Newberry in Newberry County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Newberry County World War I Monument

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 1, 2008

1. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - West Side

Inscription.
West Side Erected in grateful recognition of the service of the sons of Newberry County who at the call of their country enlisted in the World War, and to the memory of those who sealed with their lives their devotion to the cause of liberty and democracy.
South Side
This tablet is dedicated by Newberry County Post 24 American Legion to our comrades who died on the field of duty.
Clyde Brown · Porter Byrd · Roy Caughman · George Coleman · Henry Coleman · Ben Collins · James Collins · Bennie Cook · Ben Duckett · Nathaniel Harp · Charley Harris · Marion Haynes · John W. Hill · Lonnie Holly · Brady Johnson · James Keitt · Tarrance Moon · John Nesby · Horace Ruff, Jr. · Willie Sator · Rudolphus Shettleworth · John Sligh · Henry Smith · Issac Williams · Nathaniel Williams · Willie Wise
Edmund Deketlaer · Grady Howard · William Mobley · Curtis Trammell

East Side
The tablet is dedicated by Newberry County Post 24 American Legion, to our comrades who died on the field of duty.
Arthur Baker · Francis E. Boazman · Walter Calvin Brooks · Carl Chester Bundrick · Haskell Briggs Cromer · Otis Lawton Crooks · Victor Ernest Digby · Thomas Owens Duncan

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· George Lawson Duncan · Bennie James Folk · George W. Hairston · Charles S. Hayne · Jahue R. Livingstone · Ernest McHardy Longshore · Lonnie Marvin Mills · Clyde Mize · Brox Nelson · William Leslie Sample · George Adam Shealy · Milton Shirey · Joshua Ward Motte Simmons · Jacob Omerle Singley · John Buford Smith, Jr. · Colie L. Stevens · Vandora Edwin Stuck

Erected 1965 by The Civil League and the City of Newberry.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 34° 16.45′ N, 81° 37.233′ W. Monument is in Newberry, South Carolina, in Newberry County. It is on Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located in the county green, near the intersection of Main and Nance Streets. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Newberry SC 29108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Midlands.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep 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 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: National WWII Memorial (here, next to this marker); Honoring the American Revolution Patriots (a few steps from this marker); Newberry County World War II Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Newberry County Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Calvin Crozier (within shouting

Newberry County World War I Monument Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 27, 2008

2. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker

distance of this marker); Vietnam War (within shouting distance of this marker); The Opera House (within shouting distance of this marker); Korean War (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Newberry Bank (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newberry.

Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - South Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 1, 2008

3. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - South Side

Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - East Side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 1, 2008

4. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - East Side

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 1, 2008

5. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker

Showing south and east sides. Base reads "To our World War soldiers 1917-1918."

Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - Statue Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 1, 2008

6. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker - Statue Detail

The statue, entitled Over the Top, was sculpted by John Paulding (version 2043 "A").

Photographed by Brian Scott, November 1, 2008

7. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker

World War II Memorial and Newberry Hampton Inn in the background.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 27, 2008

8. Newberry County World War I Monument Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,246 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 5, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 2. submitted on August 8, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 5, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 8. submitted on August 8, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.