The Pentagon in Arlington in Arlington County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Pentagon Memorial
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
1. Pentagon Memorial Marker - Panel 1
We claim this ground in remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001.
To honor the 184 people whose lives were lost, their families, and all who sacrifice that we may live in freedom.
We will never forget.
We will be forever grateful to the thousands of people from across the nation and around the world who contributed their time, resources and energy to create this Memorial.
The Pentagon Memorial Fund, Inc. Board of Directors:
James J. Laycheck, Chairman Rosemary L. Dillard Lisa T. Dolan Elaine M. Donovan Thomas P. Heidelberger Wedy Ploger Bernard P. Salamone Dawn Schlegel
Established by Act of Congress, December 2001
Groundbreaking, June 15, 2006:
Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense
Dedication, September 11, 2008:
George W. Bush - President of the United States
Richard B. Cheney - Vice President of the United States
Robert M. Gates - Secretary of Defense
Gordon R. Englund - Deputy Secretary of Defense
Admiral Michael Mullen - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael B. Donley - Director, Administration and Management
On September 11, 2001, acts of terrorism took the lives of thousands at the World Trade Center in New York City, in a grassy field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and here at the Pentagon.
We will forever remember our loved ones, friends and colleagues.
1968 · Paul W. Ambrose 1973 · SPC Craig S. Amundson, USA 1973 · YN3 Melissa Rose Barnes, USN 1932 · MSG Max J. Belke, USA, Retired 1966 · Yeneneh Betru 1977 · IT2 Kris Romeo Bishumdat, USN 1953 · Carrie R. Blagburn 1948 · COL Canfield D. Boone, USA 1936 · Mary Jane Booth 1958 · Donna M. Bowen 1970 · Allen P. Boyle 1990 · Bernard C. Brown II 1977 · ET3 Christopher L. Burford, USN 1949 · CAPT Charles F. Burlingame III, USNR, Retired 1979 · ET3 Daniel M. Caballero, USN 195 · SFC Jose O. Calderon-Olmedo, USA 1957 · Suzanne M. Calley 1950 · Angelene C. Carter 1963 · Sharon A. Carver 1947 · William E. Caswell 1945 · SFC John J. Chada, USA, Retired 1938 · Rosa Maria Chapa 1962 · David M. Charlebois 1936 · Sara M. Clark 1962 · Julian T. Cooper 1990 · Asia C. Cotton 1968 · LCDR Eric A. Cranford, USN 1943 · Ada M. Davis 1943 · James D. Debeuneure 1957 · CAPT Gerald F. DeConto, USN 1990 · Rodney Dickens 1960 · LTC Jerry D. Dickerson, USA 1947 · Eddie A. Dillard 1968 · IT1 Johnnie Doctor, Jr., USN 1958 · CAPT Robert E. Dolan, Jr., USN 1964 · CDR William H. Donovan, USN 1949 · LCDR Charles A. Droz III, USN, Retired 1962 · CDR Patrick Dunn, USN 1975 · AG1 Edward T. Earhart, USN 1943 · Barbara G. Edwards 1964 · LCDR Robert R. Elseth, USNR 1956 · Charles S. Falkenberg 1998 · Dana Falkenberg 1992 · Zoe Falkenberg 1977 · SK3 Jamie L. Fallon, USN 1962 · J. Joseph Ferguson 1955 · Amelia V. Fields 1944 · Gerald P. Fisher 1938 · Darlene E. Flagg 1938 · RADM Wilson F. Flagg, USNR, Retired 1979 · AG2 Matthew M. Flocco, USN 1960 · Sandra H. Foster 1946 · 1st Lt Richard P. Gabriel, USMC, Retired 1944 · CAPT Lawrence D. Getzfred, USN 1947 · Cortez Ghee 1942 · Brenda C. Gibson 1941 · COL Ronald F. Golinski, USA, Retired 1946 · Ian J. Gray 1962 · Diane Hale-McKinzy 1933 · Stanley R. Hall 1952 · Carolyn B. Halmon 1949 · Michele M. Heidenberger 1950 · Sheila M.S. Hein 1964 · ET1Ronald J. Hemenway, USN 1960 · MAJ Wallace Cole Hogan, Jr., USN 1947 · SSG Jimmie I. Holley, USA, Retired 1974 · Angela M. Houtz 1975 · Brady Kay Howell 1965 · Peggy M. Hurt 1955 · LTC Stephen N. Hyland, Jr., USA 1946 · Lt Col Robert J. Hymel, USAF, Retired 1958 · SGM Lacey B. Ivory, USA 1953 · Bryan C. Jack 1957 · Steven D. Jacoby 1953 · LTC Dennis M. Johnson, USA 1948 · Judith L. Jones 1951 · Ann C. Judge 1951 · Brenda Kegler 1971 · Chandler R. Keller 1939 · Yvonne E. Kennedy 1956 · Norma Cruz Khan 1960 · Karen Ann Kincaid 1970 · LT Michael S. Lamana, USN 1961 · David W. Laycock 1953 · Dong Chul Lee 1963 · Jennifer Lewis 1952 · Kenneth E. Lewis 1964 · Samantha L. Lightbourn-Allen 1962 · MAJ Stephen V. Long, USA 1946 · James T. Lynch, Jr. 1952 · Terence M. Lynch 1971 · OS2 Nehamon Lyons IV, USN 1963 · Shelley A. Marshall 1956 · Teresa M. Martin 1951 · Ada L. Mason-Acker 1944 · LTC Dean E. Mattson, USA 1947 · LTG Timothy J. Maude, USA 1948 · Robert J. Maxwell 1962 · Renee A. May 1963 · Molly L. McKenzie 1956 · Dora Marie Menchaca 1959 · Patricia E. Mickley 1968 · MAJ Ronald D. Milam, USA 1961 · Gerard P. Moran, Jr. 1947 · Odessa V. Morris 1966 · ET1 Brian A. Moss, USN 1953 · Teddington H. Moy 1963 · LCDR Patrick J. Murphy, USNR 1962 · Christopher C. Newton 1959 · Khang Ngoc Nguyen 1971 · DM2 Michael A. Noeth, USN 1955 · Barbara K. Olson 1961 · Ruben S. Ornedo 1946 · Diana B. Padro 1974 · LT Jonas M. Panik, USNR 1968 · MAJ Clifford L. Patterson, Jr., USA 1937 · Robert Penninger 1941 · Robert R. Ploger III 1952 · Zandra F. Ploger 1975 · LT Darin H. Pontell, USNR 1966 · Scott Powell 1951 · CAPT Jack D. Punches, USN, Retired 1961 · AW1 Joseph J. Pycier, Jr., USN 1958 · Lisa J. Raines 1956 · Deborah A. Ramsaur 1956 · Rhonda Sue Rasmussen 1967 · IT1 Marsha D. Ratchford, USN 1945 · Martha M. Reszke 1961 · Todd H. Reuben 1960 · Cecelia A. E. (Lawson) Richard 1969 · Edward V. Rowenhorst 1957 · Judy Rowlett 1949 · SGM Robert E. Russell, USA, Retired 1943 · CW4 William R. Ruth, USAR 1947 · Charles E. Sabin, Sr. 1947 · Marjorie C. Salamone 1963 · John P. Sammartino 1956 · COL David M. Scales, USA 1963 · CDR Robert A. Schlegel, USN 1954 · Janice M. Scott 1947 · LTC Michael L. Selves, USA, Retired 1954 · Marian H. Serva 1961 · CDR Dan F. Shanower, USN 1965 · Antionette M. Sherman 1943 · Donald D. Simmons 1947 · Diane M. Simmons 1944 · George W. Simmons 1946 · Cheryle D. Sincock 1957 · ITC Gregg H. Smallwood, USN 1945 · LTC Gary F. Smith, USA, Retired 1966 · Mari-Rae Sopper 1953 · Robert Speisman 1960 · Patricia J. Statz 1948 · Edna L. Shephens 1947 · Norma Lang Steuerle 1949 · SGM Larry L. Strickland, USA 1943 · Hilda E. Taylor 1963 · LTC Kip P. Taylor, USA 1957 · Leonard E. Taylor 1950 · Sandra C. Taylor 1970 · Sandra D. Teague 1943 · LTC Karl W. Teepe, USA, Retired 1976 · SGT Tamara C. Thurman, USA 1962 · LCDR Otis V. Tolbert, USN 1950 · SSG Willie Q. Troy, USA, Retired 1954 · LCDR Ronald J. Vauk, USNR 1961 · LTC Karen J. Wagner, USA 1941 · Meta L. (Fuller) Waller 1976 · SPC Chin Sun Pak Wells, USA 1963 · SSG Maudlyn A. White, USA 1956 · Sandra L. White 1955 · Leslie A. Whittington 1938 · Ernest M. Willcher 1969 · LCDR David L. Williams, USN 1961 · MAJ Dwayne Williams, USA 1944 · RMC Marvin Robert Woods, USN, Retired 1930 · CAPT John D. Yamnicky, Sr., USN, Retired 1957 · Vicki Yancey 1939 · Shuyin Yang 1973 · IT2 Kevin W. Yokum, USN 1959 · ITC Donald M. Young, USN 1979 · Edmond G. Young, Jr. 1963 · Lisa L. Young 1936 · Yuguang Zheng
Erected 2008
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: 9/11 Attacks. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #43 George W. Bush series list.
Location. 38° 52.216′ N, 77° 3.569′ W. Memorial is in Arlington, Virginia, in Arlington County. It is in The Pentagon. It is on RDF Access Lane. Marker is on the west side of the Pentagon building, adjacent to the Pentagon South Parking area and off North Rotary Rd. It is is just northeast of the Columbia Pike (VA Rte. 244) and Washington Blvd. (VA Rte. 27) cloverleaf intersection. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Arlington VA 22202, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 the territory of the Mississippian
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
2. Pentagon Memorial Marker - Panel 2
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon (approx. Ό mile away); Pentagon Transit Center (approx. 0.3 miles away); Queen City (approx. 0.3 miles away); Indian Warriors and Their Brothers (approx. 0.4 miles away); They Served with Honor - The Persian Gulf (approx. 0.4 miles away); Operation Restore Hope (approx. 0.4 miles away); Our Air Force Memorial, Arlington Virginia (approx. 0.4 miles away); U.S. Coast Guard Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arlington.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. The Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery.
Also see . . .
1. Pentagon Memorial. (Submitted on October 23, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Pentagon Victims (184 total). Washington Post site listing names and information about all 184 victims at the Pentagon,
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
3. Pentagon Memorial Marker - Panel 3
Additional keywords. American Airlines Flight 77, Al Qaeda, Global War on Terror.
Photographed by Don Morfe, January 31, 2007
4. Pentagon Memorial Marker
Photo taken on Nov 4, 2001
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
5. Pentagon Memorial
Looking east toward the 9/11 crash site, now restored. Note the 184 "memorial units" oriented to the east and west, representing those killed aboard AA Flight 77 and those killed inside the Pentagon, respectively.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
6. Pentagon Memorial
Looking south toward Pentagon City
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
7. Pentagon Memorial
looking west toward the Air Force Memorial.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
8. Memorial Unit for Capt. John D. Yamnicky, Sr. USN, Retired
born 1930, the oldest victim of the 9/11 attack.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
9. Memorial Unit for Dana Falkenberg
born 1998, the youngest victim of the 9/11 attack.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, October 9, 2008
10. Pentagon Memorial
Looking north toward Washington. Note airliner on approach to nearby Reagan National Airport.
Photographed by Scott Sunderland, September 11, 2008
11. Pentagon Memorial Marker at night
Photographed by Scott Sunderland, September 11, 2008
12. Memorial Unit for ET1 Brian A. Moss, USN
Photographed by Scott Sunderland, September 11, 2008
13. Memorial Unit for Captain Gerald F. DeConto, USN
Photographed by Daniel Metz, September 8, 2009
14. Memorial Unit for Robert J. Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell was a civilian budget analyst for the Army.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 5,006 times since then and 53 times this year. Last updated on October 29, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. It was the Marker of the Week September 8, 2024. Photos: 1. submitted on October 22, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on October 23, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on November 19, 2012, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on October 23, 2008, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 11, 12, 13. submitted on February 28, 2010, by Scott Sunderland of Arlington, Virginia. 14. submitted on September 3, 2010, by Daniel Metz of Richmond, Virginia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
