Lillington in Harnett County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Harnett County Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

1. Harnett County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
Center Panel:
This memorial presented to the citizens of Harnett County by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners through the Harnett County Memorial Association in honor to those who served their country.

Members of the Memorial Association
Fred D. Jackson (CHM.) • L. B. McLean (Sec.) • Francis Duncan • Carl A. Byrd (Publicity) • L.E. McKnight • O.K. Keen • Frank Lewis
1917 – 1918

Board of County Commissioners
Angus A. Cameron • L.A. Tart • R.L. Pate • L.R. Bryd • Fred D. Jackson
1941 – 1945

Left Panel:
In Memory of
Harnett County Veterans
Who Lost Their Lives
In World War I Jesse M. Avery • Walter K. Barefoot • Chester A. Barnes • Henry T. Buchanan • Gilbert Cameron • Andy Collins • Thomas H. Coleville • King Dudley • Russell Jarman • James A. Johnson • John A. Johnson • William F. Jones • Ras Matthews • W.H. Matthews • Walter P. Matthews • Allen B. McLean • Colon G. Shaw • Charlie G. Smith • Arthur R. Stewart
World War II Palmer E. Autry • Charles E. Baggett • Edgar W. Baggett, Jr. • V. Winston Barnes • Edward E. Beasley • Jess G. Beasley • Charles E. Bennett • Herman A. Bennett •

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William C. Bennett • John B. Bethea • James W. Blalock • Francis Broughton • Lewis B. Buie • William Butler • Howard Butts • Fred M. Caudell, Jr. • Eugene Cofield • Otis Colville • Edward Conner • Jack D. Gore • Odis E. Gore • Allie R. Currin • Chester A. Davis • Alvah J. Denton • Robert L. Dew • Arnold Douglass • William Douglass • William Dougle • Edward R. Ennis • George L. Fuquay, Jr. • John H. Giles, Jr. • Vernon L. Godwin • Laurie J. Griffin • Clarence R. Hair • John D. Harrington • Charles T. Henry • James E. Hockaday • Robert S. Jernigan • Robert H. Johnson

Right Panel:
In Memory of
Harnett County Veterans
Who Lost Their Lives
In World War II Warren H. Johnson • John E. King • Samuel E. Knox • Fulton P. Lanier, Jr. • James H. Lee • John L. Lee • Jasper Lucas • Herbert Lucas • Margaret E, Lucas • David D. Mahone • Charles D. Marzadro • Robert L. McKinney • James G. McLamb • Murdock M. McLaughlin • Leslie A. McNeill • Ralph K. Mitchell • Earl S. Moore • Silas E. Moore • Fred A. Myatt • William Nordan • Joseph M. Morris, Jr. • Henry C. Ousley, Jr. • Brenton C. Page • William W. Parker • Waylon T. Pleasant • Kenneth M. Rayford

Harnett County Veterans Memorial - Left Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

2. Harnett County Veterans Memorial - Left Panel

• Worth T. Register • Haywood B. Roberts • John C. Ryals • Joseph Ryals • Charlie Sanford • Hubert L. Sills • Ernest A. Simmons • Dorsey W. Slaughter • Benjamin W. Smith • James M. Smith • Jerry A. Smith • Willard J. Smith • William G. Spivey • Paul R. Starling • Albert M. Stephenson • Clyde L. Stewart • Roger H. Stewart • William M. Stone • Robert V. Suggs • Windsor B. Surles • Atlas C. Tart • William P. Tart • George D. Thomas • James H. Tripp • William A. Tyndall • Boyd Vungannon • Tilghman L. Wade • James O. Warren, Jr. • William J. Washington • Howard Wells • Howard W. West • Charlie V. Wilson • Ralph L. Winstead • James O. Wood

USS Harnett County
LST – 821
In Memory
of
Our Lost Shipmates
U.S. Navy Ernest K. Cota EN2 • John L. Abrams LT • James H. Romanski LTJG • Raymond D. Robinson AMH3 • Dennis M. Wobbe AMS3 • Arthur J. Elliott, II LCDR • Carl J. Peterson LCDR • Ralph C. Munsey BM2 • Richard L. Brown AMH3 • Robert J. Arnold AT1 • Stephen A. Johnson AT3

In Memory of
Harnett County
Veterans
Who Lost Their Lives
Korean Conflict Robert J. Altemus • Vernon L. Braswell • James C. Brown • Archie T. Croom Jr •

Harnett County Veterans Memorial - Right Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

3. Harnett County Veterans Memorial - Right Panel

Henry P.Denning • Fred D. Ellen • Eli Godwin • Roger Porter • William D. Raynor • Edward M. Smith • Willie R. Wade
Vietnam Era James E. Butler • James E. Bryd • Donny R. Campbell • Charles Cook • Jerry A. Dennis • Isaac R. Draughon • Marvin A. Gies • James L. Hall • Albert L. Johnson • Denning C. Johnson • Kenneth M. Lee • Roy R. Lee • Richard F. Mason • Larry D. McKoy • Alex L. McLean • Robert D. McMillian • Lonnie E. McNeill • William B. Parnell • Leonard M. Parrish • Gerald A. Phillips • Robert L. Smith • Donald D. Stewart • Eugene W. Wicker • William S. Willis

Erected 1949 by Harnett County Veterans Council.

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

Location. 35° 25.203′ N, 78° 48.597′ W. Memorial is in Lillington, North Carolina, in Harnett County. It is on West Cornelius Harnett Boulevard (U.S. 401) half a mile west of Hwy 421, Hwy 210, Hwy 401, Hwy 27 intersection, on the right when traveling east. Monument is located at the Veterans Memorial Park in front of the new Harnett County Courthouse,

In Memory of Lost Shipmates Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

4. In Memory of Lost Shipmates Monument

Justice Center, and Social Services Complex one mile north of Cape Fear River Bridge. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 311 West Cornelius Harnett Boulevard, Lillington NC 27546, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Coastal Plain and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cornelius Harnett (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alexander Lillington (approx. 1½ miles away); Robert B. Morgan (approx. 1½ miles away); Paul Eliot Green (approx. 3.3 miles away); Campbell House (approx. 3.4 miles away); Campbell University (approx. 4.1 miles away); Alton Stewart (approx. 7.8 miles away); Smiley's Falls

Korean and Vietnam Era Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

5. Korean and Vietnam Era Memorial

(approx. 10 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lillington.

Harnett County Veterans Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

6. Harnett County Veterans Park

Harnett County Veterans Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robert Cole, May 9, 2010

7. Harnett County Veterans Park Marker

"We come this 11th day of November 2004 to thank those who gave their lives in battle defending our freedom. We dedicate this park to their memory, hoping they will never be forgotten."

Harnett County Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Charles "StrangeMan" Lyles, August 5, 2010

8. Harnett County Veterans Memorial Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2010, by Cleo Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This page has been viewed 3,630 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on May 10, 2010, by Cleo Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 8. submitted on October 31, 2010, by Charles "StrangeMan" Lyles of Broadway, North Carolina. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.