St. Clair in Franklin County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

POW - MIA

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 3, 2024

1. POW - MIA Memorial

Inscription. Lest we forget
You are not forgotten

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 20.57′ N, 90° 59.423′ W. Memorial is in St. Clair, Missouri, in Franklin County. It is at the intersection of Commercial Avenue (Old U.S. 66) and Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Commercial Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 185 W Gravois Ave, Saint Clair MO 63077, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

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 as the crow flies: Korean War Memorial (about 300

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feet away, measured in a direct line); Franklin County Vietnam Memorial (about 300 feet away); Veterans Memorial Benches (about 300 feet away); Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away); Panhorst Feed Store (approx. 0.6 miles away); International Shoe Company Building (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); POW & MIA Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Clair.

American Legion Post 347 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 3, 2024

2. American Legion Post 347

POW - MIA Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, May 19, 2025

3. POW - MIA Marker

Memorial is under the sign

Credits. This page was last revised on May 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 215 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 3, 2024, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. 3. submitted on May 20, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.