“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.” Harry S. Truman
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
Army Nurse Corps
World War II
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