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Tyler County Korea War Memorial

1950 - 1953

 
 
Tyler County Korea War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 26, 2021
1. Tyler County Korea War Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of those who served and those who gave their lives in the defense of freedom "Korea" the forgotten war forgotten no more

"Freedom Is Not Free"
Sgt John S. Bettem • PFC Charles T. Headley • PFC William F. Michael • Pvt Forrest F. Smith
 
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6327; Veterans of the Vietnam War Post 2.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 39° 29.534′ N, 80° 54.212′ W. Memorial is in Middlebourne, West Virginia, in Tyler County. It is on Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Middlebourne WV 26149, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Northern Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tyler County Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Middlebourne (a few steps from this marker); In Memory Of The Greatest Generation (a few steps from this marker); Tyler County Civil War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Original Horse Stepping Stone (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tyler County High School (about 600 feet away); Tyler County High School World War I Memorial (about 600 feet away); Tyler County High School World War II Memorial (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middlebourne.
 
Tyler County Korea War Memorial Reverse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 26, 2021
2. Tyler County Korea War Memorial Reverse
Tyler County Korea War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 26, 2021
3. Tyler County Korea War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 12 times this year. Last updated on December 26, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 9, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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