Central City in Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial

January 13, 2010

1. The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial Plaque

Inscription. The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial
is dedicated to those Arizona men and women
who served during the Korean War
June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
***
Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial Commissioners
MG Donald L. Owens, AZ ANG
(Adjutant General of Arizona),
Chairman

Donald A. Parks Ph.D.*,
Vice Chairman

Donald A. Bliss. • State Sen. Jones Osborn • Norman O. Gallion • Budd L. Peabody • State Rep. James A. Hardegan • State Rep. James B. Ratliff • Pamela Moore Harvey • H. Edward Reeves* • Raymond Harvey, CMH* • State Sen. S.H. "Hal" Runyan • Charles R. Huggins • BG C. Bradford Smith* • State Rep. Jack C. Jackson • Hon. Sam Steiger* • Mark (Myong H) Kim • State Sen. Robert B. Usdane • John Lee, M.D. • Robert Wesson*
***** Dedicated on November 12, 1990 by Governor Rose Mofford with sincere gratitude to the 39th Arizona Legislature

Robert Gomez, Architect A.I.A. Lawrence Vagnozzi, Project Manager.

* Served in Korea during the Korean War

Erected 1990.

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

Location. 33° 26.902′ N, 112° 5.644′ W.

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Memorial is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County. It is in Central City. It is on Adams Street, on the left. A Memorial in the State Capitol Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. Parking lot entrance is halfway between Washington Street split 17th Avenue. Stay in the left lane or you'll have lots of fun seeing the Capitol area. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1600 West Adams Street, Phoenix AZ 85007, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

and in the Tohono O’odham Nation.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Gadsden Purchase,

and Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Father Albert Braun O.F.M. (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S.S. Arizona Signal Mast (within shouting distance of this marker); Arizona World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Jewish War Veterans Memorial

The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

January 13, 2010

2. The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial

Plaque is mounted on the right column near the ground.

(within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Arizona's U.S.S. Arizona Memorial - In Memory of the Gallant Men (about 300 feet away); Arizona's Pioneer Women (about 300 feet away); Navajo Code Talkers (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenix.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Memorial to Arizona Confederate Troops (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

More about this memorial. The "pagoda" sheltering the brass Korean bell is unusual for a monument and striking as a structure.

The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Chris English, January 13, 2010

3. The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial Bell

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2010. This page has been viewed 3,576 times since then and 52 times this year. Last updated on February 10, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 28, 2010. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.