Navy Yard in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Vietnam War

1965 - 1972

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 28, 2021

1. Vietnam War Marker

Inscription. In Memory of Our Fallen Heroes
In Honor of All Swift Boat Sailors GMG2 Billy Stanley Armstrong, 29, AR • MRC Willy Scott Baker, 39, TN • BM3 Richard L. Baumberger, Jr., 21, OH • BM1 Kemper Swanson Billings, 28, NC • BM3 Peter Paul Blasko, Jr., 23, NC • QM2 Frank Bowman, 32, SC • SN David Joseph Boyle, 18, CA • BM3 Harry Giles Brock, 21, TX • QM2 Lanny Howard Buroff, 25, IL • BM1 Bobby Don Carver, 32, CA • BM2 Anthony Gordon Chandler, 23, GA • LTJG Robert Leroy Crosby, 25, MA • EN2 Edward Cruz Cruz, 22, Guam • EN3 Dewey Russell Decker, 21, MI • RD3 Martin Stephen Doherty, 20, NY • LT Donald Glenn Droz, 25, MO • EN3 Albert Merk Fransen, Jr., 24, NV • SN Gary Wayne Freidmann, 20, PA • BM2 Raleigh Lee Godley, 36, MO • EN2 Carl Raymond Goodfellow, 25, LA • RD3 Craig Ward Haines, 23, WV • EN2 John Raymond Hartkemeyer, 22, OH • EN2 Gale Jackson Hays, 34, WV • BM2 Tommy Edward Hill, 32, TN • QM3 Thomas Eugene Holloway, 21, IN • BM3 Gerald Robert Horrell, 22, CA • QM1 Joseph Peter Jurgella, 38, WI • GMG3 Glen Cameron Keene, Jr., 21, AL • GMG3 Alvin Lee Levan, 20, PN • BM2 Steve Ralph Luke, 23, UT • BM2 John Patrick McDermott, 22, KA • EN2 David Louis Merrill, 23, IN • LTJG William Henry Murphy, III, 25, WI • LTJG Kenneth Dean Norton, 25,

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FL • GMG3 Stephen Joseph Penta, 22, MA • RD3 Gerald Dever Pochel, 20, OR • GMGSN Dennis Ray Puckett, 19, MO • EN2 Jack Charles Rodriguez, 24, NY • GMG2 Dayton Luther Rudisill, 30, KA • QM3 Eugene Lawrence Self, 20, NJ • BM3 Richard Charles Simon, 21, WI • RD3 Frederick Don Snyder, 22, UT • GMG3 Richard William Stindl, 22, WI • BM3 Robert Alan Thompson, 22, CA • RM3 Bruce Allan Timmons, 19, FL • BM2 Hubert Tuck, Jr., 29, tN • BM3 Stephen Thomas Volz, 20, CA • LTJG Richard Courtney Wallace. 30, VA • RD2 Kenneth Peter West, 24, Butte, MT • QM2 Richard Lavern Wissler, Jr., 23, PA

(Rate/rank, name, age, and home state)

Erected by U.S. Department of the Navy.

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

Location. 38° 52.306′ N, 76° 59.663′ W. Marker is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Navy Yard. Memorial is on Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, 0.1 miles east of 11th Street Southeast, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Washington DC 20003, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Swift Boats (PCFs) and the Vietnam War (here, next to this marker); Swift Boat PCF-1 (here, next to this marker); Swift Boats, Home and Friend to Their Six Man Crew

PCF-1 Display image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 28, 2021

2. PCF-1 Display

(here, next to this marker); Lafayette's Tour (a few steps from this marker); Welcome Aboard the Display Ship BARRY (DD-993) (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Navy Gun Car (about 500 feet away); National Museum of the U.S. Navy (about 500 feet away); Willard Park (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southeast Washington.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 28, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.