Elizabethton in Carter County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

60 Missing in Action and Prisoners of War from Carter County

(POW unless otherwise noted)

Photographed by Mark Parker, February 12, 2026

1. 60 Missing in Action and Prisoners of War from Carter County Marker

Inscription.
World War I
Orville Lewis

World War II
George M. Ammons • Bernie Birchfield • Irick I. Birchfield • Carl W. Boyd • Fred L. Cable • Henry Calloway • Frank Verran Carver (MIA) • John R. Clark • Thomas Coleman • John R. Dalton • Harold Felkner • Charles Ben Franklin (MIA) • Donald Grindstaff • Clarence Bud Hale • Preston Hampton • Brown Hatley • Samuel Harrell • Wesley James Holden • Pierce Hughes • Wayne E. Johnson • Homer John Jones • Lloyd K. Jones • Ezekiel J. Julian • Fred B. Kemp • Talmadge H. Lawing • John Orville Lewis (MIA) • Claude J. Lyons • George Ed Markland • William "Sonny" Mottern • Frank Ottinger

World War II
James Owen • Van Potter • Nat Proffitt • Harold F. Rainbolt • William Rasnick • Earl Richardson • J. Harry Ritts • James Howard Sheffield • Paul E. Simerly • Wright Swanay • Dallas P. Taylor • Clarence O. Taylor • Justin Caleb Walsh • Amon D. Wagner • Harry Watson • Paul O. Welch • Sam H. Young, Jr.

Korean War
William Bailey • Medon A. Bitzer (MIA) • Bernie Britton (died in POW camp) • Ray Guess (died in POW camp) • Charles Honeycutt

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• Paul E. Little, Jr. (died in POW camp) • Tom McCloud • Billy Ray Pierce • Joe Ramsey • Dennis Trivette

Vietnam Conflict
Billy Joe Ellis (MIA) • Dale Johnson (MIA)

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 36° 20.905′ N, 82° 12.997′ W. Memorial is in Elizabethton, Tennessee, in Carter County. It is at the intersection of East E Street and Armed Forces Drive, on the left when traveling west on East E Street. Located at the north end of the Veterans Walkway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 440 East E Street, Elizabethton TN 37643, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Tennessee

and in the Tri-Cities Area.

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,

Photographed by Mark Parker, February 12, 2026

2. 60 Missing in Action and Prisoners of War from Carter County Marker

Located at the Veterans Walkway on the middle post facing East E Street.

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Distinguished Service Cross Recipients from Carter County (here, next to this marker); Elizabethton Carter County Veterans Walk of Honor (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Walkway and Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); S.H. Kress Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ritz Theater (about 400 feet away); Public Library (about 500 feet away); Betsy Walkway (about 800 feet away); Samuel Tipton (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethton.

Photographed by Mark Parker, February 12, 2026

3. 60 Missing in Action and Prisoners of War from Carter County Marker

Looking from East E Street, located behind the American flagpole.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 13 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 27, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.