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Veterans Memorial Park

A peaceful place of remembrance in historic downtown Palestine honoring the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces, in war and in peace.

⌖ 617 West Spring Street, Palestine, TX 75801★ Volunteer maintained
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About the park

Open to the public year-round and maintained by the City of Palestine Parks & Recreation Department. Visitors can use the on-site QR code to locate memorial bricks and plaques.

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Address617 West Spring Street, Palestine, TX 75801Get directions
At this memorial
  • Engraved memorial bricks
  • Commemorative plaques
  • Angel of Grief statue replica
  • On-site QR memorial directory
  • Helicopter tribute project planned
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Section map

Use the section number in the directory to locate the corresponding area of Veterans Memorial Park.

Orientation: Main Street is at the top and West Spring Street is at the bottom.

Hand-drawn map of Veterans Memorial Park showing numbered memorial sections, with Main Street at the top and West Spring Street at the bottomOpen full-size map ↗
Names remembered here

Memorial directory

Search and filter the roster by service details or location.

NameServiceConflict / unitYearsSectionHonors
Noel A. WoolvertonS/1C US NavyWorld War II42
N. C. Woolverton, Sr.S/1C US NavyWorld War I43
Charlie E. WootenDUC US NavyWorld War II43
Bart H. WordS/1C US NavyWorld War II36
Rivers WordS/1C US NavyWorld War I36
Emmett WorkmanS/1C US NavyWorld War II42
Earl W. WorleyS/1C US NavyAir Sea Rescue1954-19582
W. T. WorleyMerchant MarinesWorld War II1938-1940,1943-19462
Jack L. WorringtonS/1C US NavyWorld War I - Pacific42
J. W. WorthamPFC US Army WW II396th ENG BATT2
J. W. WorthamS/1C US NavyWorld War II43
Jimmy F. WorthamAir Force E4 SGTOkinawa WW II2
Mickey H. WorthamAir Force E4 SGTPhilippines2
George A. WrightCalvaryCivil War43
James D. WrightS/1C US Navy1961-196536
James E. WrightS/1C US NavyAntarctic36
O. B. WrightMerchant MarinesWorld War II42
George A. Wright, IIIS/1C US NavyKorea43
George A. Wright, Jr.S/1C US NavyWorld War I42
Mack O. Write, IIIS/1C US NavyVietnam36
Edward O. WykesS/1C US NavyWorld War I42
Roger O. Wynn, JrS/1C US NavyWorld War II2
Henry H. YarbroughS/1C US NavyGerman Occupation36
Willie W. YarbroughS/1C US NavyWorld War II36
Williams K. YonksS/1C US NavyVietnam Germany36
Alvin YorkS/1C US NavyWorld War I36
Robert S. YorkS/1C US Navy1961-19652
Charles H. YoungPFC US ArmyKorea36
Hugh Wayne YoungRA ArmyWorld War II - Korea1941-194536
James M. A. YoungS/1C US Navy9/1/1963 - 9/1/19672
Jordan A. YoungEW1 US Navy6/18/1965 - 7/26/19782
Freddie L. Zeno, SrS/1C US NavyKorea2
Dominick M. ZizzlS/1C US NavyWorld War II - Korea,Vietnam36
James Winfred ZornS/1C US NavyVietnam36
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