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Boxford in Essex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Boxford Korea and Vietnam Service Memorial

 
 
Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Harry Lindsay, September 26, 2011
1. Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In Honor
Of Those Who Served Their Country
During the Korean and Vietnam Wars
Dedicated During Boxford's Tricentennial
In Memory Of
Cpl James L. Melvin, USMC
This day 26 May 1985
Post 379

Abraham, Linda L. · Bruzes, Peter V. · Alder, Kevin C. · Baker, Joseph M. Jr. · Balevre, Frank F. Jr. · Barnes, Thomas R. · Barnum, Harold L. · Barrows, Theodore A. · Bemis, John A. · Bolton, Thomas G. Jr. · Bolton, Thomas B. · Breed, David B. · Butler, Guy W. · Carson, John C. · Chadwick, Rodney P. · Colby, Edward L. Jr. · Cross, Christopher S. · Cross, Peter S. · Cuthbertson, F. Maitland · Dineen, Daniel A. · Dineen, J. Paul · Doughty, David G. · Emery, David F. · Fieldhouse, Daniel E. · Freeman, John E. · French, David R. · Frizzell, Jason D. · Frost, Willard D. · Galloway, John A. · Getchell, James R. · Gould, Leonard R. · Green, Robert L. · Haywood, Jon V. · Haywood, Peter S. · Hebb, Michael W. · Hobson, Christopher G. Jr. · Hoogerzeil, Robert P. · Inch, Bruce E. · Krisko, Brian B. · Kuczun, James R. Sr. · Latham O. Bradley · Lausten, Douglas D. · Lindsay, Harry A. · Lombard, Berton T. · Mahoney, Daniel F. · Mattraw,
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Charles E. · McClung, David A. · McCraine, Thomas III · Mello, Jon B. · Melvin, James L. · Melvin, John P. · Mierzykowski, Douglas T. · Millay, Donald M. · Moore, John M. III · Moore, J. Stephen · Nangle, Philip H. Jr. · Nolan, J. Scott · Noyes, John W. · Page, Joyce E. · Page, Stephen R. · Patsfall, Mark R. · Paulson, Donald E. · Paulson, William H. · Perry, Daniel C. · Perry, Frances F. Jr. · Peterson, Rolf, E. · Poor, Douglas, K. · Pratt, Richard M. · Richardson Harold K. · Richardson, Robert C. · Rollins, Arthur M. Jr. · Rollins, George W. · Roukes, Jeffery A. · Russell, Gordon A. · Sayer, Stephan A. · Scheuerman, Ricard U. · Schott, Ralph P. II · Scranton, Richard L. · Sederquest, Eric S. · Shappell, William C. · Sibley, John B. · Sibley, Richard P. Jr. · Sibley, William C. · Smallman, Alan R. · Smith, Richard D. · Sweeney, James P. · Tarleton, William W. · Templer, Steven R. · Van Sickler, Edward P. · Wade, Bruce E. · Wade, John S. · Wade, Paul E. · Waring, Kurt E. · Webster, K. Shedd · Whittemore, Herbert H. · Williams, Alan J. · Wood, David F. · Woodbury, E. Arthur Jr. · Woodbury, Robert M.
 
Erected 1985 by American Legion
Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Harry Lindsay, September 26, 2011
2. Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker
Post 379.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 42° 39.635′ N, 70° 59.827′ W. Memorial is in Boxford, Massachusetts, in Essex County. It is at the intersection of Topsfield Road and Elm and Main Streets, on the left when traveling west on Topsfield Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Boxford MA 01921, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Boston and in the Merrimack Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Parson Capen House (approx. 2.7 miles away); First Town Meeting (approx. 4½ miles away); Boxford Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 4.7 miles away);
Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Harry Lindsay, September 26, 2011
3. Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker
Boxford Remembers the World War (approx. 4.7 miles away); Col. Thomas Knowlton (approx. 4.7 miles away); National Historic Landmark (approx. 5.6 miles away); The Danvers State Hospital (approx. 5.7 miles away); The Institution (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boxford.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Parson Capen House (was approx. 3.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Harry Lindsay, September 26, 2011
4. Boxford Vietnam Service Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2015, by Harry Lindsay of Boxford, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 747 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on January 8, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 4, 2015, by Harry Lindsay of Boxford, Massachusetts. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Readable pictures of the Korean War Honor Roll stone. • Can you help?
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