Maryville in Blount County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Blount County War Dead Memorial

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

1. Blount County War Dead Memorial

Inscription.

Blount County War Dead Memorial. . In honored glory. Lest we forget: This monument dedicated to all those gallant heroes of Blount County , living and dead, who have fought in all wars to preserve the American way of life., The people who have no interest in the past have no hope for the future. Edmund Burke, Greater love hath no man than this: That a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13, In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus, War of 18 12 1812-1815. James Taylor . Samuel McCurry, Mexican War 1846-1848. George W. Roberts . Powers C. Gowers, Civil War 1861-1865. John C. Anderson, U . Larkin Anderson, U . William Anderson, U . Stephen K. Belt, U . Peter Brickey, U . Elbert Britt, U . Cowan Broady, U . William C. Broady, U . John Carpenter, U . Samuel Carpenter, U . Preacher Catlett, U . Phillip Costner, U . John Coulter, C . Isaac Coulter, C . Shimmon Crye, U . Franklin Cummings, U . Lowery Everett, U . Adam Farmer, U . John Farmer, C . Lawson Fields, U . Henry French, U . Moses Gamble, U . Samuel George, C . Walter Gregory, U . Joseph Hall, U . James Hamil, U . Elijah Hatcher, U . Jonathan Houser, U . Samuel B. Houston, U . Samuel J. Huffstetler, U . William Jeffries, U . James McClanahan, U . Aaron McReynolds, U . William McReynolds, U . Joshua Patty, U . William T. Phelps, U . William Pickens, U . William R. Powell, U . Samuel Pride, C . John Rasor, U . John Russell, U . Thomas Russell, U . Greenberry Saffell, U . William E. Talbot, U . William Taylor, U . Samuel Thompson, U . James Walker, U . Joseph Walker, U . William Wallace, U . David Whitehead, U . William Whitehead, U . Willie B. Wright, U . David Shields, U, Spanish-American War 1898-1902. Wiley J. Brickey . Frank W. Burns . George W. Davis . Robert B. McCroskey . George Riddle, World War I 1917-1918. William R. Burchfield . George L. Burns . Grayson Caylor . Samuel Crisp . Walter Crisp . Phillip S. Decker . John Dockery . Auls Fagg . John H. Ferguson . James Gardner . Jurd R. Gibson . Cecil F. Goddard . Thomas W. Goddard . David M. Gourley . Milton L. Harper . P.L. Kenough . Luke Lawson . Wisdom Lee . Ernest R. Linginfelter . Emerson J. Lones . Fred D. Love . Claude O. Lowe . Leonard F. Marine . Charles C. Meeks . Harry M. Miller . Claude L. Mingle . Samuel K. Molsbee . Murphy J. Myers . Prue Myers . William A. Myers . David E. Ott . James D. Patty . Herbert B. Parham . William M. Payne . Carl Robbins . Walter Rogers . Pleas Russell . Robert L. Sterling . Wesley T. Stinnett . John P. Tallant . Harrison Townsend . Charles A. Walker . Henry L. Webb . Anderson L. Wilburn . Claude M. Williams . George E. Williams . Hobart D. Willocks, World War II 1941-1945. Carl E. Adams . Woodrow W. Adams . Howard E. Baker . Willie Barker . Ray Barrett . Hal Baxter . Paul K. Beck . James A. Bennett . Roscoe M. Best . J.R. Blair . Harvey W. Bowling . James E. Bowers . Donnas H. Boyd . Carl J. Branton . James H. Breeden . David H. Briggs Jr. . Gordon Brookshire . Cledith Brown . James K. Brown . John R. Broyles Jr. . Harold D. Burch . Denvil Burgess . Samuel T. Byers . Robert G. Campbell . William B. Carpenter . Charles D. Carroll Jr. . Clarence J. Carver . Fred D. Caylor . Archabald Chandler . Silas J. Chapman . William O. Chums . Alex M. Clabough . Brent Clemmer . Marion B. Cooper . Wilbur C. Connatser . Troy W. Cope . Horace C. Costner . Tollton E. Coulter . Henry O. Cox Jr. . Jack G. Cox . Owen G. Cox Jr. . Paul Z. Crabtree . William P. Crisp . James E. Davis . Paul F. Davis . Robert O. Dotson . John C. Dugger . John A. Dunlap . Jack Dunn . Ollie P. Dunn . John R. Eaves Jr. . Birch England . John R. England . John H. Evans . John W. Farr . Ralph L. Feezell . Arnold Ferguson . Harold H. Ferguson . Thomas J. Forrester . Carl B. Freeman . Roy E. Freeman . Charles E. French . Lonnie French . William W. French Jr. . Ode J. Garner . Stephen V. Gibson . James H. Giffin . George E. Goodman Jr. . Wade Graham . John W. Griffitts . Robert A. Greene . Freeman A. Greene, Jr. . David R. Guy . Harvey E. Hall . John H. Hammonds . Kenneth C. Hargis . Claude E. Hembree . Conrad J. Hembree . Fred J. Henry . Herman Hicks . Howard Hicks . James S. Hill . Abraham L. Hill . Jasper E. Hill . James C. Holtsinger . William H. Hudgens, Jr. . Raymond C. Huffstetler . Hollis R. Huffstetler . Paul E. Humphrey . Sam A. Humphrey . Lester L. Hunt . Burl D. Huskey . Charles O. Irwin . Melvin Ivens . Obie Jenkins . Floyd H. Jones . Vernon L. Jones . Edward L. Keller . William B. Keller . Roy O. Kelley . Paul A. Kerr . Robert L. Kinnaman . Jesse B. Kirkland . Arthur G. Kiser . Robert O. Kitchen . Rudolph F. Klarer . George Koons . Ralph Lambert . James C. Lane . Charles Lankford . Edwin Lankford . Fred Lewis . Marvin H. Long . Audley E. Lynn . Obed L. McCollum . William C. McConnell . William H. McCulley, Jr. . Carl S. McFee . Thomas M. McGee, Jr. . Joseph L. McGee . Howard B. McGill . Carl W. Miller . Marvin R. Mizell . Robert B. Moore . Paul E. Morehouse, Jr. . Clarence Morris . Glen S. Morton . Robert D. Mosier . Howard K. Moss . James V. Myers . Robert H. Norris . William G. Onks . William L. Orr . Kenneth H. Owens . John M. Patrick . Eather E. Patterson . James D. Pemberton . Jack L. Phelps . J. Wayne Pierce . Mort J. Potter . Charles T. Presley . Oscar R. Proffitt . Harold Rathbone . Clifford Reagan . Joe Reneau . Roy A. Reno . Birb R. Rhodes . Earl L. Rhyne, Jr. . George Riggs, Jr. . Warren B. Robinson . Thomas E. Rodgers . Henry M. Rowland . Lacy W. Rueter . Charles V. Russell . Elmer H. Russell . Waymon W. Sandidge . John W. Scarbrough . Sanford Sloan . Eugene W. Smith . Roy Smith . Roy Sparks . John S. Stafford . William A. Stanfield, Jr. . Roy D. Steele . Horace S. Stephens . Ray F. Stiles . Clell R. Stinnett . Henry T. Stinnett . Julian C. Stinnett . Howard P. Sullivan . Bennie Summey . Wendell F. Swanson . Arthur B. Tallent . Jack M. Thames . Ross H. Thompson . James S. Todd . Raymond B. Wade . Alvin Welch . James L. Widner . Lee A. Wilkerson . George Wright . S. Newton Yearout, Jr. . William R. Young, Korean War 1950-1955. George E. Barnes . Clifford J. Boring . Fred H. Gossett . Ray F. Henry . Jack E. King . Daniel R. Lambert . Gene E. Lillard . James R. McNeilly . Charles D. Orr . William R. Stinnett . Columbus T. Thacker . Wiley J. Tipton . Ray F. Walker . Wendell H. Walker, Vietnam War 1961-1975. Danny E. Blevins . Johnny L. Bryant . W.T. Bryant . John H. Burgess, Jr. . Donald C. Coulter . Gerald E. Cunningham . John Ray Cunningham . David H. Custen . Donald L. Dotson . Richard L. Dunlap . Dan G. Feezell . Wayne O. Gay . Thomas J. Grindstaff, Jr. . Gordon A. Hawkins . William C. Hopper . Earl A. Jenkins . Leonard H. Mantooth, Jr. . Jack W. Miller . James L. Parker . Robert O. Parrott . Monte L. Payne . James A. Pettitt . Leroy Poplin . Erwin Proctor . John D. Rhodes III . Johnny L. Roberts . Robert L. Rogers . James H. Roulette . F. Calvin Russell . Gordon L. Wheeler . Larry G. Whitehead . Claude A. Williams . Wayne Williams . Charles Woods, Persian Gulf War 1990-1991. Michael S. Carpenter . Robert F. Ward, Jr., War on Terror 2001-20. William M. Bennett . Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. . Travis W. Nixon

In honored glory
Lest we forget: This monument dedicated to all those gallant heroes of Blount County , living and dead, who have fought in all wars to preserve the American way of life.

The people who have no interest in the past have no hope for the future. Edmund Burke

Greater love hath no man than this: That a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus

War of 1812
1812-1815 James Taylor • Samuel McCurry

Mexican War
1846-1848 George W. Roberts • Powers C. Gowers

Civil War
1861-1865 John C. Anderson, U • Larkin Anderson, U • William Anderson, U • Stephen K. Belt, U • Peter Brickey, U • Elbert Britt, U • Cowan Broady, U • William C. Broady, U • John Carpenter, U • Samuel Carpenter, U • Preacher Catlett, U • Phillip Costner, U • John Coulter, C • Isaac Coulter, C • Shimmon Crye, U • Franklin Cummings, U • Lowery Everett, U • Adam Farmer, U • John Farmer, C • Lawson Fields, U • Henry French, U • Moses Gamble, U • Samuel George, C • Walter Gregory, U • Joseph Hall, U • James Hamil, U • Elijah Hatcher, U • Jonathan Houser, U • Samuel B. Houston, U

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• Samuel J. Huffstetler, U • William Jeffries, U • James McClanahan, U • Aaron McReynolds, U • William McReynolds, U • Joshua Patty, U • William T. Phelps, U • William Pickens, U • William R. Powell, U • Samuel Pride, C • John Rasor, U • John Russell, U • Thomas Russell, U • Greenberry Saffell, U • William E. Talbot, U • William Taylor, U • Samuel Thompson, U • James Walker, U • Joseph Walker, U • William Wallace, U • David Whitehead, U • William Whitehead, U • Willie B. Wright, U • David Shields, U

Spanish-American War
1898-1902 Wiley J. Brickey • Frank W. Burns • George W. Davis • Robert B. McCroskey • George Riddle

World War I
1917-1918 William R. Burchfield • George L. Burns • Grayson Caylor • Samuel Crisp • Walter Crisp • Phillip S. Decker • John Dockery • Auls Fagg • John H. Ferguson • James Gardner • Jurd R. Gibson • Cecil F. Goddard • Thomas W. Goddard • David M. Gourley • Milton L. Harper • P.L. Kenough • Luke Lawson • Wisdom Lee • Ernest R. Linginfelter • Emerson J. Lones • Fred D. Love • Claude O. Lowe • Leonard F. Marine • Charles C. Meeks • Harry M. Miller • Claude L. Mingle • Samuel K. Molsbee • Murphy J. Myers • Prue Myers • William A. Myers • David E. Ott • James D. Patty • Herbert B. Parham • William M. Payne • Carl Robbins • Walter Rogers • Pleas Russell • Robert L. Sterling • Wesley

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

2. Blount County War Dead Memorial

First panel

T. Stinnett • John P. Tallant • Harrison Townsend • Charles A. Walker • Henry L. Webb • Anderson L. Wilburn • Claude M. Williams • George E. Williams • Hobart D. Willocks

World War II
1941-1945 Carl E. Adams • Woodrow W. Adams • Howard E. Baker • Willie Barker • Ray Barrett • Hal Baxter • Paul K. Beck • James A. Bennett • Roscoe M. Best • J.R. Blair • Harvey W. Bowling • James E. Bowers • Donnas H. Boyd • Carl J. Branton • James H. Breeden • David H. Briggs Jr. • Gordon Brookshire • Cledith Brown • James K. Brown • John R. Broyles Jr. • Harold D. Burch • Denvil Burgess • Samuel T. Byers • Robert G. Campbell • William B. Carpenter • Charles D. Carroll Jr. • Clarence J. Carver • Fred D. Caylor • Archabald Chandler • Silas J. Chapman • William O. Chums • Alex M. Clabough • Brent Clemmer • Marion B. Cooper • Wilbur C. Connatser • Troy W. Cope • Horace C. Costner • Tollton E. Coulter • Henry O. Cox Jr. • Jack G. Cox • Owen G. Cox Jr. • Paul Z. Crabtree • William P. Crisp • James E. Davis • Paul F. Davis • Robert O. Dotson • John C. Dugger • John A. Dunlap • Jack Dunn • Ollie P. Dunn • John R. Eaves Jr. • Birch England • John R. England • John H. Evans • John W. Farr • Ralph L. Feezell • Arnold Ferguson • Harold H. Ferguson • Thomas J. Forrester • Carl B. Freeman • Roy E. Freeman • Charles E. French • Lonnie French • William W. French Jr. • Ode

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

3. Blount County War Dead Memorial

War of 1812 and Mexican War

J. Garner • Stephen V. Gibson • James H. Giffin • George E. Goodman Jr. • Wade Graham • John W. Griffitts • Robert A. Greene • Freeman A. Greene, Jr. • David R. Guy • Harvey E. Hall • John H. Hammonds • Kenneth C. Hargis • Claude E. Hembree • Conrad J. Hembree • Fred J. Henry • Herman Hicks • Howard Hicks • James S. Hill • Abraham L. Hill • Jasper E. Hill • James C. Holtsinger • William H. Hudgens, Jr. • Raymond C. Huffstetler • Hollis R. Huffstetler • Paul E. Humphrey • Sam A. Humphrey • Lester L. Hunt • Burl D. Huskey • Charles O. Irwin • Melvin Ivens • Obie Jenkins • Floyd H. Jones • Vernon L. Jones • Edward L. Keller • William B. Keller • Roy O. Kelley • Paul A. Kerr • Robert L. Kinnaman • Jesse B. Kirkland • Arthur G. Kiser • Robert O. Kitchen • Rudolph F. Klarer • George Koons • Ralph Lambert • James C. Lane • Charles Lankford • Edwin Lankford • Fred Lewis • Marvin H. Long • Audley E. Lynn • Obed L. McCollum • William C. McConnell • William H. McCulley, Jr. • Carl S. McFee • Thomas M. McGee, Jr. • Joseph L. McGee • Howard B. McGill • Carl W. Miller • Marvin R. Mizell • Robert B. Moore • Paul E. Morehouse, Jr. • Clarence Morris • Glen S. Morton • Robert D. Mosier • Howard K. Moss • James V. Myers • Robert H. Norris • William G. Onks • William L. Orr • Kenneth H. Owens • John M. Patrick • Eather E. Patterson • James D. Pemberton • Jack L. Phelps • J. Wayne Pierce • Mort J.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

4. Blount County War Dead Memorial

Civil War and Spanish-American War

Potter • Charles T. Presley • Oscar R. Proffitt • Harold Rathbone • Clifford Reagan • Joe Reneau • Roy A. Reno • Birb R. Rhodes • Earl L. Rhyne, Jr. • George Riggs, Jr. • Warren B. Robinson • Thomas E. Rodgers • Henry M. Rowland • Lacy W. Rueter • Charles V. Russell • Elmer H. Russell • Waymon W. Sandidge • John W. Scarbrough • Sanford Sloan • Eugene W. Smith • Roy Smith • Roy Sparks • John S. Stafford • William A. Stanfield, Jr. • Roy D. Steele • Horace S. Stephens • Ray F. Stiles • Clell R. Stinnett • Henry T. Stinnett • Julian C. Stinnett • Howard P. Sullivan • Bennie Summey • Wendell F. Swanson • Arthur B. Tallent • Jack M. Thames • Ross H. Thompson • James S. Todd • Raymond B. Wade • Alvin Welch • James L. Widner • Lee A. Wilkerson • George Wright • S. Newton Yearout, Jr. • William R. Young

Korean War
1950-1955 George E. Barnes • Clifford J. Boring • Fred H. Gossett • Ray F. Henry • Jack E. King • Daniel R. Lambert • Gene E. Lillard • James R. McNeilly • Charles D. Orr • William R. Stinnett • Columbus T. Thacker • Wiley J. Tipton • Ray F. Walker • Wendell H. Walker

Vietnam War
1961-1975 Danny E. Blevins • Johnny L. Bryant • W.T. Bryant • John H. Burgess, Jr. • Donald C. Coulter • Gerald E. Cunningham • John Ray Cunningham • David H. Custen • Donald L. Dotson • Richard L. Dunlap • Dan G. Feezell •

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

5. Blount County War Dead Memorial

World War I and World War II

Wayne O. Gay • Thomas J. Grindstaff, Jr. • Gordon A. Hawkins • William C. Hopper • Earl A. Jenkins • Leonard H. Mantooth, Jr. • Jack W. Miller • James L. Parker • Robert O. Parrott • Monte L. Payne • James A. Pettitt • Leroy Poplin • Erwin Proctor • John D. Rhodes III • Johnny L. Roberts • Robert L. Rogers • James H. Roulette • F. Calvin Russell • Gordon L. Wheeler • Larry G. Whitehead • Claude A. Williams • Wayne Williams • Charles Woods

Persian Gulf War
1990-1991 Michael S. Carpenter • Robert F. Ward, Jr.

War on Terror
2001-20 William M. Bennett • Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. • Travis W. Nixon

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 35° 45.291′ N, 83° 58.144′ W. Marker is in Maryville, Tennessee, in Blount County. Memorial is on Court Street south of Court Circle, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 327 Court Street, Maryville TN 37804, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Blount County Revolutionary War Memorial (here, next to this marker); “Battle of the Bulge” World War II Veterans of Blount County (here, next to this marker); General Sam Houston (a few steps from this marker); Where Houston Enlisted (about

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6. Blount County War Dead Memorial

World War II

800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Louis Philippe's Visit (approx. 0.2 miles away); New Providence Church (approx. ¼ mile away); William Bennett Scott, Sr. (approx. ¼ mile away); Maryville During the Civil War (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maryville.

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7. Blount County War Dead Memorial

Korean War and Vietnam War

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8. Blount County War Dead Memorial

Persian Gulf War

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2020

9. Blount County War Dead Memorial

War on Terror

Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 31, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 583 times since then and 125 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 31, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 1, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 7, 8, 9. submitted on June 2, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.