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Bryson City in Swain County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

War Dead of Swain County

World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War

 
 
War Dead of Swain County Marker-World War I image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
1. War Dead of Swain County Marker-World War I
Inscription. World War I
Barker, William H.,
Bates, Everett R.,
Cathy, Charlie,
Cochran, John T.,
Franklin, Walter I.,
Freeman, Caro N.,
Kincaid, William,
Leaiherwood, James L.,
Mashburn, Earnest L.,
Mason, William,
Mathis, Fred,
Moore, Grady,
Queen, James R.,
Shuler, Finley M.,
Shuler, William A.,
Stephenson, William B.,
Styles, Andy,
Turner, Floyd C.,
Wiggins, John W.,
Winchester, Benn,


World War II
Allen, Robert H.,
Barb, James E.,
Barker, Grady H.,
Bradley, Stuart,
Breedlove, Joseph L.
, Brogden, James M.,
Buchanan, Omer A.,
Burns, Willard J.,
Byrd, Earl L.,
Camby, Ray,
Catt, Boyd,
Childers, Julius W.,
Clark, Edward W.,
Cline, Clayton C.,
Cole, Otis Q.,
Conley, Charles
Cook, Arnold H.,
Dehart, Clarence W.,
Dehart, Ranson A.,
Dillis, Adam J.,
Driver, Adam W.,,
Earls, Noah W.,
Edwards Joseph C.,
Edwards, William A.,
Elders, Ora L.,
Franks, Harley,
Gibson, Robert E.,
Grant, Adam S.,
Hamilton, Russell,
Hammock, Charles E.,
Hardin, Edward,
Hyde, Horace L.,
Jenkins, Clifford C.,
Jones, Arnold G.,
Jones, Wayne
Lambert, James R.,
Lemons,
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Clarence,
Lequire, Willie L.,
Maney, Walter R.,
Mason, Jackson,
Murphy, Clarence A.,
Nations, Rueus D.,
Otter, Samuel W.,


Cont- World War II
Parris, Edward,
Payne, Estes E.,
Queen, Hubert,
Rolland, Earl J.,
Ross, Isaac,
Rosser, David E.,
Shell, Joshua,
Smith, Ernest,
Thomasson, John C.,
Thompson, Enos,
Wahneeta, Austin,
Wiggins, William D.,
Wilson, Clyde H.,
Wilson, George J.,
Cunningham, Olin R.,
Meadows, Clyde Jr.,
Cochran, Jack P.,
Gibby, Gola G.


Korean War
George, Charles
Arch, Charles E.


Vietnam War
Breedlove, Curtis,
Jenkins, Wayne,
Lakey, James E.,
Sutton, Douglas R.,
Tuck, James W.,
Morris,

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 35° 25.664′ N, 83° 26.683′ W. Memorial is in Bryson City, North Carolina, in Swain County. It is on Main Street. Marker and statue located in front of Swain County Courthouse and within just a few feet of Tsali Marker. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bryson City NC 28713, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Mountains and specifically in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation, 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
War Dead of Swain County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
2. War Dead of Swain County Marker
markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tsali (a few steps from this marker); Deep Creek (within shouting distance of this marker); Ellen Black Winston (approx. 0.2 miles away); Horace Kephart (approx. 0.2 miles away); Yonaguska (approx. 2.2 miles away); Kituwah (approx. 2½ miles away); Cherokee Indian Reservation / (Leaving) Cherokee Reservation (approx. 4.9 miles away); William H. Thomas (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bryson City.
 
War Dead of Swain County World War II (part 1 of 2) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
3. War Dead of Swain County World War II (part 1 of 2)
War Dead of Swain County Marker World War II (part 2) Korean War and Vietnam War image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
4. War Dead of Swain County Marker World War II (part 2) Korean War and Vietnam War
War Dead of Swain County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
5. War Dead of Swain County Marker
War Dead of Swain County Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, November 20, 2010
6. War Dead of Swain County Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 10, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,625 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 10, 2012, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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