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Monumento a Korea y Vietnam

Korean and Vietnam Memorial

 
 
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1. Monumento a Vietnam y Korea
Inscription.  
En memorial de los soldados arroyanos; que ofrenden sus vidas en los conflictos de Korea y Vietnam, en aras de la democracia y la libertad

Korea

PFC Virgilio Sanchez, enero 10, 1951 • Sgt Jose A. Antuna, junio 3, 1953 • Cpl Jose J. Lebron, junio 4, 1951 • Pvt Teodoro Alicea, agosto 19, 1951 • Cpl Miguel Babrion, sept. 27, 1951 • Pvt Rafael Aruz, dic. 4, 1951 • PFC Jose A. Ramos, julio 6, 1952 • PFC Benjamin Hernandez, agosto 12, 1952 • PFC Fidel Llanot, sept. 24, 1952 • Cpl Francisco Brenes, marzo 7, 1953 • Pfc Primitivo Sanchez, marzo 23, 1953

Vietnam
Maj Carlos R. Cruz, dic. 29, 1967 • Pvt Raul Serrano, mayo 10, 1968

POW
Pvt Samuel Rosa

English translation:
In memorial of the Arroyan soldiers who offered their lives in the conflicts of Korea and Vietnam for the sake of democracy and freedom

Korea

PFC Virgilio Sanchez, January 10, 1951 • Sgt Jose A. Antuna, June 3, 1953 • Cpl Jose J. Lebron, June 4, 1951 • Pvt Teodoro Alicea, August 19, 1951 • Cpl Miguel Babrion, Sept. 27, 1951 • Pvt Rafael Aruz, Dec. 4, 1951 • PFC Jose A. Ramos, July 6, 1952 • PFC Benjamin Hernandez, August 12, 1952 • PFC Fidel Llanot, Sept. 24, 1952 • Cpl Francisco Brenes, March 7, 1953 • PFC Primitivo Sanchez, March 23, 1953

Vietnam
Maj Carlos R. Cruz, Dec. 29, 1967 • Pvt Raul Serrano, May 10, 1968

POW
Pvt Samuel Rosa
 
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Combatientes, Municipio Arroyo (Municipio of Arroyo Combat Veterans).
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 17° 57.858′ N, 66° 3.712′ W. Memorial is in Arroyo in Municipio de Arroyo, Puerto Rico. It is in Sector San Felipe. It is at the intersection of Calle Morse (Puerto Rico Route 178) and Calle Santa Teresa, on the right when traveling north on Calle Morse. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Morse 113, Arroyo PR 00714, 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 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Samuel F.B. Morse (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Samuel F.B. Morse en Arroyo, P.R. (approx.
Monumento a Korea y Vietnam image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 6, 2023
2. Monumento a Korea y Vietnam
0.3 kilometers away); Monumento a los Veteranos (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Monumento a la Guerra de Corea (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Memorial for the War with Spain (approx. 6 kilometers away); Hector Luis Colon Mendoza (approx. 6 kilometers away); Luis Pales Matos (approx. 6 kilometers away); Alcaldes de Patillas (approx. 6.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arroyo.
 
Additional keywords. KIA, POW
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 209 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 11, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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