Southwest Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lt. Steve Musselman

Hero’s Walk and Freedom Trees

— POW-MIA Memorial and Museum —

Lt. Steve Musselman Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

1. Lt. Steve Musselman Marker

Inscription.
The Freedom Tree
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
This Tree is dedicated to
Lt. Steve Musselman
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 & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam. In addition, it is included in the The Freedom Tree series list.

Location. 30° 13.788′ N, 81° 53.429′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Southwest Jacksonville. It is at the intersection of POW-MIA Memorial Pkwy and Lake Newman St, on the left when traveling north on POW-MIA Memorial Pkwy. 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 Pkwy, 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: LCDR Michael Hoff (here, next to this marker); LCDR John Davis (here, next to this marker); LCDR Denver Key (here, next to this marker); LCdr. Lee Cole (here, next to this marker); Lt. Robert J. Dwyer (here, next to this marker); LCDR Fred Wright (a few steps from this marker); CDR Peter Schoeffel (a few steps from this marker); LT. Dale Raebel (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Regarding Lt. Steve Musselman. Lt. Steve Musselman as a member of Attack Squadron82, Carrier Air Wing 8 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS America (CVA-66). On September 10, 1972, he was a pilot of a Vought Attack Aircraft Corsair II (A-7C) over North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

2. LT. Steve Musselman Marker

recovered on July 7, 1981 and identified on July 20, 1981

Lt. Steve Musselman image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Wikimedia Commons

3. Lt. Steve Musselman

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 February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.