Pound in Wise County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

These Men Gave the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 18, 2023

1. These Men Gave the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom Marker

Inscription.
WWI Edward Stidham • Houston Meade • James S. Hamilton

WWII Everette Balthis • Ira Short • Maynard Stallard • Bart Belcher Jr. • Clifford Bentley • Harold Bentley • Ralph Hubbard • Milton Ellison • Raymond Hopkins • Carl Baker • Edward Roy Shortt • Stratton Perry • Arthur M. Strange • Jack Stidham • Lawrence L. Amburgy • Howard Bolling • Isaac A. Powers • Harold C. Short • John B. Singleton • Eugene Johnson • Elbert Mullins • Forrest D. Waltz • Harold Boggs • Ezra Lee Hubbard • Everette Mullins • Harding E. Bolling • Clyde Branham • Delmer Dotson • Daniel W. Maggard Jr. • William Roy Sexton • Joseph K. Sturgill • Leroy Salyers • Ewing Baker • Edward M. Carico

Korean War
Lee Hensley • J.C. Mullins • Elmo Boggs • Walter E. Stallard

Vietnam War
Daniel Lee Mullins • David R. Branson • Jefferson Scott Dotson • Rueben Shortt • Vernie Powers

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 37° 7.422′ N, 82° 36.175′ W. Memorial is in Pound, Virginia, in Wise County. It is on Main Street (Business

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U.S. 23), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8416 Main St, Pound VA 24279, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dotson-Mullins Field (here, next to this marker); Dollie Buchanan of Shockey Hollow Honors "Friendship 7" Space Flight (a few steps from this marker); Pound High School (within shouting distance of this marker); Pound War Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pound, Virginia (approx. 0.4 miles away); Daniel Webster Dotson

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 18, 2023

2. These Men Gave the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom Marker

Featured memorial is on the fence toward the left.

(approx. 1.2 miles away); Francis Gary Powers — U2 Pilot (approx. 1.6 miles away); Glenn Roberts (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pound.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 271 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.