McKinney in Collin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Corporal RD Foster Veterans Memorial Park
Front Right Panel
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13
Front Left Panel
Freedom flies in your heart like an eagle. Let it soar with the high wind above, Among spirits of soldiers now sleeping, Guard it with care and with love.
Audie Murphy
Left Panel
Foy B. Drew James W. McWilliams Guynn L. Anderson Marvin A. Shaddox Emitt L. Coppedge Kenneth B. Coleman Travis J. Powell Frank R. Taylor Henry C. Chrismon, Jr. Herman W. Tyner James M. Lindsey Timothy R. Barber Christopher T. Woodard Robin L. Lane Amos Emerson, Jr. Charles L. Hynds Thomas W. Marshall Jasper T. Smith Roy H. Sullivan Clifford E. Brooks Rupert L. Davis Edwin A. Darnell Loyal P. Dean Arlis K. Anderson Phillip L. Jean Ben E. Royal Richard E. Wiley Caleb P. OBryant Milton Vinson Jack Morton Shirley Jesse J. Burgess Harold L. Chrismon Robert F. Yeatts Leon Robinson Thomas Paul McCarley Tommie Vaughn White Christopher H. Fay Alfred E. Thomas Joseph R. McCurdy Pedro R. Perez Carney L. Dowlen Michael B. Hamilton Curtis E. Robertson Carl W. Boone W. H. Steelman, Jr Juan White Calvin E. Hinds Leeroy J. Powell Bobby Joe Younger Mercer G. Abernathy Marvin J. Curtis William G. Burnett W. M. Pearson Doyle J. McFarling James C. Dooley Earl White Joseph L. Byler Vernon R. Humphries James M. Morgan Dee Holmes Russell A. Steindam Billy Honaker Rudd V. Mann Jerry W. Fraze J. L. Montgomery Jimmie W. Standerfer Marvin L. McMillan Tyler S. Trovillion L. J. Hotshot Eubanks Joe B. Wright Robert G. Ward Gordon K. Neely James L. Alley Oscar B. Copas Wayne T. Mann Darrel U. George Mahan Roy Matthews John C. Long James Jabby Jabara Auddie C. Willis Chester Bennett Wayne Dodson Louis W. Hall John C. Lair William A. Corley Nolan Thomas Frank Bunch Chester E. Moody Martin L. Rodgers Elziel L. Burns Houston L. Smith Jacob D. Hayes Henry J. McNeil James K. Reider Harold J. Patterson Glenn W. Buddy Rainwater James V. Estep Duncan Thurman Bobby G. Harris Landrum
W. Leech
John V. Duckworth
Edgar Seay
Woodrow H. Allen
Charles L. King
Hilton H. Bryce
Lee H. Derryberry
Vail E. Osburn
Louis F. Bass
Joe R. Holley
Roby H. Greer
Earl Donnett, Jr
Aenard Ann Compton
George L. Reidell
Tom Kelly
Paul G. Luna
Alexander J. McCandless
Vernon H. Jackson
John L. Stroup
Thomas G. Caraway
Joe E. Carver, Jr
Nolan B. Bowers
Billy J. McClain
Richard L. Bolton
Raby L. Jeanes
Walter L. Wright
Paul Skelton
Alfred A. McClain
Clarence E. Hendrix
Earl Fry
Mather P. Millican
Bobby J. Butler
Jim B. Goodner
Jack K. Bowers, Jr
Benjamin F. Bridges
Robert E. Cuffman
Jewel N. Craft
Werdna M. Pettigrew
James H. Elliott
Lanny E. Hale
Gerald Myric
Cleo W. Standford
Lawrence D. Whitaker
Ralph O. Hill
W. C. Scalf
Yandell Cambron
William E. Rucker, Jr
Royce G. Scoggins
Chester C. "Preacher" Young
Thomas L. Downs
Peter J. Courcy
Matthew R. Courtois
Cyrel D. Moreland
James W. Montgomery
Durwood Hartness
Vernon Blue
Elkin L. Franklin
James E. Malone
Johnny C.
Rogers
George Casey
Raymond C. Tennell
Edwin Yeary
Clarence Williams
Jim W. Snider
Ira R. Sellars
Porter W. Johnson
Charles A. Samuel
Jack K. Bumpass, Jr
Lloyd D. McCraw
George W. Morrison
Charles Boyer
Weldon H. Stallcup
James O. Timms
Raymond Thompson
Glenn Stevens
Bennie N. Davis
Virgil Lewis
James W. Vaughn
Jeff M. Tucker
Archie A. Applin
Jesse A. Smith
Hubert M. Crowder
Lawrence E. Jones
Dudley J. Lovelady
Willie L. Lamden
Alfred E. Thomas
Thomas L. Rike, Jr
Robert W. Bently
Henry G. Springfield
James W. Sonny Cowling
George Dalton
Dana T. Mudd
Oscar L. Cantrell, Jr
Ira O. Wilson
Robert O. Martin
Johnny C. Jones
Charlie W. Copus
James A. Bailey
John D. Greer
Odie W. Crossnoe
Jack J. Lewis
Robert B. Johnson
Cecil C. Waldrum
Thomas E. McKnight
Robert L. Tyler
Maurice Johnson
Gene Kaufman
Billy F. Commons
James P. French
Ray E. Fields
R. Mays Powell
Ray W. Henslee
George F. Hague
Giles R. Greer
Miles E. Evans
William J. Campbell
Charles O. Walters, Jr
Jasper
R. Sanders
Albert F. Blaske
Joe S. Huston
Right Panel
Amber B. Roderick Kenneth Krug, Jr George W. Thurman Tommy W. Harris James A. Riddle Edgar Blackburn Henry D. Carpenter George S. Mathers Jack Kelly Charles E. Harrington, Jr Chester D. Messer Billy J. Rhea Leon H. Wallace Francis R. Luscombe W. C. Lundy Jesse J. Walls Carl J. Estep Alvis W. Wortham Henry C. Vicars Hugh B. Parris, Jr Vernon M. Cain John C. Arnold George W. Clark Hugh C. McClusky Thomas E. Chandler Vestal R. Lucas William F. Edwards Jesse T. Smith Curtis A. Reeves Sidney Peebles Jesse R. Gaddy Christopher L. Barnes Richard P. Rush James T. Wright Weldon B. Hartness Dee F. Bynum Mabron P. Johnson Franklin Parkham Albert D. Braswell Francis R. Haywood Howell L. Bud Lacy Robert D. Petway Evans O. Estep Henry L. Currin Johnny K. Craver R. L. Scott Aristotle D. Coleman Troy B. Hammack Joseph W. Aycock Joe H. Rawlins Tommy England Dewey Kimberlin Hulett H. Abbott Charles E. Hoffman William A. Carver Robert W. Robinson Calvin C. Miller Joe A. Johnson Vernon R. Raines Jim Adams Timothy J. Hanley Michael L. Boatright Charles V. Porter Peter J. Harding Elmer R. Humphries Vernon W. Woody James Jimmie Geigas Forrest S. Ross, Jr Sidney C. Duncan Richard M. Ryan Kenneth J. Hill Howard G. Foreman Oscar M. Walters Oscar C. Key James F. Sparkman Lindsay L. Bowen, Jr Eric T. Duckworth Gary L. Eldridge Floyd E. White, Jr Robert R. Brown Charles B. Armstrong M. T. Linecum, Jr James O. Trosclair William H. Clay Aubrey F. East Ronald B. Strickland Calvin H. Mouser David R. Bickley A.D. Jack Poindexter Jerry W. Combest Burnell C. White Charles O. Jeanes Williej Dicken, Jr Boyce D. Decker Robert H. Κinnamon Claude D Taylor James R Gantt Lloyd R. McCrary Sam Rodgers Cody A. Board James W. Dunn Ford R. Smith Jim H. Furr Peter H. Burks Joseph L. Smith Douglas Reynolds Emmett B. Toney William E. Rutherford Arthur L. Phillips Curtis Culver Edwin M. Kirk Gibson E. Bush Stanley M. Duvall Dudley R. Ives James W. Murray Joaquin Villanueva Robert W. Blaine Herman D. Lawson Edgar M. Morrison Henry M. Yeager Carl Sprinkle Jack Kerby Nevil Dillion Albert E. Stelzer Walter M. Glass, Jr Nimrod S. Shipp John D. Rutherford William L. ODell Brian D. Smith Noble L. Birket Willie C. Willis Jesse D. Massey Tillman Guinn Oscar H. Bishop Clarence R. Farrell H. R. Blackie Young Ralph S. Williams Johnnie E. Miller Robert F. Welch III Marvin R. Cooper Weldon D. Clinton Thomas B. Holdbrooks Elmer E. Lloyd Terry Heathington Dewey P. Williams Edwin W. Hampton Arthur B. Craver Jerral W. Derryberry Jimmie W. Simpson Cleo W. Stiles Richard H. Ross Jack C. Cameron John L. Emerson L. J. McGuffee Lowell E. Kinney A. L. Mounger Jesse O. Braswell James T. Caraway Harrison W. Parker Charles W. Bill Bryan James C. Joyce Clifford B. Nance John W. Floyd Steven W. Hutchings Pat N. Roberts, Jr Robert J. Cuffman Lelan A. Pope Thadis O. Gilbert Andrew R. Tishler Gary J. Lester Ernest Ashley Highsaw Harold W. Cooper David M. Hoskins Kelly Mitchell Billy R. Dennis Joshua David Pollock James Madison Mat Anderson William R. Andrews Augustus F. Reese James L. Ballew J. T. Jep Allen Davis Looney Ralph Furr Clarence C. Dry Alpheus E. Stewart Lee S. Eads Hubert Clifton Cudd Ralph W. Russell Walter M. Jackson Anthony A. Landers Walter Faulkner Charlie C. Johnson Jimmie Doyle Almond L. Sellers Robert A. Williams William G. Romaine James C. Barrow Jessie J. Davidson William Willhyte John McKinney Wesley M. Adamson Lewis R. Stuart Leo E. Zipper Wilton F. Priest J. W. Pinion John Doyle Cook Rodney Hickman Mathis Otho Ball, Jr Gerald Ray Hudson Robert Wilson Davidson Bryan Njoroge George Oliver Jinx Upchurch William Lee Lindley Raymond P. Knott Billy Richard Martin Oscar E. Gene Lynge, Jr William D. Davis Jr Wallace E. Becknell Jefrey J. Rosario Rodriguez
2nd Plaque
In Remembrance of Ronnie Davenport "RD" Foster
A Texan, patriot, singer/songwriter, and defender of liberty who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps before graduating from McKinney High School to answer his nation's call to serve in Vietnam. He came home to strife and then changed the hearts and minds of those who wanted to forget and made this memorial a reality. He was always faithful to the noble Collin County Patriots who have defended the Liberty of our Nation.
Semper Fidelis, Your Duty Is Everlasting.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 33° 8.353′ N, 96° 43.117′ W. Memorial is in McKinney, Texas, in Collin County. It is at the intersection of Collin David S Dr and Weiskopf Ave, in the median on Collin David S Dr. The marker is located in west side of the Corporal RD Foster Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: McKinney TX 75070, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. 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 New Spain, the Republic of Texas, 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: Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary War Patriots (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rowlett Creek Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); a different marker also named Rowlett Creek Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Young Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Allen Water Station (approx. 3½ miles away); Stone Dam at Allen Station (approx. 3½ miles away); George McGarrah Cemetery (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McKinney.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 14, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 14, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.





