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Colbert County Korean War Memorial

 
 
Colbert County Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 13, 2022
1. Colbert County Korean War Memorial
Inscription.
Korea
1950-1953
In honor of

Paul Eugene Black • George W. Counts • Charles R. Crockett • Harold Jarmon • John S. McClure • Alva Louis Reid • Claude L. Riner Jr.

Freedom
is not
free

 
Erected by Colbert County Commission • Colbert County veterans organizations.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 34° 44.049′ N, 87° 42.234′ W. Memorial is in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Colbert County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street. Memorial is on Colbert County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 201 N Main St, Tuscumbia AL 35674, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Alabama and in the Shoals. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, 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 Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colbert County World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Colbert County Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Colbert County Gulf War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Colbert County World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Colbert County Persian Gulf War Memorial (here, next to this marker);
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The Purple Heart / Military Order of the Purple Heart (here, next to this marker); Colbert County Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Colbert County Courthouse Square District (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tuscumbia.
 
Colbert County Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 13, 2022
2. Colbert County Korean War Memorial
Colbert County Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 13, 2022
3. Colbert County Korean War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 375 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 15, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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Jun. 24, 2026