McClellan Park in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

POW/MIA

MIA / POW Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by S B, circa February 5, 2008

1. MIA / POW Marker

symbol and flag first used after Vietnam

Inscription.
In their honor and memory

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 38° 40.54′ N, 121° 23.455′ W. Marker is in McClellan Park, California, in Sacramento County. It can be reached from Freedom Park Road west of Watt Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: McClellan CA 95652, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sacramento Metro,

in Sacramento Valley,

and specifically in the Central Valley.

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 Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Base Headquarters (approx. 0.9 miles away); McClellan Air Force Base (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named McClellan Air Force Base (approx. 0.9 miles away); Base Hospital (approx. one mile away); Bachelors' Barracks and Post Exchange (approx. one mile away); Rapid Area Maintenance Team (approx. one mile away); Firehouse (approx. 1.1 miles away); Walerga Assembly Center (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McClellan Park.

More about this marker. The monument is directly in front of the Aerospace Museum of California.

Regarding POW/MIA. Remembering the 20,553 KIA, 2,500 MIA, and 587 POWs who fought in Vietnam through the 1960's.

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POW/MIA Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

2. POW/MIA Marker

McClellan Aerospace Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by S B, February 5, 2008

3. McClellan Aerospace Museum

Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2012, by S B of Sacramento, California. This page has been viewed 751 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 17, 2012, by S B of Sacramento, California. 2. submitted on May 8, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 3. submitted on February 17, 2012, by S B of Sacramento, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.