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Near Bloomfield in Stoddard County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

POW ★ MIA

Bring them home

 
 
POW - MIA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 29, 2024
1. POW - MIA Marker
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POW ★ MIA
Bring them home

 
Erected by Stoddard County Veterans.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 36° 51.797′ N, 89° 56.068′ W. Memorial is near Bloomfield, Missouri, in Stoddard County. It is on State Road 25 0.1 miles south of Stars and Stripes Way, on the left when traveling south. The memorial stands in Missouri Veterans Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 17357 Highway 25, Dexter MO 63841, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Missouri and specifically in the Missouri Bootheel. It is also in the American Mississippi Delta, in the Ozarks, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured
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as the crow flies: Navy Seabees (here, next to this marker); Address by President Abraham Lincoln (here, next to this marker); Stoddard County (approx. 0.9 miles away); General Davidson's Cavalry (approx. one mile away); Mutiny in Bloomfield (approx. 1½ miles away); The Fatal Tree (approx. 1½ miles away); The First Stars and Stripes (approx. 1½ miles away); Major Amos Stoddard (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bloomfield.
 
POW - MIA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 29, 2024
2. POW - MIA Marker
POW - MIA Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Thomas Smith, April 29, 2024
3. POW - MIA Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 168 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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