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Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society

 
 
Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 26, 2024
1. Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society Marker
Inscription.
POWMIA
You are not forgotten

"We who came home must never forget those who could not"

 
Erected by Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 0.191′ N, 75° 4.113′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Bridesburg. It is on East Thompson Street south of Haworth Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4739 Mercer St, Philadelphia PA 19137, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. 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: Corporal Michael J. Crescenz (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Joseph Micholas (approx. Ό mile away); Frankford Arsenal (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ammunition Bunker (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Delaware River brought Philadelphia to life (approx. 0.6 miles away); Tacony / Wissinoming (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
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Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 26, 2024
2. Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 30, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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