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Korean and Viet Nam Memorial

 
 
Korean and Viet Nam Memorials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 9, 2021
1. Korean and Viet Nam Memorials Marker
Inscription.
Sons of Augusta County
Staunton and Waynesboro
who made the Supreme Sacrifice

Korea 1950-1955
Billie C. Bayne • Howard L. Campbell • Melvin S. Coffman • Allen B. Coyner • Charles W. Dameron • Patrick O. Harris, Jr. • William L. Harris • Harry R. Helmick • Harold S. Hildebrand • Raymond F. Holliday • James J. Johnson • Milton Johnson • Carl R. Keyser • Everett L. Miller • Arthur A. Mooneyham • Nokomis J. Rose • Gloyd E. Rosen, Jr. • Joseph D. Simmons • William E. Stephens Andrew J. Terrell • James Whisman, Jr. • Thomas P. Wilson

Viet-Nam 1960-1975
Dwight P. Bowles • Aubrey A. Bryan • Creed L. Bryant • Franklin V. Breckenridge • Charles M. Collier • Victor L. Ellinger • Donald W. Falwell • W. Melvin Fitzgerald • Charles W. Garber, Jr. • William Edward Hawkins • Jerry H. Heizer • William W. Henderson • Charles Robert Kesterson • Steven W. Martin • Darl D. McDorman • Charles Venton McGovern • Lloyd A. Miller • Charles Kenneth Moran, Jr. • Thomas W. Mynes • Clarence W. Obie, III • Cecil Thomas Oscar • Claude D. Pullen • Edward G.
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Rankin • Thomas Joseph Richards, Jr. • David W. Smith • Winfred L. Smith • Theodore W. Webb • Denham A. Whitesell, Jr. • Glen O. Wilfong, Jr. • Leonard T. Williams
 
Erected by Augusta-Staunton V.F.W. Post 2216; Stuarts Draft V.F.W. Post 9339 and Those Who Care.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 38° 8.923′ N, 79° 4.328′ W. Memorial is in Staunton, Virginia. It is on East Johnson Street (U.S. 250) just east of Augusta Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 E Johnson St, Staunton VA 24401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. 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
Korean and Viet Nam Tablet (left) Veterans Memorial Tablet (right) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 14, 2021
2. Korean and Viet Nam Tablet (left) Veterans Memorial Tablet (right)
America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Augusta County World War I Memorial Tablet (here, next to this marker); Roll of Honor (a few steps from this marker); Augusta County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Augusta County (a few steps from this marker); Dr. Alexander Humphreys (within shouting distance of this marker); T. J. Collins & Son (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dr. William Fleming (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Staunton.
 
Additional keywords. Korea and Vietnam Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 383 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on April 10, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   2. submitted on May 15, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
 
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