Erie in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
[Stand in the middle of the memorial:]
"Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their passing. And when there is a time when men decide and feel safe to call any war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind."
We brothers and sisters of the Vietnam War have constructed this remembrance to all of you, gentle heroes lost to war. Slip off your packs, set them down by the crooked trail, drop helmets along side, and shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from sweat soaked shirts. Lay those silent weapons down and march into the light of eternity... feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul. And rest forever in the shade of our love.
-Kenneth Kensill, Sgt. USMC
President, Erie County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Quote by Michael O'Donnell, Maj. US Army
this page online
Martin, Ronald R. Mitchell, David G. Neidrick, Jack L. Nelson, John C. Nomman, Gary L. Norton, Ward III Oswald, Donald R. Parobek, Silas W. Peader, Willie L. Powers, William M. Probst, Delmar W. Rahn, Donald K. Reynolds, Jack E. Santone, Joseph A. Schaaf, Lee R. Selkregg, Edward M. III Shields, Robert E. Smith, Olen W. Snell, Marc E.
Stearns, Allan J. Susmarski, Kenneth J. Suvara, Frank C., Jr. Swartz, Gary L. Szoszorek, Gerald J. Tinko, George D. Torrence, James E. Vandervort, William F., Jr. Vaughn, John M. Vermo, John A. Walter, Clifton M. Warren,
Erected by The Erie County VVA Chapter 435.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 42° 6.625′ N, 80° 4.39′ W. Memorial is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is on Glenwood Park Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 505) south of State Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2642 Glenwood Park Avenue, Erie PA 16508, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 422 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 17, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
