Kenansville in Duplin County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 25, 2025

1. Korean War Veterans Memorial Marker, Side One

Inscription.
Dedicated to thenhonored memory of Duplin County's sons who gave their lives in the Korean War

Far with the brave we have ridden. And now with the brave we sleep.

Korean War
1951-1953

Orlin Norwood Lanier Warsaw Township PFC. U.S. Army 30 Nov 1919 -13 Aug 1950 KIA • James Daniel Merritt, Jr. Faison Township PFC. U.S. Army 02 Jan 1929-01 Sep 1950 KIA • William Daniel Price Kenansville Township PFC. U.S. Army 17 Nov 1931-01 Sep 1950 KIA • James Ralph Thompson Wolfscrape Township Cpl. U.S. Army 10 Feb 1930-12 Sep 1950 KIA • Alton Lewis Tadlock Faison Township Cpl. U.S. Army 11 Aug 1925-02 Dec 1950 KIA • Reynolds Williams Limestone Township PFC. U.S. Army 15 July 1931-06 Dec 1950 KIA • John Donald Dail Wolfscrape Township PFC. U.S. Army 14 Oct 1931-06 Feb 1951 KIA • John William Uptegrove Faison Township Pvt. U.S. Army 04 Nov 1923-23 Apr 1951 MIA • Craig Hinton Hearn Teachey Pvt. U.S. Army 06 Nou 1929-27 Aug 1951 KIA • Freeman Earl Boykin Faison Township Pvt. U.S. Army 10 Aug 1930-14 May 1952 MIA • Hallie William Wilson, Jr., Warsaw Township Cpl. U.S. Army 25 Jan 1926-26 Oct 1952 POW •

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Elmer Jasper Branch Glisson Township Pvt U.S. Army 11 May 1930 - 12 Jan 1953 KIA • Joseph Sanders Flowers Calypso Community Pvt U.S. Army 02 July 1931-18 Mar 1953 KIA • Earl Thomas Brinson Island Creek Township PFC. US Army 02 July 1932 -15 July 1953 KIA • James Edward Swinson Friendship Community Cpl. U.S. Army 08 May 1934-20 July 1953 KIA

Erected 2016 by Duplin County Historical Society, Leon Irvin Graham, Ingram & Ingram Attorneys.

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

Location. 34° 57.737′ N, 77° 57.739′ W. Memorial is in Kenansville, North Carolina, in Duplin County. It is on East Main Street (North Carolina Route 11) east of Duplin Street, on the left when traveling east. The memorial is on the southeast grounds of the Duplin County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 112 Duplin St, Kenansville NC 28349, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally,

Korean War Veterans Memorial Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 25, 2025

2. Korean War Veterans Memorial Marker, Side Two

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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War II Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Duplin County Veterans Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Duplin County Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); Liberty Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Grove Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Confederate States Armory (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kenansville.

Korean War Veterans Memorial near the Duplin County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 25, 2025

3. Korean War Veterans Memorial near the Duplin County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 15, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.