WWI Doughboy Statue
The life-size statue depicts a World War One American Doughboy. He wears a helmet and boots and carries his rifle with a bayonet in both hands. His right foot rests on a rock. The monument is atop an marble base, with an inscription honoring the members of company E of the 11th Infantry (the Goldsboro Rifles) who died in WWI. Base, west face: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF COMPANY E 119TH. / INFANTRY GOLDSBORO RIFLES, IN MEMORY OF / THEIR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / WORLD WAR. / G. L. BLACKBORO. / GOLDSBORO, N.C. Base, north face: WILLIAM J. BRICKWELL / JOHN W. THOMPSON, JR. / CHAS. R. BRADFIELD / WILLIAM M. MCCULLOUGH / CHAS. R. DUNLAP Base, east face: WM. C. LOGAN JAMES D. STEELMAN HENRY C. LINEBERGER / NOAH L. HARDAN RAYMOND C. SWEET DAVID M. PRINCE / THO. V. BEVINS WILLIE F. EDWARDS HOPE W. MASEY / ROBERT L. ANDREWS JOHN DAVIS SAM HUMMELL / DAVID H. BOYD FLAVOUS J. MERROW GASTON DORTCH / JARVIS L. BRITT THOMAS J. NEAL / JOSEPH S. WOOTEN / WILSON P. CUNNINGHAM SAM WHITE RALEIGH T. WEST / MARION L. DANIELS WILLIE S. TOWERY JAMES A. CARTER / GEORGE T. DICKSON JAMES I. FULFORD EARL E. OLSON / ROW W. PROSSER FRANK HOPKINS CLYDE BAKER / JOHN S. RIVAS HENRY C. POPPELL
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Date of Installation:
July 4, 1920
Organization Responsible for Installation:
Members of Co. E 119th Infantry Goldsboro Riftles
Memorial War Era(s):
WWI
Location:
In front of the Wayne County Courthouse across from East Walnut Street in Goldsboro, NC
Published on January 2, 2017