Camp Butler National Cemetery in Springfield in Sangamon County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

5th Regimental Combat Team

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 7, 2023

1. 5th Regimental Combat Team Marker

Inscription. Dedicated in memory to the magnificent and gallant men of the
5th Regimental Combat Team

K.I.A. 949
W.I.A. 3188
M.O.H. 2

Korea 1950-1953
We are proud every mission assigned accomplished!
We support the needs of our Sam-oong Boys Town 1442 4 Sang Am Dong, Mapu Kui Seoul, Korea

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

Location. 39° 50.024′ N, 89° 33.616′ W. Memorial is in Springfield, Illinois, in Sangamon County. It is in Camp Butler National Cemetery. It can be reached from Camp Butler Road. Memorial is located at Camp Butler National Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4931 Camp Butler Rd, Springfield IL 62707, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Navy Seabees (here, next to this marker); Landing Ship Tanks (LST's) Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (a few steps from this marker); For All the Fallen Sky Soldiers (a few steps from this marker); Confederate Burials in the National Cemetery (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Camp Butler National Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Camp Butler (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Springfield.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Camp Butler (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 7, 2023

2. 5th Regimental Combat Team Marker

Located at Camp Butler National Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 243 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2023, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.