Lafayette in Contra Costa County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Lamorinda Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 25, 2015

1. Lamorinda Vietnam Memorial

Inscription.
To give one's life in the cause of freedom for others is the noblest cause of all

Robert Stanley Baird
David Ray Elliott
Terence Michael Hustead
Kenneth Eugene Mattson
Timothy Arma Thomas
Donald Herbert White

Erected 1988 by V.F.W. Post No. 8063.

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

Location. 37° 53.321′ N, 122° 8.039′ W. Memorial is in Lafayette, California, in Contra Costa County. It can be reached from Mt. Diablo Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3780 Mt Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette CA 94549, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Revolutionary War Patriots (a few steps from this marker); Lafayette War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Site of Bickerstaff House (approx. half a mile away); Elam and Margaret Brown Home-Site (approx. ¾ mile away); Lafayette Grammar School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Deodar Cedars (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lafayette House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Dedicated to the Pony Express (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lafayette.

More about this memorial. The memorial is located at the Lafayette Veterans Memorial Center.

Lamorinda Vietnam Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, December 25, 2015

2. Lamorinda Vietnam Memorial - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 319 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 15, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.