Near Starke in Clay County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

MSG Richard D. O’Brien

Florida Army National Guard

— Camp Blanding Museum & Memorial Park —

MSG Richard D. O’Brien Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, July 13, 2021

1. MSG Richard D. O’Brien Marker

Inscription.
HHC 2/124th Infantry
53rd Separate Infantry Brigade
Orlando

Gave the ultimate sacrifice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on January 9, 2004

Erected by Florida Army National Guard.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Afghanistan.

Location. 29° 58.743′ N, 81° 59.082′ W. Memorial is near Starke, Florida, in Clay County. It can be reached from Tallahassee Street 0.1 miles north of Avenue B, on the right when traveling north. Located within the Camp Blanding Museum & Memorial Park, near the entrance to Camp Blanding. Museum is in Clay County, although postal address is Starke which is in Bradford County. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5629 State Route 16 West, Starke FL 32091, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in First Coast

and in Greater Jacksonville.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically,

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

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: PFC Brandon J. Wadman (here, next to this marker); MAJ Roy A. Wood (here, next to this marker); SSG Paul L. Nealy (here, next to this marker); SPC Robert A. Wise (here, next to this marker); SGT Dennis J. Boles (here, next to this marker); 1SG Kenny Fike (here, next to this marker); SPC Jeffrey M. Wershow (a few steps from this marker); SPC Daryl A. Davis (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Starke.

Also see . . . Camp Blanding Museum & Memorial Park. (Submitted on July 21, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, July 13, 2021

2. MSG Richard D. O’Brien Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 199 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 21, 2021, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.