Salisbury in Wicomico County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Wicomico County Veteran's Memorial

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Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

1. Here We Mark the Price of Freedom Marker

Inscription.

The Wicomico County Veteran's Memorial. . Here We Mark the Price of Freedom Duty . Honor . Country. To honor and commemorate all Wicomico County citizens whose valor and sacrifice in defense of our country must never be forgotten. "All gave some - some gave all." Those listed here gave all., Dedicated on May 26, 2003 by the Wicomico County War Memorial Committee. The construction and perpetual care of this monument is funded entirely through donations by caring citizens., World War I Pvt. Samuel H. Bailey . Pvt. Johnnie W. Baker . Pvt. Herman Ballard . Pvt. 1c Olin H. Carey . Pvt. Johnnie W. Church . Pvt. 1c Lloyd R. Coulbourn . Pvt. Clarence S. Davis . Pvt. Franklin A. Dick . Pvt. William W. Disharoon . Pvt. John R. Dykes . Pvt. Perry B. Farmer . Pvt. Samuel Grissom . Pvt. James C. Hambury . Pvt. 1c Herman F. Handy . Pvt. John W. H. Hayman . Pvt. George R. Hill . Corp. Clarence H. Hosier . Pvt. Paul C. Howard . Pvt. William J. Huston , Pvt. John E. Layfield . Corp. George S. Malone . Corp. Theodore McClymont . Pvt. Kenny J. Moore . Pvt. Joshua W. Parker . Corp. Edward M. Porter . Pvt. Richard A. Powell . Pvt. 1c Frederick D. Pusey . Pvt. 1c Glenn Rayne . Sea. Herbert H. Renshaw . Capt Charles H. Riggin . Pvt. Walton Smith . Pvt. Raymond H. Smullen . Pvt. 1c William P. Taylor . Pvt. Archie W. Truitt . Pvt. Arthur E. Walker . Pvt. Harry L. White . Pvt. Ralph E. Windsor . Pvt. Wallace S. Winfree , World War II Pvt. Grover A. Abrams . Pfc. Ralph E. Adams . Pfc. Phillip G. Adkins . S1c. Milton G. Austin . Pfc. James T. Bailey . T/Sgt. Brenton W. Baker . S/Sgt. Woodrow J. Beasley . Pvt. James R. Belote . Pvt. Glen L. Bennett . BM1c. Richard J. Bertin . AMM1c. Edward F. Booth Jr. . Pfc. George E. Bozman . 2nd Lt. Francis L. Brown Jr. . Pvt. James E. Campbell . Cpl. Gay Canfield . Sgt. Harry E. Christner . Lt. J.G. Howard F. Clark . Pfc. William W. Collins , T/Sgt. Arthur P. Crisp . S/Sgt. John G. Cropper . AOM2c. Wayne E. Cummings . Pfc. Robert Day . RdM3c. Lloyd F. Dennis Jr. . Pfc. Olen H. Dennis . WOJG. Floyd W. Deshields . Cpl. Harry E. Dolbey Jr. . Pvt. Clarence M. Doyle . Pfc. Earl Dryden . Pfc. Harold E. Dutton . S/Sgt. Ernest L. Esham . T/5. Elwood F. Evans . Cpl. Elton W. Farlow . Sgt. Hugh P. Freeman . Lt.Col. Samuel W. Freeny . Pfc. Rolland E. Galusha . 2nd Lt. Vernon L. German , Pfc. Wilbur H. Goslee . Cpl. Taylor W. Graham . Pvt. Henry J. Gully Jr. . Cpl. William S. Hartman . Pfc. Howard E. Hastings . EM1c. Ricahrd B. Hitch . SM3c. William D. Hopkins . S1c. Lewis J. Howard Jr. . Pfc. Charles L. Jackson Jr. . Pfc. Edward L. Johnson . Sgt. George Kerekesh . M/Sgt. Curtis P. King . Pvt. Scott J. Lankford . Pfc. Alton J. Latchum . Pfc. William H. Layfield . S1c. Calvert A. Lecates . Pfc. George H. Lewis . Pfc. George H. Long , Pfc. Johnnie C. Long . S/Sgt. Howard J. Malone . 1st Lt. Robert R. Malone . Pvt. Edmund L. Massey . ARM2c. Ralph C. McCain . Pfc. Oland G. Mills . Pvt. Thomas W. Mitchell Jr. . PhM3c. Marion Moore . Pfc. Norman W. Morris . Pfc. Stanley W. Morris . Pfc. Carlton L. Mumford . S/Sgt. William C. Mumford Jr. . Pvt. Harry Neill . Pvt. Phillip J. Neptin . Ens. Walter P. Nock Jr. . StM2c Julius Nutter . Pfc. Thurman F. Parker . Cpl. William V. Parker , ARM1c. Willis A. Parker . Pfc. Andrew B. Perdue . Pvt. Harold D. Perry . AOM2c. Samuel H. Poulson . QM3c. James R. Powell . Pvt. Otho T. Powell . Pfc. Albert G. Price . 2nd Lt. John T. Price . Pfc. William E. Rapp . T/Sgt. Robert E. Rencher . Pfc. Herbert L. Ruark Jr. . Sgt. Ralph L. Ruark . 2nd Lt. Elmer G. Schantz . S/Sgt. Clifford H. Smith . Pfc. Edwin F. Smith . Pfc. Albert G. Smullen . 1st Lt. David L. Somervell . S/Sgt. Harley A. Spear Jr. , Pfc. Donald G. Taylor . Pvt. Herbert Taylor . Pfc. John H. Taylor . Pvt. James E. Thomas . Pfc. Paul E. Tingle . S1c George W. Townsend Jr. . Pvt. Edward F. Truitt . Sgt. James R. Truitt . Pvt. Alden L. Tyrrell . Sgt. Bertram L. Ware . 2nd Lt. Lacy R. Westfall . Pfc. Wallace R. White . Pvt. Alvin K. Wilkins . Pvt. Benton M. Wilkins . Pfc. Louis W. Williams . S2c. Charles L. Young . Capt. Charles M. Zulick , Korean War Pvt. William Anderson . Pvt. Richard L. Bacon . Pfc. Nehemia E. Bulter . Pfc. Allen D. Dashiell . Lt. J.G. Joseph H. Gollner . Sgt. Rodney E. Johnson . MSgt. John F. Parker . Pfc. Edward F. Richards . Pfc. Phillip C. Skiles . Pfc. Freemon C. Waller , Vietnam War SP4 Barrie V. Barnes . Pfc. Gary L. Bounds . Maj. Ricahrd W. Cooper, Jr. . Pvt. Elmer N. Davis . SP4 William J. Daubert . SSgt. Cecil V. Evans . Pfc. Aaron M. Hopkins . A2C Robert Hudson . Pvt. Marion B. Hughes, Jr. . LCpl. Albert T. Jones . Cpl. Frederick R. Killmon . A1C Norman W. McRobie . Col. Ernest A. Olds , Pfc. William T. Parker, III . SSgt. Charles W. Parsons . Cpl. Norman J. Pearson . SSgt. George T. Powell . WO Millard E. Price, Jr. . SP4 Carl Ratcliffe, Jr. . SSgt. George L. Robertson . Pfc. David S. Seldon . LCpl. Don L. Shockley . Pfc. Jack H. Smith . Cpl. Harvey R. Watson . Sgt. Neopolis Wigfall . SP4 John D. Willingham , Operation Enduring Freedom SSgt. Walter F. Cohee III . SGM Wardell B. Turner , Operation Iraqi Freedom Cpl. Eric T. Caldwell . PFC. Robert A. Guy . Sgt. THomas L. Latham . SSgt. Micahel J. McMullen . Cpl. Sean M. Mitchell , "Veterans" status was granted to American Merchant Marines for oceangoing services during the period of armed conflict, December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945 World War II. The Merchant Marine flag flown here and this plaque are in memory of Master William M. Martino and Messman William C. Messick., General George Washington, in honor of the bravery shown by the Maryland soldiers during the Revolutionary War, declared that when the Maryland flag and the United States flag are displayed on separate flag poles, the flagpoles should be of equal height and the Maryland flag should be approximately the same size as but never larger than The United States flag. Code 4.04 State of Maryland

Here We Mark the Price of Freedom
Duty • Honor • Country To honor and commemorate all Wicomico County citizens whose valor and sacrifice in defense of our country must never be forgotten. "All gave some - some gave all." Those listed here gave all.

Dedicated on May 26, 2003 by the Wicomico County War Memorial Committee. The construction and perpetual care of this monument is funded entirely through donations by caring citizens.

World War I
Pvt. Samuel H. Bailey • Pvt. Johnnie W. Baker • Pvt. Herman Ballard • Pvt. 1c Olin H. Carey • Pvt. Johnnie W. Church • Pvt. 1c Lloyd R. Coulbourn • Pvt. Clarence S. Davis • Pvt. Franklin A. Dick • Pvt. William W. Disharoon • Pvt. John R. Dykes • Pvt. Perry B. Farmer • Pvt. Samuel Grissom • Pvt. James C. Hambury • Pvt. 1c Herman F. Handy • Pvt. John W. H. Hayman • Pvt. George R. Hill • Corp. Clarence H. Hosier • Pvt. Paul C. Howard • Pvt. William J. Huston

Pvt. John E. Layfield • Corp. George S. Malone • Corp. Theodore McClymont • Pvt. Kenny J. Moore • Pvt. Joshua W. Parker • Corp. Edward M. Porter • Pvt. Richard A. Powell • Pvt. 1c Frederick D. Pusey • Pvt. 1c Glenn Rayne • Sea. Herbert H. Renshaw • Capt Charles H. Riggin • Pvt. Walton Smith • Pvt. Raymond H.

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Smullen • Pvt. 1c William P. Taylor • Pvt. Archie W. Truitt • Pvt. Arthur E. Walker • Pvt. Harry L. White • Pvt. Ralph E. Windsor • Pvt. Wallace S. Winfree

World War II
Pvt. Grover A. Abrams • Pfc. Ralph E. Adams • Pfc. Phillip G. Adkins • S1c. Milton G. Austin • Pfc. James T. Bailey • T/Sgt. Brenton W. Baker • S/Sgt. Woodrow J. Beasley • Pvt. James R. Belote • Pvt. Glen L. Bennett • BM1c. Richard J. Bertin • AMM1c. Edward F. Booth Jr. • Pfc. George E. Bozman • 2nd Lt. Francis L. Brown Jr. • Pvt. James E. Campbell • Cpl. Gay Canfield • Sgt. Harry E. Christner • Lt. J.G. Howard F. Clark • Pfc. William W. Collins

T/Sgt. Arthur P. Crisp • S/Sgt. John G. Cropper • AOM2c. Wayne E. Cummings • Pfc. Robert Day • RdM3c. Lloyd F. Dennis Jr. • Pfc. Olen H. Dennis • WOJG. Floyd W. Deshields • Cpl. Harry E. Dolbey Jr. • Pvt. Clarence M. Doyle • Pfc. Earl Dryden • Pfc. Harold E. Dutton • S/Sgt. Ernest L. Esham • T/5. Elwood F. Evans • Cpl. Elton W. Farlow • Sgt. Hugh P. Freeman • Lt.Col. Samuel W. Freeny • Pfc. Rolland E. Galusha • 2nd Lt. Vernon L. German

Pfc. Wilbur H. Goslee • Cpl. Taylor W. Graham • Pvt. Henry J. Gully Jr. • Cpl. William S. Hartman • Pfc. Howard E. Hastings • EM1c. Ricahrd B. Hitch • SM3c. William D. Hopkins • S1c. Lewis J. Howard

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

2. World War I

Jr. • Pfc. Charles L. Jackson Jr. • Pfc. Edward L. Johnson • Sgt. George Kerekesh • M/Sgt. Curtis P. King • Pvt. Scott J. Lankford • Pfc. Alton J. Latchum • Pfc. William H. Layfield • S1c. Calvert A. Lecates • Pfc. George H. Lewis • Pfc. George H. Long

Pfc. Johnnie C. Long • S/Sgt. Howard J. Malone • 1st Lt. Robert R. Malone • Pvt. Edmund L. Massey • ARM2c. Ralph C. McCain • Pfc. Oland G. Mills • Pvt. Thomas W. Mitchell Jr. • PhM3c. Marion Moore • Pfc. Norman W. Morris • Pfc. Stanley W. Morris • Pfc. Carlton L. Mumford • S/Sgt. William C. Mumford Jr. • Pvt. Harry Neill • Pvt. Phillip J. Neptin • Ens. Walter P. Nock Jr. • StM2c Julius Nutter • Pfc. Thurman F. Parker • Cpl. William V. Parker

ARM1c. Willis A. Parker • Pfc. Andrew B. Perdue • Pvt. Harold D. Perry • AOM2c. Samuel H. Poulson • QM3c. James R. Powell • Pvt. Otho T. Powell • Pfc. Albert G. Price • 2nd Lt. John T. Price • Pfc. William E. Rapp • T/Sgt. Robert E. Rencher • Pfc. Herbert L. Ruark Jr. • Sgt. Ralph L. Ruark • 2nd Lt. Elmer G. Schantz • S/Sgt. Clifford H. Smith • Pfc. Edwin F. Smith • Pfc. Albert G. Smullen • 1st Lt. David L. Somervell • S/Sgt. Harley A. Spear Jr.

Pfc. Donald G. Taylor • Pvt. Herbert Taylor • Pfc. John H. Taylor • Pvt. James E. Thomas • Pfc. Paul E. Tingle • S1c George

World War II image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

3. World War II

W. Townsend Jr. • Pvt. Edward F. Truitt • Sgt. James R. Truitt • Pvt. Alden L. Tyrrell • Sgt. Bertram L. Ware • 2nd Lt. Lacy R. Westfall • Pfc. Wallace R. White • Pvt. Alvin K. Wilkins • Pvt. Benton M. Wilkins • Pfc. Louis W. Williams • S2c. Charles L. Young • Capt. Charles M. Zulick

Korean War
Pvt. William Anderson • Pvt. Richard L. Bacon • Pfc. Nehemia E. Bulter • Pfc. Allen D. Dashiell • Lt. J.G. Joseph H. Gollner • Sgt. Rodney E. Johnson • MSgt. John F. Parker • Pfc. Edward F. Richards • Pfc. Phillip C. Skiles • Pfc. Freemon C. Waller

Vietnam War
SP4 Barrie V. Barnes • Pfc. Gary L. Bounds • Maj. Ricahrd W. Cooper, Jr. • Pvt. Elmer N. Davis • SP4 William J. Daubert • SSgt. Cecil V. Evans • Pfc. Aaron M. Hopkins • A2C Robert Hudson • Pvt. Marion B. Hughes, Jr. • LCpl. Albert T. Jones • Cpl. Frederick R. Killmon • A1C Norman W. McRobie • Col. Ernest A. Olds

Pfc. William T. Parker, III • SSgt. Charles W. Parsons • Cpl. Norman J. Pearson • SSgt. George T. Powell • WO Millard E. Price, Jr. • SP4 Carl Ratcliffe, Jr. • SSgt. George L. Robertson • Pfc. David S. Seldon • LCpl. Don L. Shockley • Pfc. Jack H. Smith • Cpl. Harvey R. Watson • Sgt. Neopolis Wigfall • SP4 John D. Willingham

Operation Enduring
Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

4. World World II (cont.)
Freedom
SSgt. Walter F. Cohee III • SGM Wardell B. Turner

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Cpl. Eric T. Caldwell • PFC. Robert A. Guy • Sgt. THomas L. Latham • SSgt. Micahel J. McMullen • Cpl. Sean M. Mitchell

"Veterans" status was granted to American Merchant Marines for oceangoing services during the period of armed conflict, December 7, 1941 to August 15, 1945 World War II. The Merchant Marine flag flown here and this plaque are in memory of Master William M. Martino and Messman William C. Messick.

General George Washington, in honor of the bravery shown by the Maryland soldiers during the Revolutionary War, declared that when the Maryland flag and the United States flag are displayed on separate flag poles, the flagpoles should be of equal height and the Maryland flag should be approximately the same size as but never larger than The United States flag. Code 4.04 State of Maryland

Erected 2003 by Wicomico County War Memorial Committee.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical date for this entry is May 26, 2003.

Location. 38° 21.65′ N, 75° 34.583′ W. Memorial is in Salisbury, Maryland, in Wicomico County. It can be reached from Glen Avenue close to Memorial

World War II (cont.) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

5. World War II (cont.)

Plaza. Located on the grounds near the entrance to the Wicomico County Youth & Civic Center. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Salisbury MD 21804, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and in the Tidewater.

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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: POW★MIA (within shouting distance of this marker); American Alligator (approx. ¼ mile away); Wicomico Treasures (approx. ¼ mile away); The Evolution of the "Best Little Zoo in North America" (approx. ¼ mile away); Beaver (approx. 0.3 miles away); American Bison (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Ben's Red Swings Community Playground Story (approx. 0.4 miles away); About Ben Layton (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salisbury.

Korean War, Vietnam War, and Enduring Freedom image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

6. Korean War, Vietnam War, and Enduring Freedom

Operation Iraqi Freedom image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

7. Operation Iraqi Freedom

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

8. Here We Mark the Price of Freedom Marker

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

9. Here We Mark the Price of Freedom Marker

Merchant Marines image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

10. Merchant Marines

Washington & the Maryland Flag image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

11. Washington & the Maryland Flag

The Wicomico County Veteran's Memorial dedication plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 12, 2024

12. The Wicomico County Veteran's Memorial dedication plaque

Design services were donated by Ed Todd of Todd & Associates, Inc. Architects.

The memorial was Dedicated on May 26, 2003 Tax deductible donations to support the perpetual care of this memorial are maintained in an endowment fund through the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore

Contributions are appreciated and may be mailed to:
The Wicomico War Memorial
500 Glen Ave.
Salisbury, MD 21804

The Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

13. The Monument

Commemorates all from Wicomico County who died during the wars of the 20th century.

Memorial in front of the Wicomico County Youth & Civic Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, April 22, 2011

14. Memorial in front of the Wicomico County Youth & Civic Center

Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,493 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on April 22, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. 12. submitted on October 12, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 13, 14. submitted on April 22, 2011, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.