Whitmire War Memorial 1949
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Quick Description: Whitmire War Memorial, Erected in the honor of the men and women of Whitmire who served their country in World Wars One and Two.
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 3/31/2012 7:42:08 PM
Waymark Code: WME42R
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Long Description:
Whitmire War Memorial 1949 Erected in the honor of the men and women of Whitmire who served their country in World Wars One and Two and Dedicated to the memory of the following who made the supreme sacrifice
World War One:
Arthur Baker; Thomas O. Duncan; Curtis D. Trammell; Bronx Nelson
World War Two:
Great Britton Arrowood; Thomas Bellue; Howard Eugene Bouleware; Ralph Cochran; William T. Crosby; Gilman G. Crosby; John E. Davis; Robert V. Evans; Floyd Virgil Gilliam; James R. Hayes; James A. Johnson; Roosevelt Johnson; John Bruce Loftis, Jr.; Robert P. McCall; William McMurry; William L. McCollough; John H. Osborne; Marion E. Reed; Harold A. Senn; Lawrence E. Summers; Stanley J. Teasley; James C. Vinson
Added later are dedications for the memory of those from the Korean and Vietnam wars.
Korean War:
Donald C. Vinson; James Whitener
Vietnam War:
Jesse Baker; Leonda Sartor
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War One
World War Two
Korean War
Vietnam War
In Honor Of: Erected in the honor of the men and women of Whitmire who served their country in World Wars One and Two
Marker Text:
Whitmire War Memorial 1949 Erected in the honor of the men and women of Whitmire who served their country in World Wars One and Two and Dedicated to the memory of the following who made the supreme sacrifice
World War One:
Arthur Baker; Thomas O. Duncan; Curtis D. Trammell; Bronx Nelson
World War Two:
Great Britton Arrowood; Thomas Bellue; Howard Eugene Bouleware; Ralph Cochran; William T. Crosby; Gilman G. Crosby; John E. Davis; Robert V. Evans; Floyd Virgil Gilliam; James R. Hayes; James A. Johnson; Roosevelt Johnson; John Bruce Loftis, Jr.; Robert P. McCall; William McMurry; William L. McCollough; John H. Osborne; Marion E. Reed; Harold A. Senn; Lawrence E. Summers; Stanley J. Teasley; James C. Vinson
Korean:
Donald C. Vinson; James Whitener
Vietnam:
Jesse Baker; Leonda Sartor
Date of dedication: 1949
Who Put it Here?: Unknown, Not on memorial
Description of Memorial:
This Memorial is in Whitmire, South Carolina, in Newberry County. Marker is on Union Street near Church Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the grounds of the Whitmire Library.
I found this memorial while Geocaching, as there is the first stage of a multi cache at this location.
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