Georgetown in Brown County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

A Hero's Story Will Never Be Forgotten

Vietnam

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025

1. A Hero's Story Will Never Be Forgotten Marker, Side One

Inscription.
HM3 Charles Hugh Crawford U.S. Navy 5-29-67 • SP4 Jan Bernard Wahl U.S. Army 2-22-68 • PFC Thomas Glenn Defosse USMC 3-4-68 • SSGT Joe Franklin Evans U.S. Army 3-11-68 • SP4 David Lee Bingamon U.S. Army 7-11-68 • PFC Millard Preston Wheeler U.S. Army 8-12-69 • SPA Danny Raymond King U.S. Army 6-2-71

Erected 2017 by Brown County H.E.R.O. Tribute.

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

Location. 38° 51.728′ N, 83° 54.562′ W. Memorial is in Georgetown, Ohio, in Brown County. It can be reached from the intersection of West State Street and West Alley Street, on the right when traveling east. The memorial stands on the grounds of the Brown County Fairgrounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 325 W State St, Georgetown OH 45121, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati

and in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North

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America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Soldier's Epitaph (here, next to this marker); Armed Forces Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Dixon-Washburn Log House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Washburn-Dixon Log House (about 400 feet away); The Georgetown United Methodist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Grant Schoolhouse State Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ulysses Grant (approx. 0.3 miles away); School in the 1800s (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Georgetown.

A Hero''s Story Will Never Be Forgotten Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025

2. A Hero''s Story Will Never Be Forgotten Marker, Side Two

Brown County Veterans Corner at the Brown County Fairgrounds image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025

3. Brown County Veterans Corner at the Brown County Fairgrounds

Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 21, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.