Boonsville Cemetery Veterans Memorial - Boonsville, TX - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Boonsville is a small rural community in southwestern Wise County, TX, of about fifty people. Like so many early settlements that initially thrived, their decline was caused by the lack of a railroad stop here.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Western Indian War Civil War WWI WWII In Honor Of: Boonsville Veterans Marker Text: Boonsville Veterans Memorial For God Country and Family Civil War Sion Holley USA Thomas Singleton CSA Theadore Stark USA WWI Lee R Byrd Army Louis A Fultz Army F B Thetford WWII Lucian Glass MM Hugh Johnston AAF J C Mader Army Robert Dale Miller Army Herbert Shepard Army Phillip Vaught Army AC William Walker Army Orman M Womack Army R Drew Grantham MM John W Grantham USMC James Phillips USMC Western Indian War Brice Woody Civil War Marmaduke N. Price CSA John J. Sanders CSA James A Wilson USA W M Bradford USA Noah Dennis CSA O M Hancock CSA World War II Loyd R Wood Army AF Who Put it Here?: Boonsville Cemetery Description of Memorial: The memorial is comprised of two sections. The original section is made of red granite, and it stands at an angle, rising to the east. There is a flag of the United States at the top, followed by a list of veterans, in white, separated by the wars in which they served. The second section is also of red granite, rectangular in shape, and it is flush with the ground in front of the original section. Its text is in black, with the veterans also separated by the theaters in which they served. Date of dedication: Not listed

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