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

Lamar County Korea & Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 4, 2016

1. Lamar County Korea & Vietnam Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In memory of Lamar County's honored dead
Korea

Bowen, Elzie Ray
Hays, Robert A.
Mixon, Herman L.
Pickens, Freddie F.
Reed, Cecil
Rushing, Larry W.

In memory of Lamar County's honored dead
Vietnam

Cook, Marlin C.
Crump, Jack V. Fields, James R.
Jackson, George E.
Lundy, Lonnie E.
Truelove, James M.

Erected by V.F.W. Post 4650, American Legion Posts 32 & 86, and citizens.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • Military • War, Korean • War, Vietnam.

Location. 33° 45.456′ N, 88° 6.531′ W. Memorial is in Vernon, Alabama, in Lamar County. It is at the intersection of Pond Street (Alabama Route 17) and 1st Avenue NE, on the right when traveling north on Pond Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 44690 Highway 17, Vernon AL 35592, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 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 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lamar County Confederate Memorial (here, next to this marker); Lamar County WWI & WWII Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Birth of Sulligent (approx. 10.1

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miles away); John Hollis Bankhead (approx. 10.3 miles away); Mormon Springs (approx. 11.7 miles away in Mississippi); Town of Belk / Belk Community Center Park (approx. 13 miles away); Center Point Church (approx. 15.3 miles away in Mississippi); Piney Grove United Methodist Church (approx. 16.3 miles away in Mississippi). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vernon.

Other markers no longer nearby. The Ogden House (was approx. 9.9 miles away but has been permanently removed); Monroe County Created 1815 (was approx. 14½ miles away in Mississippi but has been confirmed missing).

Lamar County Korea & Vietnam Memorial at Courthouse. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 4, 2016

2. Lamar County Korea & Vietnam Memorial at Courthouse.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 643 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 14, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.