Nashville in Nash County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Vietnam War

1964-1975

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 22, 2024

1. Vietnam War 1964-1975 Marker

Inscription.
In honor of those who served in the Vietnam War and to the memory of those men who gave their lives so that others might enjoy the blessings of liberty, this tablet is lovingly dedicated.

Ernest Alston, Jr. • Mack Arthur Alston • William Edward Barnes • Eric Parker Brice • Napolen Kelly Cooper • Daniel Lee Dawes • James Edward Debrew • Odell Dickens • Jesse James Dixon • Larry Douglas Dubose • Wade Lynn Ellen • Lorenzo Fox • George Foxe • Terry Willard Greene • Jimmie Hankerson • Stanley Horton • William Darrell Johnson • Tommy Roy Jones • Curtis Lee Kennedy • Jerry Cyrus Lee • James Washington Matthews • Thomas Henry Maultsby, Jr. • Robert Lee Melton, Jr. • Hugh Reavis Nelson, Jr. • Joseph Earl Shearin • Lee Vern Silver • Mack Daniel Simmons, III • Charlie R. Strickland • Bobby Ray Tabron • Albert Allen Tippett • Alvin Bernard Tucker • Roscoe L. Vick • Bennett G. Wilder • Luther Tommy Wilder • Eddie Williams

The names inscribed above are those men from Nash County whose lives were lost in the various branches of the service.

Erected 2001 by Nash County Board of Commissioners.

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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 35° 58.529′ N, 77° 58.093′ W. Memorial is in Nashville, North Carolina, in Nash County. It can be reached from the intersection of West Washington Street (North Carolina Route 58) and North Drake Street, on the right when traveling west. Locate at the entrance to the Nash County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 234 W Washington St, Nashville NC 27856, 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 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Korean War (here, next to

Vietnam War 1964-1975 Marker to the right of the front entrance of the historic Nash County Courthou image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 22, 2024

2. Vietnam War 1964-1975 Marker to the right of the front entrance of the historic Nash County Courthou

this marker); World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); 1917-1918 (here, next to this marker); Grateful Remembrance of Nash County Boys (a few steps from this marker); The Charters of Freedom (a few steps from this marker); Francis Nash Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Harold D. Cooley (approx. 0.4 miles away); Nash County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 8.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 23, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 177 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 23, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.