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World War 1917–18 Memorial

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World War 1917–18 Memorial, left tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 26, 2021
1. World War 1917–18 Memorial, left tablet
Inscription.
Boggs, Clarence H. • Brown, Solomon • Buckner, Thomas • Carr, Benjamin H. • Clayton, Harry • Clowser, David • Conley, John P. • Craft, John E. • Criss, Guy Harley • Cutlip, William I, • Dobbins, Thomas • Dulin, Edwin L. • Exline, Oscar • Fisher, Jesse • Foley, James W. • Green, Luther H. • Gregory, Harmon • Hacker, Willie • Hamric, Arch • Horner, Leslie

Howell, Harvey L. • Keith, Ophie • Knicely, Warrick M. • Knight, William • Lloyd, Ola Wesley • martin, Roy B. • McQuain, John J. • Myers, Edwin • Robinson, Clarence • Robinson, William C. • Shaver, Warder Guy • Singleton, Fred • Singleton, Ira • Skidmore, Willis R. • Taylor, William S. • tonkin, Nobie • White, Luke • Wilson, Newton • Woods, Raymond A. • Young, James M.
 
Erected by Erected by American Legion Braxton County Post No. 31.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 38° 39.86′ N, 80° 42.506′ W. Memorial is in Sutton, West Virginia, in Braxton County. It is on Main Street west of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. It is on the courthouse lawn. Touch for map. Memorial
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is in this post office area: Sutton WV 26601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Central West Virginia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brigadier General James Kemp McLaughlin (a few steps from this marker); Revolutionary War Monument (a few steps from this marker); Suttonville (a few steps from this marker); Braxton County Jail (a few steps from this marker); How Did Braxton County Get Its Name? (within shouting distance of this marker); Burning of Sutton (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fighting and Flames (approx. 0.4 miles away); Geographic Center (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sutton.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. The War and Suttonville (was a few
World War 1917–18 Memorial, right tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 26, 2021
2. World War 1917–18 Memorial, right tablet
steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); The Burning of Suttonville (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
World War 1917–18 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 26, 2021
3. World War 1917–18 Memorial
World War 1917–18 Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 26, 2021
4. World War 1917–18 Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 396 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 16, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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