14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial - Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member outdoorboy34
N 40° 17.209 W 079° 33.166
17T E 623019 N 4460595
This memorial was built to remember those killed in action in a scud attack during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. The memorial is located at the Federal Reserve Center, 900 Armory Drive, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMX3KT
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
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The 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial was dedicated Feb. 25, 1992, the first anniversary of an Iraqi Scud missile attack that killed 13 members of the Greensburg water purification unit and wounded 43 others.

The Scud destroyed a makeshift barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, just three days before the fighting ended. In the single deadliest attack on Americans during the Gulf War, the missile killed a total of 28 soldiers and wounded 99.

The names of the Greensburg dead are listed on a bronze plaque on the memorial's back wall. Killed in the attack were
Spc. Steven A. Atherton
Spc. John A. Boliver Jr.
Sgt. Joseph P. Bongiorni III,
Sgt. John T. Boxler,
Spc. Beverly S. Clark
Sgt. Alan B. Craver
Spc. Frank S. Keough
Spc. Anthony E. Madison
Spc. Christine L. Mayes,
Sgt. Stephen J. Siko
Spc. Thomas G. Stone
Sgt. Frank J. Walls
Spc. Richard V. Wolverton

The monument faces east toward Saudi Arabia, a permanent reminder of the ultimate sacrifices made for the liberation of Kuwait.
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Type of memorial: Monument

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