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

World War II

1941 - 1945

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

1. World War II Marker

Inscription.

World War II.

"This war has been an array of the forces of evil against those of righteousness…, No matter what the cost, the war had to be won." , Dwight D. Eisenhower

, Those who died , John W. Acree . Clifton Earl Adams . James R. Adams . John E. Adams . Donald Anderson . Robert H. Anderson . Roy W. Anderson . Carlos M. Bane . Hoyle H. Banton . William K. Barbour . Charles E. Beemer . Jack N. Binch . Eddie M. Bobbitt . Arthur J. Bolding . Withers F. Bolton . Richard Booth, Jr. . Charles A. Bosiger . Harry P. Bowling . Allen L. Brewer . David S. Brizendine . Jesse Burns . Robert T. Burrsus . Horace A. Byrd . Elest P. Campbell . Frank Carter . Wesley P. Carwile . John B. Chambers . Russell H. Cheatham . Warren K. Clemmons . Hansford A. Conner . Haywood A. Cox . Carlisle M. Craig . Edley Craighill, Jr. . William A.M. Dabney . Carroll W. Davis . John H. Davis, Jr. . William A. Davis . A. Dunn Dillard . Amos R. Dobson, Jr. . James T. Dolan . Charles A. Drewry . William E. Drinkard . Robert R. Driskill . William A. Drumheller . Vincent J. Clark . James A. Dunn, Jr. . James O. Edwards . Chalmas H. Elliott . Allie C. Field, Jr. . John E. Fogle, Jr. . Henry S. Fowler . Ernest J. Fox . Rutledge P. Fuller . Lonnie W. Gilliam . Walter R. Godsey . Frank G. Grayson . William T. Guill . John S. Hackworth, Jr. . Ralph L. Hackworth . Russell W. Hague . Henry R. Hamner . Charles W. Hanna . Vernon F. Harless . Clyde T. Harris . Giles B. Harris . Floyd J. Henley . Samuel L. Hitt . Ernest L. Howard . Mayburn L. Hudson . Robert H. Humphrey . Berkley H. Inge . Page H. Isbel . Ralph E. Jennings . Ernest F. Jessee, Jr. . Calvert Johnson . Harry L. Johnson . James L. Johnson . James W. Johnson . Harold D. Joy . Dan R. Justice . Alvin H. Justis, Jr. . Herman L. Keesee . Claude King, Jr. . James E. Kirby . Granville G. Kirby . Merlin F. Kulp . Jerome M. Lacy . William D. Langhorne, Jr. . Walter E. LeFew . Robert T. Lemmon, Jr. . Thomas J. Ligon, Jr. Walter L. Maddox, Jr. . Frank E. Marcus, Jr. . Edmund W. Marsh . Samuel F. Marshall . McClure D. Martin . Samuel E. Martin . Mack C. Mason, Jr. . Robert M. Maon . William E. Mayberry . E. Byron Meador, Jr. . Norman D. Meredith . James P. Mitchell . Raymond T. Moore . William Pryor Morgan, Jr. . Charles H. Mountcastle . Maynard I. Moyer . Warren Moyer . Henry A. Murphy . Jams U. Myers . William E. McCarthy, Jr. . Lawrence E. McCraw . Samuel M. McNutt . Harold Nase . Harry E. Norvell . William J. Nuckles . George H. Orchard, Jr. . Mark I. Overstreet . Frank W. Page . Walker L. Parrish . Grant G. Parsons . West A. Payne . Zebulon V. Penny . Samuel D. Perkins, Jr. . Lewis Pettigrew . James G. Phillips . Luther W. Pickeral, Jr. . Raymond E. Powell . Paul L. Price . Coleman D. Ramsey . James E. Reid . Thomas D. Reese . Leonard J. Riley . Clarence Roberson . David P. Rorer, Jr. . James E.H. Rumbough . David M. Russell . Phillip N. Russell . Bertram H. Sadler . Curley Scott . William P. Shelton, Jr. . James R. Silby . Charles A. Simmons . Thomas E. Sligh . William H. Smith, Jr. . Clyde T. Spencer, Jr. . Herman O. Sprouse . Gerald H. Staton . Henry C. Staton . William A. Stedman . Harry N. Stone . William G. Suhling, III . Baldwin Tanner . Andrew H. Thompson . Russell M. Thurmond . Perry L. Tomlin . Cornelius E. Trent, Jr. . Thomas A. Trent . George T. Tuck . Harold R. Tuck . Raymond W. Tweedy . John Walter Twitty, Jr. . Edward C.G. Tyree . James Russell Volk . George N. Wade . Ronald P. Wade . Howard E. Walker . David G. Waller . Robert B. Ware . Robert G. Ware . Percy E. Watlington, Jr. . James T. White . Samuel L. Whitlow . Henry B. Williams . Robert H. Williams . Ralph G. Wingfield . Daniel P. Womack . Randolph M. Wood . Kenneth L. Woolridge . James A. Wright . Massie L. Wright . Samuel L. Wright

"This war has been an array of the forces of evil against those of righteousness…

No matter what the cost, the war had to be won." — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Those who died
John W. Acree • Clifton Earl Adams • James R. Adams • John E. Adams • Donald Anderson • Robert H. Anderson • Roy W. Anderson • Carlos M. Bane • Hoyle H. Banton • William K. Barbour • Charles E. Beemer • Jack N. Binch • Eddie M. Bobbitt • Arthur J. Bolding • Withers F. Bolton • Richard Booth, Jr. • Charles A. Bosiger • Harry P. Bowling • Allen L. Brewer • David S. Brizendine • Jesse Burns • Robert T. Burrsus • Horace A. Byrd • Elest P. Campbell • Frank Carter • Wesley P. Carwile • John B. Chambers • Russell H. Cheatham • Warren K. Clemmons • Hansford A. Conner • Haywood A. Cox • Carlisle M. Craig • Edley Craighill, Jr. • William A.M. Dabney • Carroll W. Davis • John H. Davis, Jr. • William A. Davis • A. Dunn Dillard • Amos R. Dobson, Jr. • James T. Dolan • Charles A. Drewry • William E. Drinkard • Robert R. Driskill • William A. Drumheller • Vincent J. Clark • James A. Dunn, Jr. • James O. Edwards • Chalmas H. Elliott • Allie C. Field, Jr. • John E. Fogle, Jr. • Henry S. Fowler • Ernest J. Fox • Rutledge

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P. Fuller • Lonnie W. Gilliam • Walter R. Godsey • Frank G. Grayson • William T. Guill • John S. Hackworth, Jr. • Ralph L. Hackworth • Russell W. Hague • Henry R. Hamner • Charles W. Hanna • Vernon F. Harless • Clyde T. Harris • Giles B. Harris • Floyd J. Henley • Samuel L. Hitt • Ernest L. Howard • Mayburn L. Hudson • Robert H. Humphrey • Berkley H. Inge • Page H. Isbel • Ralph E. Jennings • Ernest F. Jessee, Jr. • Calvert Johnson • Harry L. Johnson • James L. Johnson • James W. Johnson • Harold D. Joy • Dan R. Justice • Alvin H. Justis, Jr. • Herman L. Keesee • Claude King, Jr. • James E. Kirby • Granville G. Kirby • Merlin F. Kulp • Jerome M. Lacy • William D. Langhorne, Jr. • Walter E. LeFew • Robert T. Lemmon, Jr. • Thomas J. Ligon, Jr. Walter L. Maddox, Jr. • Frank E. Marcus, Jr. • Edmund W. Marsh • Samuel F. Marshall • McClure D. Martin • Samuel E. Martin • Mack C. Mason, Jr. • Robert M. Maon • William E. Mayberry • E. Byron Meador, Jr. • Norman D. Meredith • James P. Mitchell • Raymond T. Moore • William Pryor Morgan, Jr. • Charles H. Mountcastle • Maynard I. Moyer • Warren Moyer • Henry A. Murphy • Jams U. Myers • William E. McCarthy, Jr. • Lawrence E. McCraw • Samuel M. McNutt • Harold Nase • Harry E. Norvell • William J. Nuckles • George H.

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

2. World War II Marker

Orchard, Jr. • Mark I. Overstreet • Frank W. Page • Walker L. Parrish • Grant G. Parsons • West A. Payne • Zebulon V. Penny • Samuel D. Perkins, Jr. • Lewis Pettigrew • James G. Phillips • Luther W. Pickeral, Jr. • Raymond E. Powell • Paul L. Price • Coleman D. Ramsey • James E. Reid • Thomas D. Reese • Leonard J. Riley • Clarence Roberson • David P. Rorer, Jr. • James E.H. Rumbough • David M. Russell • Phillip N. Russell • Bertram H. Sadler • Curley Scott • William P. Shelton, Jr. • James R. Silby • Charles A. Simmons • Thomas E. Sligh • William H. Smith, Jr. • Clyde T. Spencer, Jr. • Herman O. Sprouse • Gerald H. Staton • Henry C. Staton • William A. Stedman • Harry N. Stone • William G. Suhling, III • Baldwin Tanner • Andrew H. Thompson • Russell M. Thurmond • Perry L. Tomlin • Cornelius E. Trent, Jr. • Thomas A. Trent • George T. Tuck • Harold R. Tuck • Raymond W. Tweedy • John Walter Twitty, Jr. • Edward C.G. Tyree • James Russell Volk • George N. Wade • Ronald P. Wade • Howard E. Walker • David G. Waller • Robert B. Ware • Robert G. Ware • Percy E. Watlington, Jr. • James T. White • Samuel L. Whitlow • Henry B. Williams • Robert H. Williams • Ralph G. Wingfield • Daniel P. Womack • Randolph M. Wood • Kenneth L. Woolridge • James A. Wright • Massie

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L. Wright • Samuel L. Wright

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #34 Dwight D. Eisenhower series list.

Location. 37° 24.851′ N, 79° 8.615′ 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 at or near this postal address: 863 Church St, Lynchburg VA 24504, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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 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: Lynchburg History (here, next to this marker); Korean War (a few steps from this marker); Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the Spanish American War (a few steps from this marker); POW★MIA (a few steps from this marker); John Lynch (a few steps from this marker); Mr. Elder’s Rose Garden (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam (within shouting distance of this marker); Lynchburg (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 476 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.