The Price of Freedom - Washington, DC
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 53.368 W 077° 02.451
18S E 322996 N 4306490
Within the WWII Memorial is the Gold Star Wall....alongside the waterfall
Waymark Code: WMW6KA
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2017
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County of plaque: District of Columbia
Location of plaque: East Potomac Mall, Independence Ave., within the WWII Memorial, Washington
Plaque Text:
The Price of Freedom
Freedom Wall holds 4,048 gold stars. Each gold star represents one hundred American service personnel who died of remain missing in the war. The 405,399 American dead and missing from World War II are second only to the loss of more than 620,000 Americans during our Civil War.