Pocahontas in Randolph County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 23, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Randolph County will remember
These gave all
World War I
Earl Almon Thomas M. Cochran Roy P. Chodic James Chesnut Arthur Craft Henry A. Foster Carey Haley Eric C. Hufstudler George R. Jobe George Keys Claud Jones Warren D. Johnston Beno Liebharber Elmer O. Oakley Charles C. Meeks John C. McNairy Fred J. Parker Mont Poe Wade Reha Urbane G. Taylor George Stark Alvin Tyler Alonzo G. Williams Felix A. Zosso
World War II
Carl E. Abanathy Edward O. Arnold Everett Barr Harold W. Baltz Albert R. Baker Leo Birchett Charley Blackburn Leon Burns Max W. Camp Dale Chesser Morel Cox Glendon W. Collins Marcus B. Cullum J. M. Fields Clinton Doran Max. R. Farrow George E. Gipson John B. Goad Alvin Gotthardt James Greer Charlie W. Goff James M. Hurst Odis M. Isaacs Joseph Jansen Irvein G. Joiner Millard F. Jones Rufus H. Johnson Jesse Lester Eddie L. Laster Leon J. Maxwell William P. Mathis John
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[Left Column]
Korea
Lavell Prater Clarence G. Brown Elishire M. Condict Don N. Harvey John T. Compton William Hart John D. Romine Charles R. Tyler Vernon L. Mullinax
World War I
We the citizens of Randolph County pay humble tribute to the living and the dead who helped preserve us a free people.
[Right Column]
Vietnam
Carl D. Buckley Lonnie J. Crismon Ronnie E. Ballard Earl R. Michels Billy J. Sisco Larry L. Mitchell Wallis G. Patterson Floyd S. Franklin James E. Crawford Arlis R. Branscum John J. Schmidt
World War II
May God grant unto us the courage and wisdom to build a world of peace so they may not have died in vain.
[Across Bench]
Theirs not to reason why
Theirs but to do and die
[Across Base]
Sponsored by Meeks-Johnston Post No. 6 American Legion
Copyrighted 1946 Raymond Rauch Co.
Erected 1946 by American Legion Meeks-Johnson Post No. 6.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 36° 15.671′ N, 90° 58.254′ W. Memorial is in Pocahontas, Arkansas, in Randolph County. It is at the intersection of West Broadway Street and South Marr Street, on the left when traveling west on West Broadway Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 107 W Broadway St, Pocahontas AR 72455, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Ozarks. 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, the Louisiana Purchase, 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: This meteor fell July 1859 (a few steps from this marker); Sir Henry Morton Stanley (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Sanitary Barber Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Futrell Pharmacy (within shouting distance of this marker); Randolph County Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Old Randolph County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Spinnenweber and Peters Equine Store and Merchantile (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pocahontas.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 343 times since then and 23 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on May 1, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. #1. Better close-up legible photo #2. Verify names in transcription • Can you help?
