Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

American Merchant Marine Veterans

Mid-South Chapter Nashville, Tennessee

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, December 30, 2022

1. American Merchant Marine Veterans Marker

Inscription.
★★In Peace and War★★

In Honor of the American Merchant Seamen who Served in All Our Wars Since 1775

★Killed in Action in World War II★
6,098 U.S. Merchant Seamen Including 60 POW's
529 U.S. Army Transport Service Merchant Seamen
142 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Cadets
70 U.S. Merchant Seamen on Allied Flag Ships
1,800 U.S. Naval Armed Guard Sailors on Merchant Ships
★Ships Sunk by Enemy Action★
833 Confirmed Sunk
33 vanished without a trace

Erected 1999.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 36° 9.866′ N, 86° 46.99′ W. Memorial is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from 6th Avenue North. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 345399 6th Ave N, Nashville TN 37243, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Still on Patrol (here, next to this marker); United States Army Warrant Officer Association Volunteer Chapter (here, next to this marker); Tennessee Air National Guardsmen Memorial

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(a few steps from this marker); Purple Heart Medal (a few steps from this marker); The USS Nashville (CL-43) (within shouting distance of this marker); Andrew Johnson (within shouting distance of this marker); Operation Iraqi Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker); The 11th President James K. Polk (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 29, 2022

2. American Merchant Marine Veterans Marker

American Merchant Marine Veterans Marker (in planter in center of photo) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 29, 2022

3. American Merchant Marine Veterans Marker (in planter in center of photo)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 250 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 22, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 2. submitted on October 2, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 3. submitted on October 3, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.