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Vietnam Memorial

Corporal Larry E. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum

 
 
Vietnam Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, December 4, 2022
1. Vietnam Memorial Marker
Inscription.
This memorial is dedicated to those brave Americans from Orange County who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country while in Vietnam.

The courtyard in which the memorial lies is dedicated to all those brave Americans who served in Vietnam.
February 27, 1983


The “Boots on the Ground” Wall

Phillip J. Battaglia, Jr. • Wilber L.J. Hillock, Jr. • Aubrey A. Wiggins • William L. Deane • Joseph McGuckin • George W. Carter • Jack Walters, Jr. • Jerry P. Woodall • Earl P. Summersill • Jerry J. Tucker • Robert K. Wittman • Stanley G. Hartson • Robert C. Williams • Tommie L. McFarland • Ronald A. Sapp • John B. Sherman • Timothy A. Veltman • James R. Griffin • Michael D. Derosier • Karl A. Schmidt, Jr. • Joseph Clemons • Malcolm C. Smith • Paul D. Holloway • Charles Esters, Jr. • George B. Byrd, Jr. • Ronald L. Sharar • Jimmie L. Jones • Thomas G. Stevenson, Jr. • Sylvester W. McFarland • Robert B. Century • Eugene H. McKay III • Troy Darden • John Jason • Kenneth P. Tanner • Daniel R. Partin • James J. Burgoyne • Patrick J. Hayes • James R. Dean Jr. • Charles W. Love, Jr. • Willie L. McIntosh • Ronald A. Ross • Richard
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A. Smith • Fred W. Smith • Charles Vale’s • Peter Gibson • Steve Hathaway • Gary L. Malloy • Charles Clark, II • John B. Stevens • William D. Winslow • Jackie E. Wallace • Ronnie Oliver • Al D. Memory • Allan G. Decker • Ryland w. Drawdy • Malcolm E. Milligan • Walter H. Jones, II • Larry E. Smedley • Morton E. Townes, Jr. • Dustin C. Trowbridge • William H. Ostermeyer • Joe A. Crutches • Charles F. White • James D. Wright, Jr. • Gregory T. Lindsay • Phillip A. Terry • Douglas L. Warner • Tony G. Hubbard • Ronald N. Keller • Steven R. Smith • James R. Patterson • James B. Meek • Kenneth G. Owens • Rodger G. Barnes • Herbert L. Thompson • Burrell Simmons • Cecil R. Mooreman • Wayne E. Halstead • Jerry Forehand • Gary M. O’Brian • Nathan E. Peacock, Jr. • James G. Hodgskin, Jr. • Kenneth L. Witham • Charlie Fields • Gary L. Duval • Sanford Close, Jr. • Thomas T. Hart III • Samuel Adams • Marion E. Reed • Booker T. McCoy, Jr. • Bruce A. Kern • George P. White • Jeffery A. Yerion • Robert E. Young • Tennis C. Ferrell • Donald L. Lee • Marvin F. Goodman • Joseph V. Zappini, Jr. • Freddie A. McGee • Hubert Palmer
 
Erected 1983 by Corporal
Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, December 4, 2022
2. Vietnam Memorial
Larry E. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 28° 35.411′ N, 81° 10.306′ W. Memorial is in Orlando, Florida, in Orange County. It can be reached from North Tanner Road 0.2 miles south of Josair Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker located on the grounds of the Corporal Larry E. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3400 N Tanner Rd, Orlando FL 32826, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Florida. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Army SPC Jeffrey M. Wershow
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(here, next to this marker); Marine SGT Kenneth Conde Jr. (a few steps from this marker); The K-9 Heroes (a few steps from this marker); SGT Gene A. Hawkins (a few steps from this marker); Bunker (a few steps from this marker); Drawdy-Rouse Cemetery (approx. 3.4 miles away); Michaels Dam (approx. 3.7 miles away); Chuluota (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Orlando.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 290 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 12, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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