Person County Veterans Memorial, Roxboro

The Person County Veterans Memorial consists of an unadorned bronze plaque attached to a square granite slab several feet tall and standing on a concrete base. Inscription 19 / PERSON COUNTY / VETERANS MEMORIAL / 79 / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THESE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / 1917 – WWI – 1918 U.S. ARMY / [Four columns of 20 names total] / 1941 – WW2 – 1945 U.S. ARMY / [Four columns of 41 names total] / U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE / [Four columns of 16 names total] / U.S. NAVY U.S. MARINE C. / [Three names under US Navy and one under Marine] / 1950 – KOREA – 1954 U.S. ARMY / [Four names] / U.S. ARMY 1963 – VIETNAM – 1973 U.S. MARINES / [Nine names under US Army and three names under Marines] / U.S. AIR FORCE [One name] /