Buena Vista, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans Memorial
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Dedicated to those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice
World War I
Elbert L. Davidson C. Rudolph Floyd
World War II
Joseph Beverly William F. Campbell C.S. Carpenter, Jr. W. Jennings Comer Russell B. Dillard Gordon A. Driscoll Frederick W. Dudley Daniel F. Finley Chester C. Flint Roy L. Gilbert Ora D. Hamilton William R. Henson James C. Hickman Oscar J. Hostetter Edward D. Lawhorne Robert M. Long Conrad E. Mikels Raymond Nease Howard Ogden Albert G. Plogger John D. Rader, Jr. Harold D. Sizer Albert F. Smith David W. Smith Charles S. Teague
Korean
Calvin K. Barger Fred S. Catlett Robert R. Musgrove James B. Noel Lewis O. Sanderson
Vietnam
Roger L. Carrett Robert W. Dameron Anthony L. Johnson
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 37° 43.974′ N, 79° 21.305′ W. Memorial is in Buena Vista, Virginia. It is on Magnolia Avenue (Business U.S. 501) just south of East 20th Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1953 Magnolia Ave, Buena Vista VA 24416, 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 America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Court House (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Southern Virginia University (approx. half a mile away); Charlie Manuel (approx. Ύ mile away); Moomaws Landing (approx. Ύ mile away); Amherst County / Rockbridge County (approx. 3.1 miles away); Constitution Forest (approx. 3.1 miles away); Stonewall Jackson House (approx. 4.4 miles away); Original African American Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 412 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on May 1, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 30, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.


