Southaven in DeSoto County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Veteran Memorial

Southaven VFW Post 10567

— For God And Country —

Veteran Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 26, 2026

1. Veteran Memorial

Inscription.
In grateful memory of those who sacrificed their lives to preserve our freedom for county state and country

Left Side
World War II
Joe M. Alexander • Harry C. Anderson • Lamar A. Barnes • Earl Baxter • Joseph M. Blythe Jr. • James A. Boggan • Harold C. Coker • Richard E. Dean • Mack L. Dees Jr. • Winfred L. Dunlap • Fitzhugh Dye • James S. Embrey • James F. Gardner • John T. Howe • Everett C. Jackson • Jerry Jones • Grady E. Jordan • Thomas F. Lamar Jr. • Eugene Lucas • Roger Masson • Earnest I. McClain • Raymond E. McCroy • George M. Nelson • Maynard W. Peyton • Maynard W. Phelps • Len J. Reid • S. P. Robinson Jr. • David Smith • Jasper C. Stanford • Arion B. Stevens • Joe Stewart • Warren W. Sullivan • A. P. Vandergrift Jr. • Edgar F. Watkins

Right Side
World War I
Jonathan E. Anderson • Roderick D. Coe • John Flowers • Thomas M. Gaines • Walker A. Gaines • Bernard B. Gooch • Henry Johnson • Allen Patrick • Hugh B. Smith • Emmette Vaiden • A.P.H. Sage

Korea
Beverly R. Beard • Harold L. Hudson • Howard L. Jenkins • James E. White

Vietnam
Eddie J. Carter • Dempsey Chalmers Jr. • Ulysses C. Hassell • Moses E. Jones • John E. McGuire • Willie D. McNeil • Paul David Cheney Jr. • James E. Maxwell • T. Z. Merriweather • Robert W. Smith • Jack R. Trim • Bobby R. Williams • Howard D. Wills • Nathaniel Wyley

Erected by Southaven VFW Post 10567.

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

Location. 34° 59.306′ N, 90° 1.396′

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W. Memorial is in Southaven, Mississippi, in DeSoto County. It is at the intersection of Veterans Drive and U. S. Hwy. 51, on the right when traveling west on Veterans Drive. VFW Post 10567. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1884 Veterans Dr, Southaven MS 38671, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

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: "The Tree" (approx. 1.1 miles away); Big Walter Horton (approx. 1.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); Meditation Garden (approx. 3.9 miles away in Tennessee); Racquetball Building (approx. 3.9 miles away in Tennessee); Albert King (approx. 4 miles away); Club Ebony (approx. 4 miles away); Po' Monkey's (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southaven.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 26, 2026

2. Veteran Memorial

Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 26, 2026

3. Veteran Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2026, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 13 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 9, 2026, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.