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Marine Major Eugene McCarthy

May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991

 
 
Marine Major Eugene McCarthy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Erik Lander, January 6, 2004
1. Marine Major Eugene McCarthy Marker
The Symbol of the United States Marine Corp is located in the center of this staff
Inscription.
Marine Major
Eugene McCarthy
May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991
Native son of Brooklyn
Desert Storm hero
made ultimate sacrifice
along with 278
fellow Americans
during the Gulf War

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: MilitaryNotable EventsPatriots & PatriotismWar, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm.
 
Location. 40° 37.032′ N, 73° 56.635′ W. Memorial is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Flatlands. It is at the intersection of Kings Highway and Avenue N on Kings Highway. This marker is at the triple intersection of Kings Highway, Avenue N and East 31st Street. The marker can be seen on the left when traveling south on Kings Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3200 Kings Highway, Brooklyn NY 11234, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New York City. It is also in the American Northeast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John J. Fraser (approx. Ό mile away); Lt. Kenneth E Aimee (approx. 0.3 miles away); Sarsfield Playground (approx. 0.4 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bas-Relief Above Our Entrance (approx. half a mile away); 9-11-01 Memorial Poles (approx. 0.6 miles
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away); Wyckoff Bennett Mont House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Aimee Triangle (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Marine Major Eugene McCarthy Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Erik Lander, January 6, 2004
2. Marine Major Eugene McCarthy Marker
A Second Marker at this Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Erik Lander, January 6, 2004
3. A Second Marker at this Monument
A field of broken rock,
the battlefield.
a broken monument,
a life cut short,
duty honor and sacrifice.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2009, by Erik Lander of Brooklyn, New York. This page has been viewed 2,238 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on January 29, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 24, 2009, by Erik Lander of Brooklyn, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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