Washington in Franklin County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Korean War Memorial

In Honor and Memory of Those Who Served in the Korean War Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 6, 2018

1. In Honor and Memory of Those Who Served in the Korean War Marker

Inscription.
In Honor and Memory of Those Who Served in the Korean War

54,246 U.S. dead.
33,651 killed in action.
103,000 U.S. wounded.
8,179 U.S. Missing in Action.
7,000 Prisoners of War
Only 3,450 returned
51% died in prison camps.
389 POW's unaccounted for.
22 different nations united into one powerful army to halt Communist aggression, the first U.N. Army ever fielded.

Freedom is not free

The forgotten war
Lest we forget

Washington, MO remembers
Hope Lodge No 251 A.F. & A.M.

Dedicated
Nov. 11, 1995

Erected 1995 by Hope Lodge No. 251 A.F. & A.M.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.

Location. 38° 33.154′ N, 91° 0.196′ W. Memorial is in Washington, Missouri, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of East Fifth Street and Hancock Street, on the left when traveling west on East Fifth Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 851 East 5th Street, Washington MO 63090, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St.

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Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gravesite of Washington's Founder (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away); Bassora Cemetery (about 300 feet away); St. John's A.M.E. Church (approx. half a mile away); Southern Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Marie Krog House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Historic Log House (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.

Back of marker with additional donor information image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 6, 2018

2. Back of marker with additional donor information

Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 8, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 8, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.