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Southwestern Alumni World War II Memorial

 
 
Southwestern Alumni World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Masler
1. Southwestern Alumni World War II Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated To The Memory of Southwestern Alumni Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In World War II

James S. Allman '42    Logan W. Hughs '36
Carl A. Arnout '42    William I. Hunt '34
Roy D Bachman '10    Curtis B. Hurley, Jr. '42
Hays Brantley, Jr. '41      William K. Little '40
E. Reed Brock '35    Clifford F. Moriarity, Jr. '44
Charles G. Carter, Jr. '44    Martin F. O'Callaghan Jr. '44
W. Richard Chauncy, Jr. '39    Adolph Ornstein '40
Kenneth C. Clemens '30    John F. Outlaw '14
Herman M. Davis '38    Ernest A. Powell, Jr. '40
Albert R. Dawson, Jr. '42    Sara E. C. Ransom '32
James G. Dougherty '40    Carl J. Roth '39
Robert J. Douglas '45      James D. Sasser '38
William C. Doyle '44     R. Henderson Stovall '43
Dolive Durant, Jr. '38     Neuman H. Taylor '44
William C. Edington '38     Joseph W. Vance, Jr. '40
Charles W. Floyd '38     Robert E. White, Jr. '39
Robert M. Foley '38     Walter E. Wilgus '43
Charles D. Forman, Jr. '42     B. O'Neal Williams '41
W. Stephen Goodwyn, III '44     William B. Williams '44
Dixie G. Griffin '43     Charles F. Work, Jr. '34
Robert F. Henington '44

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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 35° 9.402′ N, 89° 59.395′ W. Memorial is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Midtown. It can be reached from North Lane. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Memphis TN 38107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. 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, 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: William Neely Mallory (a few steps from this marker); Fargason Fields (within shouting distance of this marker); Tennessee Williams Play (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct
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Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2017, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 419 times since then and 12 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on March 27, 2017, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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