Griffin in Spalding County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021

1. Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial

Inscription.
Erected in honor
of the citizens of
Spalding County
who gave their lives
in the Korean and
Viet Nam Conflicts
[Left wing]
Korean Conflict Akins, Willis T. • Allen, Commer E. • Brock, Wilborn W. • Byars, Bobby L. • Duncan, Robert W. • Eppinger, Martin • Gilbert, Chesley G. • Hunter, Harold M. • Long, Aubrey C. • Middlebrooks, Henry • Newman, Lamar E. • Rivers, Melvin C.

[Right wing]
Viet Nam Conflict Coggins, James Terry • Gaddy, Willie Gene • Hall, Charles Wayne • Harmon, James Edward • Harris, James • Helton, John Kenneth • Kenerly, Warren Eugene • Kinasz, Monte Clifford • Murphy, David • Pattillo, Minor Wesley • Reese, James Robert • Williams, Thomas J. • Anderson, Gary

Erected 1969 by Post 5448, Veterans of Foreign Wars • Citizens of Griffin and Spalding County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam.

Location. 33° 14.809′ N, 84° 15.249′ W. Memorial is in Griffin, Georgia, in Spalding County. It is on East Taylor Street west of 1st Street, on the left when traveling west. Memorial is in Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Griffin GA 30223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont

and in Metro Atlanta.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Spalding County Vietnam Monument (a few steps from this marker); “Flame of Freedom” (a few steps from this marker); Spalding County World War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); In Memory of Revolutionary Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); In Honor of Lt. Col. Allan B. Imes (within shouting distance of this marker); Global War on Terror (within shouting distance of this marker); Spalding County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Spalding County Confederate Soldier Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Griffin.

Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial detail (Korea) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021

2. Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial detail (Korea)

Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial detail (Vietnam) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021

3. Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial detail (Vietnam)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 21, 2021

4. Spalding County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 236 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 27, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.