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Dagsboro Hundred in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

POW ★ MIA

You Are Not Forgotten

 
 
POW ★ MIA Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 28, 2022
1. POW ★ MIA Memorial
Inscription.
Since World War II, more than 82,000 American soldiers are unaccounted for.

This unoccupied seat is dedicated to the memory of these brave men and women and to the sacrifices each made in serving our country.

God bless you. God bless America.
 
Erected 2018 by American Legion Post 24, dedicated by Jeremiah Turner Murphy Daudt.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 38° 32.52′ N, 75° 15.552′ W. Memorial is in Dagsboro, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Dagsboro Hundred. It is on 9 Foot Road (Delaware Route 26) just west of Dupont Boulevard (U.S. 113), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 28181 9 Foot Rd, Dagsboro DE 19939, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Delaware’s Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds
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itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World Wars I and II Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dagsboro (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Clayton Theatre (approx. 0.9 miles away); Rev. Edward Dingle of England (approx. 1.2 miles away); Prince George's Chapel (approx. 1.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Prince George's Chapel (approx. 1.2 miles away); Antioch Camp Meeting (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dagsboro.
 
POW ★ MIA Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 28, 2022
2. POW ★ MIA Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 234 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 29, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jul. 30, 2026