On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
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1SG Bobby Mendez STB, 2BCT 27 Apr 2006
CPL Robbie G. Light 1-67 AR 1 May 2006
CPT Shane Mahaffee 489th CA 5 May 2006
MSG Carlos Saenz 490th CA 5 May 2006
SGT Nathan J. Vacho 489th CA 5 May 2006
SPC Teodoro Torrer . . . — — Map (db m304659) WM
On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
Dedicated to All Veterans of Central Texas who served our country with eternal honor and valor, sacrificing all for every American. — — Map (db m304660) WM
On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
AmVets Department of Texas and Amvets National Service Foundation dedicated this Memorial Carillon as a living memorial to America's veterans who served their country honorably for the cause of freedom.
"...As these bells ring... Honored dead . . . — — Map (db m305083) WM
On North College Street at West Avenue D, on the right when traveling south on North College Street.
Constructed to replace an earlier brick schoolhouse destroyed by fire, the present Avenue D School was built in 1923. C.J. Leinbach of Dallas designed the three-story building, which features decorative stonework and separate entrances for girls and . . . — — Map (db m117551) HM
On South Gray Street 0.1 miles north of Long Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church originated in the Palo Alto Community, which was located about 3.5 miles northeast of present Killeen. Organized about 1864, the congregation met in a Union Church building shared with other denominations.
When . . . — — Map (db m234566) HM
On Traverse Drive at Haven Drive, on the right when traveling west on Traverse Drive.
Although this cemetery is the last remnant of the Blackburn Estate, it gives visitors a glimpse of the history of a long line of Texans who served in many wars and once owned land that now makes up part of Fort Hood. John Porter Blackburn, veteran . . . — — Map (db m287756) HM
On Conder Street at Sutton Drive, on the left when traveling south on Conder Street.
When the tracks of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad were extended from Temple to Lampasas in the early 1880s, a switching station was installed near the midway point. The settlement that grew up around the site became the town of Killeen, . . . — — Map (db m133597) HM
On South W S Young Drive south of Little Nolan Road, on the left when traveling south.
This bell was cast in the C.S. Bell and Company Foundry in Hillsboro, Ohio between 1889-1892. It was placed in the first tower of the church in 1905 following other building programs of the church it was placed in the bell tower of Clements Chapel . . . — — Map (db m287764) HM
On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
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SPC Wilfredo Perez Jr. 26 Jul 03 HHC
SGT Daniel K. Methvin 26 Jul 03 HHC
SPC Jonathan P. Barnes 26 Jul 03 HHC
CPT George A. Wood 20 Nov 03 B Co.
OIF 05 - 07
CPL Aaron M. Forbes 28 Dec 05 E Co
CPL Scott M. Bandhold . . . — — Map (db m304842) WM
On South W S Young Drive south of Little Nolan Rd, on the left when traveling south.
This fellowship was established in 1873 as the Baptist Church of Christ at Palo Alto. In 1883, one year after Killeen was founded on the rail line, the congregation moved three miles southwest to the new town. The Rev. Thomas H. Bacon served as . . . — — Map (db m287763) HM
On North Gray Street at East Avenue B, on the left when traveling north on North Gray Street.
Chartered on Feb. 27, 1901, the First National Bank of Killeen is the oldest continuously operated bank in Bell County. It first served a primarily agricultural economy, but as Killeen began to develop the bank led in the town's dramatic growth. Its . . . — — Map (db m133596) HM
On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
Dedicated to all members of the U.S. Army Special Forces, the 1st Special Service Force, and the OSS of World War II, "The Green Berets," who made the ultimate sacrifice in Europe, Southeast Asia, Central America, and Southwest Asia for . . . — — Map (db m304859) WM
On Old FM 440 Road 0.1 miles south of Ronstan Drive, on the right when traveling south.
The first burial in this graveyard, that of Wilhelm Wolf, took place in 1891, two years after the German Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation was formally organized. The Rev. H.F. Daude (1850-1924), who served as first pastor, deeded land here . . . — — Map (db m121279) HM
On North 4th Street at E Avenue D, on the left when traveling north on North 4th Street.
James H. "Screwdriver" Arnold, a native of Killeen, son of Jim and Velma Arnold, a farming family in the community.
Arnold graduated from Killeen High School in 1935, and worked as a plumber during the following years prior to entering the . . . — — Map (db m287768) HM WM
On East Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Business U.S. 190) at S W S Young Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Veterans Memorial Boulevard.
John Churchill Gaines Blackburn (1832-1912) was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1853. He and his wife Mary Ann Chambers Blackburn (1831-1908) first stopped with other family members in Williamson County, then moved to Bell County in 1854. . . . — — Map (db m287762) HM
On Florence Road 0.1 miles south of Dubroc Drive, on the right when traveling south.
W.E. Bennett began publishing the Killeen Herald in June 1890, eight years after the town of Killeen was founded. Later owners of the newspaper included W.T. Carter, an active civic leader who served as publisher and editor from 1907 to 1950. Begun . . . — — Map (db m121286) HM
On N College Street at West Avenue D, on the left when traveling north on N College Street.
On this site stood Killeen's first brick school, a Richardsonian Romanesque building. Constructed in 1902-03 and facing the railroad, Killeen's link to the world. The building was destroyed by fire on March 15, 1923, and replaced by the present . . . — — Map (db m287770) HM
On Live Oak Cemetery Road 0.1 miles west of Acorn Ln, on the left when traveling west.
Although an inventory of marked gravesites indicates that the first person buried here was Michael Young, local tradition claims that distinction actually belongs to Young's daughter. She is believed to have died of sickness near this location . . . — — Map (db m304740) HM
On Wolfridge Road 0.4 miles east of Maxdale Road (Farm to Market Road 2670), on the right when traveling east.
Established in the 1860s to serve the rural community of Pleasant Grove, this cemetery is one of the oldest in Bell County. Land for the graveyard was given by Frank N. McBryde, Sr., whose 1883 application for a post office for the community . . . — — Map (db m121241) HM
On State Highway 195 0.2 miles north of Sharp Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling north.
Mancel T. McBryde (1821-1896), who brought his family here from Georgia in the early 1860s, began this family cemetery in 1885 upon the death of his wife, Jane W. Goar McBryde (1826-1885). A farmer and rancher, McBryde selected a site south of his . . . — — Map (db m121235) HM
On North College Street at 761st Tank Battalion Ave, on the left when traveling north on North College Street.
Oveta Culp Hobby served as the director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Her organizational skills and leadership helped make the WAC a respected part of the American military and opened new possibilities for women in U.S. . . . — — Map (db m288758) HM
On Santa Fe Plaza Drive at N 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on Santa Fe Plaza Drive.
Founded in 1882 as a shipping point on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad, Killeen was named for railroad official Frank P. Killeen. After the first depot was destroyed by fire, Santa Fe workers used standard plans to build this structure in . . . — — Map (db m287765) HM
On Sharp Cemetery Road 1.8 miles east of State Road 195.
Emily Leseur Haynes Sharp (1824-1880) came to Texas from Alabama with her first husband, William Glenn Haynes. They settled in Harrison County, where they owned a large amount of land and operated a cotton gin. William Haynes died in 1849, and . . . — — Map (db m304739) HM
On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
"The country that sent us off to war was not there to welcome us home," stated by H. Moore and J. Galloway and sums up what occurred to many Vietnam Veterans.
In 2008 Congress passed Public Law 110-181§589 authorizing the Secretary of Defense . . . — — Map (db m304892) WM
On Florence Road at Rhonda Street, on the right when traveling north on Florence Road.
Organized by twelve charter members in September 1906, this organization was originally known as the Ladies Literary Society of Killeen. The name was changed one month later to the Wednesday Review Club. Pursuing studies in American and . . . — — Map (db m121291) HM
On S. Fort Hood Street (State Highway 195) 0.1 miles south of Viola Drive.
To Honor All Women Who Have Served Our Country
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We, the members of the Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association, humbly petition the blessings of our Heavenly Father upon all our activities that we may grow . . . — — Map (db m304862) WM
