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Korean Memorial

 
 
Korean Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
1. Korean Memorial Marker
Inscription. In loving memory of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who died while defending our country during the Korean conflict and especially in honor of the young citizens of Rockville Centre who were killed in action
1950 - 1955

The men who made the supreme sacrifice:
Bertram Audley
Walter Fred Strohm
Hobart R. Gay
William J. Tschuschke
George A. Murray, Jr.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 40° 39.526′ N, 73° 37.797′ W. Memorial is in Rockville Centre, New York, in Nassau County. It can be reached from Oceanside Road north of Sunrise Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 111 Oceanside Road, Rockville Centre NY 11570, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in
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what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Village of Rockville Centre World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Global War on Terror (a few steps from this marker); In Honor of Those from Rockville Centre Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice (a few steps from this marker); Rockville Centre Honor Roll (a few steps from this marker); Chosin Reservoir Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Village of Rockville Centre (approx. half a mile away); Rockville Centre September 11, 2001 Memorial (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rockville Centre.
 
Korean Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
2. Korean Memorial
This memorial is part of a series of historic markers honoring Rockville Centre veterans.
Veterans Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 20, 2025
3. Veterans Park
The memorial grove within Veterans Park.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 50 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 23, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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