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McLean County Vietnam War Memorial

 
 
McLean County Vietnam War Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2024
1. McLean County Vietnam War Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Vietnam War
1955-1975

Bloomington
PFC Gary Cecil Baize • Cpl Richard Dean Buckles • SP4 Timothy Lee White • Cpl William Reinhart Buff • SSg George Elmer Burchett • PFC Terry Lee Thorton • 2Lt Irving S Chenoweth III • SP4 Bernard James Cook • HN Terry Lynn Crutcher • Sgt Thomas Leo Hoeniges • WO Thomas Carlyle Jacobs • 1Lt Omar David Jones • Cpl William Walter Little III • Cpl Mark Eugene Madsen • PFC Donald Eugene Monkman • SSg Robert Gene Pinkston • SP4 Richard Ridgeway • LCpl William Ray Schroeder

Carlock
PFC William Edward Reel • SP4 David Lee Scott (MIA)

Gridley
PFC Raymond George Witzig • PFC William Essie Embry

Heyworth
LCpl Larry Stephen Rainey

McLean
SSg Thomas Kendrick Long

Normal
PFC James Walter Edwards • PFC Frank Ryan Esch • PFC Edward K Meyer • SSg David Ronald Page

Stanford
SP5 David Wayne Pippin

Chenoa Cpl Donald Claude Taylor

Downs
Cpl Donald Wayne Olsen

Donated to the families of McLean County who lost a loved one in the Vietnam conflict by AMVETS Post 270 Bloomington IL November 11, 2022
 
Erected 2022 by AMVETS Post 270, Bloomington
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 28.779′ N, 88° 59.634′ W. Memorial is in Bloomington, Illinois, in McLean County. It is at the intersection of West Washington Street and North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bloomington IL 61701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois. It is also in the American Midwest 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 and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: McLean County Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); The Phoenix Block (here, next to this marker); Sigmund Livingston (a few steps from this marker); Lincoln's Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Phoenix Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Lincoln The Lawyer (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bloomington.
 
McLean County Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2024
2. McLean County Vietnam War Memorial
This memorial plaque is on the left.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 308 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 6, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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