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Moreauville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

For God and Country

1917-1918 1941-1945

 
 
World War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2016
1. World War Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In grateful tribute
to all who served our Country
and
in loving memory of our war dead

Carlton Alexander
Medric Armand
Elmo Coco
Alton Couvillion
Horace Dupas
Louis L. Lacour
Earl Lemoine
Euclide Lemoine
Roy Lemoine
Bernard Mayeux
Hubert Mayeux
Curtis Mitchell
J. C. Rabalais
Leo Scallan
Eddie Tassin
Henry Voorhies
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 31° 2.223′ N, 91° 58.631′ W. Memorial is in Moreauville, Louisiana, in Avoyelles Parish. It can be reached from Bayou Des Glaises Street (State Highway 451) north of Fox Street, on the right when traveling east. Located under the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Grotto. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 9986 Bayou Des Glaises Street, Moreauville LA 71355, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Louisiana and in Acadiana — Cajun Country. It is also 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
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World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Moreauville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Battle of Mansura (approx. 4.3 miles away); Mansura (approx. 4.7 miles away); Desfossé House (approx. 4.7 miles away); Avoyelles Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); Cottonport Veterans Memorial (approx. 5 miles away); The Historic Oaks of Cottonport (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moreauville.
 
World War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 2, 2016
2. World War Memorial Marker
Marker can be seen under Mary statue/ledge.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2016. This page has been viewed 603 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 23, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 15, 2026