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Post 3 Macon

 
 
Post 3 Macon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, November 9, 2011
1. Post 3 Macon Marker
Inscription. We of the American Legion honor those men who lost their lives in the Viet-Nam Conflict Aug. 5, 1964 to Aug. 15, 1973 from Bibb County, GA.

* ARMY * *MARINES* *AIR FORCE*

Baker, J. W.
Betleyoun, G. C.
Brown, Eddie
Brown, Thal
Cannady, W. M.
Cochran, W. S.
Crumpton, E.
Dixon, C. L.
Felts, E. Jr.
Fields, W. S.
Fouche, P. J.
Furney, W. L.
Green. S. N.
Hardison, A. C.
Hawkins, R.
Haze, H.
Jennings, E. L.
Johnson, J. A.
Lamar, W. J.
Lamb, B. E.
Long, H. T.
Martin, H. R.
Morris, L. L.
Murray, L. D.
Rainey, W. G.
Rowland, T. W.
Scott, Larry
Smallwood, E.
Taylor, C. L.
Thomas, C. F.
Walker, C. S.
Washington, J.
Yeomans, A. C.

M.C.

Benefield, D. C.
Clark, Bobby
Clark, Clyde
Curry, J. L.
Davis, R. M.
Ely, Daniel
Evans, Albert
Fordham, K. C.
Grant, P. D.
Gray, Clifford
Greene, W.
Jackson, T. K.
Johnson, H.
Jones, R. J.
King, Larry
Leary, Solomon
Morris, R. W.
Murray, M. V.
Potts, B. W.
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Reid, Danny E.
Ross, Sandy L.
Ruiz, Franklin
Sharpless, J. P.
Strickland, W. T.
Willis, Gleen

A. F.

Burdett, E. B.
Crow, Melvin
Hinson, Ralph
Newberry, G. H.

Joel Bragg, Com. Chairman – Jos. C. League, Commander 1974
 
Erected 1974 by American Legion.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsWar, Vietnam. A significant historical date for this entry is August 5, 1847.
 
Location. 32° 50.162′ N, 83° 37.629′ W. Marker is in Macon, Georgia, in Bibb County. It is at the intersection of Third Street Parkway and Cherry Street, in the median on Third Street Parkway. The marker is just northeast of Cherry Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Macon GA 31201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep 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: First Public Camellia Show (a few steps from this marker); William Arthur Fickling, Sr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Rookery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Elizabeth Reed Music Hall (about 400 feet away); William M. Wadley (about 400 feet away); Emerson Building (about 500 feet
Post 3 Macon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, November 9, 2011
2. Post 3 Macon Marker
away); Wilson's Raid To Macon (about 500 feet away); Douglass Theatre (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macon.
 
Post 3 Macon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, November 9, 2011
3. Post 3 Macon Marker
Looking northeast on Third Avenue Parkway
Post 3 Macon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, November 9, 2011
4. Post 3 Macon Marker
The Third Street Parkway median, with the William Arthur Fickling, Sr. marker on the left.
Post 3 Macon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Seibert, 2007
5. Post 3 Macon Marker
The marker in 2007, before restoration
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 981 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 12, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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