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69th Infantry Division

 
 
69th Infantry Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
1. 69th Infantry Division Marker
Inscription.

To honor all who served
with the
69th Infantry Division
from
May 15, 1943
to
September 18, 1945.

Dedicated August 25, 1973

 
Erected 1973 by 69th Infantry Division Association, Inc.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal OrganizationsPatriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 6.249′ N, 75° 28.402′ W. Memorial is near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It can be reached from Valley Forge Road. Monument is on the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge campus. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1601 Valley Forge Road, Phoenixville PA 19460, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 102d Infantry Division (a few steps from this marker); The James E. Staudinger Coast Guard League Memorial Fountain (a few steps from this marker); 63rd Infantry Division (a few steps from this marker); The Freedom Tree (a few steps from this marker); 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division (a few steps from this marker); 65th Infantry Division (a few steps from this marker); 87th Infantry Division
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(a few steps from this marker); Southeast Asia KIA/MIA/POW Memorial (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.
 
Also see . . .
1. 69th Infantry Division (United States). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on August 24, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 

2. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. (Submitted on September 5, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
69th Infantry Division Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 31, 2023
2. 69th Infantry Division Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 5, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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