Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Vietnam POW•MIA Memorial

You Are Not Forgotten

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2025

1. Vietnam POW*MIA Memorial

Inscription. War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling that nothing man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight: Nothing he cares about more than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature who has no chance to be free unless made and kept so by the exertion of better men than himself.

Erected 1974.

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

Location. 30° 13.789′ N, 81° 53.479′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It can be reached from POW-MIA Memorial Parkway south of Lake Newman Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6112 POW-MIA Memorial Parkway, Jacksonville FL 32221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Florida’s First Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and

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the Anglosphere.

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

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Operation Desert Shield 1990/Operation Desert Storm 1991 (a few steps from this marker); “Spirit of Cecil Field” (within shouting distance of this marker); Hero’s Walk of NAS Cecil Field (within shouting distance of this marker); Hero's Walk & Freedom Trees (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam POW*MIA Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); LCDR Phil Craig (within shouting distance of this marker); CDR Peter Schoeffel (within shouting distance of this marker); LCDR M. Scott Speicher (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Also see . . . Pow Mia. (Submitted on October 12, 2025.)

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

2. Vietnam POW*MIA Memorial

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, June 26, 2019

3. Vietnam POW*MIA Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 50 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 12, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. 2, 3. submitted on July 7, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.