Derry in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

1957 - 1986

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025

1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
In gratitude to these servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our country

Francis Joseph Birchak • Joseph Leonard Bridge • Harmon Charles Burd • Wilbur Turby Dunlap • Blaine Wilbert Enos, Jr. • Jay Leroy Everett • Richard Scott Graham • Dennis Dale Kaiser • Thomas William Laughlin • James Harrison Moore • James W. Powers, Jr • Robert Michael Priviech • Joseph Edward Roble • Larry Eugene Yoder • Robert Milton Young

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

Location. 40° 19.537′ N, 79° 18.109′ W. Memorial is in Derry, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on West 5th Avenue south of Hannastown Road, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located at the northeastern entrance to Derry Community Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 640 West 5th Avenue, Derry PA 15627, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Laurel Highlands

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sgt. Earl R. Fillmore, Jr. Memorial Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Derry Community Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Legend of Bigfoot (approx. half a mile away); Honoring World War II Veterans

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(approx. half a mile away); 50th Anniversary of World War II Veterans (approx. half a mile away); Derry Community War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Derry Honor Roll (approx. 0.6 miles away); New Derry War Memorial (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Derry.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Marker is located on the boulder at the left rear of the flagpole.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.