Nevada City in Nevada County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial

Memorial Grove

Photographed by Syd Whittle, February 13, 2011

1. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Memorial Grove This plot of land set aside by the City of Nevada. These trees living tributes to our war dead.

This plaque and flagpole erected by the citizens of Nevada City dedicated July 4, 1946 to the memory of our heroes who gave their lives in World War II so that the American way of life may continue.

Caswell Fisher • Tevis Ferguson • Merton Downey • Bert Graham • Hans G. Hansen • William R. Livesay • David McCraney • Louis G. Netz • James M. Odegaard • Fred Gohm • Clifford M. Ruth • Virgil Roseborough • Eugene Rickard • Robert D. Proctor • Glen Ponticelli • William Pohley • Eugene Davies • Walter O. St. John • Reid Shurtleff • Albert Conti • Carl L. Tobiassen • Ernest Chapman • Gus Wasley • Donald Usrey • William G. Bennett

Korea
June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
"The Forgotten War"
- Remembered - Let us not forget those Americans who served, those that died and those that still remain on that foreign soil in defense of freedom, as a result of that war.

54,246 Americans were killed
8,177 Americans are missing in action
389 Americans are prisoners of war
Dedicated to the memory on this 27th day of July, 1990 – By Banner Mountain Post No. 2655
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America
Vietnam
All Gave Some – Some Gave All If you are able, save for them a place

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inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in the time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. - Major Michael Davis O’Donnell
January 1, 1970 – Dak To, Vietnam
Note: Major O’Donnell was a helicopter pilot. On 24 March 1970, while attempting to rescue eight soldiers, his chopper was shot down. He and three crew members were declared missing in action.

This memorial plaque is dedicated as a
tribute to those who served and fought
in the Vietnam War, especially those
who died, and those yet to return.
May 30, 1992 – V.F.W. Post 2655
War on Terror
We Will Not Forget In honor of the Men and Women who have served and will serve in the ongoing Global War on Terror, and to those Valiant Few who have given their lives, therein…
We, the citizens of Nevada County, dedicated this Memorial. Memorial Day
May 28, 2007 L/CPL Adam Strain, 20 • L/CPL John “J.T.” Lucente, 19 • 1ST LT. Nathan Krissoff, 25 • CPL Sean Stokes, 24

Erected 1946 by VFW Post 2655, Citizens of Nevada City and Citizens

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Memorial Grove - World War II image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Syd Whittle, February 13, 2011

2. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Memorial Grove - World War II

of Nevada County.

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

Location. 39° 15.52′ N, 121° 0.74′ W. Memorial is in Nevada City, California, in Nevada County. It is on Nimrod Street, on the left when traveling south. Monument is located at the parking lot of Pioneer Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 Block of Nimrod Street, Nevada City CA 95959, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Sierra Nevada.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: “The Old Brewery” (approx. 0.3 miles away); Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (approx. 0.3 miles away); Chinese Narrow Gauge Rail Workers (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Colley House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Nevada City Road – Nevada City / Henness Pass Road – Nevada City (approx. 0.4 miles away); Charles Marsh House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Ladies of the Evening

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Korea image. Click for full size.

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3. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Korea

(approx. 0.4 miles away); Trinity Episcopal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nevada City.

Additional keywords. War on Terror

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4. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Korea

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Vietnam image. Click for full size.

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5. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Vietnam

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6. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - Vietnam

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - War on Terror image. Click for full size.

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7. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - War on Terror

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8. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - War on Terror

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - POW - MIA image. Click for full size.

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9. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial - POW - MIA

POW - MIA
Your Are Not Forgotten
May 30, 1995

Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

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10. Nevada County War & Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 19, 2011, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,720 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on February 19, 2011, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.