Gwynn in Mathews County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

By Duty Done Is Honor Won

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2021

1. By Duty Done Is Honor Won Marker

Inscription.

By Duty Done Is Honor Won. . , In honor of the men who served and to the everlasting memory of those who gave their lives in the Second World War, RODNEY W. ADAMS . PAUL D. ASHBURN . WILLIAM A. ASHBURN . JOHN R. BASSETT . TEDDY E. BENSTEN . JOHN T. BILLIG . JOHN R. BORUM . LINWOOD C. BORUM . PRESTON L. BORUM . CHARLIE R. BROWN . EVERETT R. BROWN . ROBERT L. BROWN . LEON W. BROWNLEY . CARL R. BUCHANON . CLARENCE H. BUCHANON . JOHN W. BUCHANON . RICHARD L. BUCHANON . ROBERT R. BUCHANON . JAMES H. BURNS . HOMER R. CALLIS . JAMES A. CALLIS . JAMES E. CALLIS . LEONARD R. CALLIS . LEVERING O. CALLS . LLOYD M. CALLIS . ROBERT E. CALLIS . RODNEY E. CALLISH . WHITLEY H. CALLIS . WILLIAM W. CALLIS . WILLIE R. CALLIS . MALCOLM A. HALL . WILLARD P. HALL . JAMES O. CARNEY . CLARENCE W. COLLIER . ELLIOT T. DEAGLE . GEORGE H. DEAGLE . REGINAL E. DEAGLE . EDWARD I. DIGGS . JESSE C. DIGGS . MELVILLE T. DIGGS . RAYNOR I. DIGGS . REECE W. DIGGS . ROBERT S. DIGGS . CHARLES E. EDWARDS . CURTIS A. EDWARDS . JINIFIER H. FERNALD . BENJAMIN H. FITCHETT . WILLIE M. FITCHETT . VIVIAN F. FORBES . JOHN R. FORREST, JR. . RUSSELL O. FOSTER, JR. . CLYDE H. GAY . HUGH V. GODSEY . JAMES E. GODSEY . JAMES W. GODSEY . JOHN E. GODSEY . JOHN R. GODSEY . LEE S. GODSEY . WILBUR K. GODSEY . EDMOND A. GRIMSTEAD . HERBERT U. GRIMSTEAD . MAXWELL GUY . WILLIAM K. PEERSON . JOHN E. HALL . THOMAS H. HALL . ARNOLD F. HUDGINS . CHARLES A. HUDGINS . COLIE W. HUDGINS . CURTIS C. HUDGINS . ELLIS B. HUDGINS . GEORGE A. HUDGINS . GERALD A. HUDGINS . LESLIE G. HUDGINS . MAXWELL W. HUDGINS . NELL H. HUDGINS . ROBERT B. HUDGINS, SR. . ROBERT B. HUDGINS, JR. . ROBERT R. HUDGINS . ROBERT W. HUDGINS . WALTER G. HUDGINS . WILLIAM C. HUDGINS . ELWOOD O. HURST . EDWARD L. JONES . JAMES L. JUDSON . RAY W. LOVELADY . CARLTON S. MAJETTE . EDGIE R. MAJETTE . OSCAR A. MINTER . JAMES S. MITCHEM . RUSSELL G. MITCHEM . WILFORD B. MITCHÉM . WILLIAM M. MORGAN . EDWARD A. PIERSON . RUDOLPH H. PIERSON . RICHARD E. OWENS . WALLAGE E. OWENS . AUBREY L. POWELL . FRANK R. POWELL . HAROLD I. POWELL . JAMES T. POWELL . MARCHANT L. POWELL . MILTON F. POWELL . RUFUS E. POWELL . WILLIAM G. RAY . GARLAND B. RESPESS . JOHN R. RESPESS . LOUIS F. RESPESS . PERCY E. RESPESS . W. REECE RESPESS . CONRAD A. ROWE . JACK S. ROWE . KENNETH C. ROWE . ROBERT N. SKYLES . WILLIAM F. SKYLES, SR. . WILLIAM F. SKYLES, JR. . CURTIS R. SHITH . JOHN R. SMITH . LESTER T. SMITH . THOMAS H. SMITH . WILLIAM T. SMITH . CHARLES R. SPARROW . JOHN H. SPARROW . IRA M. WILLIAMS . ALVIN O. WROTEN . BERNARD S. STANBURY , In memoriam, HOMER V. CALLIS , LOUIS W. CALLIS , ROBERT M. CALLIS , PERRIE B. COLLIER , WILLIAM B. GAY , LEVY L. MORGAN , HOWARD D. MORRIS , WALTER B. PIERSON , MELLIN E. RESPESS , FREDERICK M. SPEAR

In honor of the men who served and to the everlasting memory of those who gave their lives in the Second World War

RODNEY W. ADAMS • PAUL D. ASHBURN • WILLIAM A. ASHBURN • JOHN R. BASSETT • TEDDY E. BENSTEN • JOHN T. BILLIG • JOHN R. BORUM • LINWOOD C. BORUM • PRESTON L. BORUM • CHARLIE R. BROWN • EVERETT R. BROWN • ROBERT L. BROWN • LEON W. BROWNLEY • CARL R. BUCHANON • CLARENCE H. BUCHANON • JOHN W. BUCHANON • RICHARD L. BUCHANON • ROBERT R. BUCHANON • JAMES H. BURNS • HOMER R. CALLIS • JAMES A. CALLIS • JAMES E. CALLIS • LEONARD R. CALLIS • LEVERING O. CALLS • LLOYD M. CALLIS • ROBERT E. CALLIS • RODNEY E. CALLISH • WHITLEY H. CALLIS • WILLIAM W. CALLIS • WILLIE R. CALLIS • MALCOLM A. HALL • WILLARD P. HALL • JAMES O. CARNEY • CLARENCE W. COLLIER • ELLIOT T. DEAGLE • GEORGE H. DEAGLE • REGINAL E. DEAGLE • EDWARD I. DIGGS • JESSE C. DIGGS • MELVILLE T. DIGGS • RAYNOR I. DIGGS • REECE W. DIGGS • ROBERT S. DIGGS • CHARLES E. EDWARDS • CURTIS A. EDWARDS • JINIFIER H. FERNALD • BENJAMIN H. FITCHETT • WILLIE M. FITCHETT • VIVIAN F. FORBES • JOHN R. FORREST, JR. • RUSSELL O. FOSTER, JR. • CLYDE H. GAY • HUGH V. GODSEY • JAMES E. GODSEY • JAMES W. GODSEY • JOHN E. GODSEY • JOHN R. GODSEY • LEE S. GODSEY • WILBUR K. GODSEY • EDMOND A. GRIMSTEAD • HERBERT U. GRIMSTEAD • MAXWELL GUY • WILLIAM K. PEERSON • JOHN E. HALL • THOMAS H. HALL • ARNOLD F. HUDGINS • CHARLES A. HUDGINS • COLIE W. HUDGINS • CURTIS C. HUDGINS • ELLIS B. HUDGINS • GEORGE A. HUDGINS • GERALD A. HUDGINS • LESLIE G. HUDGINS • MAXWELL W. HUDGINS • NELL H. HUDGINS • ROBERT B. HUDGINS, SR. • ROBERT B. HUDGINS, JR. • ROBERT R. HUDGINS • ROBERT W. HUDGINS • WALTER G. HUDGINS • WILLIAM C. HUDGINS • ELWOOD O. HURST • EDWARD L. JONES • JAMES L. JUDSON • RAY W. LOVELADY • CARLTON S. MAJETTE • EDGIE R. MAJETTE • OSCAR A. MINTER • JAMES S. MITCHEM • RUSSELL G. MITCHEM • WILFORD B. MITCHÉM • WILLIAM M. MORGAN • EDWARD A. PIERSON • RUDOLPH H. PIERSON • RICHARD E. OWENS • WALLAGE E. OWENS • AUBREY L. POWELL • FRANK R. POWELL • HAROLD I. POWELL • JAMES T. POWELL • MARCHANT L. POWELL • MILTON F. POWELL • RUFUS E. POWELL • WILLIAM G. RAY • GARLAND B. RESPESS • JOHN R. RESPESS • LOUIS F. RESPESS • PERCY E. RESPESS • W. REECE RESPESS • CONRAD A. ROWE • JACK S. ROWE • KENNETH C. ROWE • ROBERT N. SKYLES • WILLIAM F. SKYLES, SR. • WILLIAM F. SKYLES, JR. • CURTIS R. SHITH • JOHN R. SMITH • LESTER T. SMITH • THOMAS H. SMITH • WILLIAM T. SMITH • CHARLES R. SPARROW • JOHN H. SPARROW • IRA M. WILLIAMS • ALVIN O. WROTEN • BERNARD S. STANBURY

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memoriam

* HOMER V. CALLIS
* LOUIS W. CALLIS
* ROBERT M. CALLIS
* PERRIE B. COLLIER
* WILLIAM B. GAY
* LEVY L. MORGAN
* HOWARD D. MORRIS
* WALTER B. PIERSON
* MELLIN E. RESPESS
* FREDERICK M. SPEAR

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 37° 30.275′ N, 76° 17.402′ W. Memorial is in Gwynn, Virginia, in Mathews County. It is at the intersection of Route 633 and Peachie Lane, on the left when traveling west on Route 633. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 89 Peachie Ln, Gwynn VA 23066, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Middle Peninsula

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2021

2. By Duty Done Is Honor Won Marker

Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Captain Louis d'Ohicky Arundel (approx. 1½ miles away); Battle of Cricket Hill (approx. 1.7 miles away); Oyster Tonging (approx. 3.7 miles away); Compass Rose (approx. 3.7 miles away); The F.D. Crockett (approx. 3.8 miles away); Flagpole and Flag Etiquette (approx. 3.8 miles away); Pette Spansell Clark (1908-2000) (approx. 3.8 miles away); Fish Story (approx. 3.8 miles away).

Photographed by Kevin W., August 9, 2025

3. By Duty Done Is Honor Won Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 452 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on October 15, 2025, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.