Hazlehurst in Jeff Davis County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Jeff Davis County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Mike Stroud, August 20, 2009

1. Jeff Davis County Veterans Memorial Marker

County Courthouse seen in background

Inscription.

All Gave Some Some Gave All
Dedicated to the Courageous Men and Women of Jeff Davis County who Served in The United States Military
Killed in Action
World War I
[List of 7 names]
World War II
[List of 17 names]
Korea
[List of 3 names]
Vietnam
[List of 5 names]

(Left panel 1)
World War I
1914-1919
World War II
1939-1945
[List of 48 names]

(Left panel 2)
World War II
1939-1945
[List of 61 names]
Korean War
1950-1953
[ List of 55 names]

[Right panel 1 and 2]
Vietnam Era
1961-1975
[List of 267 names]

Erected 2009 by Jeff Davis County Veterans Association.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 31° 51.788′ N, 82° 36.078′ W. Marker is in Hazlehurst, Georgia, in Jeff Davis County. It is on South Tallahassee Street (US 221, US 23 South) near Jeff Davis Street, on the left when traveling south. Located on the northwest grounds of the county courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hazlehurst GA 31539, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial

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is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 5 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jefferson Davis Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Jeff Davis County (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General James E. Livingston (approx. 6½ miles away); Dead River Cemetery (approx. 11.4 miles away); Methodism at Spring Hill (approx. 12.7 miles away).

Jeff Davis County Veterans Memorial reverse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, August 20, 2009

2. Jeff Davis County Veterans Memorial reverse

Wall of Honor
Defenders of Freedom
More World War II [142 Names]
Persian Gulf 1991 [12 names]
War on Terrorism [29 names]

Photographed by Mike Stroud, August 20, 2009

3. Jeff Davis County Veterans Memorial Marker

1776 1976
In memory of Veterans of all wars who sacrificed their lives for God and Our Country
Presented by the
American Legion Auxiliary
Jeff Davis Post # 79
Hazelhurst Ga.
July 4, 1976

Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,483 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 14, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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