Elizabethtown in Hardin County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Elizabethtown Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

1. Elizabethtown Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
+ Dedicated To +
The War Dead Of
Hardin County
Who Gave Their
Lives For The Cause
Of Freedom And To
The Lasting Memory
Of Their Names
★ ★ ★
Erected By The Hardin Post 113 American Legion
Vietnam Conflict
Armstrong, Joseph Larry • Archer, Harold Allen • Baney, William Gerald Jr. • Barnes, Thomas Jackson Jr. • Braghini, Roberto Jr. • Coen, Lovell Franklin • Doan, Terry Wayne • Fields, Lonnie Dale • Geer, Robert Sampson • Greene, Lawrence Douglass • Greenwell, Joseph Edward • Johnson, Douglas Andrew • King, Billy Brown • Knight, Alvin Coy • Love, Randall Wayne • Miller, Hubert Wayne • Olds, Jerry Dean • Pinkerton, Benjamin Robert • Powell, Marion David • Powers, Edward Claus • Trigg, Robert Carl • Vance, Dennis Lee • White, Larry Sylvain

World War I
Aubrey, John H. • Berry, Charles W. • Blair, Engle • Bland, George E. • Brown, Luther Weaver • Buckles, George C. • Buckles, Patrick F. • Buckles, Robert • Cleaver, Grover • Douglas, Samuel S. • Eades, Lawrence H. • French, Waverly • Goodman, Roy L. • Goodman, Walter H. • Hagood, W.B. • Harlan, Moorman • Helm,

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Garland • Hough, Walker Casey • Lawson, William S. • Layman, Shelby W. • Leonard, Hewitt • Monin, Eliza S. • Norman, Ernest V. • Potter, Floyd • Riggins, James William • Ritchie, Russell Kenneth • Ritchie, Samuel Lee • Stewart, Charles A. • Striebel, John C. • Thompson, Marion • Tincher, Clarence Herbert • Veirs, Dyson S.

World War II
(Panel 1)
Allen, Willett T. • Armes, Homer • Atteberry, Jas. Lawrence Jr. • Balbridge, Elbert Owen • Ball, James L. • Beam, John H. • Berry, Allen J. • Berry, Jesse L. • Brown, Bernard M. • Buckner, Benjamin Jr. • Buckner, Homer F. • Burkhead, Harold L. • Burkhead, William W. • Burks, Lee • Cain, Allie R. • Cain, Argus E. • Cecil, James Sylvester Jr. • Cecil, Ray • Clifford, Leslie G. • Cobb, Roy J. • Clymer, George Durrett • Conway, Howard M. • Coots, Herbert G. • Darnell, Ward T. Jr. • Denver, Charles R. • Ditto, James D. • Dixon, Stanley B. • Drobnick, J.C. • Elwood, Howard J. • Evans, William B. • Ferren, Carl H. • Fisher, William W. • Foreman, Earl R. • Fox, John W. • French, Dennis E. • Goodman, Lawrence Robert • Goodman, Linton • Hacher, Joseph W. • Hagen, Louis Patrick • Haney, Harry

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2. Elizabethtown Veterans Memorial

T. • Harlan, William Sterling • Hatcher, David I. • Haynes Forest Prentice • Higdon, Chester L. • Holland, Arthur A.

(Panel 2)
Hornback, Carl • Hoskinson, Martin Tyler • Howard, Edward Lee • Howell, Albert Jefferson • Humphrey, C. Fisher • Jaggers, Earl • Jones, Brown Winford • Jump, Haynes C. • Laird, Florus W. • Lander, Hugh J. Jr. • Larkin, George Elmer Jr. • Lawson, Lambert B. • Loose, Herbert Carl • Love, Henry Alton • Madden, Raymond • Meredith, Louis R. • Milesky, Gletu R. • Miller, William H. • Morrison, Raymond R. • Moser, William T. • Mount, Everrett Ashlock • McClure, Karl Standiford • McDaniel, Hatton • McGuffin, Virgil Wilson • Nall, Alvin R. • Olmstead, George W. • Patrick, James Leslie • Payton, Josephine B. • Peake, Wayne E. • Pfeiffer, James G. • Potter, Leonard • Powell, Birtle E. • Powell, Dwight S. • Puckett, Edwin Lester • Purcell, Ollie T. • Ray, Johnnie C. • Rittenberry, Harvey B. • Rose, William W. • Route, Hilary E. • Smith, Harry L. • Smith, Elmo Craddock • Snider, Roy E. • Spaulding, William Stanley • Stephens, Charles Smith • St. John, William A.

(Panel 3)
Talton, John Rufus • Taylor, Jesse

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3. Elizabethtown Veterans Memorial (center)

T. • Taylor, Glenn E. • Taylor, John I. • Thorpe, Harold D. • Thomas, J. Garland • Trent, Alvin E. • Trogstad, William E. • Vessells, William H. • Wales, V.W. B. Jr. • Walker, Leo F. • Walsh, Harvey • Whalen, Norman L. • Wheatley, John W. • Williams, Joe Elwood • Winchester, Murray W. • Womack Charles C. • Woodring, Lewis • Wright, Samuel L. • Wright, Shelvy • Yeates, James E. • Yeates, Leslie L. • Yates, Robert W.

Korean Conflict
(Panel 3)
Bennett, Billy Mack • Braden, Perry • Pence, George Allen • Pullam, Willard • Steven’s, Leonard Ray • Tabernacle, Harold Kenneth • Winchester, Leon

War on Terrorism
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Deckard, Matthew • Graham, Jeffrey • Otey, Deshon • Phillips, Sammie • Powell, James

Operation Enduring Freedom
Garvin, Nathaniel • Yates, Eric

Erected 1960 by Hardin Post 113 American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. 37° 42.42′ N, 85° 51.253′ W. Memorial is in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in Hardin County. It is on North Miles Street 0.1 miles north

Vietnam Conflict image. Click for full size.

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4. Vietnam Conflict

of Park Lane, on the right when traveling north. The memorial is located within American Legion Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 801 North Miles Street, Elizabethtown KY 42701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Prototype Remote Control Vehicle Created Locally (within shouting distance of this marker); Severns Valley Baptist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Commodore Joshua Barney / First Brick House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Brown-Pusey House (approx. 0.9 miles away); John Young Brown (1835-1904) (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Lincolns Move From Kentucky (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lincoln’s Hardin County Connections (approx. 0.9 miles away).

World War I (Panel 1) Left image. Click for full size.

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5. World War I (Panel 1) Left

Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethtown.

Also see . . .
1. American Legion Park. (Submitted on January 20, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. American Legion Park. (Submitted on January 20, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

World War II (Panel1) Right image. Click for full size.

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6. World War II (Panel1) Right

World War II & Korean Conflict (Panel 3) image. Click for full size.

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7. World War II & Korean Conflict (Panel 3)

War on Terrorism image. Click for full size.

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8. War on Terrorism

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 20, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 7, 8. submitted on January 22, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.