Taylorsville in Alexander County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II

By Tom Bosse, September 6, 2020

1. Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Alexander County Remembers

World War I
1917 - 1918

James A. Allen • James Brookshire • Archie Brown • Charles Cook • Otis R. Douglas • Robert L. Eckard • Tally Drum • Roy Flowers • Jessie Hollar • Hackett Munday • Charlie Shaver

World War II 1941-1945

Charles Baker • Hackett Bebber • Sherman G. Bebber • Arthur Bentley • Willie F. Boles • Clyde Bowman • Rayford D. Bowman • Troy J. Bruce Jr. • Hansel Bumgarner • Sam J. Bumgarner • Wade E. Campbell Jr. • James R. Carrigan • Manuel F. Childers • Maynard Childers • Rayford H. Childers • Conley J. Cline • Parks L. Cockrell • Charlie Correll • Dearold Daniels • Harold Deal • John C. Drum • Clarence Echerd • Arthur G. Edwards • Thomas E. Eder • Allen F. Ford • Ralph A. Ford • Fred G. Fox • Ul Gant • David E. Goble • Robert L. Green • Isaac H. Hanff • Henry Hines • Warren Hollar • Garvey A. Icenhour • Raymond R. Icenhour • Thomas E. Jenkins • Clarence E. Jolly • Willie F. Bowels • Rome A. Jolly • Dillard L. Kerley • James L. Kerley • Pleas

Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II Marker (Back) image. Click for full size.

By Tom Bosse, September 6, 2020

2. Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II Marker (Back)

Kerley • Kermit A. King • Dale A. Lackey • Loy J. Lowman • Creel M. Little • Graydon Little • Eugene C. Long Jr. • James B. Lynch • Howard M. Matheson • Asa T. Mecimore • Conley Mayes • Horace E. Milstead • Walter D. Moretz • Harold L. Mull • Harland Murphy • Ray Oliver • Ray E. Orren • Bruce W. Osborne • Paul Pardue • Connie M. Pennell • Frank J. Pennell • Glenn O. Ratcliff • Howard W. Rector • Thomas R. Rufty • Jimmy Sims • Otis O. Spencer • Marvin C. Stafford • Charles Starnes • Rex Stevenson • Bernard B. Stout • Horace W. Teague • George D. Thomas • Ernest M. Webster • Felix White

All gave some. Some gave all.

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

Location. 35° 55.336′ N, 81° 10.518′ W. Marker is in Taylorsville, North Carolina, in Alexander County. Memorial is at the intersection of North Center Street (County Highway 1605) and Main Avenue Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Center Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Taylorsville NC 28681, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Alexander County Veterans Memorial - Korea & Viet Nam (here, next to this marker); Alexander County Veterans Memorial Bell Tower (a few steps from this marker); The Bell

By Tom Bosse, September 6, 2020

3. Alexander County Veterans Memorial - World Wars I & II Marker

(a few steps from this marker); Picket's Charge (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Hiddenite (approx. 4.3 miles away); Brantley York (approx. 4½ miles away); Homestead (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Taylorsville.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 46 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 8, 2020, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.