Southwest in Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Heros Walk of NAS Cecil Field
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2025
1. Heros Walk of NAS Cecil Field Marker
LT Carl Wieland
Vietnam War
VA-2
USS America (CVA-66)
Shot down Aug 17,1972
Prisoner of War
Released Mar 29, 1973
LCDR Randolph Ford
Vietnam War
VA-86
USS America (CVA-66)
Shot down Oct 28,1972
Initially Missing in Action
Remains were returned Jul 1989
Identified Jan 28, 2000
Arlington National Cemetery
CDR Dale Raebel
Vietnam War
VA-37
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
Shot down Aug 17, 1972
Prisoner of War
Released Mar 29, 1973
Capt Bruce Nystrom
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
(CVA-42)
Shot down Dec 2, 1966
MIA and Unaccounted for - Vietnam
CDR Jim Hall
Vietnam
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VA-86
USS America (CVA-66)
Shot down Oct 28, 1972
Initially Missing in Action
Remains returned Jul 1989
Identified Jan 28, 2000
Arlington National Cemetery
LCDR James Sullivan
Vietnam War
VA-86
USS America (CVA-66)
Shot down Oct 29, 1972
Prisoner of War Died in captivity
Remains returned Aug 1985
Arlington National Cemetery
LCDR Michael Hoff
Vietnam War
VA-86
USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)
Shot down Jan 7, 1970
MIA and Unaccounted for - Laos
LCDR Fred Wright
Vietnam War
CVW-3 staff flying with VA-15
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
Shot down Nov 10, 1972
Killed in Action
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, October 12, 2025
2. Heros Walk of NAS Cecil Field Marker
Arlington National Cemetery
LCDR John Davis
Vietnam War
CVW-3 staff flying with VA-15
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
Shot down Jun 14, 1972
MIA and Unaccounted for - Vietnam
LCDR Lee Cole
Vietnam War
VA-15
USS Intrepid (CVS-11)
Shot down Jun 30, 1967
Vietnam War
Initially Missing in Action
Remains returned 1988
Arlington National Cemetery
LT Steve Musselman
Vietnam War
VA-82
USS America (CVA-66)
Shot down Sep 10, 1972
Missing in Action
Remains returned 1981
Identified Jul 20, 1981
Wilson Cemetery, AR
CDR Pete Schoeffel
Vietnam War VA-15 USS Intrepid (CVS-11)
Shot down Oct 4, 1967
Prisoner of War
Released May 14, 1973
LCDR BJ Dwyer Operation Desert Storm
CVW-8 staff flying with VFA-87
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Lost over Persian Gulf Feb 5,1991
MIA and Unaccounted for
LCDR Scott Speicher
Operation Desert Storm
VFA-81
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
Shot down Jan 17, 1991
Initially Missing in Action
Returned and Identified Jul 2009
Jacksonville Memory Garden, FL
Erected by National POW/MIA Memorial & Museum.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Patriots & Patriotism.
Location. 30° 13.786′ N, 81° 53.44′ W. Memorial is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Southwest. It is at the intersection of POW-MIA Memorial Parkway (Interstate 81) and Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north on POW-MIA Memorial Parkway. 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 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: Spirit of Cecil Field (here, next to this marker); Hero's Walk & Freedom Trees (here, next to this marker); LCDR M. Scott Speicher (a few steps from this marker); CDR Peter Schoeffel (a few steps from this marker); LCdr. Lee Cole (a few steps from this marker); LCDR Phil Craig (a few steps from this marker); Lt. Robert J. Dwyer (a few steps from this marker); Lt. Steve Musselman (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.
Also see . . .
1. NAS Cecil Field. (Submitted on October 18, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. POW MiA. (Submitted on October 18, 2025.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 73 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 18, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
