Avon Park in Highlands County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

To Those Who Served

Desert Shield / Desert Storm

Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023

1. To those who served Marker

Inscription.

To Those Who Served. Desert Shield, also, Desert Storm. , Ester Adams . Richard Adams . Tommy Alford . Willie Allen Jr . Robert Ambrose . Michael Andres . Randell Andrews . David Annis . Jeffrey Antley . Mark A. Appenzellar . Michael Aquino . Brain Arabinko . Clifford Armstrong . Charles Asbury . Samuel Asbury . Craig Attisano . Frank Austin, Jr . Randall Austin . David Baker . Timothy Baker . Paul Banic . Eric Barwick . Phillip Bates . Bernard Battle . Adrian Battles . David Bennett . James Bishop . Joseph Blackwell . ★Thomas C. Bland, Jr.★ . Nathaniel Blue . Robert Bobe . Christine Bochnicak . Karen Bolin . Al Bowles . John Brannon . Mason Brenner . David Brooks . Brett Brown . Howard Brown . Keith Brown . Pamela Brown . Johnny Butler . Kurt Butler . Mike Canright . Victor Cardona . David Carroll . Bernard Carter . Michael Carter . Marty Chestnutt . Gary Chew . Bill Chrisman . Harold Coleman III . Christopher Collier . Rodney Collins . Undra Collins . James Conner . Bruce Cook . Mark Cook . Walter Cook . Charles Cooper . James Cooper . Mark Cooper . Matthew Cooper . Phillip Crosbie . Rodsrerioka Nowell . Kevin Crumedy . Quentin Crumedy . Robert Culpepper . Starlet Crumedy . Richard Davis . William Daye . Leon Dean . Timothy Deck . Dawn Dell . Willie Dennard . Morgan Devane . Neil Deverman . Kurt Devon . Gregg Dutton . Earnest Eldridge . Mark Elkhill . Thomas Elyard . Rice Epperson . Sylvester Evans . Steven Ezell . Randy Farless . Autry Ferrell . Robert Fielder . Edward Fields . Harry Fish . Michael Flynn . Thomas Fontine . Laurie Foreman . Steven Fowler . Elbert Francsak . Tony Geckle . Leslie Gibson . Jeff Gilbert . George Goessens . James Goff . Juan A. Gonzalez . Juan M. Gonzalez . Michael Gooch . Garth Gordon . Jason Grayson . Stephen Green . Thomas Grunewald . Robert Gunthorp . Thomas S. Gyuris . Gerald Haake . Brien Hackbart . Eric Hagemeister . Dana Hansen . Richard Hardy . Toshia Hareld . Joel Hart . Lyle Hart . Gerenald Hawkins . Melvin Hawthorne, Jr. . Julie Hefelton . Steven Hehn . Daryl Hickman . Richard Higgins . Cindy Hill . Bill Hillman . Mark Hines . Ricky Hipps . Brian Hoffman . Karl Hoglund . Brian Holcombe . Mike Hopton . James Hostetter . James Huggins . Charles Irvin, Jr. . Terence James . Graige Johnson . James Johnson . Noel Johnson . Samuel Johnson . Bill Jones . Kader Hancock . Raymond Hancock . Chris Jones . Edward Jones . James Jones . Jarine Jones . Raymond Jones . Bob Kampsen . Junior Kindrick . Jeffrey King . Charles Kinney . Vickie Knight . Victor Knight . D. J. Knopf . Amanda Krzynovek . Jeffrey Kurpik . Bon Lamb . H.A. Lankford . Richard Leamer . Russell Ledford . David Lewis . Jerome Lewis . Kenneth Liggins . Randy Livingston . Charles Lowry . Andrew Ludwig . Ian Macdonald . Jose Machado . Rachell Mallory . William Mansfield . Thomas Martin . Patricia Mathews . Kenneth McCord . Mark McCoy . William McFeaters . Siah McGhee . David McIntosh . Anthony McLendon . Bruce McNeil . Douglas Meckfessel . Stephen Merrill . Layton Meyers . Kurt Miers . Brian Miller . Timothy Minard . Ralph Miranda . John Mitchell . Robert Neely . Mike Newsome . Eric Nickell . Linda Ortiz . Gilbert Otero . Phillip Otey . Van Oxer . Ryan Parslow . Wiley Patterson . Bridgit Pena . Anthony Pepe . Steven Person . Jan Peters . Troy Pierce . Adan Pigott . Steven Ploety . Thomas Poznanski . John Pratt . Ray Pugh . Donald Quetot . Kent Randall . Jack Recine . Earnest Reed, Jr. . Terry Reed . Michael Reinagle . Thomas Renfrew . Stephen Rhoades . Steve Richbow . Douglas Richter . Thomas Riley . Gary Rondeau . Larry Roberts . Ervin Robinson . John Robinson . Leoaid Robinson . Edgardo Rodriguez . Richard Ross . J.L. Rowe . David Rubright . Graham Russell . Hugh Russell . Wesley Rutherford . Greg Sanders . Gregory S. Sanders . Israel Santiago . Kevin Savidge . Michael Scandinaro . Walter Schoffer . Michael Schumaker . Robert Scrivner . Jerry Simmons . Marlen Simmons . Danny Slay II . Martha Smalls . Brad Smiley . Craig Smith . Daniel Smith, Jr. . Billy Smith . Bobby Smith . Gary Smith . James Smith . Kyle Smith . Stanley Smith, Jr. . Daniel Smithson . ★M.S. Speicher★ . Clarence Spry III . Kerry Standridge . Cory Stevenson . Russell Stewart . Roger St. Laurent . James Stock . Dennis Tokes . Daniel Summers . Terry Summers . Neville Syblies . Susan Swenson . John Tauchen . Donald Taylor . Daniel Thorne . Paul Thornton . Jerry Tillman, Jr. . Arvin W. Trippensee . Randolph Vail . James Vause, Jr. . Paul Veasey . Victor Walden . Martin Walz . Errol Washington . Rodney Watson . Elgin Welch . Patrick Weller . Michael West . Harry Whipple, Jr. . David White . Ricardo White . Travis Whitehouse . Alfred Williams, Jr. . Freddie Williams, Jr. . Timothy Williams . Carl Wingate . Ronald Wirries . Craig Wolack . Kenneth Woods . Leon Yarbrough . John Young . Robin Young II . Patrick Marshall

Ester Adams • Richard Adams • Tommy Alford • Willie Allen Jr • Robert Ambrose • Michael Andres • Randell Andrews • David Annis • Jeffrey Antley • Mark A. Appenzellar • Michael Aquino • Brain Arabinko • Clifford Armstrong • Charles Asbury • Samuel Asbury • Craig Attisano • Frank Austin, Jr • Randall Austin • David Baker • Timothy Baker • Paul Banic • Eric Barwick • Phillip Bates • Bernard Battle • Adrian Battles • David Bennett • James Bishop • Joseph Blackwell • ★Thomas C. Bland, Jr.★ • Nathaniel Blue • Robert Bobe • Christine Bochnicak • Karen Bolin • Al Bowles • John Brannon • Mason Brenner • David Brooks • Brett Brown • Howard Brown • Keith Brown • Pamela Brown • Johnny Butler • Kurt Butler • Mike Canright • Victor Cardona • David Carroll • Bernard Carter • Michael Carter • Marty Chestnutt • Gary Chew • Bill Chrisman • Harold Coleman III • Christopher Collier • Rodney Collins • Undra Collins • James Conner • Bruce Cook • Mark Cook • Walter Cook • Charles Cooper • James Cooper • Mark Cooper • Matthew Cooper • Phillip Crosbie • Rodsrerioka Nowell • Kevin Crumedy • Quentin Crumedy • Robert Culpepper • Starlet Crumedy • Richard Davis • William Daye • Leon Dean • Timothy Deck • Dawn Dell • Willie Dennard • Morgan Devane • Neil Deverman • Kurt Devon • Gregg Dutton • Earnest Eldridge • Mark Elkhill • Thomas Elyard • Rice

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Epperson • Sylvester Evans • Steven Ezell • Randy Farless • Autry Ferrell • Robert Fielder • Edward Fields • Harry Fish • Michael Flynn • Thomas Fontine • Laurie Foreman • Steven Fowler • Elbert Francsak • Tony Geckle • Leslie Gibson • Jeff Gilbert • George Goessens • James Goff • Juan A. Gonzalez • Juan M. Gonzalez • Michael Gooch • Garth Gordon • Jason Grayson • Stephen Green • Thomas Grunewald • Robert Gunthorp • Thomas S. Gyuris • Gerald Haake • Brien Hackbart • Eric Hagemeister • Dana Hansen • Richard Hardy • Toshia Hareld • Joel Hart • Lyle Hart • Gerenald Hawkins • Melvin Hawthorne, Jr. • Julie Hefelton • Steven Hehn • Daryl Hickman • Richard Higgins • Cindy Hill • Bill Hillman • Mark Hines • Ricky Hipps • Brian Hoffman • Karl Hoglund • Brian Holcombe • Mike Hopton • James Hostetter • James Huggins • Charles Irvin, Jr. • Terence James • Graige Johnson • James Johnson • Noel Johnson • Samuel Johnson • Bill Jones • Kader Hancock • Raymond Hancock • Chris Jones • Edward Jones • James Jones • Jarine Jones • Raymond Jones • Bob Kampsen • Junior Kindrick • Jeffrey King • Charles Kinney • Vickie Knight • Victor Knight • D. J. Knopf • Amanda Krzynovek • Jeffrey Kurpik • Bon Lamb • H.A. Lankford • Richard Leamer • Russell Ledford • David Lewis • Jerome Lewis • Kenneth Liggins • Randy Livingston • Charles Lowry • Andrew Ludwig • Ian Macdonald • Jose Machado • Rachell Mallory • William

Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023

2. To those who served Marker

Mansfield • Thomas Martin • Patricia Mathews • Kenneth McCord • Mark McCoy • William McFeaters • Siah McGhee • David McIntosh • Anthony McLendon • Bruce McNeil • Douglas Meckfessel • Stephen Merrill • Layton Meyers • Kurt Miers • Brian Miller • Timothy Minard • Ralph Miranda • John Mitchell • Robert Neely • Mike Newsome • Eric Nickell • Linda Ortiz • Gilbert Otero • Phillip Otey • Van Oxer • Ryan Parslow • Wiley Patterson • Bridgit Pena • Anthony Pepe • Steven Person • Jan Peters • Troy Pierce • Adan Pigott • Steven Ploety • Thomas Poznanski • John Pratt • Ray Pugh • Donald Quetot • Kent Randall • Jack Recine • Earnest Reed, Jr. • Terry Reed • Michael Reinagle • Thomas Renfrew • Stephen Rhoades • Steve Richbow • Douglas Richter • Thomas Riley • Gary Rondeau • Larry Roberts • Ervin Robinson • John Robinson • Leoaid Robinson • Edgardo Rodriguez • Richard Ross • J.L. Rowe • David Rubright • Graham Russell • Hugh Russell • Wesley Rutherford • Greg Sanders • Gregory S. Sanders • Israel Santiago • Kevin Savidge • Michael Scandinaro • Walter Schoffer • Michael Schumaker • Robert Scrivner • Jerry Simmons • Marlen Simmons • Danny Slay II • Martha Smalls • Brad Smiley • Craig Smith • Daniel Smith, Jr. • Billy Smith • Bobby Smith • Gary Smith • James Smith • Kyle Smith • Stanley Smith, Jr. • Daniel Smithson • ★M.S. Speicher★ • Clarence Spry III • Kerry Standridge • Cory Stevenson

Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023

3. To those who served Marker

• Russell Stewart • Roger St. Laurent • James Stock • Dennis Tokes • Daniel Summers • Terry Summers • Neville Syblies • Susan Swenson • John Tauchen • Donald Taylor • Daniel Thorne • Paul Thornton • Jerry Tillman, Jr. • Arvin W. Trippensee • Randolph Vail • James Vause, Jr. • Paul Veasey • Victor Walden • Martin Walz • Errol Washington • Rodney Watson • Elgin Welch • Patrick Weller • Michael West • Harry Whipple, Jr. • David White • Ricardo White • Travis Whitehouse • Alfred Williams, Jr. • Freddie Williams, Jr. • Timothy Williams • Carl Wingate • Ronald Wirries • Craig Wolack • Kenneth Woods • Leon Yarbrough • John Young • Robin Young II • Patrick Marshall

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm.

Location. 27° 35.745′ N, 81° 30.212′ W. Marker is in Avon Park, Florida, in Highlands County. Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street (Florida Route 17) and Forest Avenue, in the median on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 151 W Main St, Avon Park FL 33825, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Avon Park Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Avon Park World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The War Dog Memorial

Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023

4. To those who served Marker

(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Church in Avon Park (about 500 feet away); Oldest Structure on Main Street (about 700 feet away); Memorial Flag Pole (about 700 feet away); Avon Park Depot Museum (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avon Park.

Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023

5. To those who served Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 112 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 17, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.