Point Marion in Fayette County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Vietnam War Memorial

1964 •1975

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 23, 2021

1. Vietnam War Memorial

Inscription.

SMS William D. Hicks USAF-35 • AFC Michael E. Widener USAF-21 • SP/5 Robert 0. Franklin ARMY-33 • PFC Joseph G. Evans Jr. USMC 20 • PFC Richard T. Malaspina USMC-21 • S/SGT John W. Earnesty ARMY-38 • SP/4 Gary F. Lewis ARMY-18 • L/CPL Julius J. Valint Jr. USMC-20 • SP/4 Carl E. Fell ARMY-23 • PFC George Wycinsky Jr. ARMY-20 • SCT Wilbur E. Swindell USMC-25 • S/SGT Andrew Yasenosky ARMY-39 • CAPT Barry A. Zavislan ARMY-29 • PFC David Bartock USMC-183 • PFC William J. O'Brien ARMY-21 • PFC John E. Camino ARMY-19 • CPL Kenneth B. Kooser USMC 20

SP/4 Samuel D. Shimek ARMY-21-MIA

PFC Michael D. Miner ARMY-19 • SP/4 Wm. E. Anderson Jr. ARMY-20 • S/SGT Charles G. Roberts ARMY-24 • PFC Kenneth R. Belsar ARMY-22 • CPL Merle C. Eicher Jr. USMC-20 • G/SGT Melvin L. Rimel USMC-33 • SFC Earl F. Burke ARMY SF-37 • L/CPL Russell W. Naugle USMC-18 • PFC Joseph A. Clingerman ARMY-19 • SP/5 James R. McDonough ARMY-25 • S/SGT James R. Fisher ARMY-26 • CPL James A. Stell ARMY-20 • PFC Ronald C. Bakewell ARMY-20 • SGT James C. Kraynak ARMY-22 • L/CPL Daniel E. Fike USMC-20

PFC Thomas M. Kuboca ARMY 21 • L/CPL

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Ronald R. Lowry USMC-20 • PFC Lawrence G. Eans USMC 20 • SGT Louis G. Wheeler ARMY-20 • PFC Joseph A. Petrarca ARMY 20 • SMS George C. Gray USAF-43 • L/CPL Glenn W. Domet USMC-20 • S/SGT John P. Wanto ARMY-21 • PFC Ricky E. Persely USMC-19 • SP/4 Francis R. Addis ARMY-21 • CPL Wayne E. Walsh ARMY-19 • PVT Horace L. Wardell ARMY-20 • SGT Frank A. Cassin Jr. ARMY-20 • SP/4 Larry 0. Harden ARMY 20 • CPL Denny R. Easter ARMY-20 • SGT Earl D. Barkley ARMY-21 • S/SGT Clyde K. Nelson USMC-25

United States Veterans
All Gave Some
Some Gave All

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, Vietnam.

Location. 39° 44.469′ N, 79° 54.008′ W. Memorial is in Point Marion, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is on North Main Street (U.S. 119) 0.1 miles north of Penn Street (U.S. 119), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 North Main Street, Point Marion PA 15474, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

It is also

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 23, 2021

2. Vietnam War Memorial

in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Point Marion (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Albert Gallatin (about 700 feet away); Historic Downtown Point Marion (about 800 feet away); Crossing the Mon at Point Marion, Pennsylvania (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Sheepskin Trail / Point Marion (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Point Marion.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 23, 2021

3. Vietnam War Memorial

This view of the memorial is to the south.

Additional Tablet to the Left of the Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 23, 2021

4. Additional Tablet to the Left of the Memorial

"Inspired by Little Bill Doyle"
National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Stars Vietnam Campaign Medal w/1960 Device Combat Infantryman Badge Army Commendation Medal Two Overseas Bars Expert Markman (M-14) and (M-16)

Additional Tablet to the Right of the Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 23, 2021

5. Additional Tablet to the Right of the Memorial

I think now, looking back we not only fought the enemy on the field of battle, we fought dissent within our homeland . . . That war is long over, but we continue fighting it's demons. But be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to our fallen brothers that we shall never forget that their loss was not in vain, but for the great cause of freedom our job is to lead good lives in their memory to remind others that freedom is not free.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 295 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 8, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.