Altamont in Grundy County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

In Memory of LTJG William (Billy) E. Stulce

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020

1. In Memory of LTJG William (Billy) E. Stulce Marker

Inscription.
In memory of LTJG William (Billy) E. Stulce U.S. Navy from Daisy, Tennessee, who gave his life in the performance of his duty on the 18th of September 1945.

While flying on a routine mission LTJG Stulce's F6F Hellcat fighter plane caught fire and crashed about three miles east of Altamont in Gruetli.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.

Location. 35° 25.815′ N, 85° 43.386′ W. Memorial is in Altamont, Tennessee, in Grundy County. It is on Beersheba Street north of Main Street (Tennessee Highway 56), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1606 Main St, Altamont TN 37301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Altamont, Tennessee World War Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Korean and Vietnam Conflicts Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Grundy County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Altamont (within shouting distance of this marker); L.V. Woodlee House (within shouting distance of this marker); Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid (within shouting

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distance of this marker); The Northcutt-Moffitt “Manor” (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Long’s Mill and the Chickamauga Trace (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Altamont.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 317 times since then and 11 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 25, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.