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Rocky Mount in Nash County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Nash County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

 
 
Nash County Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Nash County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Inscription. Dedicated To Veterans that served during the Vietnam Conflict
 
Erected 1983 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2057.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 35° 56.966′ N, 77° 49.073′ W. Memorial is in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in Nash County. It can be reached from the intersection of Beal Street and Sunset Avenue (Business U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west. The memorial sits in a grass-covered median at the intersection of Beal Street, Bryant Street and Sunset Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 210 Bryant St, Rocky Mount NC 27804, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont. 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 original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Agent Orange Victims (here, next to this marker); Rocky Mount Mills School (approx. 1.1 miles away); Rocky Mount Mills (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lafayette (approx. 1.1 miles away); Falls Road Bridge (approx. 1.1 miles away); Donaldson's Tavern (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kay Kyser (approx. 1.2 miles away); Operation Dixie (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rocky Mount.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. "The Bethel Heroes" (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
Nash County Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. Nash County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 26, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 24, 2026