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Vietnam War Memorial

 
 
Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 20, 2014
1. Vietnam War Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory of these brave men who gave their lives in service to their country:

LGPL Paul Elden Jones, Marine Corps
SP4 James Edward Kelly, Army
PFC Robert Eugene Lucas, Marine Corps
SP4 Stanley Victor Newman, Army

And in appreciation to those men and women who served in the Vietnam War.
 
Erected 1982 by Westmoreland Ruritan Club.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
 
Location. 38° 5.72′ N, 76° 49.69′ W. Memorial is in Montross, Virginia, in Westmoreland County. It is at the intersection of Kings Highway (Virginia Route 3) and Court Square, on the right when traveling west on Kings Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Montross VA 22520, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Virginia’s Northern Neck. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. 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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Westmoreland County Confederate Monument (a few steps from this marker); Old Westmoreland Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Private Tate, Buffalo Soldier (approx. 2.6 miles away); Armstead Tasker Johnson School (approx. 2.8 miles away); Nomini Baptist Church
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(approx. 3.3 miles away); Nomini Baptist Meetinghouse (approx. 3½ miles away); To Keep in Perpetual Remembrance the Name of Thomas Lee (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montross.
 
Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 20, 2014
2. Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 20, 2014
3. Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 20, 2014
4. Vietnam War Memorial
American Legion War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, August 20, 2014
5. American Legion War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 21, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 583 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 21, 2014, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
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