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Jefferson in Jackson County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Memorial Field

 
 
Memorial Field Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021
1. Memorial Field Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory of
those employees of
The Jefferson Mills, Inc.
who gave their lives in
World War II

Willard H.F. Doster, Pfc, USA
April 11, 1922 – August 4, 1944
Killed in Action – St. Lo, France

Lammoth Joe Hanson, Pfc, USA
December 1, 1923 – June 16, 1944
Killed in Action – Bengodi, Italy

Francis Marion Hollis, Pfc, USA
January 20, 1915 – June 1, 1944
Killed in Action – Angelo, Italy

Ostell Franklin Jarrett, Pfc, USA
June 16, 1913 – October 18, 1944
Killed in Action – Normandy Peninsula, France

Lieut. Bassford Redd, USA
April 28, 1911 – December 11, 1944
Killed in Action – Belgium

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 34° 6.777′ N, 83° 35.416′ W. Memorial is in Jefferson, Georgia, in Jackson County. It is at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Duke Street, on the right when traveling south on Memorial Drive. Marker is located on the walkway at the south side of Jefferson Memorial Stadium. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 127 Memorial Drive, Jefferson GA 30549, United States of America.
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Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Paradise Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); Builder of the Nation (approx. 0.9 miles away); Martin Institute Mural (approx. one mile away); Floyd G. Hoard (approx. one mile away); James Jackson (approx. one mile away); Jackson County (approx. one mile away); Jackson County War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Lest We Forget (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jefferson.
 
Memorial Field Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021
2. Memorial Field Marker
Memorial Field Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021
3. Memorial Field Marker
(looking north along Memorial Drive)
Jefferson Memorial Stadium Field House image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021
4. Jefferson Memorial Stadium Field House
(just north of marker on Memorial Drive)
Memorial Stadium Practice Football Field image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 11, 2021
5. Memorial Stadium Practice Football Field
(just north of marker on Memorial Drive)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 622 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 26, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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