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. Memorial is in Palm Desert, California, in Riverside County. It is on El Paseo, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 72861 El Paseo, Palm Desert CA 92260, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Los Angeles, in the Coachella Valley, and in the Peninsular Ranges. It is also in the American Southwest. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eisenhower Walk of Honor (approx. 3.2 miles
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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 459 times since then and 23 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.
