Booneville in Owsley County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Owsley County Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
1. Owsley County Veterans Memorial
This memorial is dedicated to Owsley County men who lost their lives in World War II
Clarence Amis · Fred Baker · Harlan Baker · Hobert Baker · Harold Barrett · Everett Becknell · Charles Bowles · Charlie Bowman · Lester Callahan · Hays Campbell · Roy Campbell · Bernie Cole · Orlie C. Combs · Paul W. Couch · Blaine Edwards · Robert P. Edwards · Thomas E. Elkins · Beech Gilbert · Harry Mays · Everett Hensley · Fred Hensley · Dorrell Holcomb · Ray B. Holcomb · Woodard Johnson Lyman Kendrick Willie Lyle McDaniel Park McIntosh · William W. Mays · Luther Morris · William T. Pendergrass · Ellis Peters · George E. Rogers · Lucian Finley Scott · Virgil Sebastian · Elwood Taylor · Ray Terry · Joseph Wilder · William Warren
Greater love hath no man
Korean War
Hershel Elmo Barrett · John Roscoe Brewer · Paul Gene Herald · Charles E. Mahaffey · Archie Lee Reynolds · Roscoe Lee Roberts · Ellis Marshall
Vietnam War
Verlin R. Brandenburg · Gary Lee Evans · Thomas J. Gabbard · Estill McIntosh · Ronald McIntosh · Ralph E. Peters · Lonnie C. Gibson · Clayton Middleton
WWI
William Claude Becknell · Grant Brewer · Thomas Flemming · Chester Gilbert · Samuel Hicks · Michael Riley · William R. Robinson · Zack Wilson
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 37° 28.558′ N, 83° 40.521′ W. Memorial is in Booneville, Kentucky, in Owsley County. It is on South Court Street (Kentucky Route 11) near Main Street ( Route 30), on the left when traveling south. The memorial is at the southwest corner of the Owsley County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near
this page online
Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kentucky and in the Cumberland Plateau. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Masterful Retreat (here, next to this marker); County Named, 1843 (a few steps from this marker); Boones Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Actions (within shouting distance of this marker); Birthplace of Earle B. Combs (approx. 3.3 miles away); Company A of the 7th Ky Infantry Regiment (approx. 4.7 miles away); a different marker also named A Masterful Retreat (approx. 6.8 miles away); Lee County Veterans Wall (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
2. Owsley County Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
3. Owsley County Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
4. Owsley County Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, April 21, 2021
5. Owsley County Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on May 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 640 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 4, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
