Perry in Taylor County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Taylor County Veterans Memorial

Taylor County Veterans Memorial Park

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, July 30, 2023

1. Taylor County Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated To All Veterans Whose
Valor, Blood, Sweat And Tears
Triumphed Over Tyranny

Let us not forget the sacrifice
that millions of service men and
women made for our country
and our freedom

We may never know all their
names but we must never forget
that they were patriots

Killed In Action From Taylor County
World War I
Capus Leggett • Oscar V Howard • Thomas J Jones • Shelly Brown • Nathanael Murry • Edward C Mills

World War II
Hugh C Blue • James R Brock • Ralph L Christy • George Connell • Robert Lee Faulkner • Ben B Ferns, Jr. • Melton Futch • James E. Gamble • F M Goodman • Rayford G Huxford • Nathan F Lindsey • Simmons Miller • Raymond L Mixon • Charles Moss • James H Naher • William H Ousley • Malcom H Parker • Roy A Sadler • Van C Swearingen • Elbert L Thompson • James E Ward • Parker P Whiddon • William Luther Wood

Korean War
Elzie L Blair • Emory Blanton • Charles L Brooke • Robert L Coghlan • Otto Mann • Joey Moody • Lum L Slaughter • Jimmy Robertson

Vietnam War
Douglas Gaines • Jimmy Rollins • Jack Stephen Smith • Billy Hartsfield • Paul Raymond

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Evans

War on Terror
Michael S Larivier — Beirut
Henry Sanders — Desert Storm

God Bless America

Erected by Taylor County. Florida.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. 30° 7.445′ N, 83° 34.886′ W. Memorial is in Perry, Florida, in Taylor County. It can be reached from the intersection of N. Jefferson Street and W. Cherry Street. Marker located within the Taylor County Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Perry FL 32348, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Florida.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At

Taylor County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, July 30, 2023

2. Taylor County Veterans Memorial

least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: “American Flag” (here, next to this marker); “Florida State Flag” (here, next to this marker); POW/MIA Memorial (here, next to this marker); “POW / MIA Flag” (here, next to this marker); Korean War (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Korean War (a few steps from this marker); World War II (a few steps from this marker); Operation Iraqi Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perry.

Also see . . . Taylor County Veterans Memorial Park. (Submitted on December 19, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, July 30, 2023

3. Taylor County Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.