Roxboro in Person County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Korea

The Forgotten War Remembered

— 25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953 —

Korea Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2021

1. Korea Marker

Inscription.
To all who answered our nation's call and to so many who paid the Ultimate Price to keep a tiny nation free

U.S. Troops: 1,789,000 served, 54,246 dead, 7,140 POW, 8,177 MIA, 103,284 wounded

Erected 2011.

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

Location. 36° 23.612′ N, 78° 59.046′ W. Memorial is in Roxboro, North Carolina, in Person County. It is on Abbitt Street just west of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 15 Abbitt St, Roxboro NC 27573, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

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 the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Person County Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Robert Lester Blackwell (here, next to this marker); Site Of The Dowdy Hotel Jones Hotel And Hotel Roxboro (a few steps from this marker); Person County Courthouse Site (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II (within shouting distance of this marker); The Newells Jewelers (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roxboro.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 22, 2021

2. Korea Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 226 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on March 13, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.