Marion in Perry County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Marion Military Institute Alumni Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 28, 2018

1. Marion Military Institute Alumni Vietnam Memorial

Inscription.
In memory of those who
served and those who died
so others might live free
killed in action

Killed in Action

George B. Lee
Claude H. Cargile
William O. Brantley, Jr.
Robert W. Brunson
Hugh M. Byrd, Jr.
Joseph R. Mitchell
Charles W. Davis
Joseph H. Shelton, III
Charles D. Sonnkalb. Jr.
Marshall L. Calender
Rollin E. Golightly
Edward P. McCarthy
Thomas J. Wiley
Frederick J. Hampton
Joseph R. Harris, Jr.
Roger Graham
Thomas D. Ott, II
Michael B. Himes
Robert Erosio
Terry W. Crawford
Jimmy W. Conlee
Douglas H. Moore

Erected 1989 by Marion Military Institute.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 32° 37.381′ N, 87° 19.35′ W. Memorial is in Marion, Alabama, in Perry County. It is on Polk Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south. Located next to the Baer Memorial Library. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 405 Polk Street, Marion AL 36756, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 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: Marion Military Institute Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Marion City Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); South College Barracks Fire of 1924 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Marion Military Institute (approx. ¼ mile away); Lincoln Normal School

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Lincoln Normal School (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Congregational Church of Marion (approx. half a mile away); Siloam Baptist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.

Marion Military Institute Alumni Vietnam Memorial on right. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, April 28, 2018

2. Marion Military Institute Alumni Vietnam Memorial on right.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 590 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 29, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.