Madisonville in Monroe County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Monroe County Iraq and Afghanistan KIA Memorial

Photographed by Dave W, August 19, 2022

1. Monroe County Iraq and Afghanistan KIA Memorial Marker

Inscription.

This monument is dedicated to the U.S. Military Members from Monroe County that served in the wars that resulted from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Names listed are the K.I.A from Monroe County.

Iraq

Paul J. Johnson
SSG 82nd Airborne Ranger
20 October 2003

Joseph D. Hunt
SGT TNARG
22 August 2005

Ryan E. Haupt SSG U.S. Army Sniper
17 October 2006

Afghanistan

Robert K. Repkie
PFC U.S. Army
24 June 2010

Frankie Watson
LCPL USMC
24 September 2011

"Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of American."
President George W. Bush
September 11, 2001

Erected by Monroe County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: 9/11 Attacks • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan.

Location. 35° 31.198′ N, 84° 21.779′ W. Memorial is in Madisonville, Tennessee, in Monroe County. It is on College Street North. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 105 College St North, Madisonville TN 37354, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee.

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,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

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marker: In Memory of Those Who Served (here, next to this marker); Monroe County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); John Crawford Vaughn (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); War Comes to Madisonville (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County World War I Supreme Sacrifice Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Estes Kefauver (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madisonville.

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Photographed by Dave W, August 19, 2022

2. Monroe County Iraq and Afghanistan KIA Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 1, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 287 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 1, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.