Knoxville in Marion County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2021

1. Vietnam Memorial

Inscription. They served, they fought, they died… and received neither their country’s glory nor their country’s compassion. May this small plot of ground serve as a special tribute to them.
Viet Nam
1959 — 1975

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.

Location. 41° 19.355′ N, 93° 6.589′ W. Memorial is in Knoxville, Iowa, in Marion County. It is at the intersection of North Lincoln Street (Iowa Route 14) and Jones Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lincoln Street. The marker is located just to the west of the Marion County Freedom Rock. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Knoxville IA 50138, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Iowa. 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 Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marion County Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Marion County Freedom Rock (here, next to this marker); Erected to the Memory of All Departed Soldiers, Sailors and Marines (approx. 0.7 miles away); 1942 M5 - 3" Howitzer (approx. ¾ mile away); Dixie Cornell Gebhardt (approx. ¾ mile away); The Red Rock Line (approx. ¾ mile away); Dragoon Trail Historical Site Marker No. 6 (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named The Red Rock Line (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Knoxville.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2021

2. Vietnam Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 236 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 22, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.