Kirtland Air Force Base in Bernalillo County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Rescue Memorial Park

Photographed by Joe Page, May 3, 2015

1. Rescue Memorial Park Upper Plaque

Inscription.
Upper Plaque: Rescue Memorial Park
Dedicated to
The Airmen Who Gave Their
Lives
That Others May Live
Lower Plaque: Dedicated By
General Paul K. Carlton
27 September 1974
For The
Jolly Green Pilots Association

Erected 1974 by Jolly Green Pilots Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold.

Location. 35° 3.274′ N, 106° 35.73′ W. Memorial is in Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County. It is at the intersection of Aberdeen Drive SE and Doris Avenue SE on Aberdeen Drive SE. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Albuquerque NM 87116, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Albuquerque.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Hercules Way"

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Taco Park (approx. 1.1 miles away); Albuquerque 9/11 Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Officer Germaine Casey (approx. 1.4 miles away); Flame of Hope (approx. 1.4 miles away); 218 Hermosa Drive SE (approx. 1.7 miles away); Immanuel Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.8 miles away); 204-206 Solano Drive NE (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kirtland Air Force Base.

Rescue Memorial Park Lower Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joe Page, May 3, 2015

2. Rescue Memorial Park Lower Plaque

Rescue Memorial Park Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joe Page, May 3, 2015

3. Rescue Memorial Park Monument

Photographed by Joe Page, May 3, 2015

4. Rescue Memorial Park Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2015, by Joe Page of Albuquerque, New Mexico. This page has been viewed 559 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 6, 2015, by Joe Page of Albuquerque, New Mexico. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.