Bay Minette in Baldwin County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Bay Minette Korean War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017
1. Bay Minette Korean War Memorial
711th AAA Gun Battalion
Alabama National Guard
Bay Minette, Alabama
[List of names in 3 columns]
4 September 1950
Korean War
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
Location. 30° 52.942′ N, 87° 46.566′ W. Memorial is in Bay Minette, Alabama, in Baldwin County. It is at the intersection of Hall Avenue (U.S. 31) and D'Olive Street on Hall Avenue. Located in front of the Bay Minette Public Library. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 205 West 2nd Street, Bay Minette AL 36507, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast and in Mobile Bay. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bay Minette, Alabama (within shouting distance of this marker); Baldwin County Eternal Flame Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Judge Harry Toulmin (about 600 feet away); A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County (about 700 feet away); Bottle Creek Site (about 700 feet away); Lynching in America / The Lynching of Rueben Sims (about 800 feet away); Stephen J. Boykin / The American Banner (approx. 1.3 miles away); Kennedy Mill, c.1811 (approx. 7.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bay Minette.
Regarding Bay Minette Korean War Memorial. Each year the city, and the areas' veterans, honor those who served, and those who died in the Korean War. The sacrifices of the 138 young members, of B Battery of 711th AAA Gun Battalion, who marched through the streets of Bay Minette on September 4th, 1950 before boarding a train that would begin their journey toward Koreas far away shores are remembered.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017
2. Bay Minette Korean War Memorial with public library in background.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 14, 2017
3. Lower plaque listing those who were killed in the Korean War.
In Memory of
Bruce Beveridge
Brooks E. Conway
Charles J. Vickery
B Battery 711th AAA Gun Battalion
Honors these men who made the supreme
sacrifice in Korea. These Bay Minette
soldiers died for our freedom
Credits. This page was last revised on January 18, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,155 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 18, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
