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Vietnam War Memorial

 
 
Vietnam War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
1. Vietnam War Memorial
Inscription.

Erected by the Citizens of Pettis County in honor of our sons who faithfully served this nation and the cause of freedom in the Vietnam War with special tribute to those men whose valor and devotion to duty took them from us.
We Remember!

Verndean Arthur Brockman
James Richard Brown
Gary Dean Byrd
David Eugene Thomas
Anthony Eugene Buckner
James Lloyd Siron
Bobby Lee Ditzfeld
Julius Clyde Faircloth
Herman John Vollmer
Mike Duane Gearheart
James Jewel Fowler
James Milton Dale

Dedicated November 5, 1988


 
Erected 1988 by Citizens and Vietnam Veterans of Pettis County.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 38° 42.422′ N, 93° 13.659′ W. Memorial is in Sedalia, Missouri, in Pettis County. It is on 5th Street east of Ohio Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Monument is on the county courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 415 South Ohio Avenue, Sedalia MO 65301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in 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, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Pettis County Courthouse Memorial (within shouting
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distance of this marker); John Stark & Son Music Co. (within shouting distance of this marker); War Dogs Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Pettis County Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Pettis County Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War I Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); All American Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sedalia.
 
Vietnam War Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
2. Vietnam War Memorial Bench
Vietnam War Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 21, 2015
3. Vietnam War Memorial Bench
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 10, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 681 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 10, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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