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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

 
 
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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025
1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Courtney P. Hollar, Jr. • Myron M. Pfoutz • Raymond Ellis • David W. Johnston • Gary L. Lininger • Paul R. Smith, Jr. • Harry L. Eccard • Charles D. Railing • Kenneth C. Rakentine • Omar D. Witmer, Jr. • Joseph R. Beck, Jr. • Kenneth E. Hornbaker • Pierre L. Sullivan • Robert R. White

Thomas R. Cook, Jr. • Ernest L. Rowe • Stephen B. Pugh • Dana E. Diehl • James B. Petteys • Joseph H. Brubaker, Jr. • Thoams V. Pilson • Robert W. Bowman • Melvin G. Ehrhardt • Randy T. Kendle • Ronald E. Newell • Stephen O. Dile • Jay T. Diller • Roger A. Barnhart • Richard L. Park • Fred B. Rosenberry

Erected in honor of these Franklin County Vietnam veterans whose lives were lost for our great beloved country. To the Prisoners of War and the Missing in Action, may God watch over each one, keeping them in the Palm of His Hand.

Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 39° 56.314′ N, 77° 39.723′ W. Memorial is in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County. It can be reached from North Main Street south of West King Street
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, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 41 N Main St, Chambersburg PA 17201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. 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 of this marker: Korean War Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Founding Family Memorial Statue (a few steps from this marker); World War II Killed in Action Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Friends of the Chambersburg Water Wheel (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Chambers (within shouting distance of this marker); Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. James Chambers' Company (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Fort Chambers (within shouting distance of this marker); This Dwight D. Eisenhower Green Ash (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chambersburg.
 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025
2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Adjacent donor plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025
3. Adjacent donor plaque
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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