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World War II 1940-1946

 
 
World War II 1940-1946 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 9, 2018
1. World War II 1940-1946 Marker
Inscription. 1940-1946
Sacred to the Memory of the Men of Dickson County, Tennessee who died that Freedom might live

Adams, Carl
Adcock, Curtis
Ashworth, Fred W.
Baker, William N.
Bellar, Robert
Black, James L.
Bone, Thomas
Bradford, Elmer
Boaz, Robert E.
Brown, Joe H.
Browning, Archie
Brunet, Frank
Buchanan, Allen
Burgess, Larry L.
Cannon, Newton
Chapps, Charles T.
Daniel, Robert E.
Dickson, Nollie
Edgin, James W.
Edwards, Phillip M.
Field, M. Nor
Finch, Austin
Foster, Wesley B.
Franklin, Howard
Gentry, Allie F.
Gray, John L.
Hood, William R.
Hood, John F.
Hudson, E. W.
Kelley, Woodrow W.
Lamb, Mike
Lankford, James D.
Luther, John W.
Luther, Delbert G.
Larkins, John M.
Lamastus, Dudley B.
McElhiney, Cecil R.
Martin, Oscar E.
Miller, William T.
Mitchell, Van J.
Murrell, Harry
Osborn, James
Ostrander, Andy L.
Patey, Randol
Sensing, Arnold
Sensing, Benjamin C.
Sizemore, William E.
Skegggs, George
Spahr, Raymond
Stinson, Roy L.
Stokes, Grandville
Story, Louie E.
Taylor, Clyde M.
Tidwell, Landon C.
Tuggle, Joe W.
Underwood, Leamond
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Adrain F.
Walton, Mack

Colored Men
Hall, James E.
Hopson, Nelson

 
Erected 1946 by Lucian Berry Post American Legion Dickson, Tennessee.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 36° 4.436′ N, 87° 23.421′ W. Memorial is in Dickson, Tennessee, in Dickson County. It is at the intersection of 200 Center Avenue and West Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling east on 200 Center Avenue. This plaque is located on outside wall of War Memorial Building. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Dickson TN 37055, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee, in the Highland Rim, and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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: Dickson, Tennessee,100 Years 1899-1999 (here, next to this marker); World War I 1917-1919 (here, next to this marker); 1950 Korean Conflict 1955/1964 Vietnam Era 1975 (here, next to this marker); War Memorial Building (a few steps from this marker); Freedom Light (within shouting distance of this marker); John Rich (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Francis Craig (about 600 feet away); Frank Goad Clement (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dickson.

 
World War II 1940-1946 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, October 9, 2018
2. World War II 1940-1946 Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2018, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 368 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 10, 2018, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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