Morganton in Burke County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

WWII Burke County Dead

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

1. WWII Burke County Dead Marker

Inscription.

world war two Burke County Dead. . (Center plaque) world war two Burke County Dead. (Left panel) Thomas L Javnes . William H. Smith . Paul J Chronister . Orus Johnson . Harry O. South . Ottis Lee Clarke . William H. Jones . Raymond E. Squillario . Ray M. Cline . Morton B. T. Katz . Adolphus D. Stine . Robert Billings Cline . Clifford O. Kelly . Luther Thomas Storie . Edgar A. Coleman . Ralph E. Kibler, Jr. . Arthur W Suttle . Clyde Calvin Compton . Francis V Lael . John D. Suttle . Bradford S. Conley . Buddy W. Lail . Fritz C. Walker . Guy Cook . George B. Lathrop . Thomas J. Walker . Odell Harrison Cooke . Charles W. Lowman . William H. Walker . Robert T. Cooper . Lealin R. Lowman . Guy J. Watson . Fritz Ervin Dale . Henry J. Mabe . Charles H. Wellman . Robert D. Daves . Robert Ray Mangum . Lloyd C. Whisnant . Frank Fleming Davis . Paul Clinton Miller . James R. White . Lester Paul Decker . Austin C. T. Mitchell . George T. Whitley, Jr. . Paul C. Digh . Robert P. Moore . William C. Worthan . Webb J. Digh . Raymond V. Morin . Charles E. Wright . Elmer C. Duffey . Mack D. Morrow . James Edward Wright . William Perry Echols . William K. Myrick . Percy P. Yount . Franklin G. Eckard, Sr. . Clyde Wilson Norman . James Mitch Eller . Carl O'Neil . Jennings K. Farris . William Irvin Pitts . Clyde E. Fisher . Harry Pope . William B. Fisher . Charles Edward Poteat . Marvin Fleak . Charlie L. Powell . Ellis A. Franklin . James Roy Powell . Everette L. Abernathy, (Right panel) James C. Abernethy . Leith H. Garrou . Ervin H. Propst . Robert Ervin Anderson . Winfred A. Garmon . Gordon B. Queen . Junior D. Austin . Ronell Henry Goins . James F. Ramsey . Rondall M. Baird . Robert L. Gragg . Robert P. Rhyne . Martin E. Bandy . Ernest Greer . Wilburn K. Richard . Hugh C. Barnhardt . Peter Grill . Shufford Jenkins Robinette . Herbert E. Berry . Fletcher D. Hall . Mark E. Scott . John E. Berry . Royal A. Hamby . Sam H. Scott . Billy R. Bollinger . Baxter McLendon Harris . Raymond A. Shouppe . Bill A. Bollinger . James Heavner . Dock E. Shuford . Clifton A. Bowers . Raymond L. Heavner . Roy L. Shuford . Paul B. Boyd . Gerald H. Henson . Conley M. Shuping . Carlos L. Bradshaw . Coy J. Hildebrand . John T. Shuping . Herbert L. Bradshaw . Bryson H. Hoffman . Van Shuping . Jack P. Brittain . Paul P. Holland . William Arney Sides . Evald Brothen . Harold Lee Horton . Robert Edward Simpson . Warner Dixon Bruner . Colen M. Hoyle . Lewis A. Singleton . Eulas A. Canipe . Virgil L. Hudson . Edward Sitterson . Carroll B. Cannon . Alvin B. Huffman . Clark LeRoy Smith . Wheeler W. Carson . Guy R. Huffman . John C. Smith . Frank S. Cash . Joseph G. Smith . Richard C. Chapman, Jr. . Fredrick M. Icard . Millard E. Smith . William P. Chapman . Roscoe M. F. Jaynes . Walter F. Smith . John L. Childers . Billy J. Icard .

(Center plaque) WWII
Burke County Dead
(Left panel)
Thomas L Javnes • William H. Smith • Paul J Chronister • Orus Johnson • Harry O. South • Ottis Lee Clarke • William H. Jones • Raymond E. Squillario • Ray M. Cline • Morton B. T. Katz • Adolphus D. Stine • Robert Billings Cline • Clifford O. Kelly • Luther Thomas Storie • Edgar A. Coleman • Ralph E. Kibler, Jr. • Arthur W Suttle • Clyde Calvin Compton • Francis V Lael • John D. Suttle • Bradford S. Conley • Buddy W. Lail • Fritz C. Walker • Guy Cook • George B. Lathrop • Thomas J. Walker • Odell Harrison Cooke • Charles W. Lowman • William H. Walker • Robert T. Cooper • Lealin R. Lowman • Guy J. Watson • Fritz Ervin Dale • Henry J. Mabe • Charles H. Wellman • Robert D. Daves • Robert Ray Mangum • Lloyd C. Whisnant • Frank Fleming Davis • Paul Clinton Miller • James R. White • Lester Paul Decker • Austin C. T. Mitchell • George T. Whitley, Jr. • Paul C. Digh • Robert P. Moore • William C. Worthan • Webb J. Digh • Raymond V. Morin • Charles E. Wright • Elmer C. Duffey • Mack D. Morrow • James Edward Wright • William

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Perry Echols • William K. Myrick • Percy P. Yount • Franklin G. Eckard, Sr. • Clyde Wilson Norman • James Mitch Eller • Carl O'Neil • Jennings K. Farris • William Irvin Pitts • Clyde E. Fisher • Harry Pope • William B. Fisher • Charles Edward Poteat • Marvin Fleak • Charlie L. Powell • Ellis A. Franklin • James Roy Powell • Everette L. Abernathy

(Right panel)
James C. Abernethy • Leith H. Garrou • Ervin H. Propst • Robert Ervin Anderson • Winfred A. Garmon • Gordon B. Queen • Junior D. Austin • Ronell Henry Goins • James F. Ramsey • Rondall M. Baird • Robert L. Gragg • Robert P. Rhyne • Martin E. Bandy • Ernest Greer • Wilburn K. Richard • Hugh C. Barnhardt • Peter Grill • Shufford Jenkins Robinette • Herbert E. Berry • Fletcher D. Hall • Mark E. Scott • John E. Berry • Royal A. Hamby • Sam H. Scott • Billy R. Bollinger • Baxter McLendon Harris • Raymond A. Shouppe • Bill A. Bollinger • James Heavner • Dock E. Shuford • Clifton A. Bowers • Raymond L. Heavner • Roy L. Shuford • Paul B. Boyd • Gerald H. Henson • Conley M. Shuping • Carlos L. Bradshaw • Coy J. Hildebrand

WWII Burke County Dead Marker (center plaque) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

2. WWII Burke County Dead Marker (center plaque)

• John T. Shuping • Herbert L. Bradshaw • Bryson H. Hoffman • Van Shuping • Jack P. Brittain • Paul P. Holland • William Arney Sides • Evald Brothen • Harold Lee Horton • Robert Edward Simpson • Warner Dixon Bruner • Colen M. Hoyle • Lewis A. Singleton • Eulas A. Canipe • Virgil L. Hudson • Edward Sitterson • Carroll B. Cannon • Alvin B. Huffman • Clark LeRoy Smith • Wheeler W. Carson • Guy R. Huffman • John C. Smith • Frank S. Cash • Joseph G. Smith • Richard C. Chapman, Jr. • Fredrick M. Icard • Millard E. Smith • William P. Chapman • Roscoe M. F. Jaynes • Walter F. Smith • John L. Childers • Billy J. Icard •

Erected 2005 by Rotary Club of Burke - Sunrise.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Rotary International series list.

Location. 35° 44.726′ N, 81° 41.157′ W. Memorial is in Morganton, North Carolina, in Burke County. It is at the intersection of South Green Street (North Carolina Route 18) and East Meeting Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling

WWII Burke County Dead Marker (left panel) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

3. WWII Burke County Dead Marker (left panel)

north on South Green Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 201 S Green Street, Morganton NC 28655, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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: Burke County Vietnam Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Charters of Freedom (about 500 feet away); Tod R. Caldwell (about 500 feet away); Burke County Veterans K.I.A. Memorial (about 500 feet away); Morganton (about 500 feet away); Burke Courthouse (about 500 feet away); Our Confederate Soldiers

WWII Burke County Dead Marker (right panel) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

4. WWII Burke County Dead Marker (right panel)

(about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morganton.

More about this memorial. The memorial is the centerpiece of Victory Plaza, which commemorates the different facets of service during WWII.

Also see . . . World War II Memorial, Morganton. Commemorative Landscapes or North Carolina

The centerpiece of the memorial complex is Victory Plaza with full size statues of a mourning woman and a grandfather holding a young female child. These figures represent the generation of sons, daughters, husbands and wives lost during the war. With outstretched hands the two adult figures form a V for victory. In front of these figures are two large pieces of black granite bearing the names of Burke County men and women who perished during the war.

(Submitted on March 19, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Victory Plaza Dedication Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

5. Victory Plaza Dedication Plaque

Sponsored by Rotary Club of Burke - Sunrise
Dedicated November 11, 2005

Full view of Victory Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

6. Full view of Victory Plaza

Burke County Courthouse in the background.

The Inductee, part of the Burke County WWII Victory Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

7. The Inductee, part of the Burke County WWII Victory Plaza

The Welder and the Nurse, part of the Burke County WWII Victory Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

8. The Welder and the Nurse, part of the Burke County WWII Victory Plaza

The Marine and The Soldier, part of the Burke County WWI Victory Plaza image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 16, 2025

9. The Marine and The Soldier, part of the Burke County WWI Victory Plaza

Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 343 times since then and 69 times this year. Last updated on March 29, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 19, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. 7, 8, 9. submitted on March 29, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.