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Winter Garden in Orange County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial

 
 
Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, December 10, 2022
1. Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice

Navy

Air Force
World War II
LT. Col George B. McMillan

Vietnam
Maj. Marion E. Reed

Army
World War I
Apr. 6, 1917 - Nov. 11, 1918

1st LT Hugh T. Gregory
Pvt. George R. Tamsitt

World War II
Dec. 7, 1941 - Aug. 14, 1945

S-Sgt. Paul Parker • Pfc. Rodney Connell
2nd LT. Jack Gray • Tech. 4 John Vick
2nd LT. Roy Cosgrove • Pvt. William C. Bray
Pvt. Provis Ison • Sgt. W. H. Crawford

Korea
June 27, 1950 - July 27, 1954

Pfc. Arthur P Nolan • Cpl. Elton E. Smoak

Vietnam
July 4, 1965 - Mar. 28, 1973

Sp. 4 Charles Fields • S-Sgt. Charles W. Love Jr.
Sp. 5 Buford G. Johnson • S-Sgt. Nathan E Peacock Jr.
Sp. 4 Gary L. Maloy

Marine
World War II

Pfc. James B. Hennis
Capt. Walter L. Jordan
Cpl. David W. Tubb

Korea
S-Sgt. Buford L. Burns

Vietnam
L-Cpl. Cecil R. Moorman

Coast Guard
 
Erected by City of Winter Haven.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 28° 33.609′ N, 81° 35.525′ W.
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Memorial is in Winter Garden, Florida, in Orange County. It can be reached from South Park Avenue south of West Vining STreet, on the right when traveling south. Located in Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 425 S Park Ave, Winter Garden FL 34787, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Orlando and in Central Florida. It is also 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 least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pounds Motor Company (approx. 0.4 miles away); First United Methodist Church of Winter Garden (approx. 0.6 miles away); Winter Garden Downtown Historic District (approx. 0.6 miles away); Brick Road (approx. one mile away); The Christian Church (approx. 3
Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, December 10, 2022
2. Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
miles away); Orange County Election Day Violence/ Ocoee Massacre and Exodus (approx. 3.1 miles away); Henry Nehrling's Palm Cottage Gardens (approx. 4.6 miles away); Turnverein - Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winter Garden.
 
Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, December 10, 2022
3. Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, December 10, 2022
4. Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, December 10, 2022
5. Winter Garden Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2022, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 12, 2022, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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