Whitmire in Newberry County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Whitmire War Memorial

1949

Photographed by Anna Inbody, April 15, 2012

1. Whitmire War Memorial Marker

Inscription. Whitmire War Memorial 1949 Erected in the honor of the men and women of Whitmire who served their country in World Wars One and Two and Dedicated to the memory of the following who made the supreme sacrifice

World War One:
Arthur Baker; Thomas O. Duncan; Curtis D. Trammell; Bronx Nelson

World War Two:
Great Britton Arrowood; Thomas Bellue; Howard Eugene Bouleware; Ralph Cochran; William T. Crosby; Gilman G. Crosby; John E. Davis; Robert V. Evans; Floyd Virgil Gilliam; James R. Hayes; James A. Johnson; Roosevelt Johnson; John Bruce Loftis, Jr.; Robert P. McCall; William McMurry; William L. McCollough; John H. Osborne; Marion E. Reed; Harold A. Senn; Lawrence E. Summers; Stanley J. Teasley; James C. Vinson

Erected 1949.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 34° 30.167′ N, 81° 36.603′ W. Memorial is in Whitmire, South Carolina, in Newberry County. It is on Union Street near Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the grounds of the Whitmire Library. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Whitmire SC 29178, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Midlands.

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

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within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Our Heroes of World War II (here, next to this marker); Textile Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Otterson's Fort (approx. 6.1 miles away); Ebenezer Methodist Church (approx. 7½ miles away); Field to Forest (approx. 7.7 miles away); Rose Hill Mansion (approx. 7.8 miles away); A Lasting Mark (approx. 7.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whitmire.

Photographed by Anna Inbody, April 15, 2012

2. Whitmire War Memorial Marker

Korean Donald C. Vinson James Whitener

Photographed by Anna Inbody, April 15, 2012

3. Whitmire War Memorial Marker

Vietnam Jesse Baker Leonda Sartor

Photographed by Anna Inbody, April 15, 2012

4. Whitmire War Memorial Marker

Photographed by Anna Inbody, April 15, 2012

5. Overview

Dr. Kemper D. Lake fountain image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, February 9, 2013

6. Dr. Kemper D. Lake fountain

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, February 9, 2013

7. Dr. Kemper D. Lake Fountain

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 848 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 16, 2012, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. 6, 7. submitted on February 19, 2013, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.