Goldsboro in Wayne County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

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1. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. No North Carolina city, no town, no rural section, escaped.

These boys, the dead and living wounded, are the real heroes of this war. These are the men to whom our state and every part thereof should never fail to pay tribute.

Brigadier General Kenneth C. Royall
Original trustee of the Wayne County Memorial Association
Attorney whose office was about 100 feet west of this site
First Secretary of the Army 1947-1949
Last U.S. Secretary of War

Wayne County circa 1925
Wayne County Memorial Community Building
Dedicated on this site June 25, 1925

Grantham
James L. Blackman WWII • Earl Chestnutt

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WWII • Thurston D. Fogleman WWII • Joseph M. Grantham III Vietnam • Harvey B. Hood WWI • Roy W. Jones WWII • Raymond J. Langston WWII • Melville W. Odom WWII • Henry E. Weeks WWII • R. H. Westbrook WWI

Mt. Olive
Emmette Ballree Vietnam • George W. Barber WWII • Benjamin F. Bell WWII • Norman E. Best WWII • Glennie M. Brock WWII • Carl B. Clinton WWI • Roland S. Cox WWI • Lawton Crumpler Jr. WWII • Woodard W. Crumpler WWII • Joseph A. Farah WWII • Adrian H. Grantham WWI • Phillip D. Hardy Vietnam • Cleon R. Jones WWI • Melvin B. Jones WWII • Wilbert E. Jones Vietnam • Roscoe Kelly WWII • Henry

1925 Wayne County map image. Click for full size.

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2. 1925 Wayne County map

H. Lee WWII • James Merritt Korean • Herbert Pearsall Jr. Vietnam • Phillip W. Pigford Vietnam • Charlie E. Pike WWII • James A. Powell WWII • Royal Puckett WWII • Glanton E. Reaves WWII • John R. Reaves WWII • Elam Summerlin WWI • James G. Summerlin WWI • James L. Taylor WWII • James R. Thompson Korean • James R. Troutman WWII

Indian Springs TWP
Albert J. Adams WWII • Fred L. Casey WWI • Sears Herring WWI • Ray Hill WWII • Charles M. Howell WWII • Charles M. Price WWII • Forrest L. Price Korean • Jesse J. Ruffin WWI • Henry A. Taylor WWII • Ira Wade WWII • Major Williams WWI

Township Undetermined
Henry

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3. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map Marker

W. Allen Jr. WWII • William A. Barwick WWII • Jerry H. Beaman WWII • James H. Blackman WWII • Levi C. Branson WWI • Ben Brock WWII • James L. Byrd WWII • Raeford L. Campbell WWII • Daniel J. Carter Korean • Clarence M. Edwards WWII • Albert L. Ellington WWII • Mack Elliott WWI • Richard Elmore WWII • Ray E. Eubanks MOH WWII • Carl E. Franklin WWII • James I. Fulford WWI • May S. Haggins WWII • George R. Hardesty WWI • Joseph N. Hargrove Vietnam • James Hill WWI • Wilbert O. Hodge WWII • John Hollingsworth WWII • Horace Horton WWII • James L. Howell WWII • Lewis Jernigan WWII • Douglas T. Johnson

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Grantham image. Click for full size.

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4. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Grantham

WWII • Jack Jones WWII • Willie Lane WWII • Hugh d. Mashburn WWII • Wilbert C. Massey Jr. WWII • James P. McLamb WWII • Don E. Pate WWII • William J. Pierce WWII • Donald N. Pope WWII • George P. Power Vietnam • Joe Renfrow WWII • Harold H. Smothers WWII • Kermit Stallings WWII • Clyde J. Stanback Korean • Herbert A. Sutton WWII • Robert L Taylor WWII • Nathaniel K. Thornton WWI • Johnnie J. Turnage WWII • William Walston WWI • Charles Warren WWII • Cecil H. Wiggs WWII • George H. Wilkins Vietnam • Robert E. Williams WWII • William C. Wilson Jr. WWII • Joseph D. Winchester WWII • Donza Wood WWII

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5. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Mt. Olive

• Shade Wooten WWI

Brogden TWP
Bruce Anderson WWII • Raymond R. Anderson WWII • William H. Bell WWII • Archie B. Carter WWII • Carl C. Casey WWII • James R. Coates Vietnam • Gene J. Elzas WWII • Stephe. P. Faircloth WWII • George E. Grantham WWII • Ben King WWII • Ezra A. Moore WWII • James A. Mozingo WWII • William O. Mozingo WWII • Frank G. Peele WWII • Leon Price WWII • King D. Simmons WWI • Foster B. Stevens WWI • Daniel C. Sutton WWII • Edd L. Sutton WWII • Danzie Winn WWI • Bernice R. Wynn WWII

New Hope TWP
William L. Britt WWII • Linwood R. Foombs WWII • Marion L. Daniels WWI • Edgar

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Indian Springs image. Click for full size.

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6. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Indian Springs

F. Davis Vietnam • William W. Hail Vietnam • Robert H. Irwin Vietnam • James L. Kornegay Korean • Marquis I. McCarty WWII • James L. Ratliff Vietnam • Willie Simmons WWI • Williams C. Sutton Vietnam • Paul G. Underwood Vietnam • Richard W. Watson Vietnam

Goldsboro TWP
Robert E. Abel WWII • Can Allen Korean • James F. Arrington Korean • Jesse J. Baker WWI • Cleveland C. Balkcum WWII • Charlie C. Benton Vietnam • Robert O. Benton WWII • Bruce L. Blevins WWI • Murray L. Borden Jr. Vietnam • Paul L. Borden Jr. WWII • Lee R. Brogden WWII • Irvin Bryant WWII • Daniel Bullock Vietnam • Nathaniel Cox

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Township Undetermined image. Click for full size.

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7. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Township Undetermined

Jr. Vietnam • Edward C. Daly WWII • Jake Davis WWII • James V. Denning Korean • James P. DeVaney Vietnam • Nathan M. Dickey WWII • Gaston L. Dortch WWI • James Edmundson WWII • Wayne R. Edwards WWII • William H. Ellis WWII • Marvin L. Faircloth WWII • Lewis H. Faulk WWII • Reuben R. Floyd WWII • Alleyne Foster WWII • Ralph Giddens WWII • Robert A. Govan Vietnam • Robert Greenfield WWII • Moses Hadley WWI • Clifton A. Ham WWII • Herbert L. Handley WWI • Faison Harris WWI • Thomas P. Harrison WWII • Robert R. Hatch WWII • David R. Hill WWII • Liston L. Hines WWII • Sidney W. Hinson WWI • James

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Brogdon TWP image. Click for full size.

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8. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Brogdon TWP

H. Hogans WWI • Roland W. Horton Jr. WWII • Casco D. Howell Vietnam • Ernest C. Howell WWII • Samuel G. Hummell WWI • Harry Hundley WWII • Alton Harmon WWII • Dan L. Jenkins Vietnam • Charles R. Johnson Korean • J. C. Jones WWII • Stokely J. Jones Vietnam • Charles C. Keller WWII • Charlie S. Killette WWII • John H. King Korean • John W. Lamm Korean • Bobby R. Lane Vietnam • Charles C. Lassiter WWII • Elwood Lewis Korean • James R. Mashburn WWII • Carl O. Martin WWII • Tyson H. Mewborn WWII • Thomas Mitchell WWII • Joseph Nassif WWII • Earnest Newsome WWII • James T. Parker WWII • William F. Parker

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - New Hope TWP image. Click for full size.

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9. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - New Hope TWP

WWII • Tryphon. D. Peacock WWII • Boddie Perry WWII • Roscoe Quinn WWII • Charles Raynor WWI • Richard V. Riggs Vietnam • Bryant Roberts WWII • Willie Rogers WWII • Mortimer Roscower WWI • John Sauls WWII • Leonard O. Savage WWII • Neal A. Scott WWII • Charlie D. Shaver WWI • Claude Smith Jr. Korean • Frank Smith Vietnam • Ira S. Smith WWII • Levert L. Smith Jr. WWII • Emmett Spicer WWII • Alvin T. Strickland WWII • Richard Summerlin WWII • Ben I. Taylor WWI • Jasper Thomason WWI • Jesse D. Thompson WWII • Lucian Thompson WWII • Edmund R. Toler Vietnam • Arthur Turner WWI • Kenneth E. Vanhoy

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Goldsboro TWP image. Click for full size.

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10. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Goldsboro TWP

Vietnam • Albert Vick Jr. Vietnam • Gordon Whitaker Jr. WWII • Charles E. Wiegand WWII • Grover C. Wiggins WWI • Guy S. Winstead WWI • George B. Womble Jr. WWII • Ray E. York WWII

Saulston TWP
James A. Thomas WWII

Stoney Creek TWP
John Creech WWI • Wayne G. Crumpler WWII • George F. Howell WWII • Rayford S. Lynch WWII • Charles M. Scott WWII

Buck Swamp TWP
Rudolph Sampson Korean • Leslie D. Williams Afghanistan

Pikeville TWP
Joseph P. Bass WWI • Ralph T. Bell WWII • J. R. Best WWII • Eulas L. Collins WWI • I. D. Dickerson WWII • William J. Gardner WWI • Samuel Hadley WWI • Henry E.

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Saulston TWP image. Click for full size.

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11. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Saulston TWP

Herring WWII • William. L. Howell Korean • I. Lindley Littleton Korean • Hill W. McKeel Vietnam

Nahunta TWP
Andrew Best WWI • James H. Blalock WWI • Willie L. Blaylock WWI • Harold Crawford WWII • William D. Crawford Vietnam • Harvey D. Davis WWI • Ralph Howell Vietnam • Wayne L. Johnson WWII • Ezra A. Mayo WWI • Gary L. McDonald WWII • Rudolph S. Parrish Vietnam • Dudley A. Powell Jr. WWII • John C. Rose Jr. WWII • Johnnie G. Rowe WWII • Herman P. Shackleford WWI • Earl C. Smith WWII • Isaac Stevens WWI • Mayo Ward Korean

Great Swamp TWP
Donald E. Daniels Vietnam • Harvey J. Langston WWII

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Stoney Creek TWP image. Click for full size.

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12. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Stoney Creek TWP

• Leslie J. Short WWI • Benjamin W. Taylor WWII

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical date for this entry is June 25, 1925.

Location. 35° 22.951′ N, 77° 59.632′ W. Marker is in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of East Walnut Street and North William Street when traveling west on East Walnut Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 241 E Walnut St, Goldsboro NC 27530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Buck Swamp TWP image. Click for full size.

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13. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Buck Swamp TWP

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 walking distance of this marker: Wayne County Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Wayne County Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Seymour Johnson AFB History / 4th Fighter Wing History Memorial

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Pikeville TWP image. Click for full size.

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14. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Pikeville TWP

(a few steps from this marker); Wayne County Purple Heart (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Press Association (within shouting distance of this marker); John Lawson (within shouting distance of this marker); Company E, 119th Infantry, Goldsboro Rifles World War I Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); First Pentecostal Holiness Church Congregation (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goldsboro.

More about this marker. The memorial is a 1925 Wayne County map with the names of those memorialized placed at their home townships within the county.

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Nahunta TWP image. Click for full size.

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15. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Nahunta TWP

The map is to the north of the park pavilion

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Great Swamp TWP image. Click for full size.

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16. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map - Great Swamp TWP

Center Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park. Wayne Co. Memorial map is to the right (north) image. Click for full size.

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17. Center Pavilion at Veterans Memorial Park. Wayne Co. Memorial map is to the right (north)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 24, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 248 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 24, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. submitted on February 25, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.