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Camp Barrett in Marine Corps Base Quantico in Stafford County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
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Captured Iraqi T-69 Tank

 
 
Captured Iraqi T-69 Tank Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 12, 2007
1. Captured Iraqi T-69 Tank Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to the enlisted
Marines of The Basic School
past and present.

You have inspired countless
legions of newly commissioned
officers.

 
Erected 2000.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: EducationRoads & VehiclesWar, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm.
 
Location. Memorial is missing. It was located near 38° 29.962′ N, 77° 26.582′ W. Memorial was in Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in Stafford County. It was in Camp Barrett. It was on Montezuma Avenue (Federal Route MCB-3), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial was at or near this postal address: 24165 Belleau Ave, Quantico VA 22134, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial was in the Washington Metropolitan Area, in Northern Virginia, and in the Piedmont. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, 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 location: O'Bannon Hall (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Graves Hall (about 500 feet away); Lopez Hall (about 600 feet away); Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Memorial (about 700 feet away); McGlothlin Hall (about 700 feet away); Manion Hall (about 700 feet away); Courage (approx. 0.2 miles
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away); Marine Officers Basic Class 6-67 (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marine Corps Base Quantico.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Graves Hall (was about 600 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
More about this memorial. Tank was removed as of mid July 2014. Its current location is unknown, but assumed to be planned for later display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
 
Captured Iraqi T-69 Tank Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Kevin W., October 12, 2007
2. Captured Iraqi T-69 Tank Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,675 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 19, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
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Jun. 15, 2026