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

Inscription. 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.

Erected by Cleveland County Veterans Council.

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

Location.

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35° 17.508′ N, 81° 32.373′ W. Memorial is in Shelby, North Carolina, in Cleveland County. It 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. Memorial is in this post office area: Shelby NC 28150, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

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 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); Cleveland Masonic Temple (about 500 feet away); World War II Memorial (about 500 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 1,561 times since then and 15 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.