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Kinston in Lenoir County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Walk of Honor Memorial

 
 
Lenoir County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 17, 2023
1. Lenoir County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the people of Lenoir County who served and to those who gave their lives in the service of our country

Korea
1950 – 1955

Arnold Lee Best • Thomas Edgar Bratcher • William Cunningham • Ralph Roosevelt Health, Jr. • Preston Loftin • Bernard J. Ousnamer • Otis Grey Rucker, Jr. • Edward Lee Simmons • Gerald Lee Smith

Vietnam
1964 – 1975

Bobby Lee Barber • William Jarman Becton • John Vernon Berg • Sylvester Lewis Brown • Marvin Burney • Orange Gooding • Woodrow Wilson Ham, Jr. • Carl Lee Hill, Jr. • Daniel Howard Lawler • Jimmie Lloyd McBynum • Curtis Ray McLawhorn • Johnny Miller • Vernell Henry Miller, Jr. • Rodolph Lee Nunn, Jr. • Rocku Pearson O’Ham • Dempsey Woodrow Parrott • Able Croom Stroud, III • Seth Lee West, Jr. • Charles Curtis Whitefield
 
Erected by Lenoir County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.
 
Location. 35° 15.593′ N, 77° 34.992′ W. Memorial is in Kinston, North Carolina, in Lenoir County. It is on South Heritage Street north of West King Street, on the left when traveling
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north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 S Herritage St, Kinston NC 28501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper 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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cat Hole (a few steps from this marker); John Taylor Wood, CSN (a few steps from this marker); CSS Neuse Confederate Ironclad Gunboat (within shouting distance of this marker); CSS Neuse (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fire Hydrants (about 700 feet away); The Town Of Kingston (about 700 feet away); In Honor and Remembrance (about 700 feet away); Lenoir County WW I and WW II Memorial (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map
Lenoir County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 17, 2023
2. Lenoir County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
Korea Panel
of all markers in Kinston.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Cat Hole (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Lenoir County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Dave W, June 17, 2023
3. Lenoir County Supreme Sacrifice Memorial
Vietnam Panel
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 18, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 352 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 18, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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