Madisonville in Monroe County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Monroe County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial
Photographed by Dave W, August 19, 2022
1. Monroe County Korean and Vietnam Wars Memorial Marker
by the Citizens
of
Monroe County
In Honor and recognition
of those who served in the
Korean and Vietnam Wars
and in memory of those
who gave their lives for our country
The price of freedom is high
even in unpopular wars
our country called
we proudly answered
Lest you forget we shall have died in vain
Korean War
1950 1955
Robert A. Green 7-20-50 Avery E. Burnett 11-21-50 Chester S. Hicks 12-23-50 James H. Raby 1-21-51 Parrion R. Harris 3-7-51 Walter B. Smith 9-24-51 Johnny S. Teague 11-21-51 Ross M. Walker 1-9-52 Wesley E. Tallent 4-12-52 William R. Sloan 8-15-52 Tubby S. Watson 7-1-53 Allen L. Wright 7-17-53
1959 1975
SGT Tommy Robert Wilson 12-2-65 SGT Carey Edwin Best 1-27-66 SGT Harold Eugene Lee 2-3-67 PFC Freddy Lynn Gray 6-9-67 SGT Larry Randall Arwood 11-9-67 SP4 James Calvin Thomason 2-23-68 SGT Clarence Edward Watson 7-19-68 CPL James Edward Self 8-22-68 PFC Steve Julies Dockery 9-19-68 SGT James Arthur Borden 5-7-69 SGT Thomas Eugene Latham 5-12-69 PFC Winston Osborne Smith 5-14-69 PFC Ron Jackson Haynes 9-5-69 SP4 Danny Ray Roberts 2-4-70 SGT J. C. Davis 11-5-70
Erected by
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam.
Location. 35° 31.212′ 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 N, 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 Iraq and Afghanistan KIA Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Those Who Served (within shouting distance of this marker); Monroe County World War I Supreme Sacrifice Memorial (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); John Crawford Vaughn (within shouting distance of this marker); Estes Kefauver (approx. 0.6 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 249 times since then and 11 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.
