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Air Pirates Memorial

 
 
Air Pirates Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, March 6, 2025
1. Air Pirates Memorial Marker
Inscription.
In Memoriam

CW2 James R. Linder
27 February 1974
20 August 2007

CW2 Clayton S. Barnes
24 March 1977
20 August 2007

"Air Pirates"
Created by members of the Utah National Guard's 211th Aviation Regiment, West Jordan, Utah, for James R. Linder and Clayton S. Barnes who lost their lives during a training flight

"A man is not dead until he is forgotten."
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 36.437′ N, 111° 56.652′ W. Memorial is in West Jordan, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is on Veterans Memorial Parkway, on the left when traveling west. The memorial is located within Veterans Memorial Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1989 W Veterans Memorial Parkway, West Jordan UT 84088, 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 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Salt Lake and Utah Railroad (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Utah Idaho Sugar Factory (about 400 feet away); Commerce Location (approx. Ό mile away); West Jordan Pioneer Church (approx. one mile away); West Jordan (approx. one mile away); West Jordan Industry
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(approx. one mile away); West Jordan Settlement (approx. 1.1 miles away); North Jordan Canal (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Jordan.
 
Air Pirates Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, March 6, 2025
2. Air Pirates Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 204 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 6, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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