“Bravery is the capacity to resist fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
Washington County Memorial Gardens Veterans
Hartwell Stephen Archer
Chief Petty Officer
United States Navy
Korea, Vietnam
20 Years of Service
October 18, 1933-February 24, 2010
Forace Lee Avant
United States Army
February 25, 1938 – March 23, 1976
Marvin Wright Avant
Corporal
Korea (Served in Germany)
November 8, 1929 – January 1, 2020
Randall Hugh “Randy” Barfield
Specialist 5
United States Army
Vietnam
October 10, 1949 – April 19, 2016
James Dennis Boyd Jr.
Corporal
United States Marine Corps
World War II
November 28, 1922 – June 9, 1968
Jeanette “Janet” Bussell Brown
February 19, 1925 – October 30, 1992
Dickey Melton Daniels
United States Marine Corps
Vietnam
Enlisted September 5, 1973 – Discharged June 4, 1973
Enlisted October 14, 1976 – Discharged October, 1978
February 12, 1949 – March 6, 2001
Billy Frank Duggan, Sr.
United States Army
Korea (Served in Germany)
Captain
Georgia National Guard
March 11, 1932 – April 24, 2024
Eunious Jackson Etheridge
United States Army
World War II
October 14, 1918 – March 13, 2012
Thomas Wallace Etheridge
Private
United States Army
July 27, 1941 – July 4, 1964
Quillian Robert Harrell
United States Army
World War II, Korea
December 31, 1924 – October 18, 1997
H. Allen “Buddy” Joiner
Yeoman Seaman Class V-6
United States Navy
World War II
April 18, 1926 – August 11, 1980
Willard R. Jordan
Major
Georgia National Guard
Served during the Berlin Crisis
23 Years of Service
April 5, 1928 – May 5, 2020
Stevens Eugene Kendall, Sr.
United Sates Air Force
Intelligence in Japan
January 21, 1935 – September 16, 2023
Edgar H. Knox, Jr
Infantryman
Co. B, 148th Infantry, 87th Division
United States Army
World War II (Germany)
January 9, 1926 – December 16, 1999
He received a Purple Heart for wounds suffered in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
Reuben Harold May
United States Navy
World War II
June 27, 1925 – August 14, 2000
James Evans “Jimmy” McConnell
Private 2nd Class
United States Army
May 4, 1930 – June 7, 2014
Charles Wilson Norris Sr.
United States Navy
World War II
June 1, 1923 – November 17, 1978
Charles Wilson Norris Jr.
Engineering Aide, 2nd Class
Battalion 128
U.S. Navy Seabees
United States Navy
Vietnam March 4, 1947 – February 26, 2022
Soloman Joseph Pittman
Corporal
United States Army Air Corps
World War II
January 1, 1922 – August 4, 2009
Joseph Francis Rossidivito
United States Air Force
April 1, 1937 – June 25, 2021
Harold Lamar Sheppard
United States Army Air Corps
World War II
Sergeant First Class
Georgia National Guard (Retired) September 23, 1922 – March 10, 1999
Ralph Edward Turner Sr.
United States Navy
World War II
July 9, 1924 – June 21, 1999
Thomas Allen Wiggins Sr.
Major (Retired)
United States Army
World War II, Korea
December 7th, 2016 – April 5th, 2002