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Washington-Wilkes Vietnam Monument

 
 
Washington-Wilkes Vietnam Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, September 13, 2015
1. Washington-Wilkes Vietnam Monument
Inscription.
Dedicated by the
Washington-Wilkes Jaycees
In Sacred Memory of the
Men of Wilkes County
Who Made the Supreme
Sacrifice in Vietnam

Melvin Bolton
Charles McCorry
Arthur E. Scott
Charles M.Shelton
Michael A.Smith

 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 33° 44.267′ N, 82° 44.35′ W. Monument is in Washington, Georgia, in Wilkes County. It is at the intersection of East Court Street and North Spring Street on East Court Street. Monument is on the Wilkes County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 23 East Court Street, Washington GA 30673, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Georgia’s Piedmont. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Woodmen of the World Supreme Sacrifice Monument (here, next to this marker); Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia (here, next to this marker); Jefferson Davis (a few steps from this marker); Wilkes County Confederate Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Bolton Factory (a few steps from this marker); In Memory of Cpl. M. Philip Scarborough, USMC (a few steps from this marker); Wilkes County
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(a few steps from this marker); The Dissolution of the Confederate Government (a few steps from this marker); Washington Square (within shouting distance of this marker); Last Cabinet Meeting of the C.S.A. (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.
 
Washington-Wilkes Vietnam Monument<br>First from the Left image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Scott, September 13, 2015
2. Washington-Wilkes Vietnam Monument
First from the Left
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2016, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 424 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2016, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
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Jun. 13, 2026