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

Smyrna, Tennessee Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 12, 2021

1. Smyrna, Tennessee Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

In honor of those
who made the supreme
sacrifice for freedom John D. Gambill — 1942 • John B. Hunter — 1946 • Robert N. King — 1944 • Richmond F. B. Merritt — 1946 • William D. Neeley, III — 1946 • Samuel W. Peebles, Jr. — 1944 • Allie C. Towns, Jr. — 1946 • Fred Evans Mitchell, III — 1968

Additional tablet:
In honor of those
who made the supreme
sacrifice for freedom SSgt. Asbury F. Hawn — 2005 • SPC Raymond N. Mitchell, III — 2007 • CW2 Billie Jean Grinder — 2010

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 35° 59.734′ N, 86° 31.226′ W. Memorial is in Smyrna, Tennessee, in Rutherford County. It can be reached from Sam Ridley Parkway (Tennessee Route 266). Marker is on paved trail southwest of Capt. Jeff Kuss Memorial Plaza on south side of Sam Ridley Parkway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 102 Sam Ridley Parkway East, Smyrna TN 37167, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Smyrna, Tennessee World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Smyrna Airport (within shouting distance of this marker); Captain Jeff Kuss, USMC

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Smyrna Railroad Depot (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sam Davis (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dewitt Smith Jobe (approx. 0.9 miles away); Sam Davis Gravesite (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Sam Davis Boyhood Home (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smyrna.

Smyrna, Tennessee Veterans Memorial additional tablet image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 12, 2021

2. Smyrna, Tennessee Veterans Memorial additional tablet

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 12, 2021

3. Smyrna, Tennessee Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 457 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 17, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.