Emporia, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Emporia Greensville Veteran War Memorial
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
1. Emporia – Greensville Veteran War Memorial
American Legion Post No. 46
Greensville Ruritan Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5371
1987
Erected 1987 by American Legion, Greensville Ruritan, VFW, U.S. Army.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 36° 41.285′ N, 77° 32.419′ W. Memorial is in Emporia, Virginia. It can be reached from Battery Avenue east of South Main Street (U.S. 301). This memorial is located in Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Emporia VA 23847, 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 walking distance of this marker: Shiloh Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Hicksford Raid Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr. (about 500 feet away); Meherrin River Trail (about 500 feet away); Tarleton's Movements (about 600 feet away); Robert Hicks (about 600 feet away); Chaplain Thomas M. Bulla (about 700 feet away); Greensville County (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emporia.
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Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
2. World War I, 1917 - 1918
Eugene Bryant
Thomas McNeill Bulla
Charlie Easter, Jr.
Willie Green
Samuel T. Hand
Walter J. Mason
Willie P. Mitchell
William P. Pair
Leslie Parham
John Williams
Charlie W. Wright
Thomas McNeill Bulla
Charlie Easter, Jr.
Willie Green
Samuel T. Hand
Walter J. Mason
Willie P. Mitchell
William P. Pair
Leslie Parham
John Williams
Charlie W. Wright
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
3. World War II, 1941 - 1945
Herman Arrington H. L. Blick C. H. Borum, Jr. Wilson, Brantley, Jr. William H. Braswell Charles H. Brown Nathaniel Campbell George Dianis Lawrence W. Doyle Willie M. Doyle Randolph Easter James A. Fisher George H. Gray R. C. Harvey B. B. Hawks, Jr. Edgar H. Huckstep Ernest L. Johnson Weldon L. Jones James A. Knight Nathaniel Lewis Winfield Lewis Chapman W. Lucas H. B. Mahood George F. Majette William D. Miller C. G. Norwood Robert H. Pair, Jr. D. S. Rivers Ollie M. Rogers B. W. Rook, Jr. Ginna O. Routier, Jr. Robert L. Taylor Robert E. Thomason Charlie B. Turner
James W. Watkins Paul S. Wyche
Erected by
Co. M., 116th Inf., 29th Div., U.S. Army
Co. M., 116th Inf., 29th Div., U.S. Army
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
4. Korean War, 1950 -1953
Herbert Lucas
Thomas E. Seward
Vernon D. Wheeldon
Thomas E. Seward
Vernon D. Wheeldon
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
5. Vietnam Conflict, 1961 - 1975
Alfred L. Mason
John M. Moore
David M. Tomlinson
John M. Moore
David M. Tomlinson
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
6. Emporia – Greensville Veteran War Memorial
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, January 17, 2011
7. Veterans Memorial Park
Credits. This page was last revised on August 3, 2017. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,393 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 18, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
