Palm Desert in Riverside County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Palm Desert Historical Society Vietnam War Memorial
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2013
1. Palm Desert Historical Society Vietnam War Memorial Marker
In Deep Appreciation of
These Courageous Young Americans
From the Coachella Valley
Who Have Made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Killed In Action
Vietnam
P.F.C. Dennis Read — Army
Spl./4th Class, Edwarxd Angiano Escobar — Army
Cpl. Renaldo Olegania Fernandez — Marines
Cpl. Eddie Austin — Marines
P.F.C. Otto Paul Meyer III — Army
Sgt. Gerald Baylis — Army
Sgt. Carl Roy Smead — Army
P.F.C. Terry Allen — Army
Pvt. Michael S. Grannon — Marines
Cpl. Adan S. Najar — Marines
P.F.C. Walt "Butch" Peters — Army
L.Cpl. Gary Saxton — Marines
S. Sgt. Cornealus Pumphrey, Jr. — Army
Spl./4TH Class, Leveret Prosky — Army
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 33° 43.172′ N, 116° 23.615′ W. Marker is in Palm Desert, California, in Riverside County. Memorial is on El Paseo, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Eisenhower Walk of Honor (approx. 3.2 miles away); Dwight David Eisenhower (approx. 3.2 miles away); Eisenhower Mountain (approx. 3.2 miles away); Indian Wells (approx. 3.2 miles away); Carl G. Bray, Smoke Tree Painter (approx. 4.8 miles away); The Bradshaw Trail / Point Happy (approx. 5.7 miles away); Palm Springs Land and Irrigation Company (approx. 5.9 miles away); Jimmy Swaggart's "Date" (approx. 9.4 miles away).
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2013
2. Palm Desert Historical Society Vietnam War Memorial Marker
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2013
3. Palm Desert Historical Society Vietnam War Memorial Marker
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, March 29, 2013
4. Palm Desert Historical Society
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 217 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 26, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
