Hulon Brooks Whittington

Hulon Whittington was born in Bogalusa on July 9, 1921, and enlisted in the Army at Bastrop in August 1940. On the night of July 29, 1944, near Grimesnil, France, the platoon leader and platoon sergeant were missing, and Whittington, a sergeant in the 41st Armored Infantry, took command and led the platoon through a German armored attack. He was commissioned in 1949 and became a major in 1960. A heart attack while advising South Vietnamese ordnance troops ended his career in 1963, and he died in Toledo in 1969.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 1.1 mi
  A 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
• Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 1.4 mi
  Lake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.
• Sam Houston Jones State Park — 5.0 mi
  A 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
• Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 9.4 mi
  A free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.

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• John R. Kane — steps away