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Maloney Circle

 
 
Maloney Circle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, March 2, 2025
1. Maloney Circle Marker
Inscription.
Named in Memory
of
John Edward Maloney
Gunner's Mate, 3/c U.S.N.
Born August 16, 1925
Killed in Action, April 16, 1945
Off Okinawa Shima
on
U.S.S.LCS (L) (3) 116

Erected 1950 by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 
Erected 1950 by Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is April 16, 1945.
 
Location. 42° 17.15′ N, 71° 2.536′ W. Marker is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Neponset (Dorchester). It is at the intersection of Morrissey Boulevard and Neponset Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Morrissey Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dorchester MA 02122, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A. Michael Mullane (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Shoreline (approx. Ύ mile away); Natural Shoreline (approx. Ύ mile away); Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Squantum Point Through Time (approx. 0.9 miles away); New England's First Aero Meet (approx. one mile away); Harriet Quimby's Last Flight (approx. one mile away); Flightpaths to Logan Airport (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
 
Maloney Circle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, March 2, 2025
2. Maloney Circle Marker
Maloney Circle Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, March 2, 2025
3. Maloney Circle Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 75 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 26, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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