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FIRST LIEUTENANT JIMMIE W. MONTEITH JR. MEMORIAL

FIRST LIEUTENANT JIMMIE W. MONTEITH JR. MEMORIAL
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Location: FOREST LAWN CEMETERY-400 PILOTS LANE

City: RICHMOND

State: Virginia

Zip Code: 23222

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: DON MORFE

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

COMMEMORATING THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT JIMMIE W. MONTEITH JR. HE DIED JUNE 6, 1944 ON THE SHORES OF NORMANDY AND LIES BURIED AT ST LAURANT, FRANCE, AGE 26 YEARS. A VIRGINIAN BY BIRTH, DESCENDING FROM A LONG LINE OF HER PATRIOTS, HE KEPT THE FAITH. “TALL MEN, SUN CROWNED WHO LIVE ABOVE THE FOG” SO BELOVED.
“TALL MEN, SUN CROWNED” A QUOTE FROM A POEM BY JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND TO MEAN “MEN WHO HAVE HONOR”.
“HE KEPT THE FAITH” FROM THE WORLD WAR I POEM “IN FLANDERS FIELDS” BY LT. COL. JOHN MCCREA.


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