Huntsville in Scott County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

USS Tennessee Memorial

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 12, 2025

1. USS Tennessee Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Donated by Helen Kelly in memory of her husband Sergeant Roy D. Kelly

Men killed or missing in action aboard the USS Tennessee from 7 December 1941 to 7 December 1945

Eugene Oscar Roe 7 Dec 41 · Alfred William Hudgell 7 Dec 41 · J.B. Delano Miller 7 Dec 41 · Jesse Leroy Adams 7 Dec 41 · Gerald Owen Smith 7 Dec 41 · Robert Leroy Boyd 7 Dec 41 · K.V. Munson 26 Oct 43 · Harry P. Chapman 26 Oct 43 · J.P. Butti 15 Jun 44 · J.L. Roble 15 Jun 44 · H.M. Drummond 15 Jun 44 · J.A. Robles 15 Jun 44 · J.C. Guill 15 Jun 44 · F. Zemovich 15 Jun 44 · J.M. Cummings 15 Jun 44 · J.C. Thompson 15 Jun 44 · Harold Simmons 24 Jun 44 · William Joseph Herren 30 Jul 44 · Jacques Gordon 30 Jul 44 · Leon A. Giardina 17 Feb 45 · F.J. Miconi 19 Feb 45 · J.A. Terriccino · T.F. McCormack 19 Feb 45 · Marshall Crawford West 12 Apr 45 · Randall Benjamin Kramer 12 Apr 45 · Floyd Lee Turner 12 Apr 45 · Robert Lealand Harris 12 Apr 45 · James Anthony Parent 12 Apr 45 · John Henry Daniels 12 Apr 45 · Blair Coolidge Kimberly 12 Apr 45 · Roy Dewey Marsh, Jr. 12 Apr 45 · James William Thompson 12 Apr 45 Robert James Rasmussen 12 Apr 45 · William Allen Dean 12 Apr 45 · Harold Edward Weber 12 Apr 45 · Eddie Wilborn Farish 12 Apr 45 · David Edward Sparks 12 Apr 45 · J.A. Hinman 12

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Apr 45 · Wesley L. Pollock 12 Apr 45 · James Ralph Sampson 12 Apr 45 · C.P. Weeks, Jr. 12 Apr 45 · Victor Carl Peterson 12 Apr 45 · John Archibald Macnicoll 12 Apr 45 · Willard Francis McDermott 12 Apr 45 · James Francis Minahan, Jr. 12 Apr 45 · Melvin Drummond 13 Apr 45 · Stewart M. Hawley 17 Apr 45 · Joseph W. Bower, Jr. 21 Apr 45 · Vincent Harry Schulke 31 Oct 45 · J.E. Lawrence

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 36° 24.476′ N, 84° 31.886′ W. Memorial is in Huntsville, Tennessee, in Scott County. It is on Scott High Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the Museum of Scott County. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 Scott High Drive, Huntsville TN 37756, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee

and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: USS Tennessee Bell (here, next to this marker); Rock House Creek Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Divided Loyalties (within shouting distance of this marker); Prohibition (within shouting distance of this marker); Honoring Scott County's American Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 2.3 miles away); Independent State of Scott

USS Tennessee Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 12, 2025

2. USS Tennessee Memorial

(approx. 2.3 miles away); Col. Joseph S. Cecil (approx. 2.3 miles away); Scott County Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.

Also see . . . USS Tennessee (BB-43). (Submitted on August 11, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 89 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2025, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.