Linthicum Heights in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Donald Emerson Shay, Jr.
Major, US Air Force
14th TRS, 432nd Trw, 7th AF
16 March 1946 Linthicum, Maryland
USAF Academy Class of 1967
MIA 08 Oct 1970 Age 24
PF of D 28 January 1981
"You are not forgotten"
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 39° 12.104′ N, 76° 38.737′ W. Memorial is in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It can be reached from South Orchard Road north of Marben Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on the grounds of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6414 South Orchard Road, Linthicum Heights MD 21090, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Maryland’s Baltimore Metro Region. It is also in the American 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Freedom Tree (here, next to this marker); Holly Run Church (approx. Ό mile away); In Honor of Those Who Served (approx. half a mile away); Linthicum Heights (approx. half a mile away); The Heart Spoke (approx. 0.7 miles away); Pumphrey Elementary School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Pumphrey (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ferndale, Maryland (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Linthicum Heights.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Benson-Hammond House Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line / Linthicum Heights Holly Run Church (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 30, 2019
2. The Freedom Tree
The marker is on the south side of the tree.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
