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St. Clair in Franklin County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Korean War Memorial

 
 
Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 20, 2021
1. Korean War Memorial
Inscription.
In honor and memory of
those who served in the
Korean War
1950 - 1953

54,206 made the Ultimate Sacrifice. Others were wounded some carry scars for life, 8,172 still unaccounted for.

St. Clair has not forgotten.
 
Erected 1994 by VFW Post 2482; American Legion Post 347; Vietnam Veterans and Friends; Elks Lodge 2651.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 38° 20.543′ N, 90° 59.479′ W. Memorial is in St. Clair, Missouri, in Franklin County. It is on West Gravois Avenue (Old U.S. 66) near Old U.S. 66, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 215 W Gravois Ave, Saint Clair MO 63077, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor and in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself

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in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Franklin County Vietnam Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial Benches (here, next to this marker); POW - MIA (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Panhorst Feed Store (approx. 0.6 miles away); International Shoe Company Building (approx. Ύ mile away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); POW & MIA Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Clair.
 
Veterans Memorial Display image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 20, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial Display
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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