The memorial is a simple rectangular slab of granite on a single base. It is unadorned aside from the inscriptions. Although erected in 1996, the names of Roy Perry and James Floyd Staton were not added until 2014. WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL / DIED IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY / [Left Column] WILLIAM MCMURRAY ALDRIDGE / JUDGE LEE AUSTIN / GEORGE A. BALL / SAMUEL DALLAS CARTER / HENRY CROWELL / MELVIN M. DEESE / JACKSON FINCHER / ARTHUR A. FLOW / JOHN L. GARLAND / JAMES P. GORDON / BENJAMIN S. GRIFFIN / JAMES FLOYD STATON / [Center Column] JESSE BAXTER GRIFFIN / JENNINGS B. HAYWOOD / WILLIAM L. HOOPER / JAMES B. HOWARD / HARRISON F. MANGUM / CHARLIE B. MCGUIRT / ARTHUR CLAY MCWORTER / JOHN MEDLIN / JOHN C. MILLER / [Right Column] JOSEPH L. ORR / JOHN W. PARKER / CLARENCE R. PATE / HENRY W. PRESSLEY / FLETCHER RAPE / WALTER N. SMITH / GEORGE J. STALLINGS / FRANK H. VESTAL / VERNON F. WEBB / O’BRIEN H. WILLIAMS / ROY PERRY / [Two names bottom between columns] DAVID L. GRIFFIN / JAMES M. NASH
Installation Date:
25 May 1996
Organization Responsible for Installation:
Union County, NC
Memorial War Era(s):
- WWI
Memorial Condition:
Good
Website:
http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/816
Location:
The monument is located in front of the Old Union County Courthouse at 400 North Main Street, Monroe, NC 28112.