Duncan in Stephens County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Duty, Honor and Country

War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Blakelylaw, June 3, 2012

1. War Memorial

Inscription. Dedicated to
the men and women
of the Armed Forces
who served their
country honorably
and who so nobly
gave their lives for
our country's
freedom

World War I
Nathaniel H. Adair ∙ Henry A. Bibles ∙ Frank Bibles ∙ R. T. Bibles ∙ John L. Bowlin, Jr. ∙ Albert Brewer ∙ Joe B. Brown ∙ Leo R. Chapman ∙ Hugh H. Cherry ∙ Daniel Y. Clements ∙ Terril A. Click ∙ Claud C. Courtney ∙ Bryce E. Davis ∙ Harry H. Dobbs ∙ John Doyle ∙ Fred H. Evans ∙ Herbert M. Evans ∙ Hugh I. Evans ∙ Grover R. Frazier ∙ Thadis O. Gilbert ∙ Joe V. Gilworth ∙ Mack Gow ∙ Willie D. Graham ∙ Ola Gunstanson ∙ Reuben C. Hall ∙ John E. Hammond ∙ Edgar L. Harris ∙ Benton Harris ∙ Pearl Howeth ∙ Fred Idlett ∙ Jesse L. Kincannon ∙ Dudley D. Malone ∙ Bennie R. Martin ∙ Ralph E. M. Lendon ∙ George O. Morgan ∙ James C. Raines ∙ Ben E. Royal ∙ Yount J. Shirley ∙ Herbert M. Stone ∙ John L. Talley ∙ Obe Tettleton ∙ Fred J.

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Tice ∙ Isaac W. Waller ∙ Willie Ward ∙ Hughey A. Weatherford ∙ Charles W. Williams ∙ William E. Wilson

World War II
Ona N. Acord ∙ Jay W. Adams ∙ Roy L. Adams ∙ Edward L. Albertson ∙ Robert Allen ∙ Terry J. Almond ∙ Lonnie E. Altom ∙ J. Bryant Ardrey ∙ Charles C. Ball ∙ William H. Barnes ∙ Clifford Barnett ∙ James A. Bearden ∙ Weldon H. Beck ∙ Charles C. Bell ∙ T. J. Bell ∙ Joe Benedict ∙ Joe Benedict ∙ Charley L. Bennight ∙ Ernest C. Bernard ∙ Simmons Bernnard ∙ Ernest E. Billingsley ∙ Lowell A. Black ∙ Alvin C. Booker ∙ Johnnie O. Borden ∙ John L. Bowlin, Jr. ∙ R. D. Boyd ∙ Jack T. Boyer ∙ James M. Branch ∙ Onie A. Briscoe ∙ W. J. Brock ∙ Calvin G. Brown ∙ Clyde F. Brown ∙ Jack B. Brown ∙ Cleo W. Bryant ∙ Billy L. Bunch ∙ Albert J. Burnham ∙ Wylie K. Butts ∙ Pete Calloway ∙ Leone J. Capehart ∙ Charles Carrol ∙ Robert D. Casey ∙ Royce H. Cash ∙ Wayland E. Chatham

Photographed by M. Blakelylaw, June 3, 2012

2. War Memorial

∙ Thomas Chockpovah ∙ Richard A. Cohee ∙ R. J. Collins ∙ Joe Conderman ∙ Edward A. Coulter ∙ Leon Cowan ∙ Joe L. Cox ∙ L. L. Cox ∙ Benjamin F. Cox ∙ Robert W. Crowley ∙ Doe David ∙ Bethel W. Davis ∙ Elton Y. Dizmang ∙ James T. Donaldson ∙ Simmons C. Dunn ∙ Hal H. Dupuy ∙ Joe Dyer ∙ Daniel F. Elam ∙ Samuel E. Elkins ∙ B. H. Elvin ∙ Wayne Evans, Jr. ∙ Claud L. Farber ∙ Manton L. Fleming ∙ William K. Forbes ∙ William H. Frederick ∙ Lynn O. Frensley ∙ Quinnon V. Freudenrich ∙ Judson G. Fuller

World War II
Oral H. Gallop ∙ Dude J. Galmer ∙ Troy J. Garner ∙ Leon C. Gay ∙ Frank Gibson ∙ Silas J. Gilbert ∙ Herbert J. Glasgow ∙ Billy C. Grantham ∙ Clyde J. Green ∙ Norfleet Greenlee ∙ Truman L. Hall ∙ John L. Hancock ∙ Alice Harrison ∙ Stanley L. Hartley ∙ Charles R. Henderson ∙ Gordon H. Hendricks ∙ Jack C. Hickman ∙ Ot Holley ∙ Melvin L. Holman ∙ David Holt ∙

Veterans' Section, Memorial Park, Duncan, Oklahoma image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Blakelylaw, June 3, 2012

3. Veterans' Section, Memorial Park, Duncan, Oklahoma

Although there are veterans' monuments in other sections of the park as well, most are clustered here. This photo was taken look north from about the middle of the park. The monument which is the subject of this post can be seen farthest to the left in the photo.

Leroy Hurst ∙ Robert H. Jackson ∙ Robert Jay ∙ David R. Johnson, Jr. ∙ John Kayser ∙ Emmett J. Kelly ∙ Wayne V. Kennedy ∙ Carl E. King ∙ Jack King ∙ Fred E. Kitchens ∙ John J. Knotts, Jr. ∙ Murphy K. Lents ∙ Billy Leonard ∙ Wilburn R. Lewis ∙ Maurice F. Little ∙ Eugene Lossen ∙ John T. McCay ∙ Donald F. McClain ∙ Eugene B. McGee ∙ James J. Meazell ∙ William H. Mills ∙ Glen F. Moore ∙ Kenneth H. Moore ∙ Ray L. Moore ∙ Luther Morrison ∙ Lewis A. Mount ∙ Bill L. Moyer ∙ Melvin Myer ∙ Bill L. Myers ∙ Wilson B. Neal ∙ George Newman ∙ James F. Nichols ∙ William B. Niven ∙ Jane Niven ∙ Eugene Nivens ∙ James C. Parker ∙ R. E. Parker ∙ Wyman L. Parks ∙ Paul D. Peck ∙ Paul E. Penrod ∙ Cheston G. Peppers ∙ Claude A. Person ∙ Joseph F. Pierce ∙ Otha H. Pierce ∙ Woodrow W. Presgrove ∙ Charles Probasco ∙ James C. Raines ∙ Harry Rankin ∙ John E. Reid ∙ William

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A. Reynolds ∙ Leslie T. Reynolds ∙ Melvin Rich ∙ Wallace Richardson ∙ Gus Ridley ∙ Fred R. Roach ∙ William B. Roark ∙ James W. Robertson ∙ Arlen W. Romans ∙ Wilburn W. Rozzell ∙ Phillip Sarrett ∙ Earl Seawright ∙ Darrell L. Selby ∙ Johnnie J. Sellers ∙ James Shelton ∙ Paul Shoemeyers ∙ J. B. Shrum ∙ Charles C. Shults ∙ Thomas F. Shuway ∙ Gene E. Smith ∙ Ralph Smith ∙ Edford Smith ∙ Louis K. Speer ∙ Sherman Sutherland ∙ Claud E. Suttle ∙ Jack C. Taliaferro ∙ Floyd E. Talley ∙ Willard G. Taylor ∙ James Thaw ∙ Roy Thompson ∙ Eddie Thurlough ∙ Howard R. Tillison ∙ Clarence W. Trenary ∙ Carl J. Vestal ∙ Henry J. Wright ∙ Gordon H. Warner ∙ J. W. Waynne ∙ Billy J. Wells ∙ Henry West ∙ Jack T. White ∙ Jimmy C. White ∙ Leonard L. Whitely ∙ Joe Whorton ∙ Willie D. Wilkes ∙ Chester W. Willard ∙ Charles A. Williams ∙ Hershall H. Williams ∙ Tom Williams ∙ William S. Wilson ∙ R. J. Winton ∙ Norman W. Woody ∙ Woodrow Woody ∙ William W. Woolley ∙ J. W. Wynna ∙ John J. Knott, Jr.

Korea
James H. Adams ∙ Charles L. Adams, Jr. ∙ Jimmie R. Cloughly ∙ Arnold Cornelius ∙ Horace G. Dyer ∙ Fred H. Myers ∙ Bobby R. Palmer ∙ Charles A. Stone ∙ George M. Thompson ∙ Richard H. Wright, Jr.

Vietnam
Gene Ardrey ∙ Cecil D. Belt, Jr. ∙ Jimmie W. Boggs ∙ Gerald W. Byrns, Jr. ∙ Robert E. Craythorne ∙ Dennis R. Forney ∙ Robert D. Frost ∙ Teddy E. Hargrove ∙ Ralph E. Mabry, Jr. ∙ Robert V. Pack ∙ Robert W. Perdue ∙ Patrick D. Robirds ∙ Donald R. Rose ∙ James R. Rutledge ∙ Charles Seaton ∙ Ronald A. Sehested ∙ Ronnie D. Shaw ∙ William H. Smock ∙ David M. Steele ∙ Tommy Trainham ∙ Jimmy D. West

Campaigns With None Lost
Lebanon - Laos
Grenada
Panama
Desert Storm

Erected 1993 by American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, American Priosners of War.

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

Location. 34° 30.674′ N, 97° 58.037′ W. Memorial is in Duncan, Oklahoma, in Stephens County. It is on U.S. 81 north of West Pine Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Located in the northern half of Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Duncan OK 73533, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Oklahoma’s Chickasaw Nation.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Persian Gulf, Afghanistan & Iraq War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Lest We Forget (a few steps from this marker); Vietnam War (within shouting distance of this marker); POW-MIA (within shouting distance of this marker); Erle P. Halliburton (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Memorial Park (about 600 feet away); Indian Base Line (about 700 feet away); Halliburton (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Duncan.

More about this memorial. The very top of the monument contains the Great Seal of the United States; underneath are seals representing each of the services. The side panels are also engraved with the seals of each of the sponsoring organizations as well as a Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart. The crossed flags of the United States and Oklahoma appear in the middle of the marker between the title and the words of dedication.

This is just one of many monuments and memorials in the park. Memorial runs for 7-8 blocks along US 81 in the middle of Duncan. It contains not only veterans' memorials, but also memorials and monuments dedicated to events and people of local historical significance.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 24, 2012, by M. Blakelylaw of Southeast, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 1,146 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 24, 2012, by M. Blakelylaw of Southeast, Oklahoma. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.