Mason Square in Springfield in Hampden County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Mason Square Viet Nam Memorial

Mason Square Negro Viet Nam Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Conrad Ward, March 9, 2025

1. Mason Square Negro Viet Nam Memorial

Inscription.
In memory of the Negro men who gave their lives in Viet Nam in the service of their country

Ronald C. Hurst • Gus Stovall Jr. • David L. Owens • Norman C. Farris • James C. Starnes

Erected 1967.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • War, Vietnam.

Location. 42° 6.672′ N, 72° 33.865′ W. Memorial is in Springfield, Massachusetts, in Hampden County. It is in Mason Square. It is at the intersection of State Street and Eastern Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 782 State St, Springfield MA 01109, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Massachusetts’ Knowledge Corridor

and in Pioneer Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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walking distance of this marker: Winchester Square District World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); The Buckingham Cornerstone (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Growth of the Game (about 400 feet away); The Original Site (about 400 feet away); The Challenge to James Naismith (about 400 feet away); Leonard A. Corbin (about 500 feet away); Springfield College (about 500 feet away); Shays’ Rebellion (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Springfield.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The First Game of Basketball (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Vietnam vets, erectors of Springfield memorial monument honored at ceremony.

08/31/13 Springfield - Republican Photo by Mark M. Murray - Vietnam War era Army Pvt. Gus Stovalls Jr. family members, his brother, Warren Stovall, his sisters, Sarah Pendleton and Betty Jones, right, stand next to the Vietnam Memorial Monument at Mason Square which has his name on it, along with the names of other black men that lived in the Mason Square area and had died serving their country during
Photographed by Conrad Ward, March 9, 2025

2. Mason Square Negro Viet Nam Memorial
the Vietnam war. A commemoration ceremony was held Saturday.

(Submitted on November 16, 2025.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.