Decaturville in Decatur County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Decatur County Veterans Monument

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 18, 2020

1. Decatur County Veterans Monument

Inscription. Dedicated to
the everlasting memory
of those from
Decatur County
who gave their lives
in the service

World War I Leonard Barber • James C. Moore • Wilsie Brashear • Clarence Nichols • David A. Harrington • James J. Nichols • Elbert C. Ivy • Andrew Prevat • Joseph E. Jones • William R. Steed • Oscar N. Jones • Troy R. Sykes • Joe T. Kennedy • Murray A. Volner • Clyde D. Kindle • John H. Walker, Col. • Charlie L. Lacy • Willard C. Watson • John H. Ledbetter • Thomas C. Welch • James N. Lockhart

Korean
Hollis Creasy
Joe W. Denison
James F. Hamm
Frank P. Jennings

Vietnam
Don L. Allen
Lester R. Davis, Jr.
Oscar P. Lyles, Jr.
Gus L. Stokes

World War II Cleatus Aaron • Everett L. Ivey • Joe D. Baker • Curry King • Frank M. Ballinger • Jessie C. Lancaster • Onnis A. Bowman • William L. Lindsay • Glenie W. Bowman • Harry F. Long • Vernon E. Brashear • James F. Mays • Floyd P. Carrington • Coy M. McCorkle • Howard J. Collett • Wallace McCorkle • Jessie J. Collett • James McCorkle • Grady D. Cornwell • L. B. Milam • Jesse D. Darnell • William L. Montgomery • Charles B. Davis • Howard E. Moore • Leonard

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R. Dodson • Ben T. Morris, Jr. • Baxter D. Fitzgerald • Joseph D. Pratt • Barney M. Graves • Virgil L. Rushing • Gordon Griggs • George B. Smith • Robert I. Gurley • Odis A. Thomas • Robert P. Haley • William G. Vise • Grover Hardin • Ray Warren • Curry C. Howell

Erected 1949 by American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 35° 35.058′ N, 88° 7.212′ W. Monument is in Decaturville, Tennessee, in Decatur County. It is on West Main Street (State Highway 100) just east of North White Oak Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located on grounds of Decatur County Courthouse, at southwest corner of building. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 22 West Main Street, Decaturville TN 38329, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 18, 2020

2. Decatur County Veterans Monument

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Decatur Countians who have served in the Tennessee Senate (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Brownsport Furnace (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Decatur County School Gymnasium (approx. 0.2 miles away); Decatur County Training School Crowder High School 1925-1965 (approx. half a mile away); Divided Loyalties (approx. 4 miles away); Little David Wilkins (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Decaturville.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 420 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.