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Flight Of Life Sculpture #7

 
 
Flight Of Life Sculpture #7 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 28, 2018
1. Flight Of Life Sculpture #7 Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to sixteen fellow army soldiers killed
and twenty five seriously wounded in a horrific friendly fire
accident on September 2, 1960 – at Garfenwohr, Germany
Thank you to all past, present & future veterans for
their sacrifices to protect our freedom.
Frank A. Gargiulo
Gargiulo Art Foundation, Inc. Vice President
Killed
Bardfaldi, Robert E. PFC Vista, CA • Beckworth, James B. SP4 Hope, AK • Cochran, Charles SGT Wheelersburg, OH • Eastham, Jack L. SP5 Blaire, WV • Harris, Norman D. PFC Not Reported • Higman, Michael J. PFC Frankfort, MI • Johnson, Earl SP4 Brooklyn, NY • Love, David L. PFC Springhill, TN • Lucas, Elmo M. Jr. PFC Leesburg, FL • Mappin, Jack W. Jr. MSG Panama Canal Zone • Merriel, William A. SP4 Hamburg, NY • Parker, J.C. PFC Rosewell, NM • Pleshakov, George PFC Palo Alto, NY • Rodgers, Edward V. SFC Dillon, SC • Saurino, Augustine PFC New York, NY

Seriously Wounded
Sergeant, Charles W. SFC • Crum, Melvin R. SFC • Gaynard, Grant SFC • Coomer, Robert R. SFC •Egland, Clarence C. SFC • Mollett, John B. SFC • Tilley, James V. SGT • Oldzieiewski, Alesky SP4 • Rieghter, Charles SP4 • Howard, Robert H. SP4 • Pinkley, Norman G. SGT • Wilson, Robert L. SP4 • Bibler, Douglas A. PFC • Carr, Richard I PFC • Eichenlaub, George M.
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PFC • Richards, Lawrence PFC • Romweber, George Peter PFC • Szuravkin, George PFC Carey, Jesse L. PFC • Church, David J. PFC • Fisher, Charles D. PFC • Patton Robbins, Keith C. PFC • Siner, Bobby PFC
You Are Not Forgotten
For More Information Search Grafenwohr Artillery Accident Sept. 2, 1960

 
Erected by Frank A. Gargiulo, Gargiulo Art Foundation, Inc. Vice President.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 29° 33.566′ N, 81° 10.559′ W. Marker is in Palm Coast, Florida, in Flagler County. It can be reached from Waterfront Park Road 0.7 miles north of Colbert Lane. Located within Waterfront Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 150 Waterfront Park Rd, Palm Coast FL 32137, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South. Globally, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Intracoastal Waterway (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Turtle #10 - "Nancy Marie" (approx. 1½ miles away); Levitt & I.T.T. "Del Mar" Model and Palm Coast Golf Club (approx. 1½ miles away); Palm Coast, Florida (approx. 1.6 miles away); Historic Fire Station 22 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Levitt & I.T.T. 'De Bary' Model
Flight Of Life Sculpture #7 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 28, 2018
2. Flight Of Life Sculpture #7 Marker
(approx. 1.6 miles away); Hernandez Landing (approx. 2.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Palm Coast.
 
Great Blue Herons Sculptures image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 28, 2018
3. Great Blue Herons Sculptures
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 373 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 11, 2020, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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