San Pedro in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial Wall of Honor
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
1. Wall of Honor Marker
Dedication: National Maritime Day, May 22, 2003.
[List of state and local government officials]
Gene Frank Construction, Builder. Randall B. Montgomery, Engraver. Jerry Sturm, JSA, Design Architect.
American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial Committee, Inc.
[Lists of Officers, Directors, Committee Members and Advisers]
[Lists of "Platinum," "Gold" and "Silver" Contributors]
[Additional inscriptions on Honor Roll panels:]
The committee offers its sincerest thanks to Captain Arthur R. Moore for allowing us to use his book, A Careless Word ... a Needless Sinking as a reference guide for this memorial wall, and his invaluable assistance in editing our lists, as well as for the many years of difficult research he spent compiling these records.
The names on the memorial walls are the results of several sources of information, but probably not complete. As we are made aware of additional names, we will add those names to the walls in a separate section of these walls of honor. We are also aware that there are many unidentified and unknown merchant mariners who were lost in service to their country aboard merchant ships who will never be identified. This memorial honors the memory of these unknown heroes.
Erected 2003 by American
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Labor Unions • War, Vietnam • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1848.
Location. 33° 44.356′ N, 118° 16.777′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in San Pedro. It is on Harbor Boulevard north of 6th Street, on the right when traveling north. Located in Gibson Park, north of the Maritime Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 504 S Harbor Blvd, San Pedro CA 90731, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in California’s Transverse Ranges. It is also on the American Pacific Coast. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in 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 Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); U.S.S. Los Angeles (within shouting distance of this marker); Harry Bridges Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fishing Industry Memorial (about 300 feet away); In Memory of Bloody Thursday (about 300 feet away); Municipal Ferry Building (about 300 feet away); Propeller From The RMS Queen Mary (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. - S.S. Lane Victory
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Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
2. Wall of Honor Inscription
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
3. Wall of Honor Inscription
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
4. Wall of Honor
Panel on one of several memorial walls listing mariners lost aboard specific merchant vessels attacked during WWII.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
5. Wall of Honor
Panel listing merchant mariner prisoners-of-war: died, repatriated.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
6. Wall of Honor
Panel including U.S. Maritime Service Cadets killed in action.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
7. Wall of Honor
Panel listing recipients (living and posthumous) of the WWII Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, plus Merchant Mariners killed by enemy action during the Vietnam War.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
8. 'Reflection upon reflections'
In World War II, the official count of those killed was over 6,795, while the unofficial count of civilian merchant mariners killed at sea was 8,651 with another 1,100 dying of their wounds on shore.
Photographed by Denise Boose, March 17, 2013
9. Wall of Honor Marker
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011
10. Wall of Honor Marker
With the 'Jacob's Ladder' sculpture and the American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial in background.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,334 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on December 26, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 9. submitted on February 1, 2014, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California. 10. submitted on December 26, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
