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Vietnam KIA Memorial

 
 
Vietnam KIA Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 7, 2020
1. Vietnam KIA Memorial
Inscription.
If you love... you will be loyal...no matter what the cost
1 Corinthians 13:7 (TLB)

The People of Oakdale, Louisiana dedicate this memorial in honor of our three young soldiers who gave their lives, in the Viet Nam War, for the love of their country.

Herbert (Terry) Cross
2nd LT. U.S. Marines
1944-1968

Bryford G. Metoyer
2nd Lt. U.S. Army
1938-1968

Gary M. McCollough
Pvt. U.S. Army
1948-1968

We Will Always Remember Them
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: HeroesWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 30° 48.768′ N, 92° 39.789′ W. Marker is in Oakdale, Louisiana, in Allen Parish. Memorial is on Geroge B. Moward Memorial Highway (State Highway 10) west of 10th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oakdale LA 71463, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. SSG Timothy B. Cole, Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away); Vietnam Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sgt. Leroy Johnson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Town of Elizabeth (approx. 8.7 miles away); SSG Timothy Bruce Cole, Jr. - Bronze Star with Valor (approx. 9 miles away); Glenmora Cemetery
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(approx. 12.1 miles away); Dry Kilns, Old & New (approx. 14.6 miles away); Oberlin: A Blending of Cultures (approx. 14.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakdale.
 
Vietnam KIA Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Cajun Scrambler, April 7, 2020
2. Vietnam KIA Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 154 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.

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