The Johnston County WWI Doughboy Statue in Smithfield, NC

Front Inscription: IN MEMORY / OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD OF JOHNSTON COUNTY / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR 1917-1918 [Left column] JESSE ALFORD / MAINE BAILEY / WILLIAM CLARENCE BARBOUR / JACKSON W. BARHAM / DAVID REXFORD BEST / HUBERT L. BRIDGERS / LESTER ALTON BUNCH / AKRIEL G. BYRD / HUGH COATS / OTHO DURHAM / GEORGE EXUM / EUGENE GALLION / GEORGE W. GALLOWAY / JAMES REXFORD GLOVER / MAUDIUS GODWIN / GRAY HAMILTON / PEARLIE H. HARRIS / HERMAN HIGGINS / BUCK HILL / JOSEPH HOLDEN / JOHN HOOD / CHARLES JOHNSON / HENRY LANDGLEY / FABIAN LEE / IRA B. LEE / [Right column] JOHN R. MASSEY / LEONARD MOORE / MILLARD T. PARRISH / RAYMOND J. PARTIN / JESSE PERRY / JOHN PERRY / JOSEPH LEE PIERCE / EPHIRAM PITTMAN, JR. / EDWIN SMITH POU / GEORGE WRIGHT SMITH / NEAL HENRY SMITH / HENRY SOUTHARD / WALTER STEVENS / DAVID THOMAS STRICKLAND / MARVIN L. STUCKEY / CHARLIE WALL / JOSEPH W. WALL / WILLIAM WALLACE / WALTER E. WATSON / WILBERT F. WELLONS / LOUIS F. WISE / CROWELL WOODARD / PRESTON WOODARD / JOSEPH SHADE WOOTEN MANKIND HAS EVER REVERED HEROIC VALOR AND PAID HIGHEST / TRIBUTE TO THOSE IN WHO IN LIFE’S TESTING TIME PROVED WELL / THEIR CLAIM TO THE NOBLEST MANHOOD COURAGEOUS SERVICE IN / LIFE AND A GLORIOUS DEATH ESTABLISHED YOUR RIGHT TO THIS / PROUD DISTINCTION AND MADE HUMANITY YOUR ETERNAL DEBTOR. / HONOR ROLL Side: THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY / COUNTY COMMISSIONERS / 1925 – 1926 / REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF / JOHNSTON COUNTY / AT SOLICITATION OF / AMERICAN LEGION