Oakdale in Allen Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Vietnam KIA Memorial
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 7, 2020
1. Vietnam KIA Memorial
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: Heroes • War, Vietnam.
Location. 30° 48.768′ N, 92° 39.789′ W. Memorial is in Oakdale, Louisiana, in Allen Parish. It is on Geroge B. Moward Memorial Highway (State Highway 10) west of 10th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Oakdale LA 71463, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Louisiana’s Acadiana Cajun Country. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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.
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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 346 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
