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

Upson County World War II Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, January 7, 2025

1. Upson County World War II Memorial Marker, center panel

Inscription.

Center panel
Dedicated to the men of Upson County who sacrificed their lives in World War II

Left panel
Alsobrooks, Andrew M. • Bishop, Ralph E. • Bledsoe, Cecil W. • Bunn, Curtis V. • Canup, Grady H. • Cato, Alexander • Chambley, Ralph M. • Conley, John K. • Conley, William A. • Corley, Douglas A. • Crawley, Clifford L. • Cummings, Barney • Daniel, Carl • Daniel, Webb H. • Dawson, Charles E. • Dickens, James Harvey • Dixon, Clarence W. • Doty, Robert S. • Douglas, Paul • Duke, Woody W. • Dumas, Frank S. • Dunbar, Joel M. • Ellerbee, Jesse M. • Ellerbee, Merritt L. • Ellington, Stanford E. • Eubanks, Otis E. • Fallin, Harvey T. • Fallin, Thomas S. • Franklin, Ben S. • Gilbert, Walter F. • Grant, Reginald D. • Greene, Paul E. • Hale, Dallas C. • Hanson, Wiley R. • Harrell, R. Murry • Hewett, Clyde • Kinsler, Thomas F. • Lashley. Orin D. • Lynch, Frank A. • Maddox, Ira W. • Mallory, Fred F. • Meadows, Dan • Meeks, Troy E. • Melton, James F. • Melton, Lewis A.

Right panel
Neely, Burton L. • Nix, Morris E. • Nixon, Ralph G. • Oglesbee, Gemma K. • Parkerson, Raymond • Peaden,

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Jim B. • Perkins, Thomas Leonard • Poole, John M. • Powell, Athus K. • Presley Herbert, G. • Pressley, William T. Jr. • Pritchett, Joseph D. • Purvis, James P. • Raines, Thomas D. • Reeves, Lonnie H. • Reeves, Thomas J. • Ryals, James Thurman • Scarborough, W. H. Horace • Shaw, Ernest • Shirley, John H. • Simpson, Richard • Smith, James Edward • Stumphf, Walter P. • Sutton, Ralph A. • Teal, John A. • Trice, Thomas B. • Waldroup, Fletcher J. • Weekes, Richard Bartow • Whatley, Clifford E. • White, James W. • Whittle, Joseph H. • Willis, Cebran E. • Wilson, James T. • Wilson, Jessie M. • Winkles, Joseph N. • Wood, Henry N., Jr. • Wyatt, William W.

Colored
Brown, Otis • Green, Rob L. • Hightower, Elijah • Jordan, Ulyses • Tomlin, Willie • Worthy, Willie James • Burnett, Alvin Jr.

Erected by Junior Chamber of Commerce.

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

Location. 32° 53.241′ N, 84° 19.617′ W. Memorial is in Thomaston, Georgia, in Upson County. It is at the intersection of West Gordon Street (Georgia Route 74)

Upson County World War II Memorial Marker, left panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, January 7, 2025

2. Upson County World War II Memorial Marker, left panel

and South Church Street (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling west on West Gordon Street. The memorial is southwest 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.

It 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: Timothy Bernard Seay, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Upson County Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Upson County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Stephens Automobile Company (within shouting distance of this marker); Upson County World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker);

Upson County World War II Memorial, right panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, January 7, 2025

3. Upson County World War II Memorial, right panel

Upson County (within shouting distance of this marker); First Baptist Church Bell Tower (within shouting distance of this marker); Upson County Vietnam Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thomaston.

Full view Upson County World War II Memorial, southwest of the Upson County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, January 7, 2025

4. Full view Upson County World War II Memorial, southwest of the Upson County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on February 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 11, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.