Erin in Houston County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Dedicated to All Veterans of Houston County
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 6, 2025
1. Dedicated to All Veterans of Houston County Marker, Side One
(Side one/ center panel)
Dedicated to all veterans of Houston County to the honor and glory of those who bravely served to keep our country a land of freedom.
These listed gave their live during wartime
(Left panel)
World War I
Berry Boyd Frank Bush Fred Bush Lonnie M. Lewis Edward L. Mathis William A. Mathis George D. Outlaw John N. Reddick Oscar Ross Roger W. Spears John T. Warden Walter H. Wyatt
World War II
Thomas Rodney Averett Baree Paul Bateman Robert Boaz Raymond Franklin Brake James Chandler Finis Chelsea Clark William C. Clark Lester B. Coakley Julius Curtis Lawrence Curtis Nolie Dickson Dudley Edwards Owen Gray
(Right panel, WWII continued)
Benjamin M. Harris Lloyd E. Hay Elton L. Hooper Marion Jelks John V. Keel Robert L. Keeses Wilton Knight Percy Lyle Richard Lyle William Lee Madden Cecil R. McElhiney James Meadows Marlin E. Meadows Ottis O. Outlaw Edward Parchman James C. Parker Lester Pulley Alfred C. Rising George Delmar 'Toby' Robbs George Lee Sexton Herschel E. Tanner
Korea
Samuel Warden
Vietnam
Larry Steppe Philip Warfield
(Side two, center
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Dedicated to all veterans of Houston County to the honor and glory of those who bravely served to keep our country a land of freedom
These listed gave their lives during wartime
(Left panel) Persian Gulf War
Norman R. Rainwater Jr.
(Right Panel) Operation Iraqi Freedom
Jeremy Shawn Bohannon
Erected by Houston County Post 73 American Legion.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 36° 19.129′ N, 87° 41.639′ W. Memorial is in Erin, Tennessee, in Houston County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street (Tennessee Route 49) and East Market Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. Location is to the west of the Houston County Courthouse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4725 E Main St, Erin TN 37061, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. 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 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: Houston County Time Capsule (here, next to this marker); Francis C. Green Sgt. (here, next to this marker); Erin United Methodist Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); L&N Railroad Turntable
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 6, 2025
2. Dedicated to All Veterans of Houston County Marker, Side Two
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 6, 2025
3. Dedicated to All Veterans of Houston County Marker, west of the courthouse
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 7, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
