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Falls City in Richardson County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

In Memory of Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte

 
 
Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, October 14, 2023
1. Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory of
Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte

United States Marine Corps
Sept. 16, 1979 - Nov. 24, 2004

Died from wounds received November 9, 2004
Al-Anbar, Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom
HMX-1-2nd LAAD

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, 2nd Iraq.
 
Location. 40° 3.721′ N, 95° 36.13′ W. Memorial is in Falls City, Nebraska, in Richardson County. It is at the intersection of Harlan Street (U.S. 73) and East 17th Street, on the right when traveling south on Harlan Street. The memorial is on the Harlan Street side of the Richardson County Courthouse. It is a part of a larger memorial located near the southeast corner of the building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1701 Harlan Street, Falls City NE 68355, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Nebraska. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Richardson County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); To the Pioneers of Richardson County (within shouting distance of this marker); The Dorrington House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nemaha River Falls (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Oil Well (approx. 3.7 miles away); Lewis and Clark Campsite (approx. 9.3 miles away); Missouri River (approx. 9.3 miles away); Lewis and Clark (approx. 9.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Falls City.
 
Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Parker, October 14, 2023
2. Sgt. Nicholas Santo Nolte Memorial
The entire Richardson County Veterans Memorial at the southeast corner of the courthouse building is seen in this view. Sgt. Nolte's monument is in the planter at the far left.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 213 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 22, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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