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Veteran's Memorial

 
 
Veteran's Memorial Marker, Side One image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2023
1. Veteran's Memorial Marker, Side One
Inscription. Side 1
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of the Ayden community who served their country in time of need and those named who gave their last full measure to defend our freedom and ideals.

Side 2
WORLD WAR I
Charlie Battle
Luby Carter
Benjamin J. Corey
WORLD WAR II
Jack Bright
Leon Maurice Cannon
Raymond Bruce Cannon
Edward Hatch
Charles Hooks
Herbert H. McGlohon
Elmer Leon Smith
KOREAN WAR
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS
Rodney A. Murray-Iraq
Ryan David Russell-Iraq
VIETNAM WAR
Jasper Ray Conway
Fred Donald Lambert
Albert Gray Leggett
Robert Douglas Moye
Melton Edward Smith
Ruby Kenneth Walston

 
Erected 2000.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 35° 28.295′ N, 77° 25.427′ W. Marker is in Ayden, North Carolina, in Pitt County. It is at the intersection of West 3rd Street (North Carolina Route 102) and Washington Street on West 3rd Street. Located in Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office
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area: Ayden NC 28513, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Washington's Southern Tour (approx. 0.4 miles away); Former Colleges (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fort Fisher Hero (approx. 2.9 miles away); a different marker also named Scuffleton Bridge (approx. 3.7 miles away); Little Creek Original Free Will Baptist Church (approx. 3.8 miles away); Haddocks Crossroads (approx. 4.2 miles away); Blount Hall (approx. 5.3 miles away); John Lawson (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ayden.
 
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Veteran''s Memorial Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2023
2. Veteran''s Memorial Marker, Side Two
marker is no longer nearby.
Scuffleton Bridge (was approx. 3.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Veteran's Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2023
3. Veteran's Memorial
Veteran's Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2023
4. Veteran's Memorial
Veteran's Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 12, 2023
5. Veteran's Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 220 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 13, 2023, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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