Clanton in Chilton County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Clanton, Ala.

— 1960 — 1975 —

Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton

1. Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Inscription. Dedicated with honor to the men and women of Chilton Co. who served and died in the Republic of South Vietnam

Piper, Edward R. Army CWO • Minor, Randy M. Army Sp4
7-11-39 5-28-65 6-27-47 6-16-67
Bearden, Lee V. Army Sp4 • Long, Charles E. Army Sgt
3-30-45 1-29-66 10-2-46 11-7-67
Turner, Charles W. Army Sp4 • Chandler, Lenard O. Army Sgt
5-12-41 9-26-66 2-1-35 3-4-68
Garrison, Carl F. Army Sp4 • Lovett, Terry W. Marine PFC
8-28-44 11-2-66 6-19-49 6-12-69
Sanders, Ronnie Marine PFC • Price, Michael K. Marine LCpl
2-7-49 5-8-67 7-31-50 10-16-69

right side
Carlton, James E. Marine, Major
7-10-39 MIA 4-16-67
Jones, Ralph W. Army, Sp4
9-3-50 4-10-71
Mims, Kenneth L. Army PFC
12-17-51 4-11-71

Erected by Chilton County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 32° 50.391′ N, 86° 37.79′ W. Memorial is in Clanton, Alabama, in Chilton County. It is on 2nd Avenue North west of 5th Street South, on the right when traveling west. Located next to the Chilton County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 500 2nd Ave N, Clanton AL 35045, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

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

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are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chilton County History (here, next to this marker); City of Clanton (within shouting distance of this marker); Chilton County Police Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Chilton (within shouting distance of this marker); Chilton County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Walnut Creek United Methodist Church (approx. 2.1 miles away); Chilton County Training School 1924-1969 (approx. 4.4 miles away); Moore Cemetery (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clanton.

Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial (right side added) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton

2. Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial (right side added)

Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Courthouse. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 22, 2020

3. Central Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Courthouse.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 611 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 23, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.