Phoenixville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Phoenixville Vietnam War Memorial

Lest We Forget

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009

1. Phoenixville Vietnam War Memorial Marker

Inscription.
We salute our Phoenixville men
who served with honor, distinction,
valor and pride in the
Vietnam War...
These men made the ultimate
sacrifice and will never return.

PFC. Thomas J. Vontor July 9, 1966
Lt.(JG) James Kelly Oct. 26, 1966
Sgt. Richard Powell Dec. 19, 1966
W.O. Rudolph F. Dungee Feb. 13, 1967
Seaman Robert E. Ash July 6, 1968
Sgt. Lawrence R. Detwiler Aug. 27, 1969
PFC. John A. Polefka Sept. 3, 1969
Sgt. Thomas J. Hartman Nov. 19, 1969

Dedicated this 11th day of Nov. 1979,
by the People of Phoenixville, Pa.
All of Whom Remember.

Erected 1979 by People of Phoenixville.

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

Location. 40° 7.689′ N, 75° 30.851′ W. Memorial is in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is on Main Street, on the left when traveling south. Memorial is in Reeves Park, along Main Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: 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: Phoenixville War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); American Legion Post 482 War Memorial (a few steps from

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this marker); The Griffen Cannon and Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Story Told By The Mural (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Doty Road Bridge (approx. 0.4 miles away); Phoenix Iron Company (approx. half a mile away); Phoenix Iron & Steel Company (approx. half a mile away); Symbols of Steel Sculpture Garden (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenixville.

Phoenixville Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009

2. Phoenixville Vietnam War Memorial

Main Street in background.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,741 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.