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Honoring
those who sacrificed their lives for their country.
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The idea was conceived by Garnet Walker and was built under the supervision of Curtis Cooper. Funds for the construction of the monument were donated by local citizens of Wayne County. It stands in the courthouse lawn in Monticello and was the first monument built in the state of Kentucky by a Disabled American Veterans Chapter, Roy D. Dishman who was commander of the Wayne County Chapter 105 of Disabled American Veterans when the memorial was erected. When Pearl Harbor forced the United States into the Second World War, Wayne County again furnished its quota of manpower needed for protection of the country and its people. Seventy of Wayne County's best young men gave their lives to this cause. Prayer was given by Rev. Arnold Lovett, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church during the dedication services honoring the deceased servicemen; Roll Call was by Obie S. Corder, past commander of Chapter 105. Rifle Salute was given by the National Guard and Taps by Virgil Daffron. The bronze plaque on the front of the memorial bears the names of: |
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Albert Abbott William F. Abbott Emory Alexander Earl R. Bates Dan Bell Jay Bell Lonzo Bell Reynold Bell Chester L. Bertram Dewey Bolen Cecil Brown George F. Carrigan Charles H. Campbell James Caylor Charles T. Childers Rex. C. Conley Hobert T. Casada Ernest Catron Homer L. Clemons James C. Coffey Hobart W. Coome r Tildon Correll Oliver Crabtree Hershel C. Cross Lloyd E. Davenport Luther W. Davidson Carl S. Denney Cleo Duncan Milton D. Fairchild Walton Floyd James H. Flynn Robert Flynn Thomas K. Flynn Henderson C. Foister Virgil O. Foster |
Grady Gossage Robert E. Gregory Estele W. Hardwick Doyle E. Hatfield Ollie Hicks Ray D. Hicks Colonel C. Hicks Dewey Hatfield Cecil B. Kendrick Rufus I. Lair, Jr. James W. Laughary Phillip C. Lee Edwin P. Marcum Henry A. Miller Jay G. Miller Dewey Morrow Taylor Morrow William N. Mounce Bobbie B. Neathery Otto H. New Roy F. New Johnnie Parmley Jessie M. Patton Cecil R. Piercy Robert B. Perdue Frank S. Phillips Raymond J. Ramsey Martin G. Shearer Raymond Sidwell Henry H. Stringer Jay B. Toler Fred Tuggle Edward F. Wallen Roy F. Wheeler John H. Wynn |
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Kenneth M. Baker Robert Lee Baker Roy Franklin Benge W. Frank Bryant Ulysses Ray Davidson |
J.P. Melton Ed. F. Mercer Robert J. Pendleton Alfred S. Womer ~~~//~~~ |
Most Photos Courtesy of Mrs. Donald Tabor (Kathy) of Kansas.
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