Ellisville in Jones County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
Mississippi National Guard Korean War Memorial
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 23, 2025
1. Mississippi National Guard Korean War Memorial
Korean War
In Honor of Personnel
Called to
Active Federal Duty
August 19, 1950
932 Medical Clearing Company
of the
Mississippi National Guard
From
Jones County Junior College
-May The Memory Live Forever -
Dedicated October 13, 2000
Erected 2000 by Jones County Junior College.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
Location. 31° 35.758′ N, 89° 12.121′ W. Memorial is in Ellisville, Mississippi, in Jones County. It can be reached from College Drive east of Bush Drive, on the left when traveling east. Located in front of Foote Chapel at Jones College. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Ellisville MS 39437, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Mississippi’s Pine Belt. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. 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 Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: JCJC Bobcats Defy Segregation (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lynching of John Hartfield (approx. half a mile away); Jones County Courthouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Amos Deason Home (approx. one mile away); Ellisville State School (approx. one mile away); Newt Knight: Robin Hood or Renegade? / The Amos Deason Home
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More about this memorial. Notice: Visitors driving at Jones College need to be aware of parking rules, and a visitor decal may be required, which can be obtained from the Campus Police in the Administration Building.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, October 23, 2025
2. Mississippi National Guard Korean War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 52 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 25, 2025, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
