Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Robert Edwin Bethune

Specialist Fourth Class - U.S. Army

— December 20, 1946 - January 12, 1967 —

Robert Edwin Bethune Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

1. Robert Edwin Bethune Marker

Inscription.
Specialist Fourth Class Bethune landed in Vietnam on his twentieth birthday. He was killed twenty-two days later, when the armored vehicle that he was driving hit a land mine thirty miles south of Saigon. He was serving with Headquarters Company, Fifth Battalion (Mechanized), Sixtieth Infantry, Ninth Infantry Division. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bethune of Massillon, he was born in Barberton, Ohio. A 1965 graduate of Tuslaw High School, he was a member of the Massillon Baptist Temple. Prior to entering the service, he was employed by Crown Steel of Orrville. Robert Edwin Bethune is buried at Brookfield Cemetery in Massillon.

Purple Heart • National Defense Service Medal • Vietnam Service Medal • Vietnam Campaign Medal • Combat Infantry Badge • Honor and Fidelity Ribbon

Erected by Midwestern Industries, Inc.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1965.

Location. 40° 47.604′ N, 81° 31.619′ W. Memorial is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of Tremont Avenue Southwest and 5th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Tremont Avenue Southwest. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Massillon OH 44647, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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walking distance of this marker: James Nelson Wymer (here, next to this marker); Lamont Douglas Hill (here, next to this marker); Robert Damian Wuertz (here, next to this marker); William Lee Nulph, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Paul Ray Maddox (here, next to this marker); Charles Jacob Bair (a few steps from this marker); David Wallace Hendle (a few steps from this marker); Timothy Dale Berry (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 103 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.