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Avon Park World War II Memorial

 
 
Avon Park World War II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023
1. Avon Park World War II Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In Honor of all who served in World War II from this community and dedicated to lasting memory of those who lost their lives

Abbot, James C. • Adams, Robert C. • Anderson Allen M. • Anderson James W. • Anderson, Robert A. • Andreu, Robert A. • Archer, W.B. Jr. • Armistead, Frank • Assimopolous, George D. • Bailey, James A. • Baldwin, Paul • Barbee, Henry • Barber, Robert J. • Barlow, Leroy • Barnard, Harry J. • Batson, Arthur B. • Batson, John • Beeler, Jack • Beilling, Raymond A. • Belin, Carrol O. • Belin, Cleland • Bennett, George C. • Bennett, Ray H. • Bennett, Richard • Bennett, Roy J. • Bennett, William • Bishop, Odean • Blake, Julius O. • Boardman, Phillip E. • Boney, George W. • Boney, Olin C. • Boney, Norris S. • Bowers, Harold M. • Bowman, Herman • Boyd, Perry J. • Boyd, Woodrow • Bradbury, James F. • Branen, Glenn • Bridgewater, Jos M. • Brooker,, H. T. • Brown, Richard I. • Bryan, Earl • Bryan, Thomas G. • Bryant Archie M. • Bryant, Hubert E. • ★Bryant, Louis O. • Bryant, Randolph M. • Buchanan, Gerald A. • Campbell, Buford C. • Campbell, Grady • Carlisle, Gordon P. • Carlisle, Leonard B. • Carnley, Frank P. • Carver, Weyman S. • Causey, Mrs. Adele • Causey, Felton • Chadwick, Harry A. • Childs, Charles R. • Childs, Clyde H. • Clark, Edward J. • Clark, Elmer C. • Clark, Gene A. • Clark, Ora B. • Clements,
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Cecil M. • Cole, Claude • Collins, Jack E. • Conoley, Rudolph • Cook, Earl G. • Cook, James • Cook, Milton • Cooley, Harold R. • Cooper, James • Cooper, Ralph • Correll, Albert G. • Cothran, Orrin C. • Covington, Marcus • Cox, Wilbur C. • Crabtree, Clarence E. • Craft, Clifford L. • Creel, James G. • Creel, Milton L. • Crews, Arthur • Crews, Denzel H. • Cribb, William E. • Croft, Donovan S. • Croft, William C. • ★Crosby, B. Tillman, Jr. • Crosby, James E. • Cross, Theron L. • Crutchfield, Edward G. • Dalton, Jack P. • Davis, Charles L. • Davis, Martin W. • Davis, R. Mable • Dean, Wayne V. • Deas, William F. • Delaney, Cois L. • Delaney, Edgar A. Jr. • Delaney, Robert P. Jr. • Derkman, Oren T. • Deshong, James C. • Dixon, Jos P. Jr. • Drawdy, Cornelius G. • Drawdy, Grady • Dubose, Eugene • Dubose, Virgil E. • Dunn, Harold • Dunn, Waco • ★Durrance, George L. • Dyal, Floyd T. • Dyal, Roy A. • Ebi, Albin J. • Elder, James E. • Elder, Leland F. • Elliott, Jesse B. • Elliott, Vance L. • Ellis, Dan M. Jr. • Ellis, Emeliar V. • Ellis, Jerome P. • Elwell, George • Elwell, Harry M. • Elwell, John T. • Faircloth, Carl • Farabee, Franklin • Farabee, Freddie • Farabee, Melton S. • Fennel, James J. • Fenneil, Marion F. • Field, Warren K. • Fields, Clayton G. • Fields, Eugene • Fletcher, William R. • Fletcher, Dozier • Flippen, Arthur C. • Flowers, Edward E. • Foster, Fred • Foster,
Avon Park World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023
2. Avon Park World War II Memorial
George F. • Foster, Jack • Foster, Marion • Foster, Raleigh E. • Fowler, Eddie M. • Frizzell, Bertram • Furr, Claude F. • Garrett, Fred • Garrett, Ray • Gaster, Josh • Gaylord, Robert D. Jr. • Gerrard, George R. • Giddens, A. F. • Giddens, H. M. • Giddens, John A. Jr. • Giddens, Julian H. • Giddens, William C. • Godwin, George D. Jr. • Goff, James R. • Goolsby, Howell G. • Goolsby, Thomas O. • Gore, William E. • Gregory, Arthur • Gribble, George B. • Gribble, Lloyd T. • Griffith, James F. • Gunter, Van T. • Hagan, James H. • Hall, William R. • Harden, Cecil E. • Harden, Harvey T. • Harden Isaac W. • Harden, Robert F. • Harnage, Floyd E. • Harnage, Robert C. • Harris, Herbert • Harris, James C. • Harris, Olin C. • Harris, Virgie L. • Hart, James C. • Hart, L.D. • Hart, Sanford P. • Hay, Calvin • Hayes, Harold • Haynie, George W. • Head, William J. • Heim, James A. • Heim, Ralph W. • Heim, William J. Jr. • Hetherington, James L. • Hill, Arthur • Hill, Harvey L. • Hill, George B. • Hill, Jack • Hill, Josh • Hill, Ned W. Jr. • Hobby, Roy • Hood, Oliver B. • Hood, Robert L. • Hood, William R. • Hough, Carl R. • Howell, Corbett • Hunter, Aubrey W. • Jackson, Clarence • Jackson, Harold C. • Jarrett, Roy C. Jr. • Johns, Ernest J. Jr. • ★Johns, Fred G. • Johns, Lawrence • Johnson, Floyd M. Jr. • Johnson, Willard L. • Johnston, Ralph L. • Jones, Dave C. • Jordan, Hoover H. • Jordan,
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Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023
3. Avon Park World War II Memorial
Richard H. • Keller, Basil S. • Kelly, James C. • Kelly, James I. • Kempton, Charles • Kerklin, Lawrence V. • Kerklin, William T. • Kersey, Benjamin G. • King, Doris • Laflam, Alton • Laflam, Francis A. • Laflam, Phillip • Laflam, Thomas A. Jr. • Landress, James T. • Landress, Merle A. • Lanier, Charles V. • Lassiter, Fred • Lassiter, Malcolm L. • Lawhon, Charles H. • Layton, Aaron L. • Lee, James R. • Lee, Joe C. • Lee, John P. • Lee, Roland H. Jr. • Lingerfelt, Walter H. J. • Locke, Charles O. III • Lowe, Ernest L. • Luke, Glenn • Lust, John H. • Lyle, Jack M. • Mackay, William C. • Maddox, Howard A. • ★Maddox, Roy D. • Maddox, Walter A. • Marshall, John C. • Martin, Charles B. • Martin, Eugene • Martin, James E. • Martin, Ouida M. • ★Massey, Russell • Massey, Russell B. • Matchett, Atherline • Mathis, Forest M. • Mathis, Ray C. • McAfee, Teen • McCall, Luke E. • McClelland, Clifton A. • McClelland, Harold M. • McConnell, Leonades J. Jr. • McFarland, Dale • McFarland, Warren • McGiboney, Robert G. • McGill, Homer M. • McWhorter, Robert E. • Mercer, Emmanuel W. • Merriwether, Billy J. • Merriwether, Conklyn W. • Meyer, Terrence R. • Milton, Hubert E. • Monk, Burl • Montsdeoca, Fred • Moore, Donald C. • Moore, George R. • Moran, Benjamin F. • Morgan, Benjamin F. • Morgan, Vernon C. • Morrison, Robert • Murray, Herbert B. • Nader, George W. • Nader, Louis A. Jr. • Neal,
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Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023
4. Avon Park World War II Memorial
Ray • Nelson, Robert E. • Newman, Jessie T. • Norton, Marion C. • O’Conner, John • O’Hern, Jerry C. • Pabor, William E. • Pardee, Stephen C. • Park, William C. • Parker, Walter C. • Parrish, Brady J. • Pate, Dewey • Pate, Floyd M. • Pate, Grady • Patterson, Carlton H. • Patterson, James F. • Paulk, Henry D. • Paulk, James G. • Pearson, James E. • Peel, Tom H. • Perdue, Clyde D. • Perry, Doyle • Perry, Marvin J. • Pickett, Spencer • Pinion, Joseph R. • Polk, Calvin A. • Pope, James E. • Porter, Charles • Porter, Grady I. • Porter, Harold R. • Prescott, Robert S. • Prickett, Hugh D. • Rawlins, William L. • Reddick, Fred • Reddick, Marvin J. • Reddick, Richard D. • Reeder, George Q. • Renfro, William M. • Reynolds, George L. • Reynolds, Johnnie O. • Rhymes, Lee L. • Rich, Charles E. • Roberson, Dorsey L. • Roberson, Willard • Roberts, Demond • Roberts, Ellsworth K. • Roberts, Everett L. • Robinson, Sam P. • Rodger, Allen • Rogers, James A. • Rogers, Melvin L. • ★Rogers, Ralph T. • Rounds, Paul A. Jr. • ★Rowe, Harold E. • Rowe, James H. • Rutherford, William • Rutledge, Boyd F. • Rutledge, Henry T. • Rutledge, Thomas • Sander, Willie E. • Savage, Albert L. • Scarborough, Zed • Scott, Mitchell L. • Selph, Vurnis M. • Shaw, Marvin, H. • Sheppard, Charles L. • Sherertz, Walter W. • Sherman, Charles D. Jr. • Sherman, Edward T. • Sheumaker, Anna L. • Sheumaker, Leon W. • Shivers,
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Photographed By Dave W, March 11, 2023
5. Avon Park World War II Memorial
Ovid M. • Shubeyski, Edward J. • Shurley, Henry K. • Skipper, Cecil • Skipper, Francis H. • Skipper, Powell • Slayden, Van H. • Smith, Charles E. Jr. • Smith, Fred N. • Smith, John R. • Smith, Joseph B. • Smith, Wendell M. • Spatz, Rickey • Spurlock, Floyd L. • Starkey, Eldred L. • Stephenson, Joseph J. • Strenth, Lelan R. • Strickland, John S. • Suggs, Morris • Sturdivant, Edward W. • Thigpen, Johnathan • Thomas, Fred H. • Thomas, Hugh D. • Thomas, Sumner • Thomason, Virgil S. • Thompson, Alvin C. • Thompson, Thomas J. • Thompson, Thomas O. • Tillman, James D. • Todd, E. Donald • Todd, Herbert R. • Tomlinson, Grady • Tomlinson, Woodrow W. • Touchton, Walter • Townsend, George L. • Townsend, John R. • Tucker, Walter • Tuten, Jesse W. Jr. • Tyner, Enoch G. • Tyner, George T. • Varnes, Earl L. • Varnes, James E. • Vilkaitis, John • Vilkaitis, Paul • Walker, Harry • Walker, James L. • Walter, Walter • Ward, Charles E. • Ward, George • Ward, James • Waters, Vernon O. • Welch, Clifford • Wells, George B. • Wells, James T. • West, Charles • Wester, Albert • Whitner, George • Wiggins, Richard • Wilkes, Dolphus R. • ★Wilkes, Frank • ★Wilkes, John E. • Wilkes, Rufus C. • Williams, Billie B. • Williams, Jack • Williams, James M. • Williams, Ralph A. • Williams, Thomas L. • Williams, Walter L. • Williams, Warner • Williford, John T. • Willis, Cecil A. • Winegard, Arthur • Witt,
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Erected by American Legion Highlands Port No. 69.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 27° 35.745′ N, 81° 30.19′ W. Marker is in Avon Park, Florida, in Highlands County. Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street and Forest Avenue, in the median on West Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 103 W Main St, Avon Park FL 33825, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. To Those Who Served (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Avon Park Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); First Church in Avon Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Oldest Structure on Main Street (about 600 feet away); The War Dog Memorial (about 600 feet away); Memorial Flag Pole (approx. 0.2 miles away); Avon Park Depot Museum (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avon Park.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 17, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 203 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 17, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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