Pierce Park - Ennis, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 19.720 W 096° 37.658
14S E 723307 N 3579340
The park is a strip of greenway two blocks long next to the SP tracks. In the center is a grey monument with at least a part of a machine gun mounted on top.
Waymark Code: WMYKEW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/25/2018
Views: 1
In the center of the park is the monument with an engraved circle at the top "Pierce Park".
Below is a square with:
In Memory of Employees of
The Dallas Division who
gave Their Lives for their
Country in World War II
Named in Honor of
Sgt. W.T. Pierce Jr.
First to Die in Combat
On the bottom is a circle with "Southern" and "Pacific" on the top and bottom of the circle with "Lines" across the middle.
Below is a square with:
Erected by
Dallas Division Service Club
May 30, 1947
On the left side is a square with four names:
R.F. Rickard
Gynn Massey
Fred Reyther
Guy YoungbloodOn the right side is a square with five names:
R.H. Bush
W.L. Cook
Leo R. Ford
E.V. Alaminski
W.T. Pierce Jr.
Date of Dedication: 05/30/1947
Property Permission: Public
Location of waymark:
200 NW Main
Ennis, TX USA
75119
Commemoration: In Memory of Employees of the Dallas Division (Southern Pacific RR) who gave their lives for their country in World War II
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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