Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Pete Skillman, March 16, 2025

1. Vietnam Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Our Sons... Our Brothers... Our Friends...

In Honor of their Courage and Sacrifice

1959 Vietnam 1975

Post 8067

KIA 58661 - MIA 2200

Erected by VFW Post 8067.

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

Location. 40° 51.803′ N, 75° 44.926′ W. Memorial is in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County. It is on West Broadway, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 187 W Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA 18229, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Pocono Mountains.

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance

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of this marker: Molly Maguire Executions (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); This House (1844 A.D.) (approx. ¼ mile away); Timeline of the Mauch Chunk Opera House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Timeline of the Marion Hose Co. No. 1 (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Dimmick House (approx. 0.4 miles away); galerie b (approx. 0.4 miles away); Benjamin Barge (approx. 0.4 miles away); General Charles Albright Mansion (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jim Thorpe.

Vietnam Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, March 16, 2025

2. Vietnam Memorial - wide view

Vietnam Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Skillman, March 16, 2025

3. Vietnam Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 16, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 120 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 16, 2025, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.