Maxton in Robeson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Maxton War Memorial

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

1. Maxton War Memorial

Inscription.
(Side one)
Lest We Forget
Dedicated to those men and women of the town of Maxton N. C. who served in time of peace and war and especially to those who gave their lives in that service

To those who are POW and MIA we will not give up hope in bringing you home

(Side two)
To those who made the supreme sacrifice we etch their names in granite to stand against time so we and our children can learn and remember

World War I
Arthur J. Medlin • Robert White McLean • Douglas Purcell • Otis Betts O'Brien

World War II
Rufus Merritt Knight • Walter Lee • James Morrison • Currie McLeod • Neil McKeller • Rufus L. Walters • Arthur Cottingham • Edward Townsend • James McLean • Lacy Leach • Alphonso McEachin • David Pipkin • Vernon Odom • John W. Sinclair, Jr. • Donald Henley

Korean War
Herbert Leroy Smith

Vietnam War
Rhonnie Lee Clark • Jimmy Locklear • Mural McDaniel • Sylvester Conley, Jr. • John Howard Herring

Erected 1987 by The Citizens of Maxton.

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

Location. 34° 44.358′ N,

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79° 20.983′ W. Memorial is in Maxton, North Carolina, in Robeson County. It is at the intersection of West Graham Street and North Florence Street on West Graham Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 201 W Graham St, Maxton NC 28364, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Maxton Alma Railroad Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Town of Shoe Heel / Carolina Methodist College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carolina College (approx. 0.4 miles away); “Battle of Hayes Pond” (approx. 1.2 miles away); Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base

Maxton War Memorial (reverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

2. Maxton War Memorial (reverse)

(approx. 1.2 miles away); Angus W. McLean (approx. 3.2 miles away); Floral College (approx. 3.3 miles away); Stewart-Hawley-Malloy House (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maxton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Stewartsville Cemetery (was approx. 3.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Wide view of memorial with flag image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, March 24, 2025

3. Wide view of memorial with flag

Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 31 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.