Sandy in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Sergeant Louis A. Slama Memorial

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, December 19, 2024

1. Sergeant Louis A. Slama Memorial Marker

Inscription.
This flag dedicated to
Sergeant Louis A. Slama
82nd Air Borne - U.S. Army
And the other veterans featured in "Freedom Is For Those Willing to Defend It"
By: Helene Ensign Maw
June 14, 2003

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Military Order of the Purple Heart series list.

Location. 40° 35.364′ N, 111° 53.483′ W. Memorial is in Sandy, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It can be reached from State Street. Marker located in the parking lot at the base of the flag pole. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 8916 State Street, Sandy UT 84070, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mingo Smelter (approx. 0.2 miles away); ZCMI Co-op Building 1890-1908 / Sandy Co-op (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sandy Co-op (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mary Ellen Parmley House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sandy City Bank (approx. half a mile away); Sandy Tithing Office (approx. half a mile away); Church Takes Root in Sandy / Early Sandy Schools (approx. half a mile away); Sandy Elementary (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandy.

Also see . . .
1. Louis Slama (University of Utah Veterans Support Center). Excerpt:

Louis Slama enlisted in the Army in September 1943 and joined the 508th Airborne Parachute Infantry. In September 1944 he jumped into Holland where he and his unit helped save the Nijmegen Bridge from destruction. Next, in Belgium, his unit set up perimeters to stop the Germans. They continued down the Siegfried Line, leaving behind one of the bloodiest actions in the Battle of the Bulge. Slama endured other harrowing missions until he was wounded. He recuperated in Ireland and France for three-and-a-half months. Following the
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, December 19, 2024

2. Sergeant Louis A. Slama Memorial
war, Slama rejoined the 508th as a special guard for General Eisenhower.

(Submitted on December 19, 2024.)

2. Obituary Louis A. Slama (Dignity Memorial). Excerpt:

He was born in Czechoslovakia and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1935. Raised in New Jersey, he became a star athlete and eventually played professional baseball on the minor league level. In 1943 he joined the Army and was assigned to the 508th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and earned two purple hearts and a bronze star.

(Submitted on December 19, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 129 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.