Thomaston in Upson County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Upson County Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, January 7, 2025

1. Upson County Vietnam Memorial Marker

Inscription.
(Center panel)
Dedicated to those who gave their lives at war. That we may live in peace

Viet Nam Conflict

(Left panel)
PFC. Joseph Lamar Jordan • PFC. Ricky Gene Harrison • SP. 4 Tommy Dickerson • CPL. Isiah Releford • SP. 1 Roy A. Carroll • GBM Willie Lee King • Howard Benford

(Right panel)
SP. 4c Ernest McAlum • PFC. Perry Lee Harris • PFC. Jimmy Lee Bussey • PFC. David A. Taylor • CPL. Eugene Owenby • CPL. T. M. McClure • CPL. George Ronald Fuller

Erected 1975 by Thomaston Jaycees, Upson National Guard.

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

Location. 32° 53.267′ N, 84° 19.609′ W. Memorial is in Thomaston, Georgia, in Upson County. It is on West Main Street (Georgia Route 74) west of South Center Street, on the left when traveling west. Location of the memorial is north of the Upson County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 S Center St, Thomaston GA 30286, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

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is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep 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 walking distance of this marker: Fight Against Terrorism Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Upson County (a few steps from this marker); Upson County World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Upson County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Hillery C. Cunningham (within shouting distance of this marker); General John B. Gordon (within shouting distance of this marker); Upson County Korean War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Upson Confederate Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thomaston.

Upson County Vietnam Memorial, north of the Upson County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, January 7, 2025

2. Upson County Vietnam Memorial, north of the Upson County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 11, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.