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World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial

 
 
World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2023
1. World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial
Inscription. Irvin Harrington Ayres • Ray V. Bailey • Cleveland D. Beck • Elmer L. Belcher, Jr. • Bonnie L. Benefield • Harvey R. Bennett • Oliver J. Bowen • Willie D. Burke • R.J. Butler • William C. Cars • Donald Carson • Collidge D. Cofield • Claude B. Cook • Robert K. Daniel • James Davenport • William L. Gaston • Joseph M. Gaston, Jr. • J.C. Gaston • Kenneth K. Gravitt • Harry A. Gunsallus • Robert Arnton Heard • William T. Kirby • Emmett F. Kirby • James D. Kirby • Rance A. Kirby • Junior L. Knight • Hubert Lee • Garland T. Manley • Thomas L. Matthews, Jr. • Thomas W. Messner • Joseph B. Morrison • Billy J. Morrison • Roy V. Morrison • William B. Morrison • Earl McCord • V.T. McCrary • Bennie C. Nelson • Earl Nelson • James C. Pittman • Braxton Pool • Gains A. Ramsey • J.P. Roberts • Duane Smith • Robert D. Smith • Edwin B. Smith • Clarence H. Stewart, Jr. • Edward Stitcher • Vernon E. Tidwell • Willis L. Traylor • Otell Joe Wallace • Duke D. Wilson • Kermit Wilson • Wesley Wood • Martin Perry • Brenton Phillips • Hoyt Neal • Zebedee W. Almon, Jr. • William E. Bell • Earl D. Benefield • Theo T. Chase • Andrew J. Cobbl • Floyd D. Cosper • Verona Craven • James H. Davidson • Jesse B. Davis • Alvin Harris • Joseph W. Gilliland • Ben L. Greene • Sammie Jones • Nicholas Kozak • John W. Lancaster • Luther P. Lewis • Loomis H. McDaniel • Almond Mitchell
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• Gordon C. Philpott • Charlie M. Price • Junior F. Powell • Ellis Ridings • Earnest E. Riley • Marvin E. Stafford • Leroy Swann • Belton Washington • Norman Whatley • William L. White • Charles R. Whitting • John R. Wright • Julius E. Whitley • Charles V. McManus • Sgt. Lovell Poole • Jack G. Kitchens, Jr. • Thomas P. Huddleston • Manley R. Pilgrim • Walter L. Canady • Curry B. Davis • Silas A. Holmes • Fred E. Traylor • Hubert Wright • Aurin W. McCullers • Jesse J. Prince, Jr. • Johnny C. Calhoun • William Jack Manley • Walter D. Lambert • Herschel D. Green • Emory R. Bonner, Jr. • Howard D. Craft • Fred A. Hester • Clint N. Stephens • Wayne M. Traylor • William C. Winston • Thomas L. Mathews • Sanford H. Nelson • I.V. Sears • Junior B. Welch
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 33° 18.558′ N, 85° 29.096′ W. Memorial is in Wedowee, Alabama, in Randolph County. It is at the intersection of N Main St and West Broad Street, on the left when traveling north on N Main St. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: N Main St, Wedowee AL 36278, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Randolph County (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Home of William Hugh Smith
World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2023
2. World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial
(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lebanon Christian Church (approx. 11.4 miles away); The Martin Theatre (approx. 12.6 miles away); First Baptist Church (approx. 12.7 miles away); Clark Funeral Home (approx. 13.3 miles away); Randolph County Training School (approx. 13.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wedowee.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Roanoke Doll Factory (was approx. 12.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2023
3. World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial
World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2023
4. World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial
World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, July 1, 2023
5. World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 391 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 17, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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