Valley Forge in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

U.S. Marine Circle of Trees

In Memoriam

— Vietnam - March 28, 1967 —

U.S. Marine Circle of Trees Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 20, 2023

1. U.S. Marine Circle of Trees Marker

Inscription.

L/Cpl Thomas C. Bekiempis • L/Cpl Stanley Davidheiser Jr.
L/Cpl Larry C. Dye • PFC Otis R. Ellis Jr. • L/Cpl Anthony Hawkins
Cpl Daniel R. Laird • 2nd Lt Glenn M. McCarty • L/Cpl Eugene J. Payne III
Cpl Ronald W. Porter • Cpl Glenn W. Shafer • L/Cpl Don L. Shockley
Cpl Howard S. Stevens • Cpl Verrell D. Stiles

For he who sheds his blood with me today
will be my brother tomorrow

Semper Fi
7th Eng. Bn. 1st Marine Div.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.

Location. 40° 6.249′ N, 75° 28.446′ W. Memorial is in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road. Marker and tree circle are on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

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 walking distance of this marker: US Marine Circle of Trees (a few steps from this marker); The 3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Southeast Asia KIA/MIA/POW Memorial (within shouting distance

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of this marker); Texas Medal of Honor Recipients (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Army (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Marine Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); United States Navy (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Valley Forge.

U.S. Marine Circle of Trees Marke (back) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 20, 2023

2. U.S. Marine Circle of Trees Marke (back)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 428 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.