Guayama Pueblo in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Monumento a la Guerra de Corea

[Korean War Memorial]

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023

1. Monumento a la Guerra de Corea

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

A los que en Korea cayeron en aras de la libertad y la democracia

[English translation:]
To those who died in Korea for freedom and democracy

Erected 1952 by Club de Leones de Guayama.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.

Location. 17° 59.088′ N, 66° 6.814′ W. Memorial is in Guayama in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico. It is in Guayama Pueblo. It is on Calle Derkes (Puerto Rico Route 3) just east of Calle Calimano Martínez ( Route 15), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Derkes 21, Guayama PR 00784, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Puerto Rico’s Southern Coastal Zone. Globally, it is one of the Greater Antilles

on the Caribbean Sea,

on in the Atlantic Ocean,

in North America,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: Monumento a los Veteranos (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial for the War with Spain (within shouting distance of this marker); Hector Luis Colon Mendoza (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Luis Pales Matos (about 500 feet away); Samuel F.B. Morse (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Samuel F.B. Morse en Arroyo, P.R. (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Monumento a Korea y Vietnam (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Alcaldes de Patillas (approx. 10.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guayama.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023

2. Monumento a la Guerra de Corea

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 275 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.