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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

 
 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 23, 2024
1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Welcome home
Perry County Vietnam Veterans
1954 - 1975

They gave all they had
Richard L. Fry • Edwin C. Hockenberry • Joseph L. Hockenberry • David S. Kline • C. Bruce Landis II • Jack I. Maguire

William B. McGarvey • C. David Sheibley • Ricahrd M. Sprout • James A. Swartz Jr. • Michael D. Wright
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 23.009′ N, 77° 17.971′ W. Memorial is near Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania, in Perry County. It is in Spring Township. It is on Shermans Valley Road (Pennsylvania Route 274) 0.3 miles east of Veterans Way (Route 74), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2606 Shermans Valley Rd, Elliottsburg PA 17024, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Indian Attacks in Shermans Valley (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Perry County Covered Bridges (about 700 feet away); WW I and Its Aftermath (about 700 feet away); Contact Between Widely Different Cultures (about 700 feet away); Perry Countians in the Revolutionary War (about 700 feet away); A New Century (about 700 feet away); The First Inhabitants of Perry County (about 700 feet away); Life in the Great Depression (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elliottsburg.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 29, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 7 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on February 29, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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