Arcadia in DeSoto County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

DeSoto County War Memorial

Photographed by Dave W, December 3, 2022

1. DeSoto County War Memorial

Inscription.
World War II
Frank Addison • Thomas W. Pate, Jr.
George F. Barr • James M. Patterson
Hugh R. Cassels • Pete Penuel
Joe C. Chancey • Kenneth N. Perry
James C. Chancey • Alfred W. Roe
Eugene M Connelly • James C. Rogers
John Denham • J. B. Rollins
O. D. Dobson, Jr. • James A. Sanderfur
Laurie C. Evans • Charles L. Sellers
Paul Falany • Louis B. Simms
William R. Farr, Jr. • Rupert Smith
Robert E. Griffin • Woodrow Smith
James H. Hall • Porter S. Stark
Richard K. Kelly • Williams J. Stribling
Roy LeBlanch • John S. Taylor
Eugene Melton • John F. Warnock
Jack D. Mercer • Dock A. Welch
Gaylord W. Neal • James R. Wilson
Strother Nicely • Morris L. Jones
Paul L. O’Quinn • Wanza A. Matthews

Korean Conflict
Charles E. Dazey

Vietnam Conflict
Curtis W. Hurlock • Jimmy C. Lowry
William C. Gunter • Frederick R. Levins
James H. Alley

Erected by The Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary of the Peace River Chapter 111.

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

Location. 27° 12.898′ N, 81° 51.504′ W. Memorial is in Arcadia, Florida, in DeSoto County. It is on East Oak Street east of Brevard Avenue (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 115 E Oak St, Arcadia FL 34266, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At

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least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: DeSoto County Veterans Memorial Flag Pole (here, next to this marker); DeSoto County World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); DeSoto County (a few steps from this marker); Arcadia Historic District (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Arcadia City Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Florida Baptist Orphanage (approx. 0.7 miles away); Arcadia Oak Ridge Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); The British Plot (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arcadia.

Photographed by Dave W, December 3, 2022

2. DeSoto County War Memorial

Marker is on left in front of flag pole and DeSoto County Courthouse.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2022, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 259 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2022, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.