Near Pound in Wise County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Daniel Webster Dotson

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 17, 2015

1. Daniel Webster Dotson Marker

Inscription. Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 37° 7.829′ N, 82° 32.602′ W. Memorial is near Pound, Virginia, in Wise County. It is on Clintwood Highway (Virginia Route 82) just west of Red Onion Road (County Route 853), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pound VA 24279, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southwest Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original

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Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Crooked Road / Dickenson County (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wise County / Dickenson County (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sunnydale Farm (approx. 1.8 miles away); Pound, Virginia (approx. 3.1 miles away); Pound War Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); These Men Gave the Supreme Sacrifice for Our Freedom (approx. 3.3 miles away); Dotson-Mullins Field (approx. 3.3 miles away); Dollie Buchanan of Shockey Hollow Honors "Friendship 7" Space Flight (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pound.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Crooked Road / Dickenson County (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 17, 2015

2. Daniel Webster Dotson Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2015, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 521 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 20, 2015, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.