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

World War I Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 25, 2025

1. World War I Memorial Marker, Side One

Inscription.

World War I Memorial. . , (Side one) , Dedicated to the honored memory of Duplin County's sons who gave their lives in World War I , (Left panel) , Asa Sumner Smith Township Pvt. U.S., Army 21 July 1885- 04 Dec 1917 DOD , Marion Butler Holland Warsaw Seaman 2C U. S. Naval Res Force 30 June 1893 - 05 Jan 1918 DOD , Gilbert John A. "Gib” Smith Sloan. Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 08 Nov. 1892 - 11 Jan 1918 DOD , Richard Leroy Thomas Smith Township Pvt. U.S. Army 25 Aug 1890 - 23 Jan 1918, McCoy Grady Albertson Township Pvt. U.S. Army 09 Dec 1896 - 26 Feb 1918 DOD , Arthur James Chestnutt Glisson Township Pvt. U.S. Army 19 Feb 18 91 - 09 July 1918 DOD , William S. "Willie" Gardner Magnolia Township Cpl.- U.S. Army Jan 1897 – 29 July 1918 DOW, Alpha Thigpen Limestone Township PFC. U.S. Army 26 Feb 1900 - 09 Aug 1918 KIA, (Right Panel) , Edmund Luther Walton Limestone Township Pvt. U.S. Army. 01 May 1890 - 14 Sep 1918 DOW, Raymond David Fussell Rose Hill Sgt. U.S. Army 14 Sep 1897 - 29 Sep 1918 KIA, Adrian Hubert Grantham Wolfscrape Township PFC. U.S. Army Oct 1899 - 29 Sep 1918 KIA , Jacob Roy Alderman Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 31 0ct 1890 - 29 Sep 1918 KIA , John Cleveland Brown Island Creek Township Fireman 3C U.S. Naval Res Force 12 June 1886 - 30 Sep 1918 KIA , John William Hayes Sloan Cedar Fork Pvt. U.S. Army 08 June 1886 - 30 Sep 1918 KIA , Aaron Carlton Warsaw Township Pvt. U.S. Army 05 Jan 1895 - 06 0ct 1918 DOD , Henry Brown Rockfish Township Pvt. U.S. Army 12 July 1891 - 07 0ct 1918 MIA, (Side Two) , World War I , 1914-1918, From Little Towns In A Far Land We Came. , To Save Our Honour And A World Aflame. , By Little Towns In A Far Land We Sleep. , And Trust That World We Won For You To Keep., . (Left Panel) , Roland Dixon Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 21 Apr 1896 - 09 0ct 1918 DOD , Lucius Vivian Best Warsaw Pvt. U.S. Army 14 July 1894 - 19 Oct 1918 DOD , Leslie James Kelly Kenansville Township Pvt. U.S. Army 15 May 1895 - 19 0ct 1918 DOD , Frank Royal Martin Faison Township Pvt. U.S. Army 22 Jan 1892 - 19 Oct 1918 DOD , Johnie Preston Stokes Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 30 July 1895 - 22 Oct 1918 DOD, Clydie Odis Whitehead Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 05 Aug 1897 - 29 Oct 1918 DOD , Macon Earl Cavenaugh Island Creek Township PFC. U.S. Army 04 Dec 1892-02 Nov 1918 DOD , John H Williams Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 07 Nov 1895 - 06 Nov 1918 DOD , (Right Panel) , Charles Robert Gavin Warsaw Township PFC. U.S. Army 23 June 1895 - 09 Nov 1918 KIA, Roscoe Brown Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 25 Sep 1893 - 10 Nov 1918 KIA , Sidney James Robinson Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 27 Feb 1893 – 10 Nov 1918 KIA , Bud Bizzell Glisson Township Pvt. U.S. Army 25 Dec 1896 - 19 Dec 1918 DOD, Owen Williams Middleton Kenansville Pvt. U.S. Army 02 Aug 1891 - 26 Apr 1919 DOD

(Side one)
Dedicated to the honored memory of Duplin County's sons who gave their lives in World War I

(Left panel)
Asa Sumner Smith Township Pvt. U.S., Army 21 July 1885- 04 Dec 1917 DOD

Marion Butler Holland Warsaw Seaman 2C U. S. Naval Res Force 30 June 1893 - 05 Jan 1918 DOD

Gilbert John A. "Gib” Smith Sloan. Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 08 Nov. 1892 - 11 Jan 1918 DOD

Richard Leroy Thomas Smith Township Pvt. U.S. Army 25 Aug 1890 - 23 Jan 1918

McCoy Grady Albertson Township Pvt. U.S. Army 09 Dec 1896 - 26 Feb 1918 DOD

Arthur James Chestnutt Glisson Township Pvt. U.S. Army 19 Feb 18 91 - 09 July 1918 DOD

William S. "Willie" Gardner Magnolia Township Cpl.- U.S. Army Jan 1897 – 29 July 1918 DOW

Alpha Thigpen Limestone Township PFC. U.S. Army 26 Feb 1900 - 09 Aug 1918 KIA

(Right Panel)
Edmund Luther Walton Limestone Township Pvt. U.S. Army. 01 May 1890 - 14 Sep 1918 DOW

Raymond David Fussell Rose Hill Sgt. U.S. Army 14 Sep 1897 - 29 Sep 1918 KIA

Adrian Hubert Grantham Wolfscrape Township PFC. U.S. Army Oct 1899 - 29 Sep 1918 KIA

Jacob Roy Alderman Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 31 0ct

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1890 - 29 Sep 1918 KIA

John Cleveland Brown Island Creek Township Fireman 3C U.S. Naval Res Force 12 June 1886 - 30 Sep 1918 KIA

John William Hayes Sloan Cedar Fork Pvt. U.S. Army 08 June 1886 - 30 Sep 1918 KIA

Aaron Carlton Warsaw Township Pvt. U.S. Army 05 Jan 1895 - 06 0ct 1918 DOD

Henry Brown Rockfish Township Pvt. U.S. Army 12 July 1891 - 07 0ct 1918 MIA

(Side Two)
World War I
1914-1918

From Little Towns In A Far Land We Came.
To Save Our Honour And A World Aflame.
By Little Towns In A Far Land We Sleep.
And Trust That World We Won For You To Keep.

(Left Panel)
Roland Dixon Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 21 Apr 1896 - 09 0ct 1918 DOD

Lucius Vivian Best Warsaw Pvt. U.S. Army 14 July 1894 - 19 Oct 1918 DOD

Leslie James Kelly Kenansville Township Pvt. U.S. Army 15 May 1895 - 19 0ct 1918 DOD

Frank Royal Martin Faison Township Pvt. U.S. Army 22 Jan 1892 - 19 Oct 1918 DOD

Johnie Preston Stokes Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 30 July 1895 - 22 Oct 1918 DOD

Clydie Odis Whitehead Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 05 Aug 1897 - 29 Oct 1918 DOD

Macon Earl Cavenaugh Island Creek Township PFC. U.S.

World War I Memorial Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 25, 2025

2. World War I Memorial Marker, Side Two

Army 04 Dec 1892-02 Nov 1918 DOD

John H Williams Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 07 Nov 1895 - 06 Nov 1918 DOD

(Right Panel)
Charles Robert Gavin Warsaw Township PFC. U.S. Army 23 June 1895 - 09 Nov 1918 KIA

Roscoe Brown Cypress Creek Township Pvt. U.S. Army 25 Sep 1893 - 10 Nov 1918 KIA

Sidney James Robinson Magnolia Township Pvt. U.S. Army 27 Feb 1893 – 10 Nov 1918 KIA

Bud Bizzell Glisson Township Pvt. U.S. Army 25 Dec 1896 - 19 Dec 1918 DOD

Owen Williams Middleton Kenansville Pvt. U.S. Army 02 Aug 1891 - 26 Apr 1919 DOD

Erected 2017 by Duplin County Historical Society, Alfred Lewis Smith, Ingram & Ingram Attorneys.

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

Location. 34° 57.749′ N, 77° 57.741′ W. Memorial is in Kenansville, North Carolina, in Duplin County. It is on Courthouse Plaza east of South Street, on the left when traveling west. The memorial is to the east of the Duplin County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 106 Courthouse Plaza, Kenansville NC 28349, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

World War I Memorial in front of Duplin County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 25, 2025

3. World War I Memorial in front of Duplin County Courthouse

this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. 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 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: Duplin County Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); Duplin County Court House (a few steps from this marker); World War II Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Korean War Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (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.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 128 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 17, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.