POW -MIA Plaque - Salt Lake City, Utah
N 40° 46.712 W 111° 53.068
12T E 425366 N 4514548
The memorial plaque for the POW-MIA soldiers of the Viet Nam War placed in Memory Grove Park, Salt Lake City Utah.
Waymark Code: WMBDVZ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member linkys
Views: 9

We came across this plaque in Memory Grove Park trails while out waymarking. The plaque was placed in Memory Grove Park to commemorate the bicentennial and acknowledge unaccounted soldier from our area of the Vietnam War.

On the plaque are the emblems:
American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976 &
Utah American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976

The plaque reads:

IN HONOR OF THOSE UNACCOUNTED FOR IN THE VIET NAM WAR

GY SGT. JOHN DINGWALL, USMC
MIA JULY 8, 1965

CAPT. DON C. WOOD, USAF
MIA JAN 16, 1966

CAPT. FRANKLIN A. CARAS, USAF
MIA APR. 28, 1967

COL. MARK L. STEPHENSEN, USAF
MIA APRIL 29, 1967

CAPT. RICHARD H. VANDYKE, USAF
MIA SEPT. 11,1968

CAPT. ROBERT A. REX, USAF
MIA DEC. 8, 1968

1 LT. CLIVE G. JEFFS, USAF
MIA MAR. 12, 1971

1 LT. BRUCE C. WALKER, USAF
MIA APR. 7, 1972

1 LT. MIKE CHRISTENSEN, USMC
MIA APR. 13, 1972

CAPT. JAMES CHIPMAN, USMC
MIA DEC 27, 1972
Parking: N 40° 46.553 W 111° 53.135

Address or General Location of Marker: Memory Grove Park along the Freedom Trail

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