Watertown in Wilson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
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1. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
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
[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
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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,
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
2. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
Center stone
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
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020
3. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
World War I stone (front).
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
Photographed by Kevin W., June 17, 2024
4. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
World War I stone (back).
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,
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5. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
World War II stone (front side)
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,
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6. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
World War II stone (back side)
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,
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7. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
Korea, Vietnam and Desert Shield/Storm stone
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. Monument is in Watertown, Tennessee, in Wilson County. It is on Depot Street just south of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 127 Depot St, Watertown TN 37184, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Middle Tennessee and in Greater Nashville. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and
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8. Watertown, Tennessee Veterans Monument
Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom stone
the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,385 times since then and 69 times this year. Last updated on January 29, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4. submitted on June 17, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 5. submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 6. submitted on June 17, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 7, 8. submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
