Keysville in Charlotte County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Keysville Korean Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, December 12, 2024

1. Keysville Korean Memorial (center panel)

Inscription.

Keysville Korean Memorial. . , (center panel) , Luther R. Hawkins . Wade M. Pillow . Richard J. Harris . Freddie J. Church . Arthur R. Tharpe . Leland Claybrook . Leroy L. Shook . William G. Cook. Jr. . Wilbert L. Spence . John J. Clements . Leonard L. Morton . Ben O. Forester . James M. Eggleston . Ernest W. Chatham . Richard Trinneer . Roy M. Church . William G. Hawkins . Robert E. Hawkins . Richard F. Lindsay . Willie V. Scott . Harvey M. Newcomb . Alphonso Whitehead . Roy M. Ayers . Charles H. Bowman . Kermit T. Newcomb . Otis H. Lovelace . R. W. Wilmouth . William T. Lipscomb . Charles E. Faris . Roy O. Watson . Lewis H. Nelson . Thomas L. Hayes . William C. Wallace . Charles H. Tharpe . Freddie L. Troxler . John Laura . Alvin B. Waitt . Howard E. Townsend . William A. Foster . Bennie E. Hamlett . J. E. Newcomb . Louis W. Tatum . Garland L. Blanton . Herman S. Scruggs . Linwood N. Hicks . Grover E. Grant . John F. Tucker . Lewis M. Locke . Clarence J. Ward . Garrett H. Hunt . Henry R. Fitz . Gray M. Norman P.O.W. , Killed in Action, (left panel) , Others Who Served in Uniform , 1950 - 1953 , Harold F. Locke . Reginald G. Poore . William N. Moore . John M. Barksdale . James J. Thompson . Marvin G. Wallace . William A. Lewis, Jr. . V Adm Kent J. Carroll . Wilfred O. Pillow . King Waddill . Julian Seay . Don Bratton . Linard S. Bayne . Wesley Blue, Sr. . George D. Bowman . William S. Brister, Sr. . Ryland Y. Bailey . Hatfield M. Franklin . Henry F. Wilmouth, Jr. . Rodney M. Bowie . Garland O. Clark . Donald F. Kemner . Marcellus E. Waddill . Charlie A. Osborne . Lt. G. Samuel V. Wilson . Lt. Col. Otey B. Carroll . Ernest M. Nichols . Lt. Richardson . Mack G. Robinette . Charles A. Simon . Clarence C. Spraggins . John W. Grile . G. Tennyson Passmore . Thomas S. Price , (right panel) , Others Who Served in Uniform , 1950-1953 , Clarence T. Newcomb . Raleigh E. Osborne . James O. Beard . Randolph L. Duffer . Joseph H. Vaden . Wilford O. Pillow . Robert E. Hall . Russell P. Baker, Jr. . Douglas Myers, Jr. . Robert H. Langford . Raymond C. Johnson . Nason A. Arrington . Walter H. Pettus Jr. . William J. Fifield . T. Wayne Towery . Clarence C. Scruggs . Dayton L. Dunnavant . Lewis E. Scruggs . John W. Tharpe . William C. Hardy Jr. . Carl F. Graff . William J. Martin . James H. Roberts . Charlie B. Tuck . Dewey P. Fallen . Samuel P. Hamlett . Garland E. Hamlett . Garland H. Hamlett . George H. Vaughan . Norman L. Ferrell . Claude J. Bigger . Cecil G. Watts . Franklin D. Watts . Milton J. Elder

(center panel)
*Luther R. Hawkins • *Wade M. Pillow • *Richard J. Harris • Freddie J. Church • Arthur R. Tharpe • Leland Claybrook • Leroy L. Shook • William G. Cook. Jr. • Wilbert L. Spence • John J. Clements • Leonard L. Morton • Ben O. Forester • James M. Eggleston • Ernest W. Chatham • Richard Trinneer • Roy M. Church • William G. Hawkins • Robert E. Hawkins • Richard F. Lindsay • Willie V. Scott • Harvey M. Newcomb • Alphonso Whitehead • Roy M. Ayers • Charles H. Bowman • Kermit T. Newcomb • Otis H. Lovelace • *R. W. Wilmouth • *William T. Lipscomb • Charles E. Faris • Roy O. Watson • Lewis H. Nelson • Thomas L. Hayes • William C. Wallace • Charles H. Tharpe • Freddie L. Troxler • John Laura • Alvin B. Waitt • Howard E. Townsend • William A. Foster • Bennie E. Hamlett • J. E. Newcomb • Louis W. Tatum • Garland L. Blanton • Herman S. Scruggs • Linwood N. Hicks • Grover E. Grant • John F. Tucker • Lewis M. Locke • Clarence J. Ward • Garrett H. Hunt • Henry R. Fitz • Gray M. Norman P.O.W.
*Killed in Action

(left panel)
Others Who Served in Uniform
1950 - 1953
Harold

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F. Locke • Reginald G. Poore • William N. Moore • John M. Barksdale • James J. Thompson • Marvin G. Wallace • William A. Lewis, Jr. • V Adm Kent J. Carroll • Wilfred O. Pillow • King Waddill • Julian Seay • Don Bratton • Linard S. Bayne • Wesley Blue, Sr. • George D. Bowman • William S. Brister, Sr. • Ryland Y. Bailey • Hatfield M. Franklin • Henry F. Wilmouth, Jr. • Rodney M. Bowie • Garland O. Clark • Donald F. Kemner • Marcellus E. Waddill • Charlie A. Osborne • Lt. G. Samuel V. Wilson • Lt. Col. Otey B. Carroll • Ernest M. Nichols • Lt. Richardson • Mack G. Robinette • Charles A. Simon • Clarence C. Spraggins • John W. Grile • G. Tennyson Passmore • Thomas S. Price

(right panel)
Others Who Served in Uniform
1950-1953
Clarence T. Newcomb • Raleigh E. Osborne • James O. Beard • Randolph L. Duffer • Joseph H. Vaden • Wilford O. Pillow • Robert E. Hall • Russell P. Baker, Jr. • Douglas Myers, Jr. • Robert H. Langford • Raymond C. Johnson • Nason A. Arrington • Walter H. Pettus Jr. • William J. Fifield • T. Wayne Towery • Clarence C. Scruggs • Dayton L. Dunnavant • Lewis E.

Keysville Korean Memorial (left panel) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, December 12, 2024

2. Keysville Korean Memorial (left panel)

Scruggs • John W. Tharpe • William C. Hardy Jr. • Carl F. Graff • William J. Martin • James H. Roberts • Charlie B. Tuck • Dewey P. Fallen • Samuel P. Hamlett • Garland E. Hamlett • Garland H. Hamlett • George H. Vaughan • Norman L. Ferrell • Claude J. Bigger • Cecil G. Watts • Franklin D. Watts • Milton J. Elder

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

Location. 37° 2.42′ N, 78° 28.971′ W. Memorial is in Keysville, Virginia, in Charlotte County. It is on King Street (Business U.S. 15/360) west of J Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 165 King St, Keysville VA 23947, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Southside Virginia,

and specifically in Central Virginia.

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

Keysville Korean Memorial (right panel) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, December 12, 2024

3. Keysville Korean Memorial (right panel)

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Keysville Vietnam Memorial (here, next to this marker); Keysville World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Keysville (within shouting distance of this marker); Campaign of 1781 (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Early Exploration (approx. 1.1 miles away); Southside Virginia Community College (approx. 1.4 miles away); Four Locust Farm (approx. 1.6 miles away); Old Briery Church (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Keysville.

Other markers no longer nearby. Early Exploration (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Southside Virginia Community College (was approx. 1.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Full view of Keysville Korean Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, December 12, 2024

4. Full view of Keysville Korean Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 4, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.