Playa in Ponce in Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)
Plaza Regimiento 65 de Infanteria
Adquiere su nombre el 18 de mayo de 1956 mediante la besolucion num 34-1955-56 de la asamblea municipal de Ponce bajo la presidencia del honorable Hernan Fourquet en honor a los tres jovenes de la Playa de Ponce, fallecidos durante la Guerra de Corea: Hilario Martinez, Armando Cedeρo, y Luis Pacheco Lespier.
La plaza se remodelo en el aρo 1995 por el gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce bajo la administracion del Alcalde Honorable Rafael Gordero Santiago.
It was so named on May 18, 1956 through resolution number 34-1955-56 of the Municipal Assembly of Ponce under the administration of the Hon. Hernan Fourquet in honor of the three young men from Playa, Ponce who died during the Korean War: Hilario Martinez, Armando Cedeρo, and Luis Pacheco Lespier.
The plaza was remodeled in 1995 by the Autonomous Municipal Government of Ponce under the administration of the Hon. Mayor Rafael Gordero Santiago.
Erected 1995 by Municipio de Ponce.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
Location. 17° 58.837′ N, 66° 37.303′ W.
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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 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Puertorriqueρos disaparecidos en Vietnam (here, next to this marker); Monumento a Vietnam [Vietnam Memorial] (here, next to this marker); Andres Alvarado Tull (here, next to this marker); Monumento a la Abolicion de la Esclavitud (approx. 3 kilometers away); Graciela Rivera (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); La Masacre de Ponce (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); Restauracion Edificio El Cometa
Credits. This page was last revised on June 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 10, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 687 times since then and 134 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 10, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
