Goldsboro in Wayne County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Wayne County Veterans Memorial

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1. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Wayne County Veterans Memorial. . We must honor those sons of ours who fought so bravely. A Grateful Citizen (1925) , (Walkway plaque) Most of them were boys when they died and they gave up two lives--the one they were living and the one they would have lived when they died. They gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their country, for us. All we can do is remember. Ronald Reagan, (1st Bronze plaque, far left) In Honor Of The Sons Of Wayne Who Served And Died In The World War Jesse J. Baker Harry B. Hood Roscoe Benton Sam G. Hummell Andrew Best Cleon Ray Jones James H. Blalock Ezra A. Mayo Willie L. Blalock Ezra Moore Bruce L. Blevins Wm. O. Mozingo Levi C. Branson Chas. Raynor Irving Bryant Fred Reed Fred Lawson Casey Mortimer Roscower Carl B. Clingon Jesse R. Ruffin Eulas Lee Collins Herman P. Shackleford Roland Cox Chas. Dixon Shaver John Creech Leslie Jurney Short Marion Lee Daniels King David Simmons Daniel Davis Willie Simmons Gaston L. Dortch Foster B. Stevens Mack Elliott Isaac Stevens James Irvin Fulford Elam Summerlin Wm. James Gardner James G. Summerlin Adrian H. Grantham Ben Ira Taylor Moses Hadley Nathaniel K. Thornton Samuel Hadley Arthur Turner Herbert Lee Handley William Walston George R. Hardesty R.H. Westbrook Faison Harris Grover Cleveland Wiggins James Hill Major Williams Sidney W. Hinson Danzie Winn Wyatt Hinson Guy Winstead James Herbert Hogan Shade Wooten (2nd Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne Who Served And Died In World War II And The Korean Conflict World War II Robert E. Abel Marvin L. Faircloth Albert J. Adams Stephen P. Faircloth Henry W. Allen, Jr. Joseph Farah Bruce Anderson Louis H. Faulk Raymond R. Anderson Reulien R. Floyd Cleveland C. Balkcum Thurston D. Fogleman George W. Barber Alleyne Foster William A. Barwick Carl E. Franklin Jerry H. Beamon Ralph Giddens Benjamin F. Bell George E. Grantham William H. Bell Robert Greenfield Robert O. Benton Clifton Hamm J.R. Best Thomas P. Harrison Norman E. Best Robert R. Hatch James Horace Blackman Henry Edward Herring James Lee Blackman Cecil Hertford Paul L. Borden, Jr. May S. Higgins William Louis Britt David R. Hill Ben R. Brock Ray Hill Glennie M. Brock Liston Levi Hines Lee Roy Brogden Wilbert O. Hodge James L. Byrd John Hollingsworth Archie B. Carter Horace Horton Raeford L. Campbell Roland W. Horton, Jr. Carl C. Casey James L. Howell Earl Chestnutt Charles M. Howell Linwood Ray Combs Ernest C. Howell Harold Crawford George F. Howell Lawton Crumpler, Jr. W.A. Harry Hundley Wayne Garland Crumpler Alton Jarmon Woodard W. Crumpler Louis J. Jernigan Edward Carlyle Daly Douglas T. Johnson Jake Davis Wayne Lee Johnson I.D. Dickerson Jack Jones James Edmundson Melvin B. Jones Clarence M. Edwards Roy Wayne Jones Wayne Roland Edwards J.C. Jones William H. Ellis Charles C. Keller Albert L. Ellington Roscoe Kelly Richard Elmore Charles S. Killette Ray E. Eubanks Ben R. King Gene J. Elzas Willie Lane (continued on 4th plaque) , (3rd Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne County Who Served And Died In The Vietnam War Emmett E. Ballree Casco D. Howell George P. Power Muray L. Borden, Jr. Ernest R. Howell James L. Ratliff James R. Coates Ralph Howell Richard V. Riggs William D. Crawford Robert H. Irwin William C. Sutton Donald E. Daniels Dan L. Jenkins Edmund R. Toler Edgar F. Davis Stokely J. Jones Paul G. Underwood James P. DeVaney Wilbert E. Jones Kenneth E. VanHoy Robert A. Govan Bobby R. Lane Albert Vick Jr. Joseph M. Grantham, III Billy W. McKeel Richard W. Watson William W. Hail Rudolph S. Parrish Phillip D. Hardy Herbert Pearsall, Jr. Joseph N. Hargrove Phillip W. Pigford , (Small lower plaque) These are the original bronze tablets recovered after the fire in 2004 destroyed the Wayne County Memorial Community Building. The first plaque commemorates the purpose and a chronology of the memorial. The other plaques name and honor those who died in combat. (4th Bronze plaque) In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne Who Served And Died In World War II And The Korean Conflict World War II Harvey J. Langston John Sauls Raymond J. Langston Leonard O. Savage Charles C. Lassiter Charles Marcus Scott Henry H. Lee Neal Scott Rayford S. Lynch Ira S. Smith Gary L. MacDonald L.L. Smith Carl O. Martin Earl C. Smith Hugh D. Marshburn Levert L. Smith, Jr. James T. Marshburn Harold H. Smothers Wilbert C. Massey, Jr. Emmett Spicer James P. McLamb Kermit Stallings Margus I. McCarty Alvin T. Strickland Tyson Hardy Mewborn Richard Summerlin James Allen Mozingo Daniel C. Sutton Earnest Newsome Edd Leddell Sutton Melville W. Odom Herbert A. Sutton James L. Parker James L. Taylor William F. Parker Henry A. Taylor Tryphon D. Peacock Benjamin W. Taylor Willis G. Peele, Jr. Robert L. Taylor Boddie Perry James A. Thomas William J. Pierce James Richard Troutman Charlie E. Pike Johnnie Joseph Turnage Donald N. Pope Ira Wade James A. Powell Charles Warren Dudley A. Powell, Jr. Henry Edwin Weeks Leon Price Gordon Whitaker, Jr. Charles Malcolm Price Charles E. Wiegand Royal Puckett Cecil H. Wiggs Roscoe Quinn Robert E. Williams Blanton E. Reaves William C. Wilson, Jr. Joe Renfrow Joseph D. Winchester Bryant Roberts George B. Womble, Jr. Willie Rogers Donza Wood John C. Rose, Jr. Bernice R. Wynn John G. Rowe Ray Edwin York Korean Conflict James Elisha Bass James Lee Kornegay Daniel Joseph Carter John W. Lamm William Lloyd Howell I.L. Littleton John Henry King James Merritt Forrest L. Price , (5th Bronze plaque, far right) Wayne County Memorial Community Building 1919 May-June Committee appointed by commissioners of county, by aldermen and Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro to consider a memorial to the sons of Wayne who served and died in the World War. Committee recommended erection of a community building to be both a memorial and a means of service to the living. August Report approved by above named bodies and committed authorized to proceed with undertaking. October Campaign begun for funds to erect building. 81,000 dollars finally raised. 1924 January Contract for building awarded. February 23rd Corner stone laid, civic organizations participating. 1925 June 26th Dedication ,

We must honor those sons of ours who fought so bravely.
A Grateful Citizen (1925)

(Walkway plaque)
Most of them were boys when they died and they gave up two lives--the one they were living and the one they would have lived when they died. They gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their country, for us. All we can do is remember.
Ronald Reagan

(1st Bronze plaque, far left)
In Honor Of The Sons Of Wayne
Who Served And Died In The World War
Jesse J. Baker             Harry B. Hood
Roscoe Benton           Sam G. Hummell
Andrew Best               Cleon Ray Jones
James H. Blalock         Ezra A. Mayo
Willie L. Blalock           Ezra Moore
Bruce L. Blevins           Wm. O. Mozingo
Levi C. Branson           Chas. Raynor
Irving Bryant               Fred Reed
Fred Lawson Casey    Mortimer Roscower
Carl B. Clingon           Jesse R. Ruffin
Eulas Lee Collins         Herman P. Shackleford
Roland Cox               Chas. Dixon Shaver
John Creech               Leslie Jurney Short
Marion Lee Daniels     King David Simmons
Daniel Davis

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Willie Simmons
Gaston L. Dortch        Foster B. Stevens
Mack Elliott               Isaac Stevens
James Irvin Fulford     Elam Summerlin
Wm. James Gardner    James G. Summerlin
Adrian H. Grantham     Ben Ira Taylor
Moses Hadley              Nathaniel K. Thornton
Samuel Hadley           Arthur Turner
Herbert Lee Handley    William Walston
George R. Hardesty    R.H. Westbrook
Faison Harris              Grover Cleveland Wiggins
James Hill                    Major Williams
Sidney W. Hinson        Danzie Winn
Wyatt Hinson             Guy Winstead
James Herbert Hogan    Shade Wooten

(2nd Bronze plaque)
In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne
Who Served And Died In World War II
And The Korean Conflict
World War II
Robert E. Abel                          Marvin L. Faircloth
Albert J. Adams                       Stephen P. Faircloth
Henry W. Allen, Jr.                   Joseph Farah
Bruce Anderson                     Louis H. Faulk
Raymond R. Anderson          Reulien R. Floyd
Cleveland C. Balkcum           Thurston D. Fogleman
George W. Barber                   Alleyne Foster
William A. Barwick                  Carl E. Franklin
Jerry H. Beamon                    Ralph Giddens
Benjamin

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2. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker

F. Bell                     George E. Grantham
William H. Bell                         Robert Greenfield
Robert O. Benton                   Clifton Hamm
J.R. Best                                  Thomas P. Harrison
Norman E. Best                      Robert R. Hatch
James Horace Blackman     Henry Edward Herring
James Lee Blackman           Cecil Hertford
Paul L. Borden, Jr.                 May S. Higgins
William Louis Britt                 David R. Hill
Ben R. Brock                           Ray Hill
Glennie M. Brock                   Liston Levi Hines
Lee Roy Brogden                  Wilbert O. Hodge
James L. Byrd                        John Hollingsworth
Archie B. Carter                     Horace Horton
Raeford L. Campbell            Roland W. Horton, Jr.
Carl C. Casey                         James L. Howell
Earl Chestnutt                       Charles M. Howell
Linwood Ray Combs           Ernest C. Howell
Harold Crawford                   George F. Howell
Lawton Crumpler, Jr.           W.A. Harry Hundley
Wayne Garland Crumpler    Alton Jarmon
Woodard W. Crumpler        Louis J. Jernigan
Edward Carlyle Daly           Douglas T. Johnson
Jake Davis                             Wayne Lee Johnson
I.D. Dickerson                       Jack

Wayne County Veterans Memorial plaque 1 , World War I image. Click for full size.

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3. Wayne County Veterans Memorial plaque 1 , World War I

Jones
James Edmundson            Melvin B. Jones
Clarence M. Edwards         Roy Wayne Jones
Wayne Roland Edwards    J.C. Jones
William H. Ellis                      Charles C. Keller
Albert L. Ellington               Roscoe Kelly
Richard Elmore                   Charles S. Killette
Ray E. Eubanks                  Ben R. King
Gene J. Elzas                      Willie Lane
(continued on 4th plaque)

(3rd Bronze plaque)
In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne County
Who Served And Died In The Vietnam War
Emmett E. Ballree               Casco D. Howell    George P. Power
Muray L. Borden, Jr.           Ernest R. Howell   James L. Ratliff
James R. Coates                Ralph Howell           Richard V. Riggs
William D. Crawford           Robert H. Irwin        William C. Sutton
Donald E. Daniels              Dan L. Jenkins        Edmund R. Toler
Edgar F. Davis                    Stokely J. Jones      Paul G. Underwood
James P. DeVaney            Wilbert E. Jones       Kenneth E. VanHoy
Robert A. Govan                Bobby R. Lane          Albert Vick Jr.
Joseph M. Grantham, III   Billy W. McKeel         Richard W. Watson
William W. Hail                    Rudolph S. Parrish
Phillip D. Hardy                  Herbert Pearsall,

Wayne County Veterans Memorial,plaque 2, WWII and Korea image. Click for full size.

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4. Wayne County Veterans Memorial,plaque 2, WWII and Korea

Jr.
Joseph N. Hargrove         Phillip W. Pigford

(Small lower plaque)
These are the original bronze tablets recovered after the fire in 2004 destroyed the Wayne County Memorial Community Building. The first plaque commemorates the purpose and a chronology of the memorial. The other plaques name and honor those who died in combat.

(4th Bronze plaque)
In Memory Of The Sons Of Wayne
Who Served And Died In World War II
And The Korean Conflict
World War II
Harvey J. Langston             John Sauls
Raymond J. Langston        Leonard O. Savage
Charles C. Lassiter              Charles Marcus Scott
Henry H. Lee                         Neal Scott
Rayford S. Lynch                 Ira S. Smith
Gary L. MacDonald             L.L. Smith
Carl O. Martin                        Earl C. Smith
Hugh D. Marshburn            Levert L. Smith, Jr.
James T. Marshburn           Harold H. Smothers
Wilbert C. Massey, Jr.         Emmett Spicer
James P. McLamb               Kermit Stallings
Margus I. McCarty               Alvin T. Strickland
Tyson Hardy Mewborn      Richard Summerlin
James Allen Mozingo         Daniel C. Sutton
Earnest Newsome               Edd Leddell Sutton
Melville W. Odom                 Herbert A.

Wayne County Veterans Memorial,center, Vietnam image. Click for full size.

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5. Wayne County Veterans Memorial,center, Vietnam

Sutton
James L. Parker                 James L. Taylor
William F. Parker                  Henry A. Taylor
Tryphon D. Peacock          Benjamin W. Taylor
Willis G. Peele, Jr.               Robert L. Taylor
Boddie Perry                       James A. Thomas
William J. Pierce                 James Richard Troutman
Charlie E. Pike                    Johnnie Joseph Turnage
Donald N. Pope                  Ira Wade
James A. Powell                 Charles Warren
Dudley A. Powell, Jr.          Henry Edwin Weeks
Leon Price                           Gordon Whitaker, Jr.
Charles Malcolm Price     Charles E. Wiegand
Royal Puckett                     Cecil H. Wiggs
Roscoe Quinn                    Robert E. Williams
Blanton E. Reaves            William C. Wilson, Jr.
Joe Renfrow                      Joseph D. Winchester
Bryant Roberts                  George B. Womble, Jr.
Willie Rogers                      Donza Wood
John C. Rose, Jr.              Bernice R. Wynn
John G. Rowe                     Ray Edwin York
Korean Conflict
James Elisha Bass         James Lee Kornegay
Daniel Joseph Carter     John W. Lamm
William Lloyd Howell      I.L. Littleton
John Henry King             James Merritt
Forrest L. Price

(5th
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6. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker, WWII and Korea-continued
Bronze plaque, far right)
Wayne County Memorial Community Building
1919
May-June Committee appointed by commissioners of county, by aldermen and Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro to consider a memorial to the sons of Wayne who served and died in the World War. Committee recommended erection of a community building to be both a memorial and a means of service to the living.
August Report approved by above named bodies and committed authorized to proceed with undertaking.
October Campaign begun for funds to erect building. 81,000 dollars finally raised.
1924
January Contract for building awarded.
February 23rd Corner stone laid, civic organizations participating.
1925
June 26th Dedication

Erected 2011.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #40 Ronald Reagan series list.

Location. 35° 22.95′ N, 77° 59.631′ W. Memorial is in Goldsboro, North Carolina, in Wayne County. It is on East Walnut Street near North William Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Goldsboro NC 27530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper 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.

Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker,Wayne County Memorial Community Building image. Click for full size.

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7. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker,Wayne County Memorial Community Building

The building became the focal point for the civic, recreational and patriotic life of Wayne County for almost eighty years. It was lost to fire in May, 2004.

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wayne County Veterans Memorial Map (here, next to this marker); Wayne County Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Seymour Johnson AFB History / 4th Fighter Wing History Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Wayne County Purple Heart (a few steps from this marker); North Carolina Press Association (within shouting distance of this marker); John Lawson (within shouting distance of this marker); Company E, 119th Infantry, Goldsboro Rifles World War I Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); First Pentecostal Holiness Church Congregation (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goldsboro.

Wayne County Veterans Memorial walkway plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 19, 2013

8. Wayne County Veterans Memorial walkway plaque

Photographed by Mike Stroud, April 19, 2013

9. Wayne County Veterans Memorial Marker

On June 26, 1925, the Wayne County Memorial Community Building was dedicated on this site.
It was built by public contributions from grateful citizens throughout Wayne County to serve as a living memorial to its sons who died in World War I. It later served to honor those who lost their lives in subsequent wars. The building became the focal point for the civic, recreational and patriotic life of Wayne County for almost eighty years. It was lost to fire in May, 2004.
Citizens who entered this building each day saw these words carved above the entryway: Honor - Duty - Fraternity

Wayne County Veterans Memorial - Wayne County Memorial Community Building today image. Click for full size.

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10. Wayne County Veterans Memorial - Wayne County Memorial Community Building today

This memorial site was rededicated on Veterans Day, November 11, 2011 to once again commemorate those who made the Supreme Sacrifice. We honor all others who fought in the wars by preserving in this location the memories of their fallen comrades. It continues to be a place where our citizens can enjoy the Blessings of Peace; a place that will serve as a reminder of these sons and daughters of Wayne County who secured our past and safeguarded our future.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,615 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on July 7, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.