Central City in Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2006

1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. In Memory Of
The men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who gallantly fought and sacrificed to defend the freedom of the people of the Republic of Vietnam.

Erected by The Vietnamese Veterans Association of Arizona.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 33° 26.868′ N, 112° 5.683′ W. Memorial is in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County. It is in Central City. It is on 17th Street. The marker is in the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Arizona State Capitol. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Phoenix AZ 85007, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert

and in the Tohono O’odham Nation.

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,

the Gadsden Purchase,

and Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Navajo Code Talkers (within shouting distance of this marker); Eusebio Francisco Kino (within shouting distance of this marker); Arizona's Pioneer Women (within shouting distance of this marker); Jewish War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Father Albert Braun O.F.M. (within shouting distance of this marker); The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); U.S.S. Arizona Signal Mast (about 300 feet away); Arizona World War II Memorial (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Phoenix.

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sectionhead>Another marker is no longer nearby. Memorial to Arizona Confederate Troops (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed).

Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2006

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Phoenix Point of Pride-Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Arizona State Capitol image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2006

3. Phoenix Point of Pride-Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Arizona State Capitol

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 15, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,396 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 15, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.