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Duty Called…They Answered

 
 
Duty Called…They Answered Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 26, 2021
1. Duty Called…They Answered Marker
Inscription.
CMSGT Gerald C Freligh Sr. USAF
WWII, Korea, Vietnam
November 13, 1941- July 1 1974
BSM, AFCM, MSM

Maj. Gerald C. Freligh Jr. USA
September 29 1978 - September 29 1995
Special Forces "Green Beret"
USA/Europe/Asia/Latin America
MSM, JSCM, ARCOM, NDSN

Cpl. David L Freligh USMC
February 2, 1983 - November 29, 1988
3rd IAAM Bn, MACG 28, 2nd MAW
USA MCAS Cherry Point, NC
LCM MUC

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 7.475′ N, 90° 55.648′ W. Memorial is in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, in Lawrence County. It is on Ramp Road north of Douglas Road, on the left when traveling north. Memorial is in front of the Wings of Honor Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 70 Ramp Rd, Walnut Ridge AR 72476, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian
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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 walking distance of this marker: In Memory of the Young Men who made the Supreme Sacrifice (here, next to this marker); In Honor Of Carter and Della Holm Family (here, next to this marker); Debra Jane "Debbie" Johnson (here, next to this marker); To Honor Robert P Bush (a few steps from this marker); World War II Army Air Field (within shouting distance of this marker); Company A, 2nd Battalion Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Clark Family Served Their Country (approx. 0.2 miles away); T/Sgt Cucial Julian Roberts (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Walnut Ridge.
 
Duty Called…They Answered Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Voigt, October 12, 2022
2. Duty Called…They Answered Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 338 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on May 28, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill.   2. submitted on October 22, 2022, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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