackman Henry Edward Herring
James Lee Blackman Cecil Hertford
Paul L. Borden, Jr. May S. Higgins
William Louis Britt David R. Hill
Ben R. Brock Ray Hill
Glennie M. Brock Liston Levi Hines
Lee Roy Brogden Wilbert O. Hodge
James L. Byrd John Hollingsworth
Archie B. Carter Horace Horton
Raeford L. Campbell Roland W. Horton, Jr.
Carl C. Casey James L. Howell
Earl Chestnutt Charles M. Howell
Linwood Ray Combs Ernest C. Howell
Harold Crawford George F. Howell
Lawton Crumpler, Jr. W.A. Harry Hundley
Wayne Garland Crumpler Alton Jarmon
Woodard W. Crumpler Louis J. Jernigan
Edward Carlyle Daly Douglas T. Johnson
Jake Davis Wayne Lee Johnson
I.D. Dickerson Jack
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3. Wayne County Veterans Memorial plaque 1 , World War I
Jones
James Edmundson Melvin B. Jones
Clarence M. Edwards Roy Wayne Jones
Wayne Roland Edwards J.C. Jones
William H. Ellis Charles C. Keller
Albert L. Ellington Roscoe Kelly
Richard Elmore Charles S. Killette
Ray E. Eubanks Ben R. King
Gene J. Elzas Willie Lane
(continued on 4th plaque)
(3rd Bronze plaque)
In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne County
Who Served And Died In The Vietnam War
Emmett E. Ballree Casco D. Howell George P. Power
Muray L. Borden, Jr. Ernest R. Howell James L. Ratliff
James R. Coates Ralph Howell Richard V. Riggs
William D. Crawford Robert H. Irwin William C. Sutton
Donald E. Daniels Dan L. Jenkins Edmund R. Toler
Edgar F. Davis Stokely J. Jones Paul G. Underwood
James P. DeVaney Wilbert E. Jones Kenneth E. VanHoy
Robert A. Govan Bobby R. Lane Albert Vick Jr.
Joseph M. Grantham, III Billy W. McKeel Richard W. Watson
William W. Hail Rudolph S. Parrish
Phillip D. Hardy Herbert Pearsall,
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4. Wayne County Veterans Memorial,plaque 2, WWII and Korea
Jr.
Joseph N. Hargrove Phillip W. Pigford
(Small lower plaque)
These are the original bronze tablets recovered after the fire in 2004 destroyed the Wayne County Memorial Community Building.
The first plaque commemorates the purpose and a chronology of the memorial. The other plaques name and honor those who died in combat.
(4th Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne
Who Served And Died In World War II
And The Korean Conflict
World War II
Harvey J. Langston John Sauls
Raymond J. Langston Leonard O. Savage
Charles C. Lassiter Charles Marcus Scott
Henry H. Lee Neal Scott
Rayford S. Lynch Ira S. Smith
Gary L. MacDonald L.L. Smith
Carl O. Martin Earl C. Smith
Hugh D. Marshburn Levert L. Smith, Jr.
James T. Marshburn Harold H. Smothers
Wilbert C. Massey, Jr. Emmett Spicer
James P. McLamb Kermit Stallings
Margus I. McCarty Alvin T. Strickland
Tyson Hardy Mewborn Richard Summerlin
James Allen Mozingo Daniel C. Sutton
Earnest Newsome Edd Leddell Sutton
Melville W. Odom Herbert A.
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5. Wayne County Veterans Memorial,center, Vietnam
Sutton
James L. Parker James L. Taylor
William F. Parker Henry A. Taylor
Tryphon D. Peacock Benjamin W. Taylor
Willis G. Peele, Jr. Robert L. Taylor
Boddie Perry James A. Thomas
William J. Pierce James Richard Troutman
Charlie E. Pike Johnnie Joseph Turnage
Donald N. Pope Ira Wade
James A. Powell Charles Warren
Dudley A. Powell, Jr. Henry Edwin Weeks
Leon Price Gordon Whitaker, Jr.
Charles Malcolm Price Charles E. Wiegand
Royal Puckett Cecil H. Wiggs
Roscoe Quinn Robert E. Williams
Blanton E. Reaves William C. Wilson, Jr.
Joe Renfrow Joseph D. Winchester
Bryant Roberts George B. Womble, Jr.
Willie Rogers Donza Wood
John C. Rose, Jr. Bernice R. Wynn
John G. Rowe Ray Edwin York Korean Conflict
James Elisha Bass James Lee Kornegay
Daniel Joseph Carter John W. Lamm
William Lloyd Howell I.L. Littleton
John Henry King James Merritt
Forrest L. Price
(5th
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6. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker, WWII and Korea-continued
Bronze plaque, far right)
Wayne County Memorial Community Building
1919
May-June Committee appointed by commissioners of county, by aldermen and Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro to consider a memorial to the sons of Wayne who served and died in the World War. Committee recommended erection of a community building to be both a memorial and a means of service to the living.
August Report approved by above named bodies and committed authorized to proceed with undertaking.
October Campaign begun for funds to erect building. 81,000 dollars finally raised.
1924
January Contract for building awarded.
February 23rd Corner stone laid, civic organizations participating.
1925
June 26th Dedication
Location. 35° 22.95′ N, 77° 59.631′ W. Marker is in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in Wayne County. Memorial is on East Walnut Street near North William Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Goldsboro NC 27530, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers.
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7. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker,Wayne County Memorial Community Building
The building became the focal point for the civic, recreational and patriotic life of Wayne County for almost eighty years. It was lost to fire in May, 2004.
On June 26, 1925, the Wayne County Memorial Community Building was dedicated on this site.
It was built by public contributions from grateful citizens throughout Wayne County to serve as a living
memorial to its sons who died in World War I. It later served to honor those who lost their lives in
subsequent wars. The building became the focal point for the civic, recreational and patriotic life of
Wayne County for almost eighty years. It was lost to fire in May, 2004.
Citizens who entered this building each day saw these words carved above the entryway:
Honor - Duty - Fraternity
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10. Wayne County Veterans Memorial - Wayne County Memorial Community Building today
This memorial site was rededicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 2011 to once again commemorate those who made the Supreme Sacrifice. We honor all others who fought in the wars by preserving in this location the memories of their fallen comrades. It continues to be a place where our citizens can enjoy the Blessings of Peace; a place that will serve as a reminder of these sons and daughters of Wayne County who secured our past and safeguarded our future.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,136 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on July 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.