Pearisburg in Giles County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Giles County War Memorial

World War Honor Roll image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 20, 2018

1. World War Honor Roll

Inscription. (side 1)
Honor Roll
1917—1919

In memory of the men of Giles County who gave their lives in defense of their country in the World War.

Charles B. Davis • Leonard C. Duncan • W. Kyle Echols • Otey H. Elmore • Elcana J. Gillispie • Robert B. Hale • John B. Henderson • Nain R. Harless • Earnest M. Hicks • Samuel M. Johnson • John R. Johnston • Jr. • Leslie E. Kirk • Christain T. Kirk • Wiley S. Lucas • Everett L. Meredith • Herbert W. Morris • Evermond Powell • Warren D. Ratcliffe • John K. Sarver • Kenneth L. St. Clair • Lloyd M. Whittaker • Alfred H. Williams • Ernest M. Williams • Tom Williams • Bittle W. Woods • Thomas Smith (colored)

(side 2)
Honor Roll
1941—1945

In memory of Giles County men who gave their lives in defense of their country in World War II

Dillard C. Akers • Lawrence Ray Allison • Warren H. Bales • Ted Lee Blair • George Thomas Beller • Henry W. Blankenship • Richard Bowman Blankenship • Francis A. Blevins • James E. Boothe • Lewis Lindon Bowles • Martin Bowles • Everette Kester Burton • Edward H. Brookman • Cecil Burnett Caldwell • John Carr • James Monroe Charlton • Jr.

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• Carlton Chapman • Ashton L. Cole • Stafford Sterling Conner • James Lee Cunningham • Horace Greely Dent • Clarence Marshall Dowdy • Amos Farewell • Charles Edward Felts • Jr. • Arnold George Ferguson • Daniel Lewis Finley • Lloyd Martin Finley • Roy Hunter Fleshman • William Allen Fletcher • Jr. • Henry Brown Frazier • Harold D. French • Raymond Heath Fuller • Finley Howard Ganoe • Joe Hammond Givens • Henry E. Hall • Joseph Victor Hess • Daniel J. Hilton • Jr. • Cecil Fleming Hodges • Claude H. Horne • Robert Ralph Ingram • Greek Randolph James • Jr. • Albert Carr Johnston • Preston Hix Johnston • Miller F. Kline • Fred W. Labrie • Victor Lafayette • Willie Lee Lang • Ernest Kyle Moore • Robert Lee Mullins • Robert W. Nix • III • Charles William Poff • James E. Price • Robert C. Robertson • Junior Eugene Rogers • Norvel Burin Saunders • Anderson Everett Smith • Edwin Leon Stafford • Charles Estil Stump • Alvin Oner Tawney • Sherwood Taylor • Lawrence Maston Thomas • George Frazier Thompson • Robert J. Thompson • Emory G. Thornton • Wilber W. Tingler • William V. Warner • Ernest Wayne White • Cecil R. Wiley • Clarence Harold Williams

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2. World War II Honor Roll

• Vernon Beamer Williams • Willie L. Williams

Dedicated by American Legion Post 68 • American Legion Post 311
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6000

(side 3)
In memory of Korean War dead

George D. Barnette • Billy Jo Charlton • Eugene C. Comer • William H. Hare • Hobert C. Moye • Preston Mullins • Jr. • Eugene P. Perry • Earnest R. Robertson • Irvin K. Skeens • Donald F. Smith • Earnest E. Surber

Dedicated by V.F.W. Post 6000
American Legion Post 68
American Legion Post 311

(side 4)
Giles County Vietnam casualties

Charles E. Bonds • Carl M. Mabe • Paul R. Martin • Ronald D. Sparks • Bradley H. Tate

Dedicated by Pearisburg Woman's Club

Erected by American Legion Post 68, American Legion Post 311, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6000, Pearisburg Woman's Club.

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

Location. 37° 19.595′ N, 80° 44.103′ W. Memorial is in Pearisburg, Virginia, in Giles County. It is at the intersection of Wenonah Avenue (Business U.S. 460) and North Main Street,

Korean War Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 20, 2018

3. Korean War Dead

on the right when traveling west on Wenonah Avenue. On the grounds of the Giles County Court House. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pearisburg VA 24134, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Virginia,

in the Blue Ridge Highlands,

and in the New River Gorge.

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 original Thirteen Colonies,

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 marker, measured as the crow flies: Pearisburg (a few steps from this marker); Giles County Confederate Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); McClaugherty Mill Stone (within shouting distance of this marker); Andrew Johnston

Vietnam Casualties image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 20, 2018

4. Vietnam Casualties

House (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stepping Stone (about 800 feet away); Grist Mill Stones (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Court of Giles County (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pearisburg.

Giles County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 20, 2018

5. Giles County War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,236 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 19, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.