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Vietnam War Memorial

 
 
Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 15, 2026
1. Vietnam War Memorial
Inscription.
They live with us in grateful memory of their sacrifice
Vietnam War
William James Revell, III • Eddie Boyd cook, Jr. • Charles Edward Davis, Jr. • Roland K. Davis • Durwood Caulder • Anthony L. Franks • Terrell Thomas Ham • Hazel H. Humphries, III • Sylvester Jackson, Jr. • John William Llewellyn • Earl Matthews, Jr. • Marion Lee Meggs • Matthew Peterson • Dan Rogers Stewart • Derrell Jeffords, M.I.A. • Samuel Morgan Harrell • Douglas Leonard Long, Jr.

Philip Ray Dearing • Jimmy Jenkins Richardson • Hugh William Wellons • William R. Baldwin • Allen A. Bullard • William Bozier, Jr. • Johnny Hines • Wallace Hyman • John R. Ranknin • Charles Ray • Mitchell Robinson • Charles G. Rawls • Billy E. Scott • Andrews C. Caudle • Glenn Howell • Harley B. Hackett, III • Harmon Julious Pigatt • Henry L. Owens
 
Erected by V.F.W. Post 3181; American Legion Post I; Green Acres Garden Club; American Legion Auxiliary Post 228.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 34° 10.769′ N, 79° 45.875′ W.
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Memorial is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. It can be reached from South Dargan Street south of East National Cemetery Road (South Carolina Road S-21-13) when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Cherokee Rd, Florence SC 29501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee. 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 walking distance of this marker: World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Our Unknown Confederate Veterans (approx. 0.2 miles away); Our Confederate Dead (approx. 0.2 miles away); Henry Timrod Schoolhouse (approx. half a mile away); All Gave Some – Some Gave All (approx. 0.6 miles away); Guns of the CSS Peedee
World War II and Vietnam Memorials image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 15, 2026
2. World War II and Vietnam Memorials
(approx. 0.6 miles away); Brooke Rifled Cannon, VI.4-inch (approx. 0.6 miles away); Brooke Rifled Cannon, VII-inch (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Henry Timrod (was approx. half a mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 44 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 19, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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