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

Monroe County World War I Supreme Sacrifice Memorial

Photographed by Dave W, August 19, 2022

1. Monroe County World War I Supreme Sacrifice Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In Memoriam
Honoring the men from Monroe
County who made the Supreme
Sacrifice in the World War
1917 – 1918

Bedford B. Lunsford, DSC • Fred R. Allen • Horace Burger • Harden E. Clark • Lem E. Emert • Wm. Edgar Giles • Willie Greer • David C. Hickey • Meredith G. Jenkins • Thurber McConkey • Joe McGhee • Robert L. Miller • William H. Milligan • Levi Sherman Morehouse, Lt • Anon Lester Moser • Benjamin Nichols • Frank A. Ray • Albert B. Simpson • Dan W. Snider • James H. Taylor • Charlie Clark • Charlie Fitch • Willie M. Goad • William Z. Lankford • Arthur L. McCampbell • John McClendon • Earnest Milsaps • William S. Scruggs • John E. Standridge

Erected by Monroe County.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 35° 31.218′ N, 84° 21.799′ W. Memorial is in Madisonville, Tennessee, in Monroe County. It is on College Street South. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 105 College St S, 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 marker: Monroe County World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); War Comes to Madisonville (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County Courthouse (within shouting distance of

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this marker); Monroe County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County Iraq and Afghanistan KIA Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Those Who Served (within shouting distance of this marker); John Crawford Vaughn (within shouting distance of this marker); Estes Kefauver (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madisonville.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 1, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 221 times since then and 17 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 1, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.