Waynesville in Haywood County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Haywood County Vietnam War Memorial

Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, January 9, 2019

1. Haywood County Vietnam War Memorial

Inscription.
1959 Vietnam 1975
Dedicated
to the
honored memory
of Haywood County's sons
who sacrificed their lives
in
the Republic of
South Viet Nam
1LT David Chappel Brown USAF • LCPL Stephen Michael Bryson USMC • SGT Michael Frank Davis USA • SP4 David Wayne Frady USA • TSGT Floyd Milton Frazier USAF • SSGT Benny Doyce Green USA • CPL Harold Dexter Griffin USMC • CAPT Frederick Mervyn Hall (MIA) USAF • PFC Robert Carroll Hawkins USA • SP4 Alfred Hightower, Jr. USA • CPL James Lloyd Lawrence USA • SGT Charles Crockett Matthews USA • SP5 David Michael McPherson USA • PFC Keith Dale Mehaffey USMC • SP4 Fred Allen Moody USA • PFC Carl Bruce Ray USA • SSGT Howard Lynn [obscured] USMC • PFC Michael Dean Rogers USA • SP4 Wayne Edward Sexton USA • PFC Thomas [obscured] USMC • BM3 John Douglas Woodard USN

and those who served

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

Location. 35° 29.567′ N, 82° 59.219′ W. Memorial is in Waynesville, North Carolina, in Haywood County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street (Business U.S. 23) and Depot Street, on

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the right when traveling south on North Main Street. Memorial is in front of the Haywood County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 215 N Main St, Waynesville NC 28786, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Mountains, specifically in Greater Asheville,

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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 original Cherokee Nation,

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: Haywood County Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Haywood County Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); Haywood County Revolutionary War Memorial (within shouting distance of this

Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, January 9, 2019

2. Haywood County Vietnam War Memorial

marker); Century Vault (within shouting distance of this marker); First American Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Haywood County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); N.C. Education Association (within shouting distance of this marker); Historic Arch (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waynesville.

Haywood County Vietnam War Memorial closeup image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 14, 2022

3. Haywood County Vietnam War Memorial closeup

Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 415 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 4, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on November 27, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.