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Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians

Who Faithfully Served Their Country in Vietnam

— "Bless Them All" —

 
 
Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
1. Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians Marker
Inscription.
USA • USN • USAF • USMC • USCG
Purchase area service men who lost their lives in Vietnam.
Beard, Leon • Bradley, Given W. • Clements, Robert A. • Colson, Ronald S. • Cruse, James D. • Doom, Charles L. • Dunigan, Jerry W. • Emerson,Robert L. • Fleming, William G., Jr. • Gipson, Ronnie L. • Glisson, James E. • Hall, James M. • Hamm, John • Hester, Joe Ed • Hornsby, John R. • Hosford, Larry D. • Humphreys, Gregory R. • Jaco, Arnold N. • Keeler, Dickie G. • Kemp, Mitchell L. • Lawrence, Bobby Joe • Lindsey, Arthur D. • McElrath, Ralph E. • Pease, Kenneth W. • Petterson, Charles S. • Potter, Don • Presson, Billie T. • Ramage, James W. • Ransom, Bradley R. • Reed, Billy W. • Reed, Ronald L. • Romero, Robert A. • Seaton, Robert W. • Sholar, Edwin F. • Smith, Robert L. • Stone, Orman • Vick, William L. Wadlington, Louis W. • Walters, William O. • Watkins, Billy J. • Whiteside, Roy R. • Wilkinson, Gray • Williams, Billy J. • Williams, James A. • Wright, Kenneth R.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 37° 5.035′ N, 88° 35.914′ W. Memorial is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is on Washington Street. In
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the park that is across the street from McCracken County Public Library. Marker is facing Library. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 555 Washington St, Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. 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 and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dolly McNutt Plaza (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Korea (within shouting distance of this marker); McCracken County Courthouse (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Global War on Terrorism Memorial (about 300 feet away); McCracken County Veterans Monument (about 400 feet away); "Old Judge Priest" (about 400 feet away); Spanish American War Monument (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paducah.
 
Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
2. Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians Marker
Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
3. Proudly Dedicated to the Kentuckians Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 618 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 25, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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