Near Hoffman in Scotland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (Separate)

Photographed By Roger C Pate, December 11, 2015

1. 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (Separate) Memorial

Inscription.
This monument is dedicated to the heroic men of the Five Hundred Fifty First Parachute Infantry Battalion (Separate)who made the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefields of Europe during World War II. Their motto was Aterrizar y Atacar
Land and Attack
This they did

GOYA...Battle Cry of the 551st
Great Outstanding Young Americans This monument place here by members, relatives and friends of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion Separate) Association 1 July 1992

This monument is also dedicated to the memory of eight of our fellow paratroopers and buddies who net their death by drowning on a night training parachute jump 16 Feb 1944 at Lake Kinney Cameron

We remember
PFC Shelly C Ferguson / Athens AL
T/S John Hoffman / Pierce NB
PFC Kenneth D McGrotty / Medford OR
PFC Ishmael H Petty / Coalwood WV
SGT Benjamin Preziotti / Brooklyn NY
PFC Zollie Ramsey / Hil Ham TN
PFC Norval L Reed / Clarksburg WV
PVT John L Wafford / St Stephens SC

Erected 1992 by members, relatives and friends of the 551st Parachures Infantry Battalion (Separate) Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is February 16, 1944.

Location. 34° 59.698′

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N, 79° 32.636′ W. Marker is near Hoffman, North Carolina, in Scotland County. Memorial can be reached from Hoffman Road (County Route 1328) 1.8 miles south of Thompson Road (County Route 1328), on the right when traveling south. This memorial is located at Kinney Cameron Lake on the NCWRC Sanhills Gamelands. At sign for NCWRC fishing (GPS 35.00129,-79.53756)turn west on access road 0.6 miles to site. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marston NC 28363, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Cameron Morrison School (approx. 2.3 miles away); Camp Mackall (approx. 7.2 miles away); John Coltrane (approx. 11.4 miles away); Hamlet Station (approx. 11½ miles away); a different marker also named John Coltrane (approx. 11½ miles away); Wagram (approx. 11.7 miles away); Spring Hill Baptist Church (approx. 11.7 miles away); Sherman's March (approx. 11.7 miles away).

Also see . . . 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States). Wikipedia (Submitted on May 5, 2016.)

Photographed By Roger C Pate, December 11, 2015

2. 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (Separate) Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2016, by Roger C Pate of Laurinburg, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 471 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on May 5, 2016, by Roger C Pate of Laurinburg, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2016, by Roger C Pate of Laurinburg, North Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.