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PFC. Larry E VanMeter

 
 
PFC. Larry E VanMeter Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022
1. PFC. Larry E VanMeter Marker
Inscription.
In memory of
PFC. Larry E. VanMeter
Killed in Vietnam

 
Erected 1972.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 52.268′ N, 84° 0.112′ W. Memorial is in Rockport, Ohio, in Allen County. It is on Rock Street north of Rockport Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5505 Rockport Rd, Columbus Grove OH 45830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Church Site Rockport Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); John "Jack" Herron (within shouting distance of this
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marker); Beaverdam & Vicinity World War II Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Beaverdam Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Old Beaverdam Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Lincoln Highway Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); Beaverdam Village Park (approx. 3.2 miles away); Columbus Grove Municipal Pool (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockport.
 
PFC. Larry E VanMeter Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022
2. PFC. Larry E VanMeter Marker
PFC. Larry E VanMeter Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 15, 2022
3. PFC. Larry E VanMeter Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 325 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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