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Elkton World War II Memorial

1941 • 1945

 
 
Elkton World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 18, 2023
1. Elkton World War II Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory
of those who made the supreme sacrifice
In World War II

Charles J. Berry • Fred W. Flick • Clayton C. Gaynor • Benjamin R. Good • Frank W. Gooden • Leonard D. Gooden • Ray C. Gooden • Statten H. Gooden, Jr. • Winston W. Harmon • Wilbert L. Hensley • Francis C. Kite • Woodrow W. Knighten • Millard H. Lam • Carl Leap • John W. McDaniel • Marion J. Armstrong • Charles C. Miller • Ben H. Rinaca • George W. Roach • Marvin N. Royer • Ernest R. Shifflett • Lawrence L. Warble • William B. Ware • Miller Williams

 
Erected 1948 by Stonewall Post American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 38° 24.806′ N, 78° 37.374′ W. Memorial is in Elkton, Virginia, in Rockingham County. It is on North Terrace Avenue 0.1 miles north of Terrace Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in Stonewall Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 197 North Terrace Avenue, Elkton VA 22827, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. 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: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Elkton 9-11 Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Jennings House
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Miller-Argabright-Cover-Kite House (approx. half a mile away); Adam Miller (approx. half a mile away); Rockingham Memorial for Families Displaced (approx. 0.6 miles away); Making a Living on the Mountain (approx. 0.6 miles away); Schools and Churches (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elkton.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. First Settler (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Elkton World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 18, 2023
2. Elkton World War II Memorial
Marker is on the left.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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