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Redwood City in San Mateo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
 

Redwood City War Memorial

 
 
Corporal James Lindsay Wilson image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer
1. Corporal James Lindsay Wilson
V.F.W. Post No. 2310
World War II Monument
Inscription.
World War 11
Corporal James Lindsay Wilson
V.F.W. Post No. 2310
In memoriam
to the following Redwood City men
who gave their lives in World War II
1941 – 1945
Raymond J. Barra • Russell V. Braca • Everett F. Bottena • Robert L. Carrenter • Franck L. Cary • Leon F. Dahl • Stanley W. Dodge • Julian Duncray • Charles H. Farry • Joseph R. Fox • Charles E. Fuller • Robert W. Furnas • James G. Gallegher • Angelo D. Golly • Joseph N. Gonzalea • Lawrence N. Green • Hubert G. Hoenick • Edward C. Kane • Walter W. Kelley • John W. Knight • Burnet G. Kniveton • William W. Lammert • Patrick E. Leahy • Henry Martinez • Leighton W. Marzlin • James Nagaya • Elmer W. Nelson • Anthony J. Nunes • Eugene E. O’Sullivan • Lloyd E. Peterson • Nesbit J. Pierce • Emile J. Poquette • John J. Preader • Clifton Riley, Jr. • Bernard G. Robinson • James A. Sisney • William R. Steele • Richard C. Thorn • Irwin Ulmer • Romilno Visconte • Ernest L. Wheeler • Raymond W. Winters

The Forgotten War
In Honor of all the Veterans
of the Korean War
1950 – 1953
The Forgotten War
Donated by American Legion Post 105

Viet Nam War
In grateful recognition of the men and women who served during the Viet Nam Conflict from the citizens
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of Redwood City.
May 31, 1982
Davis Callis • Kenneth Claire • William Dawson • John Downing • Antonio Fuentes • Ralph Galvin • Michael Harvey • Ronald Ingram • John Kopfer • Stephen Montague • Donald Richardson • Philip Smith • Aland Sturdy • Walter Wagner
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 37° 29.09′ N, 122° 13.661′ W. Memorial is in Redwood City, California, in San Mateo County. It can be reached from Middlefield Road. The memorial area is located on the grounds of the Redwood City, City Hall. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City CA 94063, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, in Silicon Valley, and on the Coast 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 Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fire Station No. 1 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Diller's Island (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Fire Station No. 1 (about 400 feet away); Embarcadero Turning Basin Site (about 600 feet away); Alhambra Theater (about 600 feet away); Sequoia Union High School (about 700 feet away); Former Site of Sequoia High School (about 700 feet away); Eureka Corner (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Redwood City.
 
Viet Nam War Memorial Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer
2. Viet Nam War Memorial Monument
Donated by
Peninsula Celebration Association
Corporal James Lindsay Wilson V.F.W. Post No. 2310 World War II Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 17, 2022
3. Corporal James Lindsay Wilson V.F.W. Post No. 2310 World War II Monument
Viet Nam War Memorial Monument Donated by Peninsula Celebration Association image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 17, 2022
4. Viet Nam War Memorial Monument Donated by Peninsula Celebration Association
Korean War - The Forgotten War Monument Donated by Charles & Emma Peterson image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 17, 2022
5. Korean War - The Forgotten War Monument Donated by Charles & Emma Peterson
Korean War - The Forgotten War Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer
6. Korean War - The Forgotten War Monument
Donated by Charles & Emma Peterson
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer
7. War Memorial
From left to right:
World War II, The Viet Nam War and The Forgotten War
Redwood City War Memorial Flagpole Base image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 17, 2022
8. Redwood City War Memorial Flagpole Base
Redwood City War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 17, 2022
9. Redwood City War Memorial
Redwood City War Memorial Flagpole image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, July 17, 2022
10. Redwood City War Memorial Flagpole
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,736 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 18, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.   3, 4, 5. submitted on July 20, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.   6, 7. submitted on January 18, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.   8, 9, 10. submitted on July 26, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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