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Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial

 
 
Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
1. Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice and Advanced the American Ideals of Liberty and the Brotherhood of Man
Korea
James Ellingwood Towle 1st Lt. U.S.A.F.
Vietnam
Norman Edward Dawson Jr. P.F.C. U.S.M.C. • George Albert Kurtyka T. Sgt. U.S.A.F. • John Joseph Healey Jr. Sp. 4 U.S.A. • Joseph Carinci P.F.C. U.S.M.C. • Aldo Anthony Doria Pvt. U.S.M.C. • Henry John Doneski Sgt. U.S.A. • Ronald J. Sheehy Sp. 4 U.S.A. • Carl Packaard P.F.C. U.S.M.C.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 41° 19.353′ N, 73° 5.362′ W. Memorial is in Derby in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut. It is at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Elizabeth Street. Located on the Derby Green. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Derby CT 06418, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Connecticut River Valley, on the Connecticut Shoreline, and in Greater New Haven. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Haven County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Derby Veterans Monument (a few steps from this marker); Derby Firemen’s Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Derby and Huntington Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Birmingham Iron Foundry Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile
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away); Shelton Veterans Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Shelton Locks (approx. half a mile away); Fort Hill (approx. half a mile away); Shelton World War II Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Derby.
 
Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
2. Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,291 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 12, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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