Riverfront in Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Korean War Memorial

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019

1. Korean War Memorial

Inscription. In memory of
the Delawareans who gave
their lives in the Korean War,
1950 — 1953
Thomas J. Angeline • Frank Biselis • Paul L. Brittingham • William J. Clark • Le Roy M. Cooke • Samuel L. Crawford • Howard B. Davis, Jr. • Vernon L. De Shields • William F. Di Domenicis • Paul N. Dill • Joseph P. Donahue • Edward J. Durney, Jr. • Kenneth Flamer • Charles H. Fleming, Jr. • Wayne W. Ford • Thomas R. Galley • Joseph S. Gliniak • John M. Godwin • Louis Carson Hairsine • Gene O. Hanzer • C. J. Hare • Paul J. Henry • Herman T. Till • Paul L. Hitch • Richard D. Hutchinson • Robert W. Irwin • James Johnson • William S. Kempen • Calvin P. Kidder, Jr. • Timothy E. Kimball • Melvin B. King • Roland L. King • Carl Knight • Laurence C. Layton • DAvid Leyshon • William A. Lockwood • James T. Mc Bride • John G. Mc Cullin • Donald L. Mc Ginnis • Allen D. Mac Lean • Thomas C. Mays • Charles G. Messick • John W. Miller • Howard J. Morgan • Henry S. Morton • Henry Moss, Jr. • Perry D. Owens • Harry J. Parker • Adelchi Petrillo • Gordon

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Pirnie • John H. Poore • Paul E. Robertson • Albert M. Salgado • Leroy Shahan • Darrell R. Steele • William T. Stevens • William S. Tawes • Richard B. Taylor • Irwin M. Tindall • Fred Toomey • John E. Walker • Lloyd R. Warfield • William J. Weber • Norman L. Whaley • William P. Winnington, Jr. • Charles F. Wright

Erected 1988 by the Council of the City of Wilmington, with cooperation of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Relocated & Dedicated
in 2003
by the Korean War Veterans Assoc.

Erected 2003 by Korean War Veterans Association, the Council of the City of Wilmington.

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

Location. 39° 44.197′ N, 75° 33.461′ W. Memorial is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Riverfront. It can be reached from River Place east of Justison Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 River Place, Wilmington DE 19801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 1, 2019

2. Korean War Memorial

memorial is in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Historic Shipyards (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Historic Shipyards (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Industrial Revolution (about 700 feet away); The Underground Railroad (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named South Market Street Bridge (approx. 0.2 miles away); South Market Street Bridge Dedicated in Honor of Senator John E. Reilly, Sr. (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Great Railroad Boom (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Freedom Lost (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Other markers no longer nearby. South Market Street Bridge (was

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approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Freedom Lost (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 523 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.