Chester in Chester County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Chester County Veterans Memorial

World War I Veterans image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 18, 2026

1. World War I Veterans

Inscription. Chester County's
World War I Veterans Manuel Able • Robert L. Atkinson • Israel Boyd • Edmund Brown • Walter Campbell • King Castle • William F. Cauthen • William Chapple • John R. Cockerell • Ernest Coleman • Claud Craig • Lawrence Crockett • Robert DeGraffenreid • Leander T. Dixon • David W. Drennan • Robert Durrough • Ned Earl • William M. Edmonds • Sam Ervin • Edward B. Foutz • Elmore Gray • Ed Hemphill

James Hemphill • William Hodge, Jr. • McDaniel Lee • Charles Lefevre • Leo Manley Lewis • James A. L. Love • William E. McGarity • William McLurkin • Fred T. Miller • Obed Loughridge Nichols • James Nunnery • Thomas M. Robinson • William D. Roof • John A. L. Simpson • William H. Stewart • Alexander Stinson, JR. • Robert M. Wilson • John Woodward • William D. Woodard • Golden Wright • Austin S. Young

Dedicated to the memory of our fallen heroes
Chester County's
World War II Veterans Stuart S. Abell, Jr. • Robert E. Abell, Jr. • William J. Aiken • Lonnie L. Albert • Robert M. Anderson • Joel F. Bacon • Coleman Bagwell

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• Lawrence Barnes • William R. Baumil • Charles Bolin • Roy C. Bruce • Johnny W. Brassell • Francis Campbell • Walter Green Cathcart • Fred Christopher • Jake S. Colvin, Jr. • William A. Cornwell • James Craig • Avis Davis • James Mitchell Dickerson • David Edwards • Robert Lee Edwards, Jr. • Lee Morris Ellington • John V. Faulkner • Henry R. Ferris • John Dixon Ferguson • John T. Fowler • James E. Gabbert • Milton S. Gable • Henry H. Gable, Jr. • John E. Gardner • Chalmers E. Gaston

James P. Gaston • Claud E. Gatlin • Max E. Good • Ross Graham • William A. Gregory • Henry F. Gurley • Robert A Guy • Arthur H. Hammonds • Wilton Harbin • Lyles Glenn Hardin • JAmes E. Harvey • Robert B. Hayhurst • William C. Hefner • Rufus A. Helms • John M. Hemphill, Jr. • Robert P. Hinson • Wade Hazel Hough • Joel Herbert Kobret • James L. Land • William T. Lindenzweig • John Marion Love • Marvin F. Matkins • Frazier Mayfield • Robert W. Mendenhall • Ben E. Morrow • Hugh Mobley • Tommie Mobley • John T. Moore • Ralph W. Morris • Pual L. McCants

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2. World War II Veterans

• Benjamin R. McElduff • Charles E. McGowan

Arthur L. McKeown • Dewey M. McKeown, Jr. • R. A. Oliphant • Thomas W. Patrick, Jr. • Cecil Everett Pierce • Harry Milburn Plyler • Robert Sea Poag • Fred William Ramsey • James Franklin Roberts • Dwight Roddey • Walter Avery Roof • Joseph G. Saye • Warren Simpson • J. D. Small • Arthur W. Smith • Augustus G. Smith • Jack Stewart • Jessie M. Stroud • Richard Viars • Lawrence W. Wade • Nathaniel Walker • James Daniel Wessinger • James R. Wheeler • Guy M. Wilkes, Jr. • Wilbur H. Willis • Crawford Henry Wise • Therman H. Woodle • Joseph J. Woodward • James Neil Youngue • Charles C. Young, Jr. • Joseph D. Young

Dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice
Chester County's
Korean War Veterans • Andrew Carter • Gilbert R. Cooper • Claude Edd Hughes • Thomas Boggs Brooks

Henry C. Nunnery • Weldon Sanders • Jack K. Scarborough

Dedicated to those who gave their all
Chester County's
Vietnam Veterans • Alvin J. Carpenter • Cecil James Clack, Jr. • Calvin D. Dawkins • Arthur D. Frederick •

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3. Korean War Veterans

James Henry Hall • Ronald W. Herren • Charles C. Howze • James A. Carpenter

James C. Jackson • Eddie L. James, Jr. • John E. McCullough • Willie J. Mitchell, Jr. • Charles G. Rawls • Lindsay C. Turner • William R. Yongue • Herman Turner Towery

Dedicated to the memory of those we pledge to never forget
Chester County's
War on Terrorism
Veterans Douglas Logan Tinsley

Dedicated to the memory of those who gave their tomorrows that we may have our todays.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 34° 42.373′ N, 81° 12.778′ W. Memorial is in Chester, South Carolina, in Chester County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Wylie Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 154 Main St, Chester SC 29706, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Midlands

and in the Olde English District. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

Vietnam Veterans image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 18, 2026

4. Vietnam Veterans

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 Soldiers (a few steps from this marker); Chester County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Chester County Courthouse (1825-1855) (within shouting distance of this marker); Confederate Parrott Field Rifle Model 1863 (within shouting distance of this marker); Davega Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Chester Confederate Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Monument Square (about 300 feet away); Blaser Building (1871-1874) (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chester.

War on Terrorism Veterans image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 18, 2026

5. War on Terrorism Veterans

Chester County Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 18, 2026

6. Chester County Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 78 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 25, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.