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Santa Isabel in Municipio de Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
 

C.P.T. María Inés Ortiz Santiago
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Monumento a los veteranos de las guerras de Corea y Vietnam

 
 
C.P.T. María Inés Ortiz Santiago side of the marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
1. C.P.T. María Inés Ortiz Santiago side of the marker
Inscription.  
C.P.T. María Inés Ortiz Santiago
Primera enfermera en morir en el cumplimiento del deber en el conflicto de Irak.

Sus restos descanzan en el Cementario Nacional de Arlington Virginia.

[English translation:]
First nurse to die in the line of duty in the Iraq conflict.

Her remains can be found at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

En memoria de todos los veterans de las guerras de Corea y Vietnam. Representados por aquellos que Cayaron en el campo de battala.

[English translation:]
In memory of all veterans of the wars in Korea and Vietnam. We honor those who fell on the battlefield.

Jorge Zavas Pedrogo, P.F.C., 31 de enero de 1951 [1-31-1951] • Epifanio Pomales, P.F.C, 15 de agosto de 1952 [8-15-1952] • Vicente Carlos Pérez, 1 de octubre de 1953 [10-7-1953] • José M. Aguirre, Corporal, 19 de marzo de 1953 [3-19-1953] • José Antonio Pavey, 20 de septiembre de 1966 [9-20-1966] • Euripedes Amy Colón, P.F.C., 6 de febrero de 1952 [2-6-1952] • Luis Alicea Coto, P.F.C., 17 de septiembre de 1952 [9-17-1952] • José A. Amy Santiago, P.F.C., 27 de diciembre de 1952 [12-27-1952]
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• Julio Torres Rodríguez, 22 de diciembre de 1960 [12-22-1960] • Luis R. Muñoz, 20 de abril de 1968 [4-20-1968]
 
Erected 2007 by Municipio Autónomo de Santa Isabel, Hon. Enreique H. Questell Alvarado, Alcalde.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Science & MedicineWar, 2nd IraqWar, KoreanWar, VietnamWomen.
 
Location. 17° 57.908′ N, 66° 24.251′ W. Memorial is in Santa Isabel in Municipio de Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. It is at the intersection of Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera and Calle Eugenio Maria de Hostos (Puerto Rico Route 153), on the left when traveling west on Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera 32, Santa Isabel PR 00757, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Southern Coastal Zone and in the Greater Ponce Area. 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,
Monumento a los veteranos de las guerras de Corea y Vietnam side of the marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
2. Monumento a los veteranos de las guerras de Corea y Vietnam side of the marker
it finds itself in what was once a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rafael Padilla Borges (approx. 3.4 kilometers away); Monumento a Vietnam (approx. 11.3 kilometers away); Juana Díaz (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); En Memoria de Todos los Veteranos de la I Guerra Mundial (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); En Memoria de Todos los Veteranos de la II Guerra Mundial (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); En Memoria de Todos los Veteranos de la Guerra de Korea (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); En Memoria de Todos los Veteranos de Vietnam (approx. 14.4 kilometers away); En Memoria de Todos los Veteranos de la Guerra del Golfo Persico (approx. 14.4 kilometers away).
 
C.P.T. María Inés Ortiz Santiago side of the marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
3. C.P.T. María Inés Ortiz Santiago side of the marker
Monumento a los veteranos de las guerras de Corea y Vietnam si image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023
4. Monumento a los veteranos de las guerras de Corea y Vietnam si
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 164 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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