Newport in Cocke County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Cocke County War Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 30, 2022

1. Cocke County War Memorial Marker

Inscription. This monument is dedicated
to those from
Cocke County, Tennessee
who made the supreme sacrifice
in service to their country

WWI U.S. Army: William Austin • Charles G. Free • William Hall • Robert Johnson • Robert Maloy • Carter F. McFeatures • Edward Nolen • Jessee J. Sprouse • James C. Tranton
British E.F.: Guy B. Gillespie
Escadrille: Kiffin Rockwell

WWII U.S. Army: Eston A. Baxter • Joseph A. Brown • Swannie H. Burke • James D. Butler • Hugh M. Campbell • Hugh J. Carlisle • Joseph E. Carpenter • Cleve H. Carver • Darius R. Cody • Luthur L. Cureton • Tom W. Daniels • William S. Foster • Lucas Gentry • Charles E. Giles • Roy C. Greene • Milburn B. Hall • Charles Hodge, Jr. • Hollis J. Holt • Roy A. Johnson • Maynard Lackey • Ralph Laws • Troy W. Laws • Y.J. Leatherwood • Jack Marshall • Manson Mathes • Howard H. Mathis • Luthur S. McGaha • James F. McMillan • Lloyd R. McNabb • Albert M. Olsakovsky • Jess W. O'Neil • John W. Ottinger • Ordway H. Padgett • Fred F. Philips • Lester Phillips • Samuel E. Phillips • Zack Phillips • J.D. Shelton • Arthur Shults • James R. Shults • Neil L. Shults • J.D. Smelcer • Charles

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M. Suggs • Omide T. Williams • Ray Woody
U.S.A.A.C.: William H. Harrison, Jr. • Glenn H. Pearce
U.S. Navy: R. Etheridge Allen • Mitchell Boley • Dallas Brown • John E. Chockley • Hooper E. McFarland • James L. Ragan • Joseph L. Spratt • Robert Suttles
Merchant Marine: Fredrick R. Stokely

Korea U.S. Army Harold Carr • Y.J. Crumb • Isaac Ford • William E. Goodrum • Arthur Grooms, Jr. • Rome H. Hance • Frank Moore • Jessee E. Sprouse • William F. White
U.S.M.C.: John D. Williams

Vietnam U.S. Army: Carl Ealy • Len M. Jenkins • Lemuel F. Mack, Jr. • Daniel J. McMahan • Michael G. Gibbs
U.S.M.C.: Charles R. Raines • Charles C. Roberts

Greater love hath no man than this,
That a man lay down his life
for his friends. John 15:13

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord;
And the people whom he hath
chosen for his own inheritance.
Psalm 33:12

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

Location. 35° 58.009′ N, 83° 11.045′ W. Memorial is in Newport, Tennessee, in Cocke County. It is at the intersection

Cocke County War Memorial (WWI and WWII) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 30, 2022

2. Cocke County War Memorial (WWI and WWII)

of East Broadway Street (U.S. 25/70) and Court Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Broadway Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 111 Court Ave, Newport TN 37821, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cocke County Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Cocke County Organized - 1797 (within shouting distance of this marker); City Hall (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Warford (approx. 0.2 miles away); Swinging Bridge (approx. 0.2

Cocke County War Memorial (Korea and Vietnam) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 30, 2022

3. Cocke County War Memorial (Korea and Vietnam)

miles away); The Cross (approx. 0.2 miles away); Kiffin Yates Rockwell (approx. ¼ mile away); Newport Grammar School (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The War Ford (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Cocke County War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 30, 2022

4. Cocke County War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 792 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 21, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.