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Walnut Ridge in Lawrence County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Honored to serve their Country

 
 
Honored to serve their Country Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 26, 2021
1. Honored to serve their Country Marker
Inscription.
Billie Robert, Army, WWII • Austin G Smith, Army, WWII • Freddy J Robert, Navy, WWII, Korea • W. A. Slayton, Army, WWII • Kenneth Slayton, Navy, WWII • Veston Broadway, AAF, WWII • Robert Hicks, USAF, WWII, 1955-1963 • James H. Hicks, Navy, 1955-1957 Robert and Pat Hicks
 
Erected by Robert and Pat Hicks.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, ColdWar, KoreanWar, World II.
 
Location. 36° 7.622′ N, 90° 55.645′ W. Memorial is in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, in Lawrence County. It is on North Beacon Road 0.1 miles north of Custom, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 70 N Beacon Rd, Walnut Ridge AR 72476, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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, the Louisiana Purchase, one of
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the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Company A, 2nd Battalion Memorial (here, next to this marker); Clark Family Served Their Country (here, next to this marker); T/Sgt Cucial Julian Roberts (here, next to this marker); To Honor Robert P Bush (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Memory of the Young Men who made the Supreme Sacrifice (approx. 0.2 miles away); In Honor Of Carter and Della Holm Family (approx. 0.2 miles away); Duty Called…They Answered (approx. 0.2 miles away); Debra Jane "Debbie" Johnson (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Walnut Ridge.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 251 times since then and 8 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on May 28, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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