Danville, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
POW★MIA
You are not forgotten
Robert S. Hamlett Paul Thacker C.W. Gibson Daniel Elliott Luke Elliott George Brown Elwood D. Reynolds Elisha Abbott William A.J. Brown Wilson J. Wells Paul M. Goolsby Loyd Brumfield Jesse Mills, Jr. Thomas Hoskins Frank S. Anderson Robert D. Owen Lee Harley William O. Cox Edgar S. Glaise Thomas O. Haymore James Yound Charles E. Blair Frank R. Compton Harley Cassell Floyd Kushner Earle Cochrane Marshall Martin George W. Posey Dudley Rickie Aubrey Richardson
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 36° 37.169′ N, 79° 22.77′ W. Memorial is in Danville, Virginia. It is on American Legion Boulevard east of Clarksville Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 138 American Legion Blvd, Danville VA 24540, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southside Virginia and specifically in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: POW-MIA Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacred to the Memory of (approx. Ύ mile away); Wendell O. Scott Sr. (approx. 1.2 miles away); Moffett
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Calvary United Methodist Church (was approx. 1½ miles away but has been permanently removed).
Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, January 25, 2025
2. POW★MIA Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 277 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on April 29, 2026, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. Photos: 1. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on January 25, 2025, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. 3. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
