Whiteville in Columbus County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

In Honor of Brave Columbus County Men

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

1. In Honor of Brave Columbus County Men Marker

Inscription. In memory of brave Columbus County men. They gave their lives so that other men might live free

Korean casualties
Calvin Bennett • Howard G. Norris • Ossie M. Gunter • Floyd H. Sellers • Herbert Smith • Sidney Johnson • Ernest Rackley

Vietnam Casualties
Bryant Russell Powell • Charles Elbert Tanner • Willie Frazer Shipman • Pearly Junior Thomas • Larest Clennon Sutton • William M. Baldwin • Harry K. Cartrette • Roy E. Congleton • Kenneth Ray Godwin • Archie Lee Bordeaux • Benjamin James Gore • Jack Walters, Jr.• Wade Taste • Eugene Fipps • Edward Barden • Frank Simmons • Josiah Smith, Jr. • Edward Earl Dew • Mack D. Todd, Jr. • Stedman Adams. Jr. • Eddie Lee Locklear • Marcus S. Turner, Jr. • Robert Junior McGee • Larry Lee

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam.

Location. 34° 20.336′ N, 78° 42.219′ W. Memorial is in Whiteville, North Carolina, in Columbus County. It is at the intersection of Courthouse Circle (Business U.S. 74/76) and Pinckney Street (Business U.S. 701), in the median

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on Courthouse Circle. Location is the north side of the Columbus County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Courthouse Circle, Whiteville NC 28472, 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, 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 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Columbus County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Bank of Whiteville (within shouting distance of this marker); Millie-Christine McKoy (approx. 2.6 miles away); Whistler’s Mother (approx. 11.3 miles away); Old Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church (approx. 11.4 miles away); a different marker also named Old Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church

Full view of In Honor of Brave Columbus County Men Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

2. Full view of In Honor of Brave Columbus County Men Marker

(approx. 13½ miles away); Bladen County Veterans Memorial (approx. 14.4 miles away); Vampire Beast (approx. 14.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whiteville.

In Honor of Brave Columbus County Men Marker at the Columbus County Courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

3. In Honor of Brave Columbus County Men Marker at the Columbus County Courthouse

Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.