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Korean War Memorial - - Vigo County Indiana

 
 
Korean War Memorial - - Vigo County Indiana Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf
1. Korean War Memorial - - Vigo County Indiana Marker
Inscription. (Front )
Korean War
Killed in Action
from
Vigo County

( Obverse )
Charles G. Abrell • Herbert D. Akers • William Bellinger • Joseph A. Bray • Norwood C. Cooper • John H. Cowger • William Cunningham • Charles E. Drake • William B. Everson • Gilbert L. Harmon • Jerry L. Horrall • Cecil E. Johnson • Raymond Lingston • Robert L. Orman • Taylor O. Pierson • Thomas E. Reed • Johnnie E. Reynolds • Jack A. Shorter • Myron D. Smith • Jerome Stephens • Charles E. Williams • William Wittenmyer • Robert E. Van Hook
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 39° 27.945′ N, 87° 24.865′ W. Marker is in Terre Haute, Indiana, in Vigo County. Memorial can be reached from South 3rd Street north of Ohio Street. Either park in business lots -or- go West on Cherry Street from 3rd Street - to the parking lot behind the Vigo County Courthouse. Marker at South/East Corner of Courthouse lawn. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33 South 3rd Street, Terre Haute IN 47801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Medal of Honor Recipient (here, next to this marker); Operation Iraqi Freedom - War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World War II War Memorial
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(within shouting distance of this marker); World War I War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War Memorial - - Vigo County Indiana (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel Richard W. Thompson (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial - Vigo County (within shouting distance of this marker); Claude L. Herbert (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Terre Haute.
 
Obverse Side - - Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf
2. Obverse Side - - Korean War Memorial
Obverse Long View - - Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
3. Obverse Long View - - Korean War Memorial
Long View - - Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf
4. Long View - - Korean War Memorial
Long Other View - - Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf
5. Long Other View - - Korean War Memorial
Bench - - Area of Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
6. Bench - - Area of Memorial
Etching reads: Mark Houston - - Leslie McKillop Garfield High School Class 1967 Died in Vietnam 1971 & 1969
Bench - - Area of Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
7. Bench - - Area of Memorial
Etching reads:: Mike Ash - - Mike Chaney Garfield High School Class 1966 Died Vietnam 1968
Bench - - Area of Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
8. Bench - - Area of Memorial
Etching Reads:: Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League
Bench - - Area of Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
9. Bench - - Area of Memorial
Etching Reads:: U.S. Army Signal Corps - - - - U.S. Army Nurse Corps John A. & Maxine Kesler W.W. II Dedicated by Their Loving Children
Vigo County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
10. Vigo County Courthouse
Marker is at South / East Corner of Courthouse lawn, which is left in this photo.
Water Fountain - - On Way from Courthouse Parking Lot.... image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
11. Water Fountain - - On Way from Courthouse Parking Lot....
Stop for a rest and/or picnic lunch...
Vietnam Memorial - - on Way to Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf
12. Vietnam Memorial - - on Way to Korean War Memorial
This is on South side of courthouse and can be seen on your way to or from the parking lot.
Cannon on Courthouse Lawn image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Al Wolf, June 7, 2009
13. Cannon on Courthouse Lawn
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,683 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on June 9, 2009, by Al Wolf of Veedersburg, Indiana. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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