Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Rutherford County Veterans Memorial

Rutherford County World Wars Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 18, 2020

1. Rutherford County World Wars Memorial

Inscription.

Rutherford County Veterans Memorial. . , Honoring the men and women of Rutherford County who served our country in World Wars One and Two and dedicated to the everlasting memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in those great conflicts for the freedom of all men thruout the world. ★ ★ , I do not know the dignity of their birth , but I do know the dignity of their death , Gen. Douglas McArthur, These our war dead , ★ ★ , World War I. Ewell D. Akin . Arthur N. Baron . Cherry N. Barrett . William H. Baskin . Charles E. Bell . Herbert Bell . Charles N. Brown . Fred H. Brown . Robert S. Brown . Porter E. Compton . Huffman Davis . Oscar Davis . Jesse Deere . D.F. Donnell . John W. Dyer . Chester F. Elrod . Robert Fleming . Walter Hall . James G. Hallow . Thomas E. Hallyburton . Ben Helton . George D. Hightower . Robert M. Holden . Houston Hoover . Porter H. Houston . David F. Hunter . Charlie E. Kelton . Edgar Manus . William McRae . Charles Melton . Niles Mitchell . George L. Modre . Phinieo Murfree . James L. Overall . Thomas A. Patterson . Irvin B. Phillips . Alfred Poff . Quiller Richardson . Sam B. Smith . William Smith . Willie Smith . Waymon Taylor . Edwin Witherspoon . John W. Woodward , World War II. Caleb Adcock . Sam G. Anderson . James Arnold . Egbert O. Baker . Ernest B. Barnes . Houston Baskin . James P. Baskin . Thomas A. Baskin . Robert Baxter . James M. Bell . Robert H. Bentley . William R. Bradford . Claude W. Brannon . Donald B. Brashear . Fred H. Brown . Horace L. Bugg . Edward C. Cannon . Martin Christopher . Henry M. Comer . Joe. B. Cooper . Malcolm L. Cooper . Walter F. Davenport . Coy H. Dunaway . Lucien L. Durham . Glen C. Elly . Hoyte H. Estes . Charlie L. Fana . Grandville Fleming . Donald Francis . John D. Gambill, in honored glory rest , ★ ★ , World War II Continued. Aubrey Haley . Gene Hall . Winford E. Hall . John Hand . William F. Harrell . Preston Harris . Thomas C. Herrod . David T. Hibdon . John H. Hicks . Samuel S. Hill . David M. Holden . Joe H. Howse . John B. Hunter . Willis W. Jernigan . Alfred H. Jones . Robert T. Kerr . Robert N. King . Norman W. Lane . Cliff Lewis . John B. Lewis . Morton Lines . George E. Lokey . Frank B. Lorance . James K. Lowe . William H. Manier . Howard J. Mankin . William H. Martin . Carl H. McKnight . Franklin W. Medlock . Franklin B. Merritt . Leonard D. Moore . Orbry H. Moore . Vernon E. Moore . William Neely III . Sam J. Nisbett . Howard H. Newsom . William M. Nickel . Harlan Norman . Elwood Palmer . Willie B. Parker . Morgan A. Payne . Sam W. Peebles . Leonard Prosnick . Herbert Reed . John W. Reeves, Jr. . James C. Rice . Jimmy Robertson . Edgar L. Rogers, Jr. . Howard Rogers . Joseph M. Ross . Robert J. Sarvis . Ernest H. Sauls . Jerry B. Scruggs, Jr. . Edward S. Seward . Benjamin T. Simpson . Robert K. Smith . John H. Smith . Roger E. Smith . Frederick M. Smotherman . Charles C. Sneed . Raymond Stacy . Thomas N. Stanford . Kenneth Steward, Jr. . Erskine Stroop . James D. Taylor . Robert H. Thomas . David A. Thompson, Jr. . Allie C. Towns, Jr. . Leo H. Travis . Chester R. Vaughn . Leonard H. White . Harry T. Wilkinson . William W. Wilson . Columbus P. Weeks, Korea. Wayne F. Black . Ethyl B. Haynes . Andy C. Johnson . William A. Kelley . George E. Lester . Leland M. Pate . Hoyte R. Taylor . Paul D. Wrather . Ray T. Hughes , Iraq - Freedom. A.F. Hawn II . J.D. Hirlston . Raymond O. Mitchell IV . Corey Kowall . Russell S. Hercules, Jr., Vietnam. Sammie E. Alexander . Mark Albert Babson, Jr. . Robert R. Boyd . George W. Burkheart . Thomas M. Dillard . Herman D. Duncan . Larry Don Earls . Ronald John Ensley, Jr. . Joe Raymond Fulghum, Jr. . Robert Oliver Garant . Wilbur Leon Green . James Timothy Luscinski . Billy Lee Miller . Fred Evans Mitchell, III . Terry D. Moore . William Brandon O'Kieff . George D. Osborne . Williams G. Phillips . Richard Edward Wade . Eugene Merrill Woodson

Honoring the men and women of Rutherford County who served our country in World Wars One and Two and dedicated to the everlasting memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in those great conflicts for the freedom of all men thruout the world. ★ ★
I do not know the dignity of their birth
but I do know the dignity of their death
Gen. Douglas McArthur

These our war dead
★ ★
World War I Ewell D. Akin • Arthur N. Baron • Cherry N. Barrett • William H. Baskin • Charles E. Bell • Herbert Bell • Charles N. Brown • Fred H. Brown • Robert S. Brown • Porter E. Compton • Huffman Davis • Oscar Davis • Jesse Deere • D.F. Donnell • John W. Dyer • Chester F. Elrod • Robert Fleming • Walter Hall • James G. Hallow • Thomas E. Hallyburton • Ben Helton • George D. Hightower • Robert M. Holden • Houston Hoover • Porter H. Houston • David F. Hunter • Charlie E. Kelton • Edgar Manus • William McRae • Charles Melton • Niles Mitchell • George L. Modre • Phinieo Murfree • James L. Overall • Thomas A. Patterson • Irvin B. Phillips • Alfred Poff • Quiller Richardson • Sam B. Smith • William Smith • Willie Smith • Waymon Taylor • Edwin Witherspoon • John W. Woodward
World War II Caleb Adcock • Sam G. Anderson • James Arnold

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• Egbert O. Baker • Ernest B. Barnes • Houston Baskin • James P. Baskin • Thomas A. Baskin • Robert Baxter • James M. Bell • Robert H. Bentley • William R. Bradford • Claude W. Brannon • Donald B. Brashear • Fred H. Brown • Horace L. Bugg • Edward C. Cannon • Martin Christopher • Henry M. Comer • Joe. B. Cooper • Malcolm L. Cooper • Walter F. Davenport • Coy H. Dunaway • Lucien L. Durham • Glen C. Elly • Hoyte H. Estes • Charlie L. Fana • Grandville Fleming • Donald Francis • John D. Gambill

in honored glory rest
★ ★
World War II Continued Aubrey Haley • Gene Hall • Winford E. Hall • John Hand • William F. Harrell • Preston Harris • Thomas C. Herrod • David T. Hibdon • John H. Hicks • Samuel S. Hill • David M. Holden • Joe H. Howse • John B. Hunter • Willis W. Jernigan • Alfred H. Jones • Robert T. Kerr • Robert N. King • Norman W. Lane • Cliff Lewis • John B. Lewis • Morton Lines • George E. Lokey • Frank B. Lorance • James K. Lowe • William H. Manier • Howard J. Mankin • William H. Martin • Carl H. McKnight • Franklin W. Medlock • Franklin B. Merritt • Leonard D. Moore • Orbry H. Moore • Vernon E. Moore • William Neely III • Sam J. Nisbett • Howard H. Newsom • William M. Nickel • Harlan Norman • Elwood Palmer • Willie B. Parker • Morgan A. Payne • Sam W. Peebles • Leonard Prosnick • Herbert Reed • John W. Reeves, Jr. • James

Rutherford County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 18, 2020

2. Rutherford County Veterans Memorial

C. Rice • Jimmy Robertson • Edgar L. Rogers, Jr. • Howard Rogers • Joseph M. Ross • Robert J. Sarvis • Ernest H. Sauls • Jerry B. Scruggs, Jr. • Edward S. Seward • Benjamin T. Simpson • Robert K. Smith • John H. Smith • Roger E. Smith • Frederick M. Smotherman • Charles C. Sneed • Raymond Stacy • Thomas N. Stanford • Kenneth Steward, Jr. • Erskine Stroop • James D. Taylor • Robert H. Thomas • David A. Thompson, Jr. • Allie C. Towns, Jr. • Leo H. Travis • Chester R. Vaughn • Leonard H. White • Harry T. Wilkinson • William W. Wilson • Columbus P. Weeks

Korea Wayne F. Black • Ethyl B. Haynes • Andy C. Johnson • William A. Kelley • George E. Lester • Leland M. Pate • Hoyte R. Taylor • Paul D. Wrather • Ray T. Hughes
Iraq - Freedom A.F. Hawn II • J.D. Hirlston • Raymond O. Mitchell IV • Corey Kowall • Russell S. Hercules, Jr.

Vietnam Sammie E. Alexander • Mark Albert Babson, Jr. • Robert R. Boyd • George W. Burkheart • Thomas M. Dillard • Herman D. Duncan • Larry Don Earls • Ronald John Ensley, Jr. • Joe Raymond Fulghum, Jr. • Robert Oliver Garant • Wilbur Leon Green • James Timothy Luscinski • Billy Lee Miller • Fred Evans Mitchell, III • Terry D. Moore • William Brandon O'Kieff • George D. Osborne • Williams G. Phillips • Richard Edward Wade • Eugene Merrill Woodson

Topics. This memorial

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Location. 35° 50.741′ N, 86° 23.498′ W. Memorial is in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in Rutherford County. It is at the intersection of South Public Square and South Church Street, on the left when traveling east on South Public Square. Marker is at southeast corner of Rutherford County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5 Public Square, Murfreesboro TN 37130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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 walking distance of this marker: Forrest's Murfreesboro Raid (a few steps from this marker); 1860s View of East Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); The Square During Occupation (within shouting distance of this marker); Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Rutherford County Boys (within shouting distance of this marker); Morgan's Wedding (within shouting distance of this marker); Rutherford County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Murfreesboro was the Capital of the State of Tennessee (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Murfreesboro.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 771 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 20, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.