Belton Veterans Park
Belton, SC
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The Belton Veterans Park was opened in May of 1997. The
property belonged to the city of Belton and was donated for
groundbreaking in July of 1996. The memorial was initially
designed by Michael Edwards, a Belton resident and a graduate of
Clemson University. After the initial design, the Veterans park
board members gave input into the design as well. The monument
consists of one black granite main vertical section inscribed
with the names of those who died in World War I, II and Vietnam. It also
has two vertical black granite wings with the six major military organization's
emblems engraved into them. A horizontal black granite circular base with
brick underpinning with these simple but powerful words engraved "With Honor
They Served" serves as the foundation for the memorial. The park consists
of seven flag poles with eight flags. The
American flag and the respective flag from each branch of service surround the
back half of the monument. The
POW/MIA flag flies below the American flag.
The memorial is located between Anderson Highway, Blue Ridge Avenue, North
Street and Popular avenue.
"In this place we honor all those
who served in the armed forces
and reflect upon their dedication
to duty and country. We
recognize the hardships they endured to
protect our freedoms
and the ultimate sacrifice of life given by
those listed below:"
Names on the Monument
"With Honor They Served"
World War I
| Charles Leonard Campbell | Louie H. Campbell | Willie H. Cobb |
| John T. Holliday | Robert Latha | Willard C. Shaw |
| William C. Shaw | Curtis M. Simmons | Albert J. Thompson |
| William C. Todd | Claude A. Willingham |
World War II
| John Henry Anders Jr. | Joel M. Acker | Charles M. Bruce |
| David S. Bruce | Lewis Raymond Bannister | Harold Leonard Campbell |
| William F. Campbell | Winfred J. Bowen | Clarence D. Crawford |
| J. Norman Dalrymple | Fred B. Carter | William Earl Duncan |
| Raymond E. Fields | D.C. Ducworth | Andrew T. Greer |
| Calvin B. Griffin | J.W. Garrison Jr. | William Harold Hopkins |
| David Horton | Bethel Harrison | Earl M. Knox |
| Frank Malone | Fred Kelly | Virgil Mitchell |
| Rex Alderman Rice | Billy D. Massey | Fred H. Sentell |
| A. Beaty Sherard | Thomas A. Scott | Isadore D. Thomason |
| Cecil F. Tribble | Major A. Slatten | Myron Martin |
| James Robert Vanadore | William Clinton Harkey | Rev. Horace E. Gravely |
| Luther W. Church Jr. | Joseph Edgar Cheek | Julian C. Mullinax |
| Ralph Allen Weeks |
Vietnam War
Albert Eugene Creamer
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