Sumter County Veteran's Memorial -- Americus GA - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This veteran's memorial stands in a plaza east of the Sumter County Courthouse in downtown Americus Georgia. It's made of 3 panels of gray granite 2 smaller panels on either side of a taller central panel.

The central panel reads as follows:

"[Medal of Honor]

LUTHER H. STORY

Corporal -- U.S. Army
Sumter County Georgia
B. July 20, 1931
D. September 1, 1950 Naktong River, Korea
awarded Congressional Medal of Honor

[photo of Cpl Story]

In honor of those who gave their all in our four wars. Dedicated to all veterans of Sumter County to the honor and glory of those who bravely serve to keep our country a land of freedom.

[4 emblems of US Armed forces]

Erected by the John D. Mathis
American Legion
Post number 2
[logo]
Jan. 28th 1990"

The adjacent left and right panels on either side of the central panel contain lists of names and conflicts as follows:

[L panel]

WORLD WAR II
[list of names]

[R panel]

WORLD WAR I
[list of names]

KOREAN WAR
[list of names]

VIETNAM
[list of names]"

At the foot of the memorial is a supplemental plaque that has been added as follows:

"[engraved on stone monument's base]
Memorial of honor

[engraved on the top of a smaller stone monument with a bronze plaque inset]

In memory of Luther H Story

[Bronze plaque]

'Seizing machine gun from his wounded gunner, he placed deadly fire on the hostile column, killing or wounded an estimated 100 enemy soldiers. Alerting his comrades to take cover, he fearlessly stood in the middle of the road, throwing grenades into the truck. Out of grenades, he crawled into his squad, gathering up additional grenades and again attacked the vehicle. When last seen, he was firing every weapon available and fighting off another hostile assault.'

[engraved on the bottom of the smaller stone monument with the bronze plaque]

The family of Marvin L Horne"

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): WWI WWII Korea Vietnam In Honor Of: all veterans of Sumter County Marker Text: "[Medal of Honor] LUTHER H. STORY Corporal -- U.S. Army Sumter County Georgia B. July 20, 1931 D. September 1, 1950 Naktong River, Korea Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor [photo of Cpl Story] In honor of those who gave their all in our four wars. Dedicated to all veterans of Sumter County to the honor and glory of those who bravely serve to keep our country a land of freedom. [4 emblems of US Armed forces] Erected by the John D. Mathis American Legion Post number 2 [logo] Jan. 28th 1990" The adjacent left and right panels on either side of the central panel contain lists of names and conflicts as follows: [L panel] WORLD WAR II [list of names] [R panel] WORLD WAR I [list of names] KOREAN WAR [list of names] VIETNAM [list of names]" Date of dedication: 28 Jan 1990 Who Put it Here?: John D. Mathis American Legion Post #2 Description of Memorial: The Memorial is located in the East Plaza of the Sumter County Courthouse at 500 W. Lamar Street in Americus Georgia

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