A four-sided 9 foot granite war memorial lists Cherryville citizens who sacrificed their lives in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The US American Legion seal is carved on each side of the memorial under names of fallen soldiers. World War I / Dourus Dalton Beam / Guyser Canipe / John Q. Homesley / Alfonso L. Mauney / Clarence Leonard Waters / Phillip S. Hullet / [US American Legion seal] / 1986 World War II / H. Clinton Adams / David Alferd Baxter / Francis Wayne Baxter / Thomas Quay Baxter / John W. Beal / J.C. Bridges / Max David Carpenter / David Alfred Dellinger / David Grover Dellinger / Augustus Clee Dedmon / Robert Theron Franklin / James K. Humphries / Bain C. Leonhardt / Ray Moss / Ben Summer / Roy Lee Vandyke / George P. Wright / Howard Monroe Barnett / [US American Legion seal] / 1986 Korea / Marvin Costner / Jessie Lester Jarrett / Jerry McCould / James D.Pope / Ralph Stover / [US American Legion seal] / 1986 Vietnam / Bobby Dean Anthony / Larry Keith Heavner / Larry Dean Sain / Franklin Earl Wright / Carl E. Owens / Fred Lewis Thrift / [US American Legion seal] / 1986
Installation Date:
26 May 1986
Organization Responsible for Installation:
The American Legion Post 100, Cherryville, NC
Memorial War Era(s):
- Vietnam
- WWII
- Korea
- WWI
Memorial Condition:
Good
Website:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/576
Location:
The memorial is located at the intersection of E. Church and N. Pink Streets in Cherryville, North Carolina, 28021. It is on the right side of the entrance to the Cherryville Post 100 of the American Legion building.