East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association — To Remember, Honor, Educate and Inspire

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who braved the inclement weather to participate in the 2024 "Reading of the Names" ceremony on Memorial Day. A special thank you to members of the VVA and American Legion Post 2 for their early morning assistance!

To Remember, Honor, Educate, and Inspire…

The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial is a public plaza with a formal arrangement of granite pillars bearing the names of 6316 fallen heroes from 35 East Tennessee counties who died in military service during named conflicts since World War I. It was dedicated and officially unveiled November 15, 2008.

The names of the 15 Medal of Honor recipients from East Tennessee are inscribed and honored on the reverse side of the pillars. Quotations related to the wars and national service offer an occasion for reflection and meditation. A bell tower tolls for those lost, and for the four essential freedoms we honor and defend.

Major support for the Memorial has come from Knox County, the City of Knoxville, the State of Tennessee, the Federal Government, and hundreds of individuals, businesses, and groups.

Casualties by County (as of July 2024)

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Find A Veteran

The ETVMA has compiled an extensive and constantly growing database of all veterans remembered on the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial. To find information about any veteran on the Memorial, enter a name below.

ETVMA Book now available

Now available: The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial – A Pictorial History of the Names on the Wall, Their Service, and Their Sacrifice by John Romeiser and Jack (Nick) McCall, exclusively from UT Press.

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Updates from ETVMA

Casualties by County (as of July 2024)

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OVER THERE: TENNESSEE AND HER ALLIES IN WORLD WAR TWO

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and to acknowledge the great sacrifices undertaken by the “greatest generation,” the East Tennessee Historical Society is holding a three-day conference on the Second World War from 8th of July until the 10th of July at the East Tennessee History Center. The conference will include talks from East […]

The Battle of Midway in the Pacific

1942: The four-day Battle of Midway began in the Pacific Theater of World War II with over 100 Japanese aircraft attacking both Sand and Eastern islands in the Midway Atoll, a U.S. military area. The U.S. Navy turned the tide against the Japanese naval forces by sinking critical key aircraft carriers in a battle that […]

East Tennessee Veterans Memorial at Night

The Memorial

The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial in Knoxville’s World’s Fair Park bears the names of more than 6300 veterans from 35 East Tennessee counties who have died in military service since the beginning of World War I. Those counties are those that comprise the eastern grand division of the state plus Fentress and Sequatchie counties on the Cumberland Plateau.

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To Remember, Honor, Educate, and Inspire…

Casualties by County (as of July 2024)

Find A Veteran

ETVMA Book now available

Updates from ETVMA

Casualties by County (as of July 2024)

OVER THERE: TENNESSEE AND HER ALLIES IN WORLD WAR TWO

The Battle of Midway in the Pacific

The Memorial

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