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Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial

 
 
Craven County World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 21, 2009
1. Craven County World War II Memorial Marker
South Face
Inscription. South face of monument, near the top:
Sacred to the Memory of Craven County Dead of World War 1 and 2

Names are engraved on all four sides of the base:
World War II
Robert J. Conderman • Charles E. Cook • Elvin Allen Herring • Henry Purefoy Whitehurst Jr. • Wade Meadows Jr. • Furnifold M. Simmons • Douglas Peek • H. Edward Tilghman • Woodrow W. Connor • Donald Ivar Ryman • Clyde A Ballenger Jr. • Donald F. Patterson Jr. • Thomas Wetherington • Francis C. Caton • Joseph Rouse • Solomon Claudius Jackson • Sam N. Mills • James Cleveland Hawkins • Edward Daniel Bowden • Hardy Perry Moore • Richard Gray Morris • Harold Wetherington • George Phillip Pipkin Jr. • Charles Percy Mason • Walter Ralph Jones • Marcus Cicero Daugherty • Paul F. Mills • Leroy T. Banks • Jesse M. Bland • James H. Caton • Wallace R. Cleve • David L. Daugherty • Hal L. Dill • Thomas D. Faulkner • Clennie Marshburn • Walter R. Jones • Ed S. Laughinghouse • James J. Lewis • Ben L. Smith • Joe Stallings • Zeb Tripp Jr. • James R. Hardison • Ollen B. Tolar • John M. Powles • Richard Stapleford • Fred P. Willis • Wm. M. Mitchell • Radford Coward • Guion V. Heath • Julian C. Cherry • Carl L. Manning • Wilbur Slade Williams • Moses Allen • Joe N. Harper • George Alfred Ipock •
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Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 35° 6.505′ N, 77° 2.307′ W. Marker is in New Bern, North Carolina, in Craven County. It is on Broad Street (Business U.S. 70) near Craven Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Bern NC 28560, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. 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: First Provincial Congress (a few steps from this marker); First Printing Press In N.C. (within shouting distance of this marker); Abner Nash (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Dobbs Spaight (within shouting distance of this marker); Richard Dobbs Spaight, the Younger (within shouting distance of this marker); William Gaston (within shouting distance of this marker); Christ Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Graham A. Barden (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Bern.
 
Craven County World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 21, 2009
2. Craven County World War II Memorial Marker
East Face
Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 21, 2009
3. Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial Marker
North Face
Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 21, 2009
4. Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial Marker
West Face
Craven County World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 21, 2009
5. Craven County World War II Memorial Marker
Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 21, 2009
6. Craven County World Wars 1 and 2 Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2009, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,680 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 4, 2009, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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