Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park
Center Monument
In remembrance of those who paid the supreme sacrifice that we may remain a free people
Left front pedestal
Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park
Dedicated May 28, 1990
Maj. Gen. George L. Mabry, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired), was born Sept. 14, 1917, in Stateburg, S.C. He was a veteran of the June 6, 1944 D-Day Landing on Utah Beach in Normandy. He was presented The Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. England also awarded him the Distinguished Service Order. Maj. Gen. George L. Mabry, Jr. retired from the U.S. Army Aug. 1975
Right front pedestal
Sumter County Veterans Memorial Park Committee, Inc. was founded September 1988 to perpetuate the memory and history of Sumter County War Dead for the Twentieth Century and to increase patritism in our community. The park was dedicated May 28, 1990 in honor of Major General George L. Mabry, Jr., September 14, 1917 ~ July 13, 1990.
Founder: Rudolph Singleton, Sr. - USMC (Retired) Committee Members: Thomas A. Barth ~ USAF; Joseph E. Barwick, Jr. ~ USA (Vet.); John M. Brabham, Sr. ~ USA (Vet.); James A. Campbell ~ USA (Vet.); Roland H. Davis, Jr. ~ USAF (Retired); Charles A. Gibbs ~ USAF (Retired); James T. Glasscock, Jr. ~ USMC (Vet.); Kenneth N. Hendrix ~ USA (Retired); Reverend William K. Knotts ~ USA (Vet.); Sondra K. Milkie; Timothy D. Milkie ~ USAF (Retired); Betty A. Myers; Charles W. Myers ~ USAF (Retired); Hubert D. Osteen, Jr. ~ USAF (Vet.); D. Gene Rickenbaker USAF (Vet.); James K. Rogers ~ USAF (Retired); Dominic J. Ruffalo; Reverend Reginald C. Thames, Jr.; Harold J. Truesdale, Sr. ~ USMC (Vet.); Caroline S. Walker; Edwin G. Weatherford ~ USMC (Retired)
Marker is on U.S. 378, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
