Selma in Dallas County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Dallas County World Wars Memorial
Lest· We· Forget
World War I 1917-1918 World War II 1941-1945
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 25, 2015
1. Dallas County World War I & II Memorial
Inscription.
Dallas County World Wars Memorial. Lest· We· Forget.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. St. John, 15-13, Erected in grateful humility to the enduring memory of those of Dallas County whose names appear hereon who made the supreme sacrifice in two World Wars. No more will they answer the call to arms...no more will they heroic deeds do! For they slumber on in eternal peace on sacred American soil...the poppy fields of Flanders...the vast expanses of the Pacific and the historic beaches of Normandy. ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ To their memory this monument is humbly dedicated, with the determined pledge of their comrades in arms to perpetuate and protect the American way of life for which they so valiantly died., World War I (White) G.W. Huston ∙ Goldsby K. Gill ∙ Rap P. Saffold ∙ Eugene R. Vaughan ∙ John T. Melvin ∙ Joseph F. Brunson ∙ Edwin M. Wood ∙ Cecil E. Green ∙ Aubrey L. Eakens ∙ John H. King ∙ Sam G. Rain ∙ James Tennimon ∙ Archie Y. Watts ∙ Alston K. Wilson ∙ Sam T. Seay ∙ Benjamin McK. Boggs ∙ John P. Jones ∙ Wiley Fancher, World War II (White) Edmund P. Ambrose ∙ Buena P. Avant ∙ Maurice I. Bloch, Jr. ∙ Robert S. Dailey ∙ Lewis S. Dantzler ∙ Sherod D. Derryberry, Jr. ∙ Ned Driggers ∙ Kitty Driskell Barber ∙ Robert W. Dunaway ∙ Ernest Ford ∙ Thomas F. Helms ∙ Thomas E. Henry ∙ Walter F. Huffman ∙ Charles E. Hughes ∙ Sam F. Jones ∙ Robert C. Key ∙ Wiliam T. Kyser ∙ Elbert O. Martin, Jr. ∙ Wylie W. Sullivan ∙ William R. Walker ∙ Walter E. Weeden, Jr. ∙ Edwin S. Williams ∙ Charles D. Arnold ∙ William D. Arnold ∙ Robert S. Cooper, Jr. ∙ John W. Gamel ∙ Edward W. Mullen, Jr. ∙ Clifford H. Radford ∙ Amos Selman ∙ Frank H. Smith ∙ L. Wilson Thornhill ∙ Martin L. Wing ∙ Robin A. Dill ∙ Clifford E. Fain ∙ James A. Franklin ∙ Richard A. Gay, World War II Harry D. Mason ∙ Trevelyn L. McClure ∙ John T. Melvin ∙ Harry H. Mitchell ∙ John E. Pilgreen ∙ Thomas J. Ratliff ∙ Ernest B. Rockwell ∙ Leon T. Rose ∙ John E. Seymore ∙ Emile E. Siegel, Jr. ∙ Daniel C. Smoke, Jr. ∙ Frank W. Stevens, III ∙ William W. Smith, Jr. ∙ William B. Dorman ∙ Isaac G. Little ∙ Robert Aultman ∙ Thomas E. Phillips ∙ Waymond Townsend ∙ John J. Carmack ∙ James W.T. Buntyn ∙ William H. Hall ∙ Charles H. Turner ∙ Wilbert M. Hughes ∙ William A. Martin ∙ William M. Massey ∙ Marion M. McCully ∙ Robert W. Piper ∙ Robert J. Poe, Jr. ∙ James R. Short ∙ Marion A. Smith ∙ James O. Strickland ∙ Carl D. Williamson ∙ Albert N. Pugh ∙ Monte M. Small ∙ John A. Mott ∙ Milton H. Tepper ∙ John C. Williams ∙ Robert C. Uzell ∙ Robert D. Snow ∙ Archie Brown ∙ Fred Atchison ∙ Irving E. Campbell, Jr. ∙ John L. Moffett ∙ Enoch H. Shoultz, World War II (Colored) Charlie Armstrong ∙ Roosevelt Smiley ∙ Ulissus Thrash ∙ James M. Christian ∙ Eugene J. Hill, Jr. ∙ Frank Lewis ∙ Orsby K. Harrell ∙ Roosevelt Battle ∙ Hamp Tate ∙ Robert Jones ∙ Otis L. Gardner ∙ Hail Hill ∙ Fred M. Slater.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends. St. John, 15-13
Erected in grateful humility to the enduring
memory of those of Dallas County whose
names appear hereon who made the supreme
sacrifice in two World Wars. No more will
they answer the call to arms...no more will
they heroic deeds do! For they slumber on in
eternal peace on sacred American soil...the
poppy fields of Flanders...the vast expanses
of the Pacific and the historic beaches of
Normandy.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
To their memory this monument is humbly dedicated,
with the determined pledge of their comrades in
arms to perpetuate and protect the American way of
life for which they so valiantly died.
World War I (White)
G.W. Huston ∙ Goldsby K. Gill ∙ Rap P. Saffold ∙ Eugene R. Vaughan ∙ John T. Melvin ∙ Joseph F. Brunson ∙ Edwin M. Wood ∙ Cecil E. Green ∙ Aubrey L. Eakens ∙ John H. King ∙ Sam G. Rain ∙ James Tennimon ∙ Archie Y. Watts ∙ Alston K. Wilson ∙ Sam T. Seay ∙ Benjamin McK. Boggs ∙ John P. Jones ∙ Wiley Fancher
World War II (White)
Edmund P. Ambrose ∙
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Buena P. Avant ∙ Maurice I. Bloch, Jr. ∙ Robert S. Dailey ∙ Lewis S. Dantzler ∙ Sherod D. Derryberry, Jr. ∙ Ned Driggers ∙ Kitty Driskell Barber ∙ Robert W. Dunaway ∙ Ernest Ford ∙ Thomas F. Helms ∙ Thomas E. Henry ∙ Walter F. Huffman ∙ Charles E. Hughes ∙ Sam F. Jones ∙ Robert C. Key ∙ Wiliam T. Kyser ∙ Elbert O. Martin, Jr. ∙ Wylie W. Sullivan ∙ William R. Walker ∙ Walter E. Weeden, Jr. ∙ Edwin S. Williams ∙ Charles D. Arnold ∙ William D. Arnold ∙ Robert S. Cooper, Jr. ∙ John W. Gamel ∙ Edward W. Mullen, Jr. ∙ Clifford H. Radford ∙ Amos Selman ∙ Frank H. Smith ∙ L. Wilson Thornhill ∙ Martin L. Wing ∙ Robin A. Dill ∙ Clifford E. Fain ∙ James A. Franklin ∙ Richard A. Gay
World War II
Harry D. Mason ∙ Trevelyn L. McClure ∙ John T. Melvin ∙ Harry H. Mitchell ∙ John E. Pilgreen ∙ Thomas J. Ratliff ∙ Ernest B. Rockwell ∙ Leon T. Rose ∙ John E. Seymore ∙ Emile E. Siegel, Jr. ∙ Daniel C. Smoke, Jr. ∙ Frank W. Stevens, III ∙ William W. Smith, Jr. ∙ William B. Dorman ∙ Isaac G. Little ∙ Robert Aultman ∙ Thomas E. Phillips ∙ Waymond Townsend ∙ John J. Carmack ∙
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 25, 2015
2. Dallas County World Wars Memorial
Names of Dallas County World War I & World War II war dead.
James W.T. Buntyn ∙ William H. Hall ∙ Charles H. Turner ∙ Wilbert M. Hughes ∙ William A. Martin ∙ William M. Massey ∙ Marion M. McCully ∙ Robert W. Piper ∙ Robert J. Poe, Jr. ∙ James R. Short ∙ Marion A. Smith ∙ James O. Strickland ∙ Carl D. Williamson ∙ Albert N. Pugh ∙ Monte M. Small ∙ John A. Mott ∙ Milton H. Tepper ∙ John C. Williams ∙ Robert C. Uzell ∙ Robert D. Snow ∙ Archie Brown ∙ Fred Atchison ∙ Irving E. Campbell, Jr. ∙ John L. Moffett ∙ Enoch H. Shoultz
World War II (Colored)
Charlie Armstrong ∙ Roosevelt Smiley ∙ Ulissus Thrash ∙ James M. Christian ∙ Eugene J. Hill, Jr. ∙ Frank Lewis ∙ Orsby K. Harrell ∙ Roosevelt Battle ∙ Hamp Tate ∙ Robert Jones ∙ Otis L. Gardner ∙ Hail Hill ∙ Fred M. Slater
Erected 1949 by Selma Post No. 20, The American Legion; Selma Post 3016, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Location. 32° 24.328′ N, 87° 2.504′ W. Memorial is in Selma, Alabama, in Dallas County. It can be
Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 25, 2015
3. Dallas County World War II Memorial
Names of Dallas County World War II war dead.
Lists shown separately for White & Colored, reflecting the South's Jim Crow Era at that time in history.
reached from the intersection of Dallas Avenue (Alabama Route 22) and Rowell Drive. Located next to Gate 1 of Memorial Stadium. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Dallas Avenue, Selma AL 36701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,069 times since then and 36 times this year. Last updated on May 21, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
