Broad Channel in Queens in Queens County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Broad Channel Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, September 5, 2026

1. Broad Channel Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Our Broad Channel Boys Who Died
to Give Us a Better Life
WW2 1941 – 1945 MC M. Seiff KIA Guadalcanal 10-18-42 · N W. Hawthorne MIA USS Juneau 11-13-42 · AF F. Meehan MIA Rabaul 11-11-43 · AF O. O’Reilly KIAc Fla. 2-12-44 · N E. Brundrett MIA SS Frye 3-29-44 · AF V. Fay MIA N/Sea 4-22-44 · N T. Westlund KIA E. Channel 6-9-44 · NA F. O’Connell MIAc E/O Oahu 12-12-44 · A P. Heslin KIA B/Bulge 12-18-44 · A W. Wankel KIAc N. Guinea 1-1-45

Korea 1950 – 1953 A W. Gross CAP 1-1-51 D POW 7-3-51 · A J. De Pietro KIA Heartbreak 10-10-51 · A R. Mitola KIA Old Baldy 8-1-52 · A J. Farrell KIA Old Baldy 11-10-52 · A T. August KIA Satae-Ri 11-27-52

Vietnam 1965 – 1973 MC C. Hempel KIA Phu Bai 10-31-65

May 1991 American Legion Post 1404 & Auxiliary

Erected 1991 by American Legion Post 1404 & Auxiliary.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 40° 36.073′ N, 73° 49.203′ W. Memorial

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is in Queens, New York, in Queens County. It is in Broad Channel. It is on Cross Bay Boulevard north of East 18th Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16-13 Cross Bay Blvd, Far Rockaway NY 11693, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City

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 what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sgt. Joseph E. Schaefer (approx. half a mile away); George Riekers Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); 9/11 Tribute Park (approx. 1.7 miles away); Michael D Glover (approx. 2.3 miles away); John P McGonigol (approx. 2.3 miles away); Four Chaplains Memorial (approx.

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2.3 miles away); Sorrentino Recreation Center (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Queens.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on September 6, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.

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