Yazoo City in Yazoo County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Yazoo County War Memorial

Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2023

1. Yazoo County War Memorial

Inscription.
Dedicated to Yazoo County Members of the Armed Forces Who Gave Their Lives While Serving During Times of War These Shall Never Be Forgotten.

World War I
April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918 Henry O. Harris • Roy Lammons • George Pierce • John H. Steen • Foster Waters • Paul Waters • Foster Duggan

World War II
December 7, 1941 - December 31, 1946 Ellis S. Abney • Edward G. Allgood • William F. Bridgforth • Calvin Brown • Claudy Cage • Robert E. Carpenter John W. Claburn • Eugene C. Clardy • Clarence Clark • William G. Coleman • Carl L. Crowther • Michael J. Curran, Jr. • Clarence W. Davis • Ray Davis • Edward J. Derden • Lucius D. Edwards • Walter C. Eldridge • Luther L. Ellison • Robert John Fisher • Dan Haywood Fowler • Jesse E. Fowler • Raymond D. Fowler • Jim Howard Gilmore • Clark Greer • Frank Hancock, Jr. • Charles A. Harrison • L.V. Herbert • Alfred Owen Hogue • John R. Holmes • William E. Hunt • Orie Lee Jennings • Oscar T. Jones, Jr. • Alfred W. Kirk, Jr. • William S. Ledbetter • Jeddie Lewis • Lonnie Lewis • Joseph J. Magee • Ray H. Martin • Earl Matthews • Gibson D. McCorkle • James R. McCoy • Warren

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E. McMurtray • Charles Preston Miller, Jr. • Cordell Miller • Clarence J. Moore • Abe L. Nolan

World War II David Edward Nolte • James V. O'Neal, Jr. • James G. Overby • Albert F. Pettus • Lester C. Pierce • A.C. Pleasant • Tom Ramsey • William Randolph • Clifton Earl Richards • Milton L. Richardson • Carl B. Roberts • Henry Dancy Roberts • James Robertson • Ernest Edward Rodgers • Aubrey Joseph Rogers • Felix H. Sadler • Henry Alton Smith, Jr. • Bobby Stinson • Nathaniel Thornton • Mose Washington, Jr. • W. Louis Waters • Elvin P. Westcott • Paul Whitaker • Russell T. Whitney • Harold F. Williamson • Ruben Wiygle • James Austin Woods • J.D. Strong, Jr.

Korea
June 27, 1950 - January 31, 1955 George W. Cagle • Edward H. Davis • Charles D. Ertle • Arthur W. Glass • Guy Harrell • Robert Johnson, Jr. • Arnett C. Mabry • Richard Gardner Osborne • Duke Williams, Jr. • John Baker McCall

Vietnam
August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975 James D. Blanden • Peter Brown Cook, Jr. • Ernest Pepper Gulledge, Jr. • Harvey Harris, Jr. • Willie Rogers Hornburger • Howard Hamilton Nelson • Earl M. Stanford • Garrett Garland Sulton, Jr. • Sylvester

Yazoo County War Memorial - Backside of Right Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2023

2. Yazoo County War Memorial - Backside of Right Panel

Washington

War on Terror
September 11, 2001
Jerry Don Dickerson Jr.
The Pentagon
James Darren Ellis
Iraq

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

Location. 32° 50.813′ N, 90° 24.744′ W. Memorial is in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in Yazoo County. It is at the intersection of East Broadway Street (State Highway 16) and North Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on East Broadway Street. The marker is located on the western corner of the Yazoo County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 209 E Broadway Street, Yazoo City MS 39194, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Mississippi and in Greater Jackson.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the

The Yazoo County War Memorial in front of the courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2023

3. The Yazoo County War Memorial in front of the courthouse

Mississippian Culture,

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: Yazoo County Courthouse (here, next to this marker); Bank of Yazoo City (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bethel A.M.E. Church (about 700 feet away); B.S. Ricks Memorial Library (approx. 0.2 miles away); Tommy McClennan (approx. 0.2 miles away); Willie Morris (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Oakes House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Yazoo County Civil War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yazoo City.

The view of the Yazoo County Courthouse and War Memorial from across the street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, January 14, 2023

4. The view of the Yazoo County Courthouse and War Memorial from across the street

Credits. This page was last revised on May 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2024. This page has been viewed 438 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on May 26, 2025. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 16, 2024, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.