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Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial

 
 
Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 7, 2015
1. Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial



Inscription.

Brazoria has been home to many heroes. This memorial is dedicated to those that gave the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. They have built, protected and honored our fair city unlike any other. Commend their deeds, honor their sacrifice and remember their names.

Battle for Texas Independence

Battle of Velasco
June 1832
Capt. Aylett Buckner • Jose (Buckner’s Mexican Servant) • Andrew Castleman • Matthew Kinds • Edward Robertson • William S. Smith • Leancer Woods

Alamo
March 6, 1836
Robert Cochron • Green Jamison • Amos Pollard • Jesse G. Thompson • William Willis

Massacre at Goliad
March 27, 1836
William S. Brown • James Fannin • Perry Reese

Mier Expedition
1842 - 1844
James Austin

Civil War
1861 - 1865
Thomas Barrington • William Duncan • John B. Estes • Abner Jackson • Andrew Jackson • George McNeel • Granville McNeel • Pleasant McNeel • David Mims • Sam Mims • William Ward • John A. Wharton


United States of America Military Combat Forces

World War I
1914 - 1918
Ransom O’Neil • Richard Bivins • Edwin F. Hodgson

World War II
1939 - 1945
Sidney Curtis - Mar. 24, 1945

Korea
1950
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- 1953
Ralph L. Perrin - July 25, 1950 • Glen Gray - Aug. 1, 1950 • Bernard E. Weichman - Mar. 31, 1951 • Norman L. Whitaker - July 7, 1952 • James E. Anderson - July 16, 1951

Vietnam
1960 - 1975
John A. Nevels - Feb. 18, 1968

Op. Enduring Freedom Iraq
2003 -
Phillip A. Jordan - Mar. 23, 2003
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 29° 2.811′ N, 95° 34.27′ W. Memorial is in Brazoria, Texas, in Brazoria County. It is on W. Smith Street west of N. Brooks Street (Texas Highway 36), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 202 W Spring St, Brazoria TX 77422, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Houston Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American 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, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, 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: Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway Company (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry Smith (within shouting distance of this marker); First Presbyterian Church of Brazoria (approx. Ό mile away); Masonic Oak (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Masonic Oak (approx. 0.6 miles away); Site of the Home of John Austin (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dr. Sofie Deligath Herzog (approx. 0.7 miles away); Brazoria Townsite (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brazoria.
 
Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 7, 2015
2. Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial
Left Panel
Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 7, 2015
3. Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial
Center Panel
Nearby Streat Banner Commemorating<br>Brazoria Fallen Heroes image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 7, 2015
4. Nearby Streat Banner Commemorating
Brazoria Fallen Heroes
In Honor of
William (Bill) Swatloski and Gid Robert Davidson
Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, October 7, 2015
5. Brazoria Fallen Heroes Memorial
View to north across W. Smith Street
Memorial in front of 1933 Brazoria Public School
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 854 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 30, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
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