POW MIA memorial - Clarion, PA
N 41° 12.863 W 079° 23.178
17T E 635276 N 4563811
This memorial sits among other memorials in a park.
Waymark Code: WM15Y2Q
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2022
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The memorial is four sided. The top of each side shows a star, a soldier below a watch tower and the phrase, "you are not forgotten."
The four sides:
This memorial contains the ashes from the "watch fire" burned during the July 2001 visit of the Vietnam Combat Veterans Memorial (the moving Wall). The symbolic watch fire is to be burned until the last patrol returns to base camp, signifying all who are missing in action or are prisoners of war.
Vietnam POW's 745 MIA's 1,948
"As I wept inside I asked, 'Lord where did we get such men?' and I was reminded if a nation truly is to be great, if a nation truly is to be the land of the free, that it also must be the home of the brave." General PX Kelley Commandant USMC
"The willingness to sacrifice is the prelude to freedom."
This memorial is dedicated with appreciation to the men and women whose loyalty and service during times of war and peace define the character of this great nation
Dedicated May 27. 2002