Near Carthage in Moore County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch
Photographed by Forest McDermott, September 4, 2015
1. Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch Marker
US Army Air Corps
MIA/KIA Oct. 6th, 1944
A Member of the Famous Flying Tigers
Home at Last, April 8th, 2006
Dedicated April 7, 2012
Erected 2012.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is October 6, 1944.
Location. 35° 20.449′ N, 79° 26.208′ W. Memorial is near Carthage, North Carolina, in Moore County. It is on Gilliam McConnell Road 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west. Marker is next to the parking lot within the Gilliam-McConnell Airfield. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 194 Gilliam McConnell Rd, Carthage NC 28327, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: East Meets West (here, next to this marker); Biography of Robert Hoyle Upchurch (here, next to this marker); James McConnell (here, next to this marker); James Rogers McConnell (here, next to this marker); Ret. SFC Zeb D. Harrington and The "Junkyard Dog" (here, next to this marker); Carthage Methodist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Carthage Methodist Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Buggy Company (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carthage.
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Photographed by Forest McDermott, September 4, 2015
2. Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch Marker
Marker is in the middle of photo.
Photographed by Forest McDermott, September 4, 2015
3. Lt. Robert "Hoyle" Upchurch Marker
Marker is located to the right of the James Roger McConnell markers and the airfield is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 20, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2017, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 408 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 14, 2017, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
