Veterans Memorial of Maxton

Veterans Memorial of Maxton

Front: TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME / SACRIFICE WE ETCH THEIR NAMES / IN GRANITE TO STAND AGAINST TIME / SO WE AND OUR CHILDREN CAN / LEARN AND REMEMBER WORLD WAR I / [Left Column] ARTHUR J. MEDLIN / ROBERT WHITE MCLEAN / [Right Column] DOUGLAS PURCELL / OTIS BETTIS OBRIEN WORLD WAR II / [Left Column] RUFUS MERRITT KNIGHT / WALTER LEE / JAMES MORRISON / CURRIE MCLEOD / NEIL MCKELLER / RUFUS L. WALTERS / ARTHUR COTTINGHAM / EDWARD TOWNSEND / [Right Column] JAMES MCLEAN / LACY LEACH / ALPHONSO MCEACHIN / DAVID PIPKIN / VERNON ODOM / JOHN W. SINCLAIR, JR. / DONALD HENSEY KOREAN WAR / HERBERT LEROY SMITH VIETNAM WAR / [Left Column] RHONNIE LEE CLARK / JIMMY LOCKLEAR / MURAL MCDANIEL / [Right Column] SYLVESTER CONLEY, JR. / JOHN HOWARD HERRING Rear: LEAST WE FORGET / DEDICATED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE / TOWN OF MAXTON N.C. WHO SERVED IN TIME OF / PEACE AND WAR AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THAT SERVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE POW AND MIA WE WILL / NOT GIVE UP HOPE IN BRINGING YOU HOME Erected by The Citizens of Maxton on November 11, 1987.

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Date of Installation:

November 11, 1987

Organization Responsible for Installation:

Citizens of Maxton

Memorial War Era(s):

Vietnam
Korea
WWII
WWI

Location:

The Veterans Memorial is located in front of the Maxton Historical Society Museum at 201 W. Graham Street. It stands at the intersection of West Graham and North Florence Streets in Maxton, North Carolina.

 

Published on January 18, 2017