Watkinsville in Oconee County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
World War II Killed in Action Memorial
Killed in Action
1LT Douglas M. Campbell• Staff SGT Roy V. Daniell• PFC Henry A. Huff• PFC Charles H. Hanson• Technician 5th Grade James O. Hardigree Jr. • PVT John E. Jackson• SGT Erskine O. Marshall• PVT Raymond O. Marshall• PVT James W. McDaniel• SGT William H. Mobley• SSG Arthur C. Bowden• Seaman 1st Class Lee G. Nelms• PFC Lemuel H. Verner• Technician 4th Grade John W. Parker• PVT Thomas L. Powell• PFC William D. Walls• Chief Gunner's Mate Frederick C. Sherrer• PFC Walter L. Wood• PFC Jewell Worley• PFC Herschel H. Burger• PVT Milton C. Newman• Seaman 1st Class Robert E. Branch, III
"Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices." - President Harry S. Truman
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 33° 52.099′ N, 83° 28.807′ W. Memorial is in Watkinsville, Georgia, in Oconee County. It can be reached from Hog Mountain Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3560 Hog Mountain Rd, Watkinsville GA 30677, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Antebellum Trail, in the Classic City Area, and in the Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Korea / Vietnam / Operation Enduring Freedom / Operation Iraqi Freedom KIA Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Killed in Action Memorial (here, next to this marker); Jeannette Rankin’s Georgia Home (approx. 2.1 miles away); William Daniell House (approx. 3.1 miles away); Oconee County War Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Oconee County (approx. 4.1 miles away); Eagle Tavern (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Watkinsville.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 280 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 20, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

