Dickson County Veterans Memorial ~ Charlotte, TN
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N 36° 10.698 W 087° 20.322
16S E 469542 N 4003777
On the courthouse lawn, with a Civil War and Revolutionary War memorials.
Waymark Code: WMAEK1
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member dejf75
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County of Memorial: Dickson County
Location of Memorial: S. Court Square, courthouse lawn, Charlotte
Text On Memorial:

DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE WHO
SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DURING THE 20TH CENTURY


From the towns, villages and countryside they came to answer the call to duty. Many traveled thousands of miles to meet in battle the enemies of democracy, risking their lives - - many dying - - to ensure future generations of Americans a free way of life.

THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE:


WORLD WAR I
1917 - 1918
Richard Ashworth
McKinley Adams
Lucien Berry
Lawrence Breeden
Wm. Luther Browning   
Clyde I. Buckner
Daucey Buttrex
James L. Carter
William C. Carter
Jeff T. Carter
Samuel J. Clifton
Sam R. Dunnagan
Rawley Donaldson
Zumer England
Thomas C. Field
Sam V. Goodwin
Aubrey E. Harvey
Ellie T. Herbison
OrbittP. Hooper
Walter Hudgins
John B. Hutton
Hugh S. James
Charles I. Knott
Justin Lyle
George K. McCollom   
Walter C. Manley
Roy Martin
Wm. Edgar Martin
Thomas A. Mitchell
Elijah Moore
Athre H. Nesbitt
Frank C. Oakley
James B. Oakley
Grover B. Outlaw
Philip Pack
Wm. Edward Peeler
Dudley R. Shawl
John C. Sheley, Jr.
Ulysus Spicer
Olin D. Stuart
Aretus Taylor
George L. Tidwell
Mark Welch
Selkirk Woodard

KOREAN WAR
1950-1953
Bennie E. Bellar
Mack Cavender
Jesse Rook Cooksey
Hollis M. Creasy
Thomas A. Forehand     
Robert M. Gerron
Clifford A. Llewellyn
Wm. Carlton Long
Herbert H. McClelland
Billy J. Pardue

VIETNAM WAR
1964-1975
James C. Alderidge
George W. Coone, Jr.     
V. Eugene Davidson
Billy E. Lankford
Jimmy M. Logan
Dennis O. Hargrove
William L. Martin, Jr.
Stephen L. Miles
Charles W. Smith
Benjamin S. Underhill
Jack Weaver

WORLD WAR II
1941-1945
Carl Adams
Curtis Adcock
Fred W. Ashworth
William N. Baker
Willie Bell
Robert Bellar
James L. Black
Robert E. Boaz
Thomas B. Bone
Elmer Bradford
Joe H. Brown
Archie Browning
Frank Brunet
Allen A. Buchanan
Larry L. Burgess
Newton Cannon, M.D.   
Charles T. Capps
Herman Corlew
Robert E. daniel
Nolie Dickson
James W. Edgin
Phillip M. Edwards
William M. Field
Austin P. Finch
Wesley Foster
Howard Franklin
John F. Hood
Abner C. Gafford
Allie Gentry
John L. Gray
James H. Gunter
Edward V. Hall
James E. Hall
John C. Hall
J. Paul Hood
Wm. Roy Hood
Nelson Hopson
Edgar W. Hudson
Andrew C. Jeffrey
Woodrow W. Kelley
Mike Lamb
Dudley B. Lamastus
James D. Lankford
John M. Larkins
James Y. Lowe, Jr.
Delbert G. Luther, Jr.   
John W. Luther
Percy Lyle
Cecil R. McElhiney
Oscar L. Martin
William T. Miller
Van J. Mitchell
Robert L. Mixon
Harry Murrell
James Nickelson
James Osborn
Andy L. Ostrander
Billie P. Pack
Randall Patey
Daniel C, Petty
Horace H. Self, Jr.
R. Arnold Sensing
B. Clifford Sensing
William E. Sizemore
George Skeggs
Raymond Spahn
James D. Stewart
Roy L. Stinson
Granville Stokes
John H. Stokes
Louie C. Story
Clyde M. Taylor
Landon C. Tidwell
William J. Todd
Joe W. Tuggle
Charlie G. Underwood
Leamond Underwood
Adrain F. Vetter
Mack D. Walton

Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends. John 15:13


FREEDOM IS NOT FREE

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam


In Honor Of: Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice

Marker Text:
Please see above


Date of dedication: May 2002

Who Put it Here?: Korean War Veterans of America, Charpter 3, Dickson; The People of Dickson County

Description of Memorial:
Marble stone with wings, typical of many small county seats courthouse lawn memorials. Very nice touch of color, in the seals of the branches of service. Dedicated to all who served, but list of names is for those who gave their lives. The back side has the sponsors, and such, but also has the image of a wooden cross top with a WWII steel helmet.


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