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14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial

 
 
14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
1. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial
Inscription.
This monument is dedicated to the men and women of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who served in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. On February 25th, 1991, the barracks housing the soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment were struck by an Iraqi Scud missile in Dharan, Saudi Arabia at 12:23 E.S.T. The unit suffered the greatest number of casualties of any Allied unit deployed in Desert Storm. This monument, which faces Saudi Arabia, stands before us as a permanent reminder of the ultimate sacrifice that 13 men and women of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment made for the liberation of Kuwait and its people.

In honor of the men and women of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment who served both God and Country loyally in Operation Desert Storm...

"I have seen in your eyes a fire of determination to get this job done quickly so that we may return to the shore of our great country. My confidence in you is total. Our cause is just! Now you must be the thunder and lightning of Desert Storm."
General Norman Schwarzkopt

Killed In Action, February 25, 1991
SPC Steven E. Atherton • SPC John A. Boliver Jr. • SGT Joseph P. Bongiorni III • SGT John T. Boxler • SPC Beverly S. Clark • SGT Alan B. Craver • SPC Frank S. Keough • SPC Anthony E. Madison • SPC
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Christine L. Mayes • SGT Stephen J. Siko • SPC Thomas G. Stone • SGT Frank J. Walls • SPC Richard V. Wolverton

They answered the call of duty...
They paid the ultimate price for freedom...
They are not forgotten...
Nor will they ever be...

In Memory of All Those Lost in an Attack on Their Barracks
in Dharan, Saudi Arabia on 25 February 1991

[Honored Dead From Other Units Listed Here]
SPC Stanley Bartusiak • SPC Rolando A. Delagneau • SPC Steven P. Farnen • SPC Duane W. Hollen • SPC Glen D. Jones • SPC Steven G. Mason • SPC Michael W. Mills • PV2 Adrienne Mitchell • SPC Ronald Rennison • PFC Timothy Shaw • SPC Brian Simpson • SPC James D. Tatum • PFC Robert Wade • CPL Jonathan M. Williams • SPC James E. Worthy

In Honor of Those Who Served
SGT Lois T. Abretske • SPC Stacey L. Akra • SPC Michael L. Anderson • SPC Oliver L. Anderson • SPC Patrick D. Bailey • SPC Rudolph A. Bajuscak • SPC Christopher Balon • 1LT David C. Bennett • SSG Lester E. Bennett • SPC Angela M. Betton • PFC John G. Biebel • SSG Kenneth R. Bier • SPC John A. Boliver Jr. • SSG David E. Campbell • SPC Ruben Carranza Jr. • SGT Charles E. Cheresnye • PFC Bobby J. Cyphers Jr. • SFC Terry L. Davis Jr. • SPC Mark A. Downey • SGT Patrick K. Duffield • SPC Kelli A. Everson • SPC Terry S. Gauden • SPC Kelli L.
14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
2. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial
George • SPC Neal E. Gouker • CPL Francis H. Hall Jr. • SPC Albert E. Hawk Jr. • SPC Steven L. Hawkins Jr. • SPC Edward I. Henry • SPC Joseph E. Hilson • SGT Bryan L. Hixenbaugh • SGT Robert A. Homyak • SFC David R. Jennings • SPC Paul H. Kruczkiewicz • SPC Vaughan S. Leer • SGT Robert J. Lessman • 1LT Paul A. Lombardi • SPC Ronda J. Marshall • SGT Joel A. Maxwell • PFC Edwin A. McCawley • SGT Daniel E. Miller • SPC Fatimah M. Musawwir • SGT Michael J. Nolen • SFC Paul A. Patterson • SPC Scott J. Phanco • SGT Michael A. Radocaj • SGT Robert E. Rankin Sr. • SGT Ronald L. Rankin • SGT Mary A. Rhoads • SPC Candice D. Smoker • SPC Alexander R. Stantz • PFC Keith A. Susalla • SGT Jennifer S. Synuria • SPC Troy D. Thornton • SPC Anthony M. Tiggs • SGT Michael L. Trout • SSG Ralph E. Ugo • SPC Michael W. Wilson
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: DisastersPatriots & PatriotismWar, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm. A significant historical date for this entry is February 25, 1991.
 
Location. 40° 17.209′ N, 79° 33.166′ W. Memorial is near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Hempfield Township. It is on Armory Drive 0.1 miles east of Thomas School Road, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is on the US Army Reserve Center grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 900 Armory Drive, Greensburg PA 15601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Laurel Highlands and in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also 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, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers.
14th Quartermaster Detachment Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Honored Dead
At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: George Franklin Huff (approx. 0.4 miles away); South Greensburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Southwest Greensburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hempfield Township Roosevelt Club Veterans Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away); South Greensburg Borough Service Monument (approx. Ύ mile away); Walworth Employees Honor Roll (approx. Ύ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); First Presbyterian Church of Greensburg (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greensburg.
 
Dharan Barracks Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
4. Dharan Barracks Honored Dead
14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
5. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial Honor Roll
14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
6. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial Honor Roll
14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
7. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial
Map on 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
8. Map on 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial
14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
9. 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial
14th QM Det Memorial Sculpture image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
10. 14th QM Det Memorial Sculpture
Eagle Atop 14th QM Det Memorial Plinth image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 2, 2024
11. Eagle Atop 14th QM Det Memorial Plinth
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 743 times since then and 178 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on November 4, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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