Historical Marker

Maj. Stephen W. Pless

Newnan · Coweta County

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The Story

Born in Newnan in 1939, Marine aviator Stephen W. Pless earned the Medal of Honor for a daring August 1967 helicopter rescue of stranded soldiers in Vietnam, the only Marine pilot so honored in that war.

About this site

Maj. Stephen W. Pless is a historical marker in Newnan, Coweta County. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Coweta County, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.3748, -84.8003 near Newnan. The nearest cataloged historic site is Coweta County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Col. Joe M. Jackson, William McIntosh, and Coweta County World War I Memorial.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.3748, -84.8003 · Newnan, Coweta County

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