Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam
Attack on America - September 11, 2001
In Honor Of: Honored Dead
Marker Text: Rowan County Honored Dead
World War I
April 2, 1917 - November 11, 1918
Andrew Autrey, Cornie(?) Ellington, William Jordan, Emitt Reynolds, Elisa Conn, Thomas Duncan, Roy McCleese, Thomas Rigsey, Earl Cornett, George A. Jones, Troy Mullins, William Cundiff, Thomas Jones, Clarence Ratliff
World War II
December 7, 1941 - August 11, 1945
Thomas F. Armstrong, Benjamine A. Black, L.R. Brown, Charles L. Bumgardner, Herbert O. Catron, Lloyd Y. Caudill, Murvel E. Caudill, Clifton L. Clark, Raymond L. Conn, Sr., Arthur T. Cooper, Virgil Crisp, James C. Dailey, William E. Dean, Ernest E. Epperhart, Claudie Evans, Arnold Fyffe, Austin R. Gregory, Sam E. Gregory, Cecil M. Hall, Jessie Hamilton, Luster M. Hargis, Walter G. Hargis, Charles Harmon, Floyd Tay Honaker, Harold V. Ingram, Ray James, Luther Jones, William H. Jones, Delbert Kidd, Grant Kissick, Roy Litton, Jr., Arnold Martin, Chester A. McClurg, Orville K. McClurg, George McCullough, William E. McKenzie, Adrian T. McKinney, Robert T. McKinney, Cleo Moore, Kenneth Owens, Paul J. Pettit, Arthur Phillips, Rollie R. Poston, Arthur E. Profit, Jake Profit, Jr., Charles W. Puckett, Raymond K. Purvis, Burle Reynolds, Earl Richardson, Ora Richardson, Curtis R. Royse, Ashley E. Smith, Leonard D. Stevens, Major Stevens, Rufus Stevens, Bascom H. Taylor, Ernest C. Toler, George A. Turner, Joseph R. Williams, George D. Black.
Korean War
June 25, 1950 - July 28, 1953
Henry E. Beasley, William E. Beasley, James T. Brammer, Andrew J. Christian, Haward Davis, John Finley, Arb Hicks, Jr., Henry C. McKinney, Walter Toler, Charles Simpson.
Vietnam War
August 1958 - August 1973
Donald R. Butler, Kenneth A. Hardin, Dwight D. Jones, Delbert O. Lewis, Frederick B. Skaggs, Bruce E. Thomas, Lionel Workman.
Attack on America
September 11, 2001
Edward T. Earhart
Date of dedication: 2002
Who Put it Here?: I don't know
Description of Memorial: Located in Freedom Park on the grounds of the Rowan County Arts Center, formerly the Rowan County Courthouse. It is made up of several granite walls, similar to the Vietnam War Memorial, with names of those who served in all wars on the black granite and those who died on the orange granite.
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