Military Monday: Burke County, Georgia, WW II Honor Roll

In honor of Memorial Day and for The Honor Roll Project, I decided to transcribe the World War II Honor Roll monument on the grounds of the Burke County Courthouse in Waynesboro, Georgia.

 cropped from Burke County, GA WWII Honor Roll / Brent Moore / CC BY-NC 2.0

The center panel reads:  Dedicated to the lasting memory of all who served in World War II

Names on left panel:
  
Honor Roll

Arthur Bishop, Jr.
Everett Bonnell
Aaron Claxton
William C. Harner
Clayton Herrington
Robert C. Herrington
Joseph G. Mallard
Gabriel McNair
Joseph W. McNorrill
Loran D. Pilgrim
Max R. Pilgrim
Roy N. Simmons
S. Gaines Story Jr.
Peyton W. Thompson Jr.
Charlie Wall
George R. Watkins
Kenneth G. Gibson
Noah A. Hickman
Augustus Ponds

Names on right panel:

Honor Roll

Lide M. Jernigan
Walter C. Green
Talmadge Jenkins
Roy M. Jenkins

Colored

William Hankerson
Emmett Bennett
Sidney Lewis
Anderson Green
Sidney Green
Milton Gaines
Rufus Brown
Doc Miles
William Scott




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