Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
"Lest We Forget"
Avondale World War II Memorial
of the Avondale Boys of
World War II who made the Supreme
Sacrifice for Liberty and Humanity.
Thomas Nelson Albert W. Moore James A. Williams John L. Warner Wayne Daily Chester Smith Ernest Cumb LeRoy J. Patterson Norman H. Butts Donald B. Funderburk Weyman Milton George Tucker Herman Kelly Earl W. Franklin Oscar L. Cagle, Jr. Leon Fulghum Fred W. Hosmer, Jr. Louis H. Boone, Jr. William F. Smith, Jr. Jessie Pyle, Jr. Alfred Chadbourne Carl Israel Howard Vaughn Hubert W. Wynn Robert Berry Joe D. D. Craddock Landis Smith Shelton Hall
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 33° 31.3′ N, 86° 46.259′ W. Marker is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of 5th Avenue South and 41st Street South. Located in Avondale Park near the baseball fields. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Birmingham AL 35222, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. King's Spring (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Forest Park (approx. half a mile away); Site of the First Alabama - Auburn Football Game (approx. 0.9 miles away); United States Pipe and Foundry Company (approx. 0.9 miles away); Frisco No. 4018 (approx. one mile away); Foundations of Beehive Coke Ovens (approx. one mile away); Independent Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sloss Blast Furnaces (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Birmingham.
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