Watertown in Wilson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
[Center stone]
Dedicated to all the men and women in our community who have served.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke
Gold Star Recipients
Barbour, Charles Crawford Jr August 1, 1943 Bass, Charles William May 9, 1945 Bratten, Clyde O. October 8, 1918 Burkett, William Wauford Jr. August 28, 1944 Forrester, Robert L. Jr. July 30, 1942 Johnson, Shelby October 18, 1918 Lynch, James Edward July 23, 1950 McGuire, Robert J. Jr. August 7, 2002 Nettles, Melton C. September 24, 1943 Parker, Carvin Oakley June 15, 1944 Phillips, Roy Wendell November 6, 1944 Phillips, William Grigsby August 3, 1967 Reeder, Fred S. July 14, 1944 Rice, James Thomas May 28, 1944 Sherrill, Charlie Lofton January 10, 1945 Washburn, Jeff February 8, 1919 Williams, Jack September 29, 1918
[World War I]
Agee, Omer N. Allen, Archie D. Alsup, Clarence L. Alsup, William Virgil Armstrong, Kelsey McKinley Ashworth, Cecil Baker, Robert Howell Ball, Cecil Andrew Bane, Ardie Bane, Lioge Bane, Purnell Barber, Gershan Bass, A. C. Bass, Bedford C. Bass, Bob Bass, Johnnie Bedford Bass, Verlan Beadle, Willie Dee Bell, Henry Bell, James H. Bell, Wilbur Bryan, Edgar Daulton Bryan, Henry D. Burkett, Robert Buterbaugh, Alexander Clyde Carney, Edgar Poe Clark, Odell Combs, Laurence Cooper, Irl Fry Davis, James W. Donnell, Will Enoch, Hayden C. Floyd, Walter B. Forbes, Pete Turney Foutch, Bedford Fuller, Frank G. Gibbs, Dee Hailey, Robert Eugene Halums, Homer Hardin, Luther Cecil Hayes, Lonnie Hays, Valta Henrickson, Luther A. Hill, Vester Hopkins, George L. Hudson, William H. Huggins, Willie Floyd Hutercherson, Columbus U. Ingram, Robert S. Jaco, Alvie James Jennings, Robert Johnson, Wilson Standford Jones, Albert Gowin Jones, Everett Keaton, Elvis L. Lasater, Everett Lewis, Rene Wilson Litchfield, David F. Malone, David Hassell Mason, Abe Midgett, Willie D. Neal, Charley G. Neal, Earnest Newton Neal, Marshall D. Oakford, Robert L. Oakley, Escar Judson Oakley, Joe Fugit Odom, Bethel Calvin O'Neal, John Richard Patton, Elzie Dale Patton, Maxie O. Patton, Ray R. Payne, Ollie Maxson Payne, William Manson Penuel, Byron Stroud Phillips, Clarence W. Porterfield, Lessia Posey, Osko D. Reeves, Homer C. Ricketts, Henry C. Rucker, Rufus Vernon Shoeman, William E. Slager, Charlie Wesley Slate, Haskell C. Smith, Anderson Smith, Frank C. Sullins, Louis Edward Taylor, Ike Thomas, Sidney Thompson, Benny Tracy, Thomas J. Trapp, Herman C.
[Backside]
Truett, Olney Hoyt Turner, Gladstone Turner, Parnell K. Ward, Clayton Williams, Clay E. Williams, Edgar Cecil Williams, Tommy Woods, Garfield Young, Arthur T. Young, Ira Truitt [World War II (Front side)]
Adamson, Charles Homer Allen, Charles Neal Allen, James Eli Jr. Allen, William S. Armstrong, Elbert M. Armstrong, Charles Davis Armstrong, Joseph W. Bain, Luther R. Baines, J. B. Baird, Tom Barnett, Robert E. Baskin, Hobart Bass, Joe Gilford Bass, Jim Bass, Raymond D. Bass, Roger William Bass, Thomas Wilson Bass, Willie Whitson Bates, Felix Bates, William C. Beadle, Robert Hugh Beard, Eddie Lawrence Beckwith, Robert Baird Bennett, Norman Ray Blankenship, Billy Robert Blankenship, James R. Blythe, John T. Bobo, Ben K. Bullard, Willie Howard Burkett, Wilburn Lee Bush, William C. Carr, Houston Casetty, Thomas John Chastain, Paul D. Corley, Dewey N. Cragwell, Bedford Jr. Cunningham, Harold H. Davenport, Fred James Donnell, Samuel Hagle Dudney, Wallace N. Enoch, Benjamin Austin Figgins, Ernest Fisher, J.C. Floyd, James W. Ford, Virgil R. Forrester, William Howell Green, Billy R. Grooms, George Gwaltney, Bert Cordell Haley, Kelton Brown Harden, J.W. Harden, Ray T. Hardin, William Doyle Hardin, Cyril B. Harvey, Ballard N. Harvey, Carl L. Jr. Harvey, Thomas R. Hawkins, Elijah L. Hays, Joe B. Hight, Elbert Garland Holdsworth, George A. Holdsworth, Joe F. Huddleston, Clyde Hudson, Haley Young Hudgins, Clyde Griffin Hughes, William T. Hutchinson, Joe B. James, R. B. Jennings, Herbert L. Jennings, Joe O. Jennings, Paul Jennings, Winford Erastus Jennison, Joe B. Jewell, Harold C. Jewell, James Powell Johnson, Howell S. Johnson, Johnnie T. Jones, Burford Roy Jones, John C. Kelley, Odell Kent, Carl Edward Kent, James A. Kiowell, James Doyle Knox, Hugh W. LaFever, George Lees LaFever, James William Lasater, Dewey W. Lasater, John B. Lasater, Truett
[Backside]
Lewis, Wyatt Webster Lynch, Ernest Lee Lynch, James Edward Malone, John Hugh Malone, Wilford Malone, Wilson Marler, Elmer E. Mason, Harold Mason, William H. McDonald, Robert Earl McDonald, Clarence R. McMillen, Woodrow W Moser, Homer N. Mullinax, Levie Frank, Jr. Murphy, Arnel G. Murphy, Elbert D. Murphy, Fred Murphy, John C. Neal, Henry Clarence Nix, Samuel T. Nix, James T.&bull Oakley, Wilbur F. Odom, Clyde Donnell, Jr. Orrand, Estel R. Osborn, James T. Palmer, Fred D. Patton, Basil B. Patton, Elzie D., Jr. Patton, Harry Clay Patton, Price A. Patton, Thomas D. Patton, William Reid Patton, Wilson T. Penuel, Ira Dell Phillips, David Franklin Phillips, James Ernest Phillips, Paul R. Ray, Edward Carlyn Reeves, Charles T. Rich, Albert, Jr. Robertson, Charlie Mitchell Robinson, Tory Roy, Frank B., Jr. Rutland, Dave Sanders, Charles B. Shehane, Isaac T. Simms, Louis K. Simpson, John Edward Stephens, John E. Talley, Horace G, Jr. Tarpley, Norman Tassey, Dan Paul Taylor, Johnny William Thompson, John Allen Thompson, Melvin Haskell Thompson, Pernell Trawik, Benjamin Hobart Traywick, Ben T., Jr. Tubbs, Joe Brawn Turner, Gene Warren Turney, John W. Vaden, Charlie Neal Vanatta, Roy Vanatta, Troy Vantrease, Ernest Young Vantrease, Raymond, Sr. Vantrease, William T. Vaught, William T. Walker, John D. Waters, William L., Sr. Weatherly, Joseph Weaver, Vivian Johnny Wichard, Joseph H Williams, Carl Lyle Williams, Claude Wilson Williams, J.T. Williams, Willie B. Austin Williamson, Hershel P. Winfree, Earnest Smith Womack, Ancil Neal Wood, Edgar Waters Worley, John Weaver Young, George W. Ashworth, Samuel P., Sr. Nix, William Wilson Orrand, Johnnie V. [Korea]
Barrett, Bratten Ferguson, William Gerald Floyd, Edsel Harrison, Thermon Neal Hill, Russell Lendon Johnson, Harley Clifton Jones, Donald Bridges Kidwell, James Forest LaFever, James William Oakley, Glen W. Scott, William Harold Sherrill, Jimmie Dean Thompson, Johnny Ray Williams, Carl Lyle Harvey, Howell Douglas Hill, Clarence Edward Harvey, H. Forrest
[Vietnam]
Barbee, Ray Donald Beadle, Leonard Reed Evans, Charles Elliot Evans, James Edward Ferrell, Donald Haley, Bobby Hardin, Jerry David Harvey, Carl L. Jr. Kilzer, Joe Donald Lawrence, David Walter Reeder, Fred Allen Roberts, James Lester Saddler, Dwight Groom Smith, Chester Erasmus Smith, Wallace William Stephens, James Oliver Stroud, Roy David Tarpley, Ernest Leroy Tarpley, Mitchell Clayton Walker, Roy D. Williams, Larry Gordon Wood, James Robert Williams, James "Skid" Jr.
[Desert Shield/Storm]
Jones, David Allen Kaylor, Kenneth Norman Kent, David Brain
[Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan]
Collier, Phillip R. Freeman, Theodore Alan Jr. Manus, Donald McGuire, Robert J. Jr. Pyles, Clayton Dayle Collins, Matthew H. Jenkins, Cody N. Blair, Dustin W. Bain, Daniel T. Dunkin, Mitchell McNeely, Josh Hill, Joshua Laine Liddle, Marshall Liddle, David Alex
[Operation Iraqi Freedom]
Abney, Michael A. Aylor, Adam Aylor, Alex Aaron Bain, Michael E. Carter, Jesse Elam, Andrew Ellison, Lorenzo Fennell, Allen Eugene Fletcher, Mark Anthony Gibson, Jim Haley, Justin Neal Holloway, Clayton E. Jenkins, Tyler Logan Kent, David Brian Liddle, Marshall Monroe, Aaron Montgomery, Eddie Dean Jr. Pollard, Chris Strunk, Patrick Neal Vantrease, LaGreggory S. White, Charles T. Hill, Joshua Laine Driver, Lance Nolan
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 36° 5.938′ N, 86° 8.034′ W. Marker is in Watertown, Tennessee, in Wilson County. Memorial is on Depot Street just south of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 127 Depot St, Watertown TN 37184, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wilson Lawrence Waters (approx. 0.4 miles away); Wheeler School (approx. 5.3 miles away); DeKalb County Fair (approx. 5.6 miles away); Morgan in Alexandria (approx. 5.8 miles away); Gen. John H. Morgan CSA (approx. 5.8 miles away); Morgan's Ohio Raid (approx. 6.4 miles away); William Haskell Neal (approx. 7.2 miles away); Sellars Farm (approx. 7.6 miles away).
Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 541 times since then and 65 times this year. Last updated on January 29, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Names from the reverse side of the WWII stone. • Can you help?