Near Grayville in White County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Illinois Remembers POW/MIA

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 9, 2016

1. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker - PO3 William Farris

Inscription. PO3 William Farris, West Salem

Erected by AMVETS and Illinois Department of Transportation.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.

Location. 38° 13.91′ N, 87° 59.332′ W. Memorial is unreadable. Memorial is near Grayville, Illinois, in White County. It can be reached from County Road 2140 East (at milepost 130). Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: I-64 WB Skeeter Mountain Rest Area Comfort Station, Grayville IL 62844, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt,

in the Tri-State Region,

and in the Wabash Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in 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

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured

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as the crow flies: Mike Smith's Saloon (approx. 1.8 miles away); Present Site of The Gray Family Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Gray Family Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); James Gray's Stables and Slave Quarters (approx. 1.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away); Vincennes to Shawneetown Stage Coach Line (approx. 1.8 miles away); "Empire Corner" (approx. 1.8 miles away); Thomasanne Payne Home Site (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grayville.

Also see . . . PO3 William Farris at Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Submitted on July 25, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 9, 2016

2. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 9, 2016

3. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker

Photographed by Kevin W., August 28, 2024

4. Illinois Remembers POW/MIA Marker

Marker is no longer readable.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 437 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 25, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 4. submitted on August 28, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.