Camilla in Mitchell County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Mitchell County War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 5, 2018
1. Mitchell County War Memorial
Honoring all who served and dedicated to the memory of those from Mitchell County who made the supreme sacrifice for the freedom of all men from oppression
World War I
1917 1918
Mack Adams · John D. Akridge · Alphonso Bowden · Henry E. Bunch, Jr. · Robert L. Cochran · Robert J. Cochran · Son Cooper · Charlie Drummer · Morea Golden · Hershel B. Guy · John C. (G) Green · Randolph Hammond · John A. Hand · Ester Howard · Joseph B. Humphries · Ira Jackson · Posey Kirkland · Rolly Lamar · Earnest D. Martin · Joe B. Palmer · Oliver Riley · Corbin W. Smith · Hezekiah Swicord · Austin Snipes · Henry H. Solomon · William L. Spence · George P. Stancil · Sam Thrash · Walter Wilkes · Robert M. Wilkes
World War II
1941 1945
William E. Adams · Augustus O. Bacon · Troy Beatty · Leland Bullard · Otis Davis · Nelse Donaldson · Ausburn R Edwards · E. M. Fagerstrom, Jr. · Olliff P. Flynt · E. C. Frazier · Lewis Freeman · Eugene Harrell · Norman Hayes · Lofley Hinson · Carl Hudson · Robert D. Jester, Jr. · George Kelley · Joseph Kelley ·
this page online
★ Missing in Action
★ Richard Smith ★ Leo Williams
Korean War
1950 1953
Freddie Grissom · Billy Hall · David Reeves · Pat Worsham
Vietnam War
1961 1973
Wayne Duncan · James T. Elrod · Alan Folmar · Donald L. Glover · Tommy Hardwick · Carl Palmer · Morris J. Powell · William C. Reddick
Erected 1949 by Cherokee Garden Club.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 31° 13.877′ N, 84° 12.533′ W. Memorial is in Camilla, Georgia, in Mitchell County. It is at the intersection of West Broad Street and North Harney Street, on the right when traveling west on West Broad Street.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 5, 2018
2. Mitchell County War Memorial at Mitchell County Courthouse
Regionally, this memorial is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mitchell County (within shouting distance of this marker); Camilla Massacre (within shouting distance of this marker); Old City Well (within shouting distance of this marker); The Spirit of Camilla (approx. Ό mile away); St. Valentine's Day Tornados (approx. half a mile away); Hawthorne Trail (approx. 0.9 miles away); Neuhauser Building (approx. 8 miles away); Baker County (approx. 9.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camilla.
Additional commentary.
1. Names on memorial weathered
Many of the names on this nearly 70 year old memorial are barely readable due to age and weathering.
— Submitted May 7, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2018. This page has been viewed 555 times since then and 29 times this year. Last updated on June 18, 2025. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 7, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photo of rear of monument showing the names. • Can you help?
