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Smyrna in Kent County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. Grey M. Budd • † James E. Brown • † John W. Shallengerger • † C. E. Dick Burris • † Daniel D. Jenkins • † John D. Heverin, Jr. • † Thomas H. Pearce • † Walter L. Marryat • † Roy W. Jones • † William Billy Rohman • † David W. Shockley • † Joseph A. Anderson • † Millard F. Hoskinson • Austin W. Carey • † George L. Caley • † Robert G. Horsey • † William S. Lamb • † W. Glenn Matthews • † James H. Wiest • † Lester C. Smith • † William E. Matthews, Jr. • † William M. Short • † James H. Carson, Jr. • † Marshall Clough • † Jimmie P. Rogers • † Carl C. Conley • † Charles G. Buxton, Jr. • † Stephen G. McKernan • Preston L. Knight • † William R. Carrow • † Richard F. Handsberry • † John P. Postles

† Charles F. Messick • † James W. Jones • † Wade H. Holland • † John Cascaden, Sr. • † Earl W. Wright, Jr. • † Joseph H. Snyder • Alan R. Neal • Robert W. Neal • † Alan L. Olsen • Bobby Hamilton • † Lawrence McClyment • James O. Pinder • † Larry A. Dickerson • Stephen F. Corso • Larry M. Feldman • Harry C. Thompson • † James C. Griffin • † Vaughn S. Griffin • Roger S. Dutton, Jr. • † Charles S. May • † Stephen T. Corso, Sr. • † Walter L. Brown • † James E. Fairchild • † Clare P. Shirey R.N. • † Andrew E. Marsh • † Ralph D. Knotts,
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Jr. • † Frank C. Whalen, Sr. • † Larry W. Dutton, Sr. • † Thomas L. Emerson • † Elmer L. Leonard • † Thos. E. Ned Horn, Sr. • Alphonzo Pat Burris • James Truitt

† Leonard D. Newnam • † Merrill N. Lee • † William C. Urban • Charles C. Clark • † Martin K. Bessinger, Sr. • † Albert H. Kershaw • † Clarence S. Urian • † Raymond M. Lowman • † Edward L. Hughes • † Marshall A. Clough • † Edward C. Clark, Sr. • † John E. Poore • † Ray A. LeVAn, Jr. • † Richard J. Fretz, Jr. • William J. Coonz • † Clarence M. Emerson, Sr. • † Wallace D. Elterich • † Ernest Reed • † Edward S. Semans • † William J. Dixon • † Howard T. Urian, Sr. • † Merritt A. Haley • † Russell J. Haley • † Eddie G. Burris, Sr. • † Eddie G. Burris, Jr. • † William A. Pat Hartnett • † Stephen D. McNatt • † William E. Keiser • † George E. Merrell • † Ralph ¨"Mike" Sherwood • † Paul W. Luff • † Charles H. Melton • † Jack L. Achenross

† Raymond S. Faulkner • † Robert M. Faulkner • † Robert P. Faulkner • † Bruce W. Faulkner • † Kenneth R. Bedwell • † George R. Haley • † Howard E. Moore • † Lester S. Mealy • Robert B. Scorah • † Richard F. Scorah • John G. Cooper • † George R. Barnes, Jr. • † Richard G. Rogers • † Harry R. Shirey • † Samuel S. Sampere • † Carson N. Hutsell • † Frank H. Richelt • Julius
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
2. Veterans Memorial
Tilley • † James T. Burris • † Ivan O. Smith • † Edward N. Hutchison • † Melvin L. Sparks • † Howard L. Woosley • † James H. Smith • † Joseph T. White • † Thomas H. Lamb, Sr. • † Fletcher C. Hurd • † Edward E. Hurd • † Basil E. Burns • † Joseph E. Coyle • † Kendall F. Hudson

† Deceased

 
Erected by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 17.42′ N, 75° 37.555′ W. Marker is in Smyrna, Delaware, in Kent County. Memorial is on Wheatleys Pond Road (Delaware Route 300) north of Baynard Farm Lane. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4941 Wheatleys Pond Road, Smyrna DE 19977, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Byrd's African Methodist Episcopal Church (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); "First in the World" (approx. 0.3 miles away); Town of Clayton (approx. 0.4 miles away); Clayton Veterans Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. Peter's Episcopal Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); Thornley House (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named "First in the World" (approx. 1.1 miles away); Presbyterian Church of Smyrna (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Smyrna.
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
3. Veterans Memorial
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019
4. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 18, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 1, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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