Central Business District in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Korean War

1950 - 1953

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021

1. Korean War Marker

Inscription.

"I now know that wars do not end wars."
— Henry Ford

United States Marine Corps
B Company
5th Infantry
Battalion—USMCR

Those who died
Robert H. Anderson • Sidney A. Cabell • Solomon M. Brown • Garland S. Brown • James C. Glass • Arthur E. Johnson • Roy Miller • Frank B. Howze • James G. Glass • Wilbur O. Caul • Duncan A. MacLeod • Robert H. Conley • Sherwin V. Smith • Robert D. Ravsey, Jr. • Eugene T. Woolridge • Otho T. Winstead • Jebru Trent • James T. Walker • Harold R. Mann • Vennie O. Aker • Douglas L. Drunkard • Ralph O. Hubbell • Walter C. Watson • Bobby L. Burford • Carlton E. Hall

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

Location. 37° 24.849′ N, 79° 8.621′ W. Memorial is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in the Central Business District. It is on Monument Terrace just south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Lynchburg VA 24504, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central

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Virginia.

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 walking distance of this marker: World War II (a few steps from this marker); Lynchburg History (a few steps from this marker); POW★MIA (a few steps from this marker); Mr. Elder’s Rose Garden (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam (a few steps from this marker); Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the Spanish American War (a few steps from this marker); John Lynch (within shouting distance of this marker); Purple Heart Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 229 times since then and 14 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.