Cumberland County Vietnam Memorial, Freedom Memorial Park, Fayetteville
This three-paneled monument honors the North Carolinians who died in the Vietnam War. The rectangular left panel features a map of Vietnam. To its right, the second panel bears the names of those who died among patriotic illustrations of the armed forces in Vietnam. The third panel is a simple inscription.
A bronze plaque listing donors and commemorations appears on the back of the monument. A
memorial bench stands at the edge of the concrete pad that fronts the monument.
Image:
Right panel |
Monument with a memorial bench |
Memorial bench |
Back of the monument |
Plaque on the back
Top panel:
Cumberland
/ Randall Sherwood Hickman
/ Luther O’Neil McCormick
Fayetteville
/ Erhard Jimmie Adams
/ Merritt Adams
/ Kenneth Hosea Albritton
/ Martin Irving Arbeit
/ Craig Philip Averill
/ Lonnie Barber
/ Bobby Baxley
/ Reginald Conrad Bell
/ Charles Herman Bennett
/ Charles Duncun Bethea
/ James Earl Blue
/ Wayne Roy Borowski
/ Charles George Borowsky
/ Harvey Brewington Jr.
/ Thomas Carl Bronson
/ Joseph Martin Leroy Brown
/ William Andrew Buck Jr.
/ Billie Byrd
/ Alexander Campbell Jr.
/ Walter Robert Capps
/ Cecil Leroy Chapman
/ Robert Lee Cooper
/ Sherman Pondexter Davis
/ Sebastian Edward Deluca
/ Bobbie Jefferson Dennis
/ Phil Jackson Dickens
/ Robert Cyrill Donald
/ Douglas Duke Eason
/ James Lee Elliott
/ William Hoke Farmer Jr.
/ Robert Glenn Freeman
/ Bobby Glynn Gadie
/ Charles Howard Gray Jr.
/ Charlie Gray
/ Calvin Arthur Greene
/ Jon Leslie Grimmett
/ Edgar James Guin
/ Oliver Yates Harrelson
/ Hilton Hayes Jr. / Ernest Hayward
/ James Edward Holder
/ Forrest Hughy Hollifield
/ William Horner
/ Carter Avery Howell
/ Jeffrey Andrew Hults
/ Johnny Franklin Jackson
/ Paul Gray Jackson
/ Launey E. King
/ Franklin O’Neil Leggett
/ Charlie Gray Lewis
/ Clarence Logan
/ James Martin Luttrell
/ Michael William Lyne
/ Marshall Thomas Markham
/ Harold Wayne McDonald
/ Mitchell Lee McGuire
/ Freddie Lee McNeil
/ William Charles Moore Jr.
/ John Belk Mullis
/ Alton Bernard Munn
/ Larry Murray
/ Job Navarrete Jr.
/ George William Ovsak
/ Kermitt Chevene Parnell
/ Jerry Lee Prentner
/ Jack Ray Price
/ Ralph Joseph Reno
/ Willie Junius Roundtree
/ Eddie Bernard Sands
/ Shane Nunzio Soldato
/ Earl Thomas Sommerhof
/ Hubert Stackhouse
/ William Anderson Sullivan
/ Donald Charles Tannenbaum
/ Douglas Gerald Thompson
/ David Joseph Underhill
/ Jean Uszakow
/ Eugene Kenneth Wallace
/ Wilbert Walton
/ Alderman Carroway West Jr.
/ Dempsey H. Williams III
/ William Smyly Williams Jr.
/ Elsworth Williford
/ Charles Richard Wisham,
/ Larry Curtis Wrenn
Ft Bragg
/ Justin Marshall Lynch
/ Charles Mrdjenovich
/ Paul Lajada Ramos Jr.
/ Herman Towery
/ Walter Sutton Wood
Hope Mills
/ David Gaddie Jr.
/ Bobby Glynn Gadie
/ Billy Rae Slade
Spring Lake
/ Abraham Lincoln Fields
/ Robert Lee Henderson
/ John Mathas James
/ Roger Thomas MacNutt
/ Michael John Poll
Stedman
/ Charles Lloyd Freeman
Base of the monument: ALL GAVE SOME . . . SOME GAVE ALL
Bench inscription clockwise starting at 9 o’clock: CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Noon position: IN MEMORY OF / SGT. WILLIAM (BILL) HARDIN / ROLLING THUNDER CH 1. NC
3 o’clock position: BETTY JEAN / GNATT
6 o’clock position: PERRY AND JACKIE (BAIN) HARMAN / MAJ. J.K. & KIM (BAIN) WEAVER
Rear Plaque: PATRIOT CLUB / [Left column] CAROLYN CULBRETH / THOMAS STANLEY, MAJ. USA
(RET) / IN RECOGNITION OF MAVC-SOG / SPECIAL FORCES ASSOC. CHAPTER I-XIII / BESSIE
MANUEL / IN MEMORY OF MSG FRANCIS B. MANUEL / VETERANS MOTORCYCLE CLUB / COL.
AND MRS. VERNON B. GREENE / DR. AND MRS. D.P. CHAUDHURI / DR. AND MRS. MANFRED S.
ROTHSTEIN / AND NITZI ROTHSTEIN / RON AND JOYCE SHARPE / SOUNDBOARD STUDIOS / MR.
AND MRS. RALPH D. HUFF III / CARL AND ANGELA TERNULLO AND FAMILY / ROLLING THUNDER
/ IN MEMORY OF LTC RENNIE M. CORY JR. / THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER / UNITED STEEL
WORKERS / OF AMERICA LOCAL 959 / TROPHY HOUSE / VIRGIL WILLIAM BRYANT, SFC, USA
(RET) / IN MEMORY OF JOHN J. GANTT JR. /
[Right Column] IN MEMORY OF JOHN B. KEEFE / LTC,
U.S. ARMY / LEGEND’S PUB / IN MEMORY OF EUGENE B. BRADEN / SFC, U.S. ARMY / IN HONOR
OF KAITLEN GRACE / AND ANNA FAITH SCHRAEDER / CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS / MR.
AND MRS. MITCHELL A. NANCE / FAMILY FOODS, INC. / NELSON & NELSON CHIROPRACTIC, INC.
/ IN MEMORY OF CPT ROBERT SIGHOLTZ / IN MEMORY OF CW2 ROBERT HOLDITCH / 71ST HIGH
SCHOOL AIR FORCE ROTC / TOWN OF HOPE MILLS / IN MEMORY OF JERALD L. THOMPSON / U.S.
ARMY, KIA 14 APR 94, NORTH IRAQ / IN MEMORY OF OUR VIETNAM VETERANS / REMAX
HOMEOWNERS LTD. / CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION / NC STATE VETERANS
NURSING HOME / THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE / TONYA BIANK
2000s
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Vietnam Memorial Committee headed by Carolyn Culbreth, Chairperson
The names of Bernard Hodges, Joseph Jackson and Thomas Millsap were added to the Vietnam memorial monument at Freedom Memorial Park in Fayetteville on Tuesday November 6, 2012.
The monument is located across the street from the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Freedom Memorial Park, which is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Bragg Boulevard and Hay Street, in Fayetteville, NC. Nearby in Freedom Memorial Park are several other monuments, including World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and an All Services Dedication.
The memorial is surrounded by low evergreen bushes.
Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremonies have been held at Freedom Memorial Park since 2005. In November 2013, the 3rd annual Heroes Homecoming event was dedicated to the Korean War and included appearances from the stars of the television show MASH.
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