Shelby in Cleveland County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cleveland County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial

Photographed By Michael Sean Nix, October 22, 2009

1. Cleveland County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial Marker

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In honor of the men who served from Cleveland County and in grateful memory, for a grateful people, of these who gave their lives in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
In Memoriam

Korea Claude Allen • Elmer G. Allen • Arthur Berry, Jr. • Wilford G. Godfrey • Rufus Huffstickler • Dan B. Lail • Harvey Lawson • Miles E. McCraw • Thomas H. McKinley • Stacey A. Mullinax • Billy Owen • Vernon D. Stallings • Logan C. Weathers • Ralph Whetstine
Vietnam Donney Wray Anderson • James Harold Brittain • Christopher Eugene Brooks • Jerry Donald Carter • Roy Benjamin Cochran • Roland Clemon Crosby • Robert Larry Dellinger • Earnest Franklin Elders • Larry Wayne Ellis • Charlie Melvin Ellison • Michael Allen Graham • Donald Ralph Hamrick • James Hopper, Jr. • Wayne Roger Hoyle • Dudley Carroll Hughes • Joe Louis Lockhart McGill • Jimmy Keith Morrison • Sammy Ray Morrison • Ronald Earnest Mullinax • James Clifford Pearson • Gregory Wayne Thomas • McClure Thackerson • Harold Hugh Welch

May liberty, freedom and justice forever be the guide of the people.

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

Location. 35° 17.508′ N, 81° 32.373′ W. Marker is in Shelby, North Carolina, in Cleveland County. Memorial is at the intersection of East Marion Street (U.S. 74) and Dale Street, on the right when traveling east on East Marion Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shelby NC 28150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Cleveland County World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Cleveland County Civil War Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); The Earl Scruggs Center (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cleveland County World War II Memorial (about 300 feet away); Shelby Sit-ins (about 400 feet away); Plato Durham (about 400 feet away); World War II Memorial (about 500 feet away); Bobby Bell (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shelby.

More about this memorial. Marker located on Cleveland County Courthouse grounds.

Photographed By Michael Sean Nix, October 22, 2009

2. Cleveland County Korean and Vietnam War Memorial Marker

Cleveland County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Sean Nix, October 22, 2009

3. Cleveland County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,327 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 22, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.