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LCDR Michael Hoff

Hero’s Walk and Freedom Trees

— POW-MIA Memorial and Museum —

 
 
LCDR Michael Hoff Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019
1. LCDR Michael Hoff Marker
Inscription.
The Freedom Tree
with the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
This tree is dedicated to
LCdr. Michael Hoff
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action
1973

 
Erected by POW-MIA Memorial and Museum.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpacePatriots & PatriotismWar, Vietnam. In addition, it is included in the The Freedom Tree series list.
 
Location. 30° 13.789′ N, 81° 53.427′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Southwest Jacksonville. It is at the intersection of POW-MIA Memorial Parkway and Lake Newman Street when traveling north on POW-MIA Memorial Parkway. Marker located within Cecil Commerce Center (formally NAS Cecil Field), at the POW-MIA Memorial and Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6112 POW-MIA Memorial Parkway, Jacksonville FL 32221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally,
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it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Lt. Steve Musselman (here, next to this marker); LCDR John Davis (here, next to this marker); LCDR Denver Key (here, next to this marker); LCDR Fred Wright (here, next to this marker); LCdr. Lee Cole (here, next to this marker); LT. Dale Raebel (a few steps from this marker); Lt. Robert J. Dwyer (a few steps from this marker); CDR Peter Schoeffel (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.
 
Regarding LCDR Michael Hoff. On 07 January 1970, LCDR. Michael Hoff’s A7-A went down over Laos. Hoff was reported as Missing In Action. No American POWor MIA has ever been returned from Laos.
 
LCDR Michael Hoff Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019
2. LCDR Michael Hoff Marker
LCDR Michael Hoff image. Click for full size.
US Navy/Public Domain
3. LCDR Michael Hoff
Hero’s Walk and Freedom Trees image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019
4. Hero’s Walk and Freedom Trees
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 782 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 1, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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