Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Vickery's Bridge

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, December 8, 2011

1. Vickery's Bridge Marker

Inscription. From September 5 to September 9, 1950 Lt. Grady Vickery was assigned to defend the Namji-Ri Bridge crossing the Nam River. The bridge had been defended by Vickery's considerably reinforced platoon. Numerous attempts to blow the bridge by the North Koreans was thwarted by Vickery's Platoon. They inflicted heavy enemy casualties. On September 9, 1950, he had troops on both sides of the bridge. At about 6-7 AM they heard this plane overhead. He made a pass over the bridge, circled and dropped a bomb that missed. He made another pass and dropped a bomb on the Center Span. They had defended the bridge for five days and our Air Force blew it up by mistake.

This event is written in numerous history books of the Korean War, with pictures of Lt. Grady Vickery and Corporal Carroll Vogles, also pictures of the bridge. Vickery retired from the Army in 1960 with the rank of Captain. He is a member of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association. He was the first president and the one with the vision for this memorial.

Although this bridge does not resemble the Namji-Ri Bridge, it is named in his honor.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, Korean. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1971.

Location. 30° 41.019′ N, 88° 1.056′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is on Battleship Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile AL 36601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in the Mobile Bay area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

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it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

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: Greece (within shouting distance of this marker); Britain (within shouting distance of this marker); Australia (within shouting distance of this marker); Luxembourg (within shouting distance of this marker); South Korea (within shouting distance of this marker); France (within shouting distance of this marker); Netherlands (within shouting distance of this marker); South Africa (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, December 8, 2011

2. Vickery's Bridge Marker

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, December 8, 2011

3. Vickery's Bridge Marker

Vickery's Bridge ~Korean War Memorials image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, December 8, 2011

4. Vickery's Bridge ~Korean War Memorials

Korean Memorials image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, December 8, 2011

5. Korean Memorials

Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, July 10, 2011

6. Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, July 10, 2011

7. Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, July 10, 2011

8. Korean War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 1,832 times since then and 67 times this year. Last updated on July 21, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 12, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 6, 7, 8. submitted on August 16, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.