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Calhoun in McLean County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

McLean County War Memorial

 
 
McLean County War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2018
1. McLean County War Memorial
Inscription. In memory of those from McLean County who gave the supreme sacrifice

Honor roll

World War I
WorlD War II
Korean War
War on Terrorism - Iraq
Vietnam War
Other war zones
 
Erected by V.F.W Post Number 5415.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 37° 32.966′ N, 87° 15.62′ W. Memorial is in Calhoun, Kentucky, in McLean County. It is on Main Street (Kentucky Route 81) 0.1 miles south of Route 815, on the right when traveling south. Located at the Calhoun Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 210 KY-81, Calhoun KY 42327, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Tri-State Region and in the Western Coal Field. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. 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 and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Charles Hansford / Charles Hansford (1759-1850) (within shouting distance of this marker); Camp Calhoun (approx. 0.8 miles away); Camp Calhoun Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); County Named / Calhoun (approx. 0.8 miles away); Corp. James Bethel Gresham Memorial Bridge (approx. 1.3 miles away); Rumsey (approx. 1.3 miles away);
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Union Camp Site / McLean County Recruits, Co. D 35 Regt. KY. Vol. Mounted Inf. (approx. 6 miles away); Livermore Bridge (approx. 8.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calhoun.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Forrest Reconnoitered (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
List of World War I dead. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2018
2. List of World War I dead.
List of World War II dead. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2018
3. List of World War II dead.
Korean War and Iraq War dead. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2018
4. Korean War and Iraq War dead.
Vietnam War and former McLean Countians who gave their lives in war zones. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2018
5. Vietnam War and former McLean Countians who gave their lives in war zones.
McLean County War Memorial at the Calhoun Cemetery. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 13, 2018
6. McLean County War Memorial at the Calhoun Cemetery.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 415 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 10, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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