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Caswell County Veterans Memorial

 
 
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2021
1. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In memory and honor of all those who served from Caswell County

Honor • Service • Valor • Sacrifice

Prisoners of War
World War II

Brandon, Dudley Wilson • Byrd, Boyd Bryant • Gregory, Paul Allen • Grubbs, Joseph Elliott • Harrelson, James Basley Jr. • Payne, Ralph Leon • Whitlow, Evelyn Barbara • Yeatts, Leslie Clarence

World War I
Killed In Action
Neal, Algernon Sidney • Simpson, Ed • Smith, Gurney Mathew • Warren, George Thomas

Died Non-Battle
Brooks, Benjamin Franklin • Evans, John • Fuller, Byrd Edward • Harris, Alexander • Jeffreys, Moses • Lea, John Junius • Lea, Ruffin • Pattillo, Roy Annison • Phelps, Tom Abner • Warren, William Earnest

Lost At Sea
Johnston, Julius III

World War II
Killed In Action Bowes, Robert Henry • Bradner, Claude • Bradsher, James Franklin • Cobb, Wesley Lindsey • Dabbs, Julius Lemuel • Dabbs, Lawrence Ralston • Farrar, Ethen Allen • Farrar, James Alfred • Fowlkes, Charlie Jennings • George, Marshall Lee • Harris, Baine • Hooper, Dewey Glenn • Jones, Cecil Owen • Jordan, Perry Robert • Lea, William Thomas Jr. • Loftis, Bryant Monroe • McMillan, John Clarence • Moore, George Herman • Pointer, James Cecil • Shotwell, William Bradsher • Swanson, James Warren • Ware, Ralph David • Warren, Ray Denny • Wilkins, Owen Mitchell • Wilson, George William Jr. • Wrenn, Joseph Earl

Died Non-Battle
Gammon, Levi Drewey • Garrett, Elmo Love • Harrison, John Edward • Holley, Earlie Clement • Matkins, John Norris • Neal, Henry Thomas • Robertson, Johnnie Wesley • Smith, Walter Lee • Stephens, Ivory Lee • Travis, John Wesley • Turner, Walter Edward

Korean War
Killed In Action
Ford, Alvis Layton • Moore, Benny Allen • Owen, Claud

Vietnam War
Killed In Action
Mitchell, Ralph • Richards, James Michael • Wade, Kenneth Earl • Webster, John Thomas

Died Non-Battle
Blackwell, John Willie • Snipes, Billy Lee

War on Terror
Afghanistan - Killed In Action
Richmond, Colby Lee
 
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 24.31′ N, 79° 20.164′ W. Memorial is in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in Caswell County. It is at the intersection of West Church Street (County Road 1586) and North Avenue (County Road 1589), on the left when traveling west on West Church Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 158 W Church St, Yanceyville NC 27379, 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, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: September 11, 2001 Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025
2. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
Left panel
line); Honoring Nicholas Longworth Dillard (about 600 feet away); Confederate Memorial (about 600 feet away); "Lest We Forget" (about 600 feet away); Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away); Caswell Courthouse (about 700 feet away); The Veteran's Walk (about 700 feet away); Long's Mill (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yanceyville.
 
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025
3. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
Center panel
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025
4. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
Right panel
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025
5. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
Reverse Panel
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025
6. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
Sculpture
Caswell County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, July 5, 2025
7. Caswell County Veterans Memorial
With flags
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 388 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.   2, 3, 4. submitted on July 8, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia.   5, 6, 7. submitted on July 30, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia.
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