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

Korean and Vietnam Conflicts Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020

1. Korean and Vietnam Conflicts Memorial

Inscription.
[Center]
Erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars & the American Legion posts of Grundy County in memory of the Grundy County servicemen, who gave their lives in the Korean & Vietnam conflicts.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. St. John 15:13

[Left wing]
Korean Conflict Moneyheffer, Wm. C. • Northcutt, W. Clayborn • Ross, John E. • Schoenmann, Glenn S. • Tate, Hershel L.

[Right wing]
Vietnam Conflict Brown, Marshall • Eubanks, Raymond • Henry, George E. • Phillips, Marvin F. • Rollins, Glenn H. • Shrum, Kenneth • Williams, Reuben C. • Wise, James F.

Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts of Grundy County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam.

Location. 35° 25.815′ N, 85° 43.392′ W. Memorial is in Altamont, Tennessee, in Grundy County. It is on Main Street (State Highway 56) near Spring Street, on the right when traveling north. 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

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marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of LTJG William (Billy) E. Stulce (a few steps from this marker); Altamont, Tennessee World War Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Welcome to Altamont (within shouting distance of this marker); Grundy County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); L.V. Woodlee House (within shouting distance of this marker); Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid (within shouting 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.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 17, 2020

2. Korean and Vietnam Conflicts Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 295 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 25, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on May 26, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.