Ackerman in Choctaw County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Choctaw County War Memorial

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2023

1. Choctaw County War Memorial

Inscription. To the memory of
those who served in
World War II
and these, our dead, in honored glory rest.

Rhubert H. Allen • Neubern Atkinson • Herman P. Bennett • William T. Biggers • James B. Blanton • Wade H. Boggan • William J. Cook • Therrell M. Draper • Thomas B. Gordan • James W. Green • Edward R. Henson • Aubrey H. Higgins • Louis G. Hood • Earl R. Jenkins • James O. Jones • Buel N. McGreger • Curtis L. Nabors • Robert L. Phillips • Henry F. Raines • John W. Ray • Samuel G. Ray • William D. Redd • Benjamin J. Collum • Joe F. Simpson • Ben J. Teer, Jr. • Ewing A. Trigg • Lon B. Weaver • James C. Wells • Mervin H. Lewis • Marshall E. Fulgham • Ernest Ronald Calcote • Howell T. Johnson • Woodrow Neal • Gaines D. Ivy • Ottis (Buster) Blackwood • Hugh H. Brooks • Gilbert Adell Reed • John H. Meredith, Jr. • James Welburn Smith • Harold M. Power • Willie M. Coleman • Edker Esters • Robert D. Triplett

World War I
David Hix Dobbs

Korean Conflict
Herbert H. Vowell

Viet Nam Conflict
Joe F. Fulgham

Erected by the citizens of
Choctaw County, Miss.
Sponsored by
The Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Updated by VFW and American Legion Nov. 11, 1985.

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Citizens of Choctaw County; Veterans of Foreign Wars; and American Legion.

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

Location. 33° 18.568′ N, 89° 10.36′ W. Marker is in Ackerman, Mississippi, in Choctaw County. Memorial is on East Quinn Street just east of South Louisville Street, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is located directly in front of the Choctaw County Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 22 East Quinn Street, Ackerman MS 39735, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Governor Ray Mabus (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Governor J.P. Coleman (about 500 feet away); Two Steps From The Blues (about 600 feet away); Hoyt Ming (approx. 0.2 miles away); Choctaw County High School (approx. ¼ mile away); Ackerman (approx. ¼ mile away); Old Lebanon Presbyterian Church and Campground (approx. 3.3 miles away); Coleman's Mill (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ackerman.

Updated by VFW and American Legion<br>Nov. 11, 1985 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2023

2. Updated by VFW and American Legion
Nov. 11, 1985

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2023

3. Choctaw County War Memorial

(looking southwest • Choctaw County Courthouse in background)

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2023

4. Choctaw County War Memorial

(looking south • Choctaw County Courthouse in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 74 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.