Van Buren in Crawford County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Crawford County Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 3, 2016

1. Crawford County Vietnam Memorial

Inscription.
Remember those who served
and those who died

Killed in Action
Maj. Walter Hugh Moon
Capt. Jimmy Cartwright
LCpl. Roger Dale Cecil
LCpl. Billy Dale Livingston
SSgt. Samuel Ray Nixon
PFC. Jewel Lee Rainwater
GMG1 Arthur C. Williams Jr.
Capt. William Dale Nixon
PFC. William Haskell Smock
Capt. Alexander Johnson Jr.
PFC. Boyce Dale Burgett
1Lt. William Robert Wilson
PFC. John Charles Guire
SP/4 James David Housely
Sgt. Jimmy Don Smith
EN2 Henry Vernon Closser
SPC4 Richard Bert Bruce

Erected 1987 by Crawford County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, Vietnam.

Location. 35° 26.066′ N, 94° 21.332′ W. Memorial is in Van Buren, Arkansas, in Crawford County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and South 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. Located on the Crawford County Courthouse lawn. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 300 Main Street, Van Buren AR 72956, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Arkansas River Valley,

in the Cherokee Heritage Region,

and in Osage Territory.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Ozarks.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: First Three U.S. Deaths in WWI (here, next to this marker); History of Hebe Statue (a few

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steps from this marker); Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Crawford County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Butterfield Stage Route (within shouting distance of this marker); Albert Pike School House (within shouting distance of this marker); Crawford County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Van Buren Raid (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Van Buren.

Crawford County Vietnam Memorial looking west on Main Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 3, 2016

2. Crawford County Vietnam Memorial looking west on Main Street.

Crawford County Courthouse behind memorial. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 3, 2016

3. Crawford County Courthouse behind memorial.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 1, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 686 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 1, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.