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Tallassee Vietnam War Memorial

 
 
Tallassee Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 13, 2013
1. Tallassee Vietnam War Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the young men of
Tallassee who gave the ultimate
sacrifice in the Vietnam War

PFC Richard Clark
LT. Charles Davis
CW.O. Donald Estes
SGT. Joseph Johnson
CPL. Jimmy Hudson
CAPT. Davis Mathis
SGT. Calvin McGinty. Jr.
PVT. Ronald Ruff
SSGT. Dale Wilson
LT. Robert Lutz

Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.

 
Erected 1973 by Tallassee Jaycees.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 32° 32.026′ N, 85° 53.024′ W. Memorial is in Tallassee, Alabama, in Tallapoosa County. It is at the intersection of Freeman Avenue and Central Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Freeman Avenue. Located in Tallassee Veterans Park across from City Hall. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3 Freeman Avenue, Tallassee AL 36078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tukabahchi (within shouting distance of this marker); History of Tallassee (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Thurlow Dam (about 400 feet away); Tallassee Armory (approx.
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0.4 miles away); The Tallassee Confederate Armory (approx. half a mile away); Thomas Jonathan Jackson (approx. half a mile away); Nathan Bedford Forrest (approx. half a mile away); Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallassee.
 
Veterans Park with memorial in background image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 13, 2013
2. Veterans Park with memorial in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 911 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on May 19, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.   2. submitted on August 20, 2013, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 9, 2026