Lest We Forget War Memorial - Vicksburg, MS - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Granite monument for casualties from four wars.

Front (South) side of the monument is inscribed:
"Lest We Forget"
Here are recorded the names of Mississippians from Warren Country who gave their lives in order that we, trusting in God, shall not fear the power of any adversaries. Grand unto them, O Lord, eternal rest. Let us here highly resolve that they cause for which they died shall forever live.

The East side lists casualties from World War I, which continues down the side on onto the monument's base.

The South Side lists two columns of casualties from World War II, which again continues down onto the base of the monument.

The West side lists casualties in Korea on the top part, and the lower part memorializes casualties from Viet Nam.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I, World War II, Korea, Viet Nam In Honor Of: Mississippians from Warren County. Marker Text: "Lest We Forget" Here are recorded the names of Mississippians from Warren Country who gave their lives in order that we, trusting in God, shall not fear the power of any adversaries. Grand unto them, O Lord, eternal rest. Let us here highly resolve that they cause for which they died shall forever live. World War I Harvey B. Aden Henry C. Allein William W. Allein Lawrence Bigbee Douglas Boone Vinkley G. Boone Arkuscua L. Cage Hal S. Cole James W. Collins Willis C. Crouch Will Duty Ernest B. Ford Austin Gibson William T. Gifford Daniel Guion Henry Hams Guy C. Haralson David A. Harols Aussie B. Hearron Percy Johnson Stinson Lanier Perry I. Lyons Louie F. Martin Sammie Nelson Frank D. Owsley George D. Peck Edward Prentiss Charles H. Rogers John H. Sarrels Victor Scott James Shewalter Douglas Sims Floyd S. Tyler Jeff Tyler Mark I. Walden Arthur Williams William R. Yeager Othel Stevens Sprague Magruder Thomas Prine George T. Houston Grover C. Hunter Perry Johns Willis Pettway Joseph Sharpe Tony Pichetto Eugene Bobbs John L. Geary Jeff Henderson Willie J. Blackwell Saddie Harris Henry McDonald Leon Slaughter Edward Bryant Tony Pichetto World War II Clarence E. Ables Spero E. Abraham William B. Amborn George Anderson James E. Armstrong Claude M. Barton I.D. Benson Clarence H. Blackmon Hubert F. Blades Charles W. Breithaupt, Jr. Guy M. Brown Melvin Caldwell George L. Celles, Jr. Malcom Chance James Chandler Davis L. Christmas Lyman H. Coker, Jr. David C. Conrad Eugene W. Corbin William C. Craddock August J. Cronin Lawrence Culkin Harvey A. Curtis Arch A. Dennen Charles E. Downing Bernie Eames Ray Evans George Farris George Feeney, Jr. James F. Ferriss Roy C. Fleck Earl G. Fleming Shelby A. Flowers, Jr. George Ford, Jr. Wilmer R. Ford Jack C. Ford James F. Fitzgerald Albert E. Goss William Grey William B. Garrison John H. Griffing Edgar Guthrie Branch C. Hill Charles B. Hirsch William F. Hogaboom Harry Holton Leon Q. Hoxie John A. Humphreys Jack B. Hunter John T. Hunter, Jr. Phillip Kenwell Robert G. Libbey Holmes L. Lofton Peter Loftus Gordon E. MacIntosh Thomas L. MacIntosh Walter J. Mallett James P. Mallory Joseph V. Mariscano Vernon McBroom Eugen Allison McGee, Jr. John L. McIntyre James U. McMillan Noble M. McMillin Victor L. McMullen John C. Melsheimer Robert T. Middleton Peter Natteel John R. O'Hara Leonard M. Parrish Richard S. Payne Milton E. Peck Robert Paul Platzer John Podesta Harold M. Power Howard E. Powers Marion Elizabeth Pugh Vincent Rist Howard Robinson Mack O. Self Grover L. Ryan William C. "Bill" Sam John C. Senour Robert D. Shaw, Jr. Gordon C. Smith Randolph H. Smith Hughie H. Smith John H. Smith, Jr. Yerger A. Smith Charles S. Snider James S. Stratton H.B. Strickland, Sr. Marlin Strickland Walton F. Tennant Ellis G. Thomas George D. Tickell, Jr. Robert E. Truitt James L. Tyler Henry Ward Hanson Washington Richard J. Weaver Elvin P. Westcott Vernon Williams Earl Wilson Robert Womack James L. Wright E.W. Ainsworth Charles W. Bartle Herman E. Beasley Charles L. Garraton Norman E. Goza Dennis C. Kent, Jr. John Lindigrin Mack Loposer George Mitchell Louis M. Nicholson, Jr. Allen C. Owen William H. Penn Eugene H. Simmons, Jr. Bomar Smith Fred Allison Gerald Peddoch Arthur Crofts, Jr. Korea Ferdinand C. Braboy Joe Chatmon, Jr. Harold D. Dedmon Charlie L. Major Oscar H. Nettles Julius Monty Pullen Vernon L. Selvester Anthony P. Virgadamo McKinley Williams Albert S. Wright, Jr. Robert Mallory Viet Nam John L. Batchelor, Jr. Asberry Beard, Jr. Sherman C. Brady Donald R. Burnside Johnny L. Burriss Ellsworth I. Davis, Jr. James Date of dedication: 1923 Who Put it Here?: Vicksburg VFW Post 2572 Description of Memorial: Memorial is in a park on the median of Monroe Street, in a line with World War I memorial (south), Civil War Memorial from Louisiana and Purple Heart Memorial to the north.

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