Wilmington in New Hanover County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

New Hanover County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 12, 2025

1. New Hanover County Veterans Memorial Marker (front)

Inscription.
[Front]

(center panel)
Dedicated to the Brave
Men of New Hanover County
Who Gave Their Lives for
Our Freedom
Erected by Post 10 American Legion
(left panel)
World War I
Bagley, Thomas F., Jr. • Beach, Arthur • Best, J.L. • Bluethenthal, Arthur •Brock, Walter S. • Bunting, William M.D. • Carroll, Thomas B. • Collins, James H. • Craig, James • Davis, Warren G. • Fox, Edward J. • Glass, James • Grainger, John V. • Hewlett, Arthur • Holland, Joseph • King, Bennie • Loder, James C. • Loring, David W. Loughlin, Joseph J. • MacRae, Colin M. • Mason, Loren F. • Melton, Archie H. • Moore, H. Tate • Orne, Sidney B. • Orwell, Harry E. • Pate, Douglas W. • Peden, Edward • Perry, Cordon O. • Potter, Harry • Shaw, Harry F. • Shiver, Simon T. • Sudbury, Theodore S. • Smith, Vaughan E. • Summerlin, George • Turner, Willie M. • Van, Lewis P. • Williams Frank L.

World War II
Aiken, Alvin H. • Allen, A. Graham • Allen,Emmett M. • Allen, Fulton T. • Atkinson, Calder • Autry, David • Baldwin, Alfred L. • Batson, Charles H. • Batts, Edward D. • Bell, Marsden W., Jr. • Bellamy, Preston B. • Bennett, Robert

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O. •Best, Jack L. • Bolton, James B. Jr. • Boyd, Charles B., Jr. • Bradley, James C., Jr. • Brown, Archie L. • Brown, Boyd A. • Brown, Chappelle A. • Brown, David H. • Brown, Leroy M. • Brown, Vivian M. • Brown, W.A., Jr. • Bruner, Floyd A., Jr. • Butler, Leroy C. • Carney, Carlton E. • Carr, Irwin H. • Caswell, William O. • Chavis, Joseph • Clarke, Thomas C. • Coker, John D. • Coker, Thomas W. • Combs, Sheldon W. • Coughenour, James A. • Crabb, John C., Jr. • Craig, James W. • Dail, William T. • Davis, John K. • Davis, John P. & bull; Davis, Thomas J. • Deason, Lonnie D. • Dilazzero, Frank L. • Dixon, Richard G. • Dobson, Morrison C. • Duncan, Deward W., Jr. • Eakins, William D. • Edwards, Charles G. • Eldridge, Charles H. • Fillyaw, Owen C. • Ford, George T. • Garrabrant, John R. • Gerdes, Herman J., Jr. • Giddens, Ralph • Gillette, Douglas W. • Godbold, Harold • Goins, John J., Jr. • Goldberg, Robert A. • Grubb, Edward D. • Hamilton, Maurice W. • Harrison, Charles P. • Hardin, George W. • Hatch, Samuel G. • Herzberg, James • Heustess, Talbert J. • Hocutt, William I. • Hollingsworth, Lloyd D., Jr. • Horrell, Harvey H. • Houston, Herbert

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2. New Hanover County Veterans Memorial (rear)

C. • Hufham, Porter L. • Israel, Joseph • Jackson, Arthur W. • Jones, Aubrey A.• Jones, Carlayne • Jones, Oscar R. • Jordan, John T.

(right panel)
World War II
King, George B., Jr. • Lawther, Francis L. • Lennon, David O. • Lord, Eric W. T. • Loren, Jesse W. • Lynch, James B., II • MacMillan, H.D., Jr. • Manning, James W. • Marshburn, Allen B. • Mayham, Ernest R., Jr. • McCaskill, Ralph R. • McIver, Clifford D. • Melton, Herbert F. • Mercer, Jasper C. • Miller, Raymond M. • Mintz, Victor L. • Moore, Albert E. • Moore, Clyde C. • Mosley, Gilbert • Mosley, Henry H. • Nall, John C. • Nearley, Joseph E. • Nixon, Clifton L. • Orwell, Claude D. • Owensby, Claude C., Jr. • Page, Lloyd C., Peiffer, Carl D. • Pennington, Warren S. • Penny, Lewis E. • Peschau, Ernest F., Jr. • Peterson, John H. • Polites, Nicholas • Potter, Douglas F. • Powell, Carson F. • Pridgen, Alex H. • Pritchard, William F. • Reynolds, Tony S. • Riley, Malcolm D. • Robertson, L.C. 3rd • Rogers, Ernest L. • Ross, Isaac W. • Rusher, Ralph M. • Russell, Rodger P., Jr. • Sanford, Oscar N. • Sanford, Tebe D., Jr. • Saunders, James C., Jr. • Scott, Charley L. • Shepard,

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3. New Hanover County Veterans Memorial

Graham W. • Shepherd, Elmore W. • Simon, Robert N. • Smallbones, John W. • Smidt, John W. • Sneeden, Floyd B. • Southerland, W.W., Jr. • Soveral, Ralph W., Jr. • Spencer, William A. • Spooner, John W. • Starke, Joseph E. • Stefano, Richard • Swanger, John M. • Taylor, Joseph D. • Thornton, James G., Jr. • Tyson, Herman E. • Walker, George H. Jr., • Walton, James L. • Waters, William S., Jr. • Watson, Grover D. • Weber, James A. • White, Olin H. • White, William N., Jr. • Whitfield, Morris E. • Willett, James M. • Ziegler, James H.

Korean Conflict
Colle, Eugene J. • Conner, Robert W. • Crouse, James C. • Eubank, Guy T., Jr. • Glover, Richard H. • Harvey, Roscoe L. • Jones, Delman J. • Lanier, Orlin N. • McDonald, Roger G. • McKeithan, Esque • Murphy, Joseph E. • Register, Alton R. • Rich, Houston N. • Sheppard, Harold R. • Truett, Forman M. • Worley, Frank

Vietnam Era
Abraham, Roosevelt, Jr. • Ashly, Eugene, Jr. ★ Boado, Emile • Bonham, Theodore R., Jr. • Brown, Ernest J. • Brown, Wilber R. • Bullard, Allen A., • Clark, Terry D. • Craven, Andrew J. • Gilmore, MichaelD. • James, Joseph • Johnson, McArthur • Jones,

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Aaron B., Jr. • Lanier, Dayton W. • Lowe, Frederick M., Jr. • McCoy, Hilda, Jr. • McKoy, William O. • Mobley, Sutton, Jr. • Moore, Lloyd W. • Motte, George D. • Patrick, Donald R. • Reese, Dennis E. • Russ, Richard A. • Spencer, Bobby L.

[Rear]
Preamble to the Constitution
The American Legion
For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes. To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, to maintain law and order, to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism, to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars, to inculcate a sense of obligation to the community, state and nation, to combat the autocracy of both the classes and masses, to make right the master of might, to promote peace and good will on earth, to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy, to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Dedicated October 16, 1988

Erected 1988 by Post 10 American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Patriots & Patriotism.

Location. 34° 12.326′ N, 77° 53.186′ W. Memorial is in Wilmington, North Carolina, in New Hanover County. It can be reached from Pine Grove Drive 0.1 miles south of Junaluska Road, on the right when traveling west. The memorial is in Long Leaf Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 314 Pine Grove Drive, Wilmington NC 28403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Cape Fear Coast.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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: Gold Star Family Memorial Monument (a few steps from this marker); Edwin A. Anderson (approx. 0.4 miles away); DeVaun-Dyer House (approx. 0.6 miles away); John E. Shannon House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Audubon Trolley Stop (approx. 0.9 miles away); Audubon Trolley Station (approx. 0.9 miles away); McEwen House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Shaw-Sellars House (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 16, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.