Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Buckley Park
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 30, 2009
1. Buckley Park Marker
PFC Charles J. Buckley USMC
1949-1968
and of other Americans
who gave their lives in
the Republic of Vietnam
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 40° 4.406′ N, 75° 12.157′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Chestnut Hill. It is at the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Hartwell Lane, on the right when traveling north on Germantown Avenue. Marker is in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Philadelphia PA 19118, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy World War II Memorial (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mower General Hospital (approx. Ό mile away); Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy World War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Wissahickon Inn (approx. 0.8 miles away); William Allen (approx. one mile away); Philo T. Farnsworth (approx. 1.3 miles away); Violet Oakley (approx. 1.4 miles away); Park Directory (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
Also see . . . Charles Joseph Buckley.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 30, 2009
2. Buckley Park and Marker
Looking north from Germantown Avenue and Hartwell Lane.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,182 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 2, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
