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

Honor a Quien Honor Merece

[Honor Where Honor Is Due]

 
 
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1. Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker
Inscription.  
En memoria de aquellos soldados(as) yabucoeños caídos o desaparecidos en combate y en agradecimiento a todos los veteranos que sirvieron con honor en las fuerzas armadas de los Estados Unidos de America.

Caídos y desaparecidos en combate

Korea

Jesús Santos • Domingo Santos • Alfonso Rodríguez • Pablo Felix Rodríguez • Francisco Burset • Jesús Cruz Ramos • Dionisio Morales Rivera • Luis Delgado Hernandez

Vietnan
Juan Espinosa Jiménez • Néstor Ojeda Cruz • Juan F. García • Luis F. Alvarez

Irak
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[English translation:]
In memory of those Yabucoan soldiers who were Killed in Action or Missing in Action and in gratitude to all the veterans who served with honor in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

Killed and Missing in Action

Korea

Jesus Santos • Saint Sunday • Alfonso Rodriguez • Pablo Felix Rodriguez • Francis Burset • Jesus Cruz Ramos • Dionisio Morales Rivera • Luis Delgado Hernandez

Vietnam
Juan Espinosa Jimenez • Nestor Ojeda Cruz • Juan F. Garcia • Luis F. Alvarez

Iraq
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Erected 2005 by Legión Americana
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 2nd Iraq • War, Korean • War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 18° 2.847′ N, 65° 52.825′ W. Memorial is in Yabucoa in Municipio de Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. It is at the intersection of Calle Catalina Morales (Puerto Rico Route 182) and Calle El Sapo on Calle Catalina Morales. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Catalina Morales 3, Yabucoa PR 00767, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Eastern Region. 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 16 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Homenaje al Cortador Caña (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Padres Benedictinos (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); "En Memoria" (approx. 4.9 kilometers
Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 6, 2023
2. Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker
away); Monumento a los Veteranos (approx. 4.9 kilometers away); Escudo de Maunabo Simbolismo (approx. 5.1 kilometers away); In Memoriam (approx. 12.8 kilometers away); San Miguel Arcangel (approx. 14.7 kilometers away); Calle Los Congos - Patillas (approx. 14.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yabucoa.
 
Additional keywords. KIA, MIA
 
Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 6, 2023
3. Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker
Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 6, 2023
4. Honor a Quien Honor Merece Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 12, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Verification of the name from the 2nd Iraq War. • Can you help?
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