Tinbridge Hill in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Veterans of World War I Buried in the Old City Cemetery
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 14, 2021
1. Veterans of World War I Buried in the Old City Cemetery Marker
World War I
Buried in the Old City Cemetery
William Harrison Brooks, 1897-1918, Co. L, 330 Regiment Infantry, 82 Division; killed in action on the Meuse River, France Henry Brown, 1894-1949, Private, 510 Engineer Service Battalion Hezekiah Brown, 1892-1921, Private First Class, 811 Pioneer Infantry Styles D. Crawford, 1889-1952, Private, Sept. Auto Repl. Draft Edward Macio Day, 1897-1938, 155 Depot Brig. Ambler Nelson Edwards, 1893-1970, Private, U.S. Army Jerome Hays, 1898-1965, Private, 338 Service Battalion Quartermaster Corps Earnest Johnson, 1896-1961, Private, U.S. Army John Wyatt Mays, 1896-1923, wounded by gas attack in the Argonne Forest, France Maylon A. McDonald, died 1938, Private, 154 Depot Brig. Opechie Price, 1901-1919, Drafted for service, June 1918 Dr. Harry Wilson Reid, 1892-1969, Sergeant, U.S. Army Charles Smith, died 1918, died at Sherman, Ohio, Base Hospital
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World I. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1918.
Location. 37° 24.863′ N,
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Regionally, this memorial is in Central 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: Life and Death (here, next to this marker); When Lynchburg Was Lunchburg (here, next to this marker); History of the Stapleton Station (a few steps from this marker); Lynchburg, Virginia, 1864 (a few steps from this marker); Station House Museum (a few steps from this marker); Genealogy of Lynchburg's Railroads (within shouting distance of this marker); The Duval Holt Orchard (within shouting distance of this marker); The Dovecote-Columbarium Connection (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 18, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 13 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 18, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
