Hugo in Choctaw County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

Dedicated to Vietnam Veterans

"Lest We Forget"

Vietnam Veterans' Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Blakelylaw, June 24, 2012

1. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial

Inscription. For those who died in that terrible war: we bestow our highest honor, respect, and appreciation for they gave the supreme sacrifice.

For those who are still missing: we hope and pray for their return home.

To those who still suffer, whether in mind or body: we acknowledge your pain and appreciate what you did for our country.

To those who survived: God bless you. We are forever grateful.

To the families of those who served: we acknowledge the hardship, mental anguish, and grief that war inflicts. We pray this kind of tragedy never happens again.

We carve these words in granite to stand against time to recognize and honor the Vietnam Vet. Their sacrifice will live forever in the generations of Americans who value their most cherished possession--“Freedom”.

For those who fight for it “Life” has a flavor the sheltered never know.

Donated & erected by
Vietnam Vet, Allen Parsons,
Owner of Allen's Monument Co.
Written by
Allen & Pansy Parsons.
Designed by
Allen & Ernest Parsons.
1991

Erected 1991 by Allen Parsons, Vietnam Veteran.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location.

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34° 0.662′ N, 95° 30.527′ W. Memorial is in Hugo, Oklahoma, in Choctaw County. It is at the intersection of North 4th Street and East Jackson Street (Business U.S. 70), on the right when traveling south on North 4th Street. The monument is near the southeast corner of the Hugo Post Office. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 207 N 4th St, Hugo OK 74743, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Piney Woods,

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 New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Goodland Mission (approx. 3.3 miles away); a different marker also named Goodland Mission (approx. 3½ miles away); Robert M. Jones Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); Spencer Academy (approx. 8.4 miles away); Site of Fulton's Trading Post (approx. 9.4 miles away in Texas).

More about this memorial. The post office was built in 1965; the monument was added in 1991.

Hugo Post Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Blakelylaw, June 24, 2012

2. Hugo Post Office

The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial is just behind the tree on the left side of the photo.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2012, by M. Blakelylaw of Southeast, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 658 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 18, 2012, by M. Blakelylaw of Southeast, Oklahoma. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.