O'Fallon in St. Charles County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

AH1G Cobra Gunship

Photographed by Thomas Smith, September 26, 2021

1. AH1G Cobra Gunship Marker

Inscription. This aircraft was in combat from 1969 Sept 1972 when it was shot down in Vietnam. This aircraft id dedicated in memory of all helicopter pilots and crew members who fought in all conflicts through the years.

Erected 1996 by Dedicated by VFW Post 5077 and Auxiliary.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Vietnam.

Location. 38° 47.993′ N, 90° 41.594′ W. Memorial is in O'Fallon, Missouri, in St. Charles County. It is at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Parkway and Molloy Drive, on the right when traveling east on Veterans Memorial Parkway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8500 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, O Fallon MO 63366, 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 in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds

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itself 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: Fort Zumwalt Park (approx. 0.8 miles away); Zumwalt's Fresh Water Spring (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Zumwalt (approx. 0.9 miles away); City of O'Fallon, Missouri Veteran's Memorial Walk (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Zumwalt Fun Facts (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Ancient Earthen Burial Mounds of O'Fallon (approx. 2 miles away); O'Fallon's 2,000-year-old Civilization (approx. 2 miles away); The Ancient Cities and Earthen Mounds of O'Fallon (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in O'Fallon.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, September 26, 2021

2. AH1G Cobra Gunship Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 426 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.