Leesburg in Lake County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Korean War Memorial

Veterans Memorial Park

Photographed by Brandon D Cross

1. Korean War Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Korean War Memorial. Veterans Memorial Park. Korea “The Forgotten War” June 25, 1950 , July 27, 1953 Killed in Action 36,574 Wounded in Action 103,284 Missing in Action 8,025, In honor and remembrance of those who served and sacrificed to promote freedom for all., They went to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met, freedom is not free., Korean War and Korea Defense Service Veterans Chapter 169 Dedicated July 27, 2016. Joseph M Aronica . James M Atkinson . Raymond E Babcock . William E Back . Damon S Barkow . Donald J Baron . Raymond W Baumback . Joel B Briggs . Boyd N Briscoe . Arthur L Burke . Carl F Cain . Arthur B Canale . Armando R Carli Jr . Deane W Chickering . Richard C Christie . Morris M Cohen . Gloria L Corbet . Arthur B Corscadden . Almar J DaSilva . John H David . Paul D Deeley . Thomas A Derosa . Thomas P Digiovanna . Frank S Dressler . Arthur J Duke . Gene T Elliott . Anthony R Falo . Ronald K Freedman . Charles R Fulcher . Billy C Gaston . Thomas J Gavura . Martin J Gleason . Herbert M Goebel . Donald N Good . Robert P Grebe . Joseph J Gruber Jr . Duane L Hall . Audley W Hanold . Frank M Hardy . Donald E Hathaway Jr . John J Hayes . James I Houp . Arthur P Iverson . Marvin E Jackson and bull; Theodore S Jansen . Robert D Johnson . Wallace R Jones Jr . Frank W Keaser . James R Kelly . Olavi T Laasko . Eugene C LaJeunesse . Joseph E Laliberti . David L Lavery . Rodney L Layer . Sam P Leanza . Mary L alum . Donald J Lynch . Frank J Markle Jr . Joseph J Martin . Susan Mason . George A Maxin . John B McBroom . Carl E McClellan . Murray D McMahon . Jerry A McVicker . John B McWaters . Richard E Miller . Albert P Monahan . Edward K Moran . Kenneth L Morrison . Guenther F Noder . Ed O’Tool . N Eugene Packwood Jr . Richard N Pfahler . Edward J Pilarski . Arthur J Powell . Peter A Prosper . Ronald J Psonak . Jack D Reynolds . Henry G Rive Jr . Ronald V Regan . Robert B Rock . Charles J Rogers . Raymond G Royal . Milton W Sabel . Alvin E Schultz . Leonard A Seidelman . William D Shumaker . Harold E Sievers . William C Simunek . Wayne W Sjoberg . Gibson P Sloan . Alan C Stover . John N Strasser . Harvey E Strausbaugh . Max Stumborg . Timothy L Sullivan . Gordon G Talbot . William F Taylor . Thomas J Thiel . Claus J Tiesman . Joseph P Turner . Donald L Van Beck . Brian J Welke . Charles W White . George D Wikane . WpElmer J Wilson . John A Yohn . Denny B Young . Richard E Zender . Richard P Zettlemoyer . Dwight E Brown . George E Thompson Jr . Robert F Moore . Richard F Schellhase . Carol M Becker . Eugene F Volmer . Ralph P Rossignol . Ernest T Wigglesworth . William N Tench Jr . Doreen M Zettlemoyer . Laura N Brown . Virginia S Elliott . Leonard M Henson . Harold W Huff . William D Hungerford . Robert A Hunkie . Theodore H Jacobs . Elmer W Jaeger . Donald W Kennedy . Hoojung Kennedy . Jack Kennedy . Robert J Krueger . Harold N Laten . Donald G Maehlenbrook . Ronald R Latham . Donald Leitstein . Theodore Moroford Jr . Harry O Olson . Daniel Peski . Anthony Peters . Violet J Pfahler . Frank F Shelby . David Sinai . John S Strignano . Marvin R Smiley . Alfred Smith . Robert W Smith . Samuel D Sage . Steven J Szapor . Marvin Ummel . Robert Vanas . Nicholas E Vaream . Charles V Vienna . Robert B Waterfield . Sharon L Wernli . Thomas D Tomlin . Wallace P Cahill . Mary C Cain . Arthur G Boucher . Anthony J Skees . John W Turner . Andrew L Whipple . David J Veliky . Robert A St Amand . Robert A Hunke

Korea
“The Forgotten War”
June 25, 1950 — July 27, 1953
Killed in Action 36,574
Wounded in Action 103,284
Missing in Action 8,025

In honor and remembrance of
those who served and sacrificed to
promote freedom for all.

They went to defend a country they
never knew and a people they never met,
freedom is not free.

Korean War and Korea Defense Service Veterans
Chapter 169
Dedicated July 27, 2016
Joseph M Aronica • James M Atkinson • Raymond E Babcock • William E Back • Damon S Barkow • Donald J Baron • Raymond W Baumback • Joel B Briggs • Boyd N Briscoe • Arthur L Burke • Carl F Cain • Arthur B Canale • Armando R Carli Jr • Deane W Chickering • Richard C Christie • Morris M Cohen • Gloria L Corbet • Arthur B Corscadden • Almar J DaSilva • John H David • Paul D Deeley • Thomas A Derosa • Thomas P Digiovanna • Frank S Dressler • Arthur J Duke • Gene T Elliott • Anthony R Falo • Ronald K Freedman • Charles R Fulcher • Billy C Gaston • Thomas J Gavura • Martin J Gleason • Herbert M Goebel • Donald N Good • Robert P Grebe • Joseph J Gruber Jr • Duane L Hall • Audley W Hanold • Frank M Hardy • Donald E Hathaway

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Jr • John J Hayes • James I Houp • Arthur P Iverson • Marvin E Jackson & bull; Theodore S Jansen • Robert D Johnson • Wallace R Jones Jr • Frank W Keaser • James R Kelly • Olavi T Laasko • Eugene C LaJeunesse • Joseph E Laliberti • David L Lavery • Rodney L Layer • Sam P Leanza • Mary L alum • Donald J Lynch • Frank J Markle Jr • Joseph J Martin • Susan Mason • George A Maxin • John B McBroom • Carl E McClellan • Murray D McMahon • Jerry A McVicker • John B McWaters • Richard E Miller • Albert P Monahan • Edward K Moran • Kenneth L Morrison • Guenther F Noder • Ed O’Tool • N Eugene Packwood Jr • Richard N Pfahler • Edward J Pilarski • Arthur J Powell • Peter A Prosper • Ronald J Psonak • Jack D Reynolds • Henry G Rive Jr • Ronald V Regan • Robert B Rock • Charles J Rogers • Raymond G Royal • Milton W Sabel • Alvin E Schultz • Leonard A Seidelman • William D Shumaker • Harold E Sievers • William C Simunek • Wayne W Sjoberg • Gibson P Sloan • Alan C Stover • John N Strasser • Harvey E Strausbaugh • Max Stumborg • Timothy L Sullivan • Gordon G Talbot • William F Taylor • Thomas J Thiel • Claus J Tiesman • Joseph P Turner • Donald L Van

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Photographed by Brandon D Cross

2. Korean War Memorial

Beck • Brian J Welke • Charles W White • George D Wikane • WpElmer J Wilson • John A Yohn • Denny B Young • Richard E Zender • Richard P Zettlemoyer • Dwight E Brown • George E Thompson Jr • Robert F Moore • Richard F Schellhase • Carol M Becker • Eugene F Volmer • Ralph P Rossignol • Ernest T Wigglesworth • William N Tench Jr • Doreen M Zettlemoyer • Laura N Brown • Virginia S Elliott • Leonard M Henson • Harold W Huff • William D Hungerford • Robert A Hunkie • Theodore H Jacobs • Elmer W Jaeger • Donald W Kennedy • Hoojung Kennedy • Jack Kennedy • Robert J Krueger • Harold N Laten • Donald G Maehlenbrook • Ronald R Latham • Donald Leitstein • Theodore Moroford Jr • Harry O Olson • Daniel Peski • Anthony Peters • Violet J Pfahler • Frank F Shelby • David Sinai • John S Strignano • Marvin R Smiley • Alfred Smith • Robert W Smith • Samuel D Sage • Steven J Szapor • Marvin Ummel • Robert Vanas • Nicholas E Vaream • Charles V Vienna • Robert B Waterfield • Sharon L Wernli • Thomas D Tomlin • Wallace P Cahill • Mary C Cain • Arthur G Boucher • Anthony J Skees • John W Turner • Andrew L Whipple • David J Veliky • Robert A St Amand • Robert

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A Hunke

Erected 2016 by Korean War and Korea Defense Service Veterans Chapter 169.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.

Location. 28° 48.838′ N, 81° 52.699′ W. Memorial is in Leesburg, Florida, in Lake County. It can be reached from the intersection of Orange Avenue and West Line Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located within Veterans Memorial Park at Fountain Lake Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 600 West Meadow Street, Leesburg FL 34748, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Orlando

and in Central Florida.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

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: Vietnam War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Battlefield Cross (a few steps from this marker); Medal of Honor Recipients (a few steps from this marker); F. Brown Gregg (within shouting distance of this marker); WAVES / WAC (within shouting distance of this marker); The Nurse Corp in WW II (within shouting distance of this marker); Women Marines / Rosie the Riveter (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leesburg.

Also see . . .
1. Korean War memorial unveiled in Leesburg. (Submitted on October 1, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park. (Submitted on October 1, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 1, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.