Thomasville in Davidson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
1. North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Veterans Memorial Park
Dedicated to the 216,000
North Carolinians who served
and the over 1,600 who sere
killed or missing in the Vietnam War
Memorial Day 1991
Erected 1991.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 35° 50.568′ N, 80° 7.866′ W. Memorial is in Thomasville, North Carolina, in Davidson County. It is on Interstate 85 (Interstate 85), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located in Veterans Memorial Park at the I-85 Davidson County Rest Area, at mile marker 100 between Greensboro and Charlotte. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: I-85, Thomasville NC 27360, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. 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,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John H. Mills (approx. 2.3 miles away); John W. Thomas (approx. 2.4 miles away); Mitchell House (approx. 3.2 miles away); Thomasville (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named John W. Thomas (approx. 3.9 miles away); Smith Clinic (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named Thomasville (approx. 4.1 miles away); Thomasville City Cemetery (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thomasville.
Other markers no longer nearby. John H. Mills (was approx. 2.4 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it); Jefferson Davis (was approx. 3.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
2. North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
3. North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
4. Dedication Plaque
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
5. Contributors Plaque
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
6. North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The memorial's brick wall contains the names of the North Carolinians killed or missing in Vietnam.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
7. North Carolina Vietnam Memorial Wall
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, February 4, 2013
8. Closeup of Memorial Wall
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,185 times since then and 133 times this year. Last updated on May 8, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on February 17, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
