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POW-MIA

You Are Not Forgotten

 
 
POW-MIA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, November 27, 2023
1. POW-MIA Marker
Inscription. This plaque is dedicated to the memory of the 22 Schreiner Institute attendees who are still unaccounted for and considered Prisoners of War (POW) or Missing in Action (MIA).

Philip Anders - Army - New Hebrides - 23 Nov 43
Charles Bergman - Army - Solomon Islands - 12 Oct 43
Vergil T. Bolton, Jr. - Navy - Phillipines - 10 Dec 44
Norman D. Brunette - Army - China Sea - 14 Mar 45
Virgil K. Cameron - Navy - North Vietnam - 29 Jul 66
Frank M. Colburn - Army - New Guinea - 15 Dec 45
Charles T. Dozier - Army - Phillipines Sea - 23 Dec 45
Irby Dyer III - Army - Laos - 2 Dec 66
Otto B. Engelking - Army - English Channel - 18 Apr 44
La Rue Haralson - Army - New Guinea - 17 Apr 43
John H. Harris - Army - Italy - 8 Apr 44
Frank W. Herzik - Army - English Channel - 3 Mar 44
Jack W. Kincheloe - Army - China - 3 Jun 42
William M. Mayfield - Army - Holland - 6 Feb 46
Dun A. McCaskill - Army - Panama - 23 Aug 42
Charles A. Mew - Army - Normandy - 19 Jul 44
Grover F. Mitchell - Army - Austria - 25 Jul 44
William C. Niedecken - Navy - Laos - 15 Feb 69
Charles P. Shearn - Army - Phillipines - 15 Dec 44
Luther B. Stockard - Army - Aleutian Islands - 15 Oct 42
Ralph W. Strickland - Army - Okinawa - 26 Jul 45
Martin Wagner, Jr. - Army - New Guinea - 28 Feb 45

You Are Not Forgotten

 
Erected 2022 by Schreiner University.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 30° 1.778′ N, 99° 7.857′ W. Marker is in Kerrville, Texas, in Kerr County. It is on Acorn Boulevard 0.1 miles north of Memorial Blvd (State Highway 27). The marker is located on the campus of Schreiner University behind the Elaine B. Griffin Welcome Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kerrville TX 78028, United States of America.
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Regionally, this marker is in the Hill Country. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Schreiner University War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Remembering Pearl Harbor Day (here, next to this marker); The Fabled Bull Ring (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Schreiner College (Schreiner Institute) (about 700 feet away); Glen Rest Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Gus F. Schreiner Home (approx. half a mile away); Saint Peter's Episcopal Church (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kerrville.
 
POW-MIA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, November 27, 2023
2. POW-MIA Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 30, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
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