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Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial

(Photo by Donald Burgess Tilley Jr. All information from Commemorative Landscapes of NC) Location is imprecise. This book-shaped granite war memorial honors both the soldiers who died in the Vietnam War and those veterans who are still living. The creators of the monument wanted to establish an area of tranquility. The memorial consists of five...
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Korea-Vietnam War Memorial

04.23.14 (G. Kueber) Right Side: IN HONOR OF THOSE 23 / BRAVE HEROES FROM / DURHAM COUNTY WHO / DIED WHILE SERVING THE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / AND MANKIND BY / DEFENDING FREEDOM IN / KOREA. / DEDICATED MAY 30, 1994 / KOREA / 1950-1954 Left Side: IN HONOR OF THOSE 39 / BRAVE HEROES FROM / DURHAM COUNTY WHO / DIED WHILE SERVING THE / UNITED...
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Civil War Memorial

(04.23.14) Front: IN MEMORY OF / “THE BOYS WHO / WORE THE GRAY” Left: DEDICATED MAY 10TH, 1924 Right: THIS MEMORIAL / ERECTED BY / THE PEOPLE OF / DURHAM COUNTY. 04.23.14 This statue was pulled down by protesters on August 14, 2017. 08.14.2017 (Herald-Sun) 08.14.2017 (Herald-Sun)
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Confederate Veterans Memorial / Graves

04.23.14 04.23.14 (Gun is a naval gun dating to the Spanish-American war. Would be interested in further info on the gun.) 04.23.14
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Spanish-American Memorial Grave

This monument to three men was built in Maplewood Cemetery in 1902. 04.23.14 (G. Kueber) Text Reads: "Erected by a Grateful Community TO THE MEMORY OF Wm. Matthew Barbee Rufus V. Stem George M. Eubanks. Members of Co. I. 1st NC Vols. USA Who Nobly Laid Their Lives Upon Their Country's Altar During the Spanish-American War AD 1898 When The Republic...
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Lynch, Donald Walton

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Lynch, David Keith

Date of birth
01.20.1946
Place of birth
Missoula, MT
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Marlette, Doug

Date of birth
12.06.1949
Date of death
07.10.2007
Place of birth
Greensboro, NC
Place of death
Marshall County, MS
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1104 Moreland Ave.

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2303 Fletcher's Chapel Rd.

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