Fort Campbell in Montgomery County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
The Steel Berets
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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 26, 2024
1. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Marker
1st Panel
Original Units:
Assigned 29 July, 1950 - 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment 674th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion Company "A" 127th Airborne Engineers Battery "A" 88th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion
Assigned 23 August, 1950 - Detachment 11th Airborne Military Police Company Detachment 11th Airborne Quartermaster Parachute Maintenance Company
Assigned 26 August, 1950 - Platoon Clearing Company, 11th Airborne Medical Battalion Platoon Ambulance Company 11th Airborne Medical Battalion
Attached 28 August, 1950 - 2384th Quartermaster Air Packaging and Resupply Company
2nd Panel
674th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Panel
Rakkasans
Soldiers of Airborne Warfare
Glider Parachute Air Assault
World War II Korea Lebanon Vietnam Persian Gulf Afghanistan Iraq
4th Panel
Citations
World War II - Tagatay Ridge 17 Oct 44 - 4 July 45
Korea - Sukchon Inchon Korea 1950-1952 Korea 1952-1953
Vietnam - Trang Bang Dong Ap Bia Mountain Thua Thein Province Bing Duong
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Korea - UN Offensive CCF Intervention First UN Counteroffensive CCF Spring Offensive Korea Summer-Fall 1952 Korea Summer 1953
Vietnam - Counteroffensive Phase III TET Counteroffensive Counteroffensive Phase IV Counteroffensive Phase V Counteroffensive Phase VI TET '69 Counteroffensive Summer-Fall 1969 Winter-Spring 1970 Sanctuary Counteroffensive Counteroffensive Phase VII Consolidation I Consolidation II
Persian Gulf - Defense, Saudi Arabia Liberation, Kuwait
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 36° 38.314′ N, 87° 27.244′ W. Memorial is in Fort Campbell, Tennessee, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of Tennessee Avenue and Screaming Eagle Blvd on Tennessee Avenue. Marker is on the campus of Fort Campbell. Visitors must access the base via Gate 7 to access marker. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address:
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 26, 2024
2. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Marker - 1st Panel
Regionally, this memorial is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Task Force "Rakkasan" Operation Iraqi Freedom Iraq (here, next to this marker); Task Force "Rakkasan" Persian Gulf War (here, next to this marker); Task Force "Rakkasan" Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan (here, next to this marker); Rest in Peace.....'Til We Form Again (a few steps from this marker); Veghel Memorial Garden (a few steps from this marker); Airborne (a few steps from this marker); The Netherlands Memorial Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Netherlands Memorial Garden (within shouting
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 26, 2024
3. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Marker - 2nd Panel
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 26, 2024
4. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Marker - 3rd Panel
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, May 26, 2024
5. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team Marker - 4th Panel
Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 418 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 2, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
