Meyersdale in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Korean War/Vietnam Memorial

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 11, 2022

1. Korean War/Vietnam Memorial

Inscription.
(Center Panel):
"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America, for an amount of up to and including their life."

Dedicated to all those who sacrificed
(Left Panel):
KOREAN WAR
"Our Nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met."

1950 - 1955
(Right Panel):
VIETNAM WAR
"They served, they fought, they died... and received neither their country's thanks nor their country's compassion. May this small plot of ground serve as a special tribute to them."

1961 - 1975

Erected by The Community of Meyersdale.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam.

Location. 39° 48.873′ N, 79° 1.64′ W. Marker is in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. Memorial is on Main Street east of Grant Street (Business U.S. 219), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 215 Main Street, Meyersdale PA 15552, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker. Defenders of Freedom and Justice Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Meyersdale Centennial (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lest We Forget (about 700 feet away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Early Meyersdale (approx. 0.2 miles away); Meyersdale (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Meyersdale (approx. 0.4 miles away); What's the Use of a Caboose (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Meyersdale.

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 11, 2022

2. Korean War/Vietnam Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 26, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.