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Haywood County Veterans Memorial

 
 
Haywood County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2022
1. Haywood County Veterans Memorial
East (front) side.
Inscription.
Dedicated to the people
from Haywood County TN.
who made the supreme
sacrifice defending
our country. May they
always be remembered
and their sacrifice
not be in vain.

Sponsored by V.F.W. Post 4838
in remembrance of
Elmer L. “Sonny” Hendren
Brownsville's Mr. V.F.W.
1919–1998


WWI
Bond, Frank • Barbee, Eddie • Bennett, Charlie • Crowder, John • Ferreter, Jim • Field, Henry • Gairy, Armistead • Hawkins, Marvin O. • Hicks, William H. • Hirt, Horace • Jones, Humphrey • Jones, Paul • Morgan, Buck • Nixon, Tommie • Oldham, Anthony • Outlaw, Tillie • Owens, Charlie • Robson, Willie • Smith, Arthur • Smith, Ellis • Stehlin, William P. • Taylor, Sam • Swift, Arthur

WWII
Archer, Millard • Bond, Bate • Cain, Eugene • Castellaw, Sam A. • Chapman, John A. • Chisholm, Edwin J. • Claiborne, Robert T. • Clark, William T. Jr. • Cobb, Harry F. • Coleman, John R. • Cornatzor, Thomas R. • Day, Willie L. • Dickinson, John W. Jr. • Douglas, Thad • Drumright, John C. • Earnest, Robert L. • English, Charles M. • Ervin, Jefferson C. • Estes, Thomas K. • Farrington, Willie F. • Gaines, Jack • Greaves, Frank Jr. • Hale, A. Chapman
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• Hale, James • Harbison, Jonas • Ingram, Ivory T. • Jernigan, Vernon D. • Johnson, Clifton • Keltner, Johnny L. • King, Byron • King, James • King, Robert L. • Lawsen, Royston • Lewis, William A. • Mann, Joseph H. • Marbury, Wiley T. • Matlock, Ernest T. • McCool, Alvis W. Jr. • McCool, Billy E. • McWhirter, Oscar F. • Morris, Fred T. • Outlaw, William H. • Perry, Henry • Pilant, Donald L. • Rankin, Fred E. • Rothschild, Edgar M. Jr. • Seymour, Harvey • Smith, John M. • Solomon, Henry S. • Taylor, George • Thomas, Frank P. • Thomas, Robert S. • Thomas, William L. • Thornton, Marion Jr. • Tinsley, Sam E. • Voyles, James A. • Weddel, James • White, Nolan • Wright, Malcomb C. • Caldwell, Lee

Veterans of all wars, from WWI through
Desert Storm, that gave their lives,
either killed in action, died of disease
or accident during their time in Federal
service, during time of war.

Korean Conflict
Canady, Cecil • Jones, Jessie L. • Lee, A. Curtis • Lucket, James • Maclin, James L. • Merriweather, Nathaniel • Sullivan, Billy C. • Watkins, Eddie M.

Vietnam War
Austin, Tyrone • Bolding, Lanny R. • Bullock, David E. • Coleman, Willie Jr.
Haywood County Veterans Memorial – WWI image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2022
2. Haywood County Veterans Memorial – WWI
• Currie, Andrew • Ferrell, William A. • Griffin, James L. • Haak, William L. • Johnston, Richard K. • Land, Larry A. • Lane, Norman E. Jr. • Overton, Danny • Perry, R.T. • Scallions, Carl W. • Whittington, Paul T. • Wright, Albert N. Jr. • Wright, Billy L. • Young, James E.
 
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4838.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 35° 35.622′ N, 89° 15.74′ W. Memorial is in Brownsville, Tennessee, in Haywood County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street and Washington Avenue when traveling west on East Main Street. Memorial is on the Haywood County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2 E Main St, Brownsville TN 38012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once
Haywood County Veterans Memorial – WWII image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2022
3. Haywood County Veterans Memorial – WWII
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: Haywood County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Haywood County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Fighting for Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker); The Brownsville Raids (within shouting distance of this marker); Haywood County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); First National Bank (within shouting distance of this marker); Brownsville (within shouting distance of this marker); Lot Number 1 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brownsville.
 
Haywood County Veterans Memorial – Korea/Vietnam image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 20, 2022
4. Haywood County Veterans Memorial – Korea/Vietnam
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 23, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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