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Letcher County Honor Roll

 
 
Letcher County Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 3, 2016
1. Letcher County Honor Roll
Inscription.

We Who Share the Peace
Honor Those Who Preserved It

World War I
Adams, John • Adams, Ralph • Anderson, Clell • Brown, David N. • Brown, George • Brown, Sylvan • Bukhart, Bradley • Cornett, Curtis • Day, Douglas • Dixon, Elijah B. • Dixon, William • Ford, Charlie J. • Hall, Patrick H. • Hardy, Joe • Hubbard, Henderson M. • Igo, Emery • Johnson, Tom • Maggard, Henry • McKnight, George W. • Scruggs, Frank W. • Sexton, Joseph

World War II
Adams, Claude • Adams, Eugene A. • Amburgey, Lawrence L. • Anderson, Lloyd R. • Anderson, Mander, Jr. • Arthur, Fred L. Sr. • Back, Edgar • Back, Freelin • Back, Thurman • Bailey, Paul D. • Bailey, Silas • Baker, Ewing • Baker, Herbert • Baker, Ivory C. • Baker, James Jr. • Baker, Roy • Banks, Dishman E. • Barney, Pete, Jr. • Bates, Lee C. • Bates, Lenville • Bates, Pony W. • Bell, William F. • Benge, Jack • Bentley, Ballard J. • Bentley, Clifford • Bentley, Hayes • Berry, Edward H. • Blair, Charles O. • Blanton, George • Boggs, Harold • Bostain, Luther D. • Brashears, Estill • Brewer, James O. • Buckhold, Wilbert W. • Burns, Daniel B. • Calton, Melvin • Cashman, Junious M. • Caudill, Cecil • Caudill, Clide • Caudill, Darwin • Caudill, William Jr. • Centers, Chris • Chandler, Paul B. • Childers, Mack T. • Collins, Glenn • Combs,
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Billy F. • Combs, Bradley • Combs, Gerny • Combs, William F. • Cook, Arnold • Cook, Hansford • Cornett, Chester Jr. • Cornett, Eldred L. • Cornett, Haywood • Coyer, Wilfred D. • Craes, Hubert • Craft, Bill • Davidson, Larry • Davis, Jack • Depriest, William R. • Dills, Ernest, Jr. • Dingus, Teddy M. • Dixon, James E. • Dixon, Kirby • Duncan, William M. • Eldridge, Delza • Ellish, Lewis • Fields, Arlie • Fields, Dixon • Fletcher, Jesse L. • Flint, Chester • Fonts, Murray • Frazier, James M. • Fugate, Lewis • Gillian, Jesse J. • Greene, James H. • Griffith, Hargis R. • Grisby, Cecil K. • Hall, Hershel W. • Hall, Ralph • Hall, Rush • Hall, Wade • Hammonds, William C. • Hampton, Jerry P. • Harris, Winzer • Hart, J. Hugh • Hatton, David Sr. • Hendrix, Arthur R. • Hoffman, Gatewood • Holbrook, Chester F. • Holbrook, Dolphia • Holbrook, Wesley • Halcomb, Gatthel • Holland, John R. • Hopkins, Raymond V. • Howard, Earnest • Howington, Orville J. • Hudgins, Hershel • Hughes, Worley C. • Hyatt, Willard D. • Ison, Bill • Ison, Earl • Ison, James • Ison, Roland • Jenkins, Harold S. • Jones, Gilbert O. • Jones, Walter H. • King, Sterling • Kissinger, Clayton • Lee, Fritz Jr. • Lewis, John S. • Logan, Fulton • Logsdon, David E. • Looney, Claude • Lucas, Eli • Lucas, Luther J. • McCarty, Cecil • McRoberts, Billy • McRoberts, Ruben S. • Marshall, R.B. • Martin, James V. • Monhollen, Willie D. •
Letcher County Honor Roll<br>Left Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 3, 2016
2. Letcher County Honor Roll
Left Panel
Morris, Doyle • Mullins, Gilmer • Mullins, Ernest • Mullins, Glen • Mullins, Henry • Newsome, Marvin • Nicholson, Harold T. • Norton, Edward • Pece, James T. • Pennington, Hershel • Permestta, Marvin • Pigman, Sidney • Polly, Eugene • Polly, Willard • Potter, A.C. • Potter, Edward • Profitt, Fernoy • Ramey, Benjamin F. • Reed, Emmett J. • Reynolds, Virgil • Roberts, Virgil E. • Rudd, Carl • Salyer, Braton • Salyer, William B. • Sanders, James R. • Sanders, William H. • Settles, Orville E. • Sexton, Ora J. Jr. • Sexton, Vernon • Smith, Edgar H. • Smith, George D. • Stamper, James W. • Stamper, Paul E. • Stidham, Robert L. • Strange, Ellis E. • Sturgill, William K. • Thompson, John W. Jr. • Thornton, Harold B. • Tolson, Clyde • Tubbs, Roy W. • Vance, Lindesay • Vinson, Charles W. • Wassum, Joseph C. • Watts, Lawton • Watts, Vinson • Webb, Bruce • Whitaker, Gale • Whitaker, James R. • Whitaker, Ottis • Wilder, Glenn • Wilder, Henry C. • Wolfe, Malcolm B. • Wright, Comey • Wright, James H. • Young, Guy L. Jr.

Korean War
Adams, Troulius • Anderson, A.C. • Bentley, Elwood • Blevins, Billy J. • Breeding, Herman Jr. • Brown, Ray • Caudill, Charles L. • Cline, George H. • Collins, James E. • Combs, Bobby V. • Cornett, Crowden • Craft, Richard Jr. • Elswick, Ervin C. • Griffin, Leslie • Griffith, James A. • Hampton, Carmel • Hughes, Jack W. • Isaac, Willie D. • Ison,
Letcher County Honor Roll<br>Center Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 3, 2016
3. Letcher County Honor Roll
Center Panel
Earl • King, Denver • McFall, Billie E. • Meeks, Charles E. • Menken, Donald L. • Miles, David • Moncrief, Douglas • Mullins, Elmer • Mullins, James C. • Pridemore, Don K. • Putman, Donald C. • Riley, George • Roark, William J. • Roberts, James W. • Sanders, Thomas • Saulsberry, Robert • Scott, Thomas • Smallwood, Herbert H. • Smith, Willie D. • Tackett, Donald F. • Terry, Simon • Trent, Ira V. • Tyree, James A. • Watts, Edward • Webb, James • White, James H. • Yonts, Robert B.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 37° 7.092′ N, 82° 49.61′ W. Memorial is in Whitesburg, Kentucky, in Letcher County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Webb Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 156 Main St, Whitesburg KY 41858, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kentucky and in the Cumberland Plateau. 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pilot -- Spy -- Hero / Francis Gary Powers (here, next to this marker); Early Settler (approx. 1.9 miles away); James Still (approx. 3 miles away); Harriette Simpson Arnow (approx. 3 miles away); John Fox, Jr. (approx. 3 miles away); Harry Monroe Caudill
Letcher County Honor Roll<br>Right Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 3, 2016
4. Letcher County Honor Roll
Right Panel
(approx. 3 miles away); Kingdom Come (approx. 4.2 miles away); Scuttle Hole Gap Road (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whitesburg.
 
View to South Across Main Street image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 3, 2016
5. View to South Across Main Street
Honor Roll is at northwest corner of the Letcher County Courthouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 4, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,151 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 23, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
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