Etna Cemetery Veterans Memorial - Etna, CA
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N 41° 27.168 W 122° 53.970
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A multi-war veterans memorial resides within Etna Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMX5WN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz
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This multi-war veterans memorial contains memorial plaques from different eras and all combined here in a quiet setting within Etna Cemetery. There's a small plaque monumented on a low-lying boulder dedicated to three individuals from WWII and it reads:

TO OUR HEROIC DEAD OF
WORLD WAR II
RAYMOND C MARX
ROBERT W JACOBI
BERNARD C TUCKER

IN MEMORY OF THEIR SUPREME SACRIFICE
FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD
REMEMBER THEM AND FOLLOW AFTER
THE THINGS THAT LEAD TO PEACE
THESE TREES ARE DEDICATED BY
THE ETNA WOMAN'S CLUB
MAY 2, 1947

This plaque and boulder appear to have been relocated to this memorial so I am to assume the dedicated trees are non-extant.

Monumented in the center granite slab of seven slabs dedicated in 2006 is a World War I plaque that reads:

PRESENTED BY THE CLASS OF 1917
AS A MEMORIAL
TO THE ALUMNI AND FORMER
STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED
IN THE WORLD WAR,
AND DEDICATED
TO PEACE AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
(names of veterans)

This plaque also looks to have been relocated here from somewhere else, possible the Etna High School?

Six granite slabs contain the names of Scott Valley veterans from various wars as part of a re-dedication in 2006.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial

Wars mentioned (Multi-war only):
Civil War WWI WWII Korean War Vietnam War


In Honor Of: to the Men and Women Who Have Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Marker Text:
American Legion Perry Harris Post 260 Dedicates This Veterans Memorial to the Men and Women Who Have Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America 2006


Date of dedication: 2006

Who Put it Here?: American Legion Perry Harris Post 260

Description of Memorial:
This multi-war memorial is comprised of seven granite slabs standing in a semi-circle around a low-lying boulder which contains a small plaque memorializing three individuals who died in WWII. In addition, there is another plaque monumented on the center granite slab that is dedicated to local men and women from WWI. I believe the WWI and WWII plaques were relocated to this site to complement the granite slabs dedicated in 2006. The veterans memorial is located in the beautifully maintained Etna Cemetery.


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