Duncan in Stephens County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Duty, Honor and Country
Photographed By M. Blakelylaw, June 3, 2012
1. War Memorial
Inscription.
Duty, Honor and Country. .
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. 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 ∙ 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 ∙ 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 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. . This memorial was erected in 1993 by American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, American Priosners of War. It is in Duncan in Stephens County Oklahoma
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 ∙
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John L. Talley ∙ Obe Tettleton ∙ Fred J. 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 ∙ Thomas Chockpovah ∙ Richard A. Cohee ∙ R. J. Collins ∙ Joe Conderman ∙ Edward A. Coulter ∙ Leon Cowan ∙ Joe L. Cox ∙ L. L.
Photographed By M. Blakelylaw, June 3, 2012
2. War Memorial
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 ∙ 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
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.
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 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.
Location. 34° 30.674′ N, 97° 58.037′ W. Marker is in Duncan, Oklahoma, in Stephens County. Memorial 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. Marker is in this post office area: Duncan OK 73533, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. 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 828 times since then and 48 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.
