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Wilkinsburg Korea Vietnam Memorial

 
 
Wilkinsburg Korea Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
1. Wilkinsburg Korea Vietnam Memorial
Inscription.
Korea • Vietnam

Dedicated in grateful memory to those who went forth from this community to serve their nation with honor in time of war

 
Erected 1984 by The Citizens of Wilkinsburg, Pa.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 26.598′ N, 79° 53.17′ W. Memorial is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Wilkinsburg. It is at the intersection of Ross Avenue and Hay Street, on the left when traveling east on Ross Avenue. Ross Street is a one-way street that only heads east at this location. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 605 Ross Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 7 Mile Stone (a few steps from this marker); Wilkinsburg (Pa.) Railroad Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Mulberry Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Crescent Apartments (approx. Ό mile away); Frank Conrad (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Whitehall (approx. half a mile away); Honor Bilt Home, "The Fullerton", 1924 (approx. half a mile away); Old Heidelberg Apts. (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsburgh.
 
Wilkinsburg Korea Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
2. Wilkinsburg Korea Vietnam Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 132 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 8, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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