Charlestown in Mississippi County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Mississippi County War Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 22, 2021

1. Mississippi County War Memorial
(east side)

Inscription. Erected in Honor
of those who
served in the
World War
1917 — 1918
Atcher, P. (Col) • Cauthorne, L. N. • Cooper, C. • Cooper, J. N. • Culp. J. • Eaton, C. M. • Edwards, C. • Favors, John • Greer, H. V. • Gruner, H. L. • Krauss, F. • Mansfield, G. • Mattingly, R. A. • Tatum, Bee • Tatum, W. O. • Barnes, Tom

World War II
Adkison, C.D. • Alexander, W. • Alvey, W.J. • Banks, A.E. • Bowles, E. • Brewer, L.L. • Cobb, W.D. • Cole, J. • Conn, J. • Corbitt, M.N. • Cranford, B. • Davis, C.E. • Durbin, S.D. • Eastwood, C.E. • Eaton, H.T. • Elliott, C.M. • Farley, W.B. • Fields, C.H. • French, B.L. • French, N. • Furlong, B.F. • Gaines, L.L. • Hale, B.F. • Hale, G.W. • Harp, J.L. • Hayden, H.T. • Hayden, R.C. • Jackson, W.H. • Golightly, W. • Jenkins, G.M. • Johnston, E.M. • Kimbrough, R.L. • Laird, C.A., Jr. • Lay, G.E. • Lee, M.M. • Lemons, C.W. • Mays, C. • McCleary, T. • Miller, R.S. • Moxley, W.G. • Ogborn, R.F. • Oliver, R.M. • O’Reilly, L.S., Jr. • Presson, H. • Robertson, A.E. • Shirley, H.A. • Sims, J.O. • Smith, E.C. • Swank, G.C. • Tarver, L. • Thresher, J.L. • Tomlinson, R.L. • Whitehead, I.L. • Whitney, T.E. • Wilderson, W. • Williams, C.M. • Wyatt, J.E.

Korean War
Allbritton, R.L. • Anderson, C.M. • Enlow, F.L. • Franklin, D.E. • Sigers, H.B. • Tarver,

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Afgan War
Blake Hall

Vietnam War
Carlyle, D.R. • Davis, D.E. • Grimes, M. • Henderson, R.Q. • Higgerson, T.D. • Naile, T.G. • Whipple, C.H. • Plummer, J.D.

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

Location. 36° 55.476′ N, 89° 20.992′ W. Memorial is in Charlestown, Missouri, in Mississippi County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Marker is located near the northwest corner of the Mississippi County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 North Main Street, Charleston MO 63834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri Bootheel.

It is also in the American Mississippi Delta,

in the Ozarks,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Warren Eastman Hearnes (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri (approx. 1½ miles away); Mississippi County (approx. 2.6 miles away); Missouri Sharecropper Strike of 1939 (approx. 4.4 miles away); Lansden Park Gazebo (approx. 10.8 miles away in Illinois); Riverlore (approx. 10.9 miles

Mississippi County War Memorial<br>(<i>west side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 22, 2021

2. Mississippi County War Memorial
(west side)

away in Illinois); Magnolia Manor (approx. 10.9 miles away in Illinois); African American Troops in the Civil War (approx. 11.1 miles away in Illinois).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of the Sharecroppers Strike of 1939 (was approx. 4.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Mississippi County War Memorial<br>(<i>south side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 22, 2021

3. Mississippi County War Memorial
(south side)

Mississippi County War Memorial<br>(<i>north side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 22, 2021

4. Mississippi County War Memorial
(north side)

Mississippi County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 22, 2021

5. Mississippi County War Memorial

(looking east from North Main Street • Mississippi County Courthouse on right)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 300 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 24, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.