Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial - Polk County Veteran's Memorial, Mena AR
N 34° 35.209 W 094° 14.321
15S E 386399 N 3827920
The name of Polk County man who fought and died in Operation Iraqi Freedom is inscribed on this very nice Veteran's Memorial in Mena, AR
Waymark Code: WMX5AA
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2017
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On the north side of the Polk County Courthouse grounds stand several small memorials to individual soldiers and one large memorial made of tall tablets of grey granite, each slab of which is engraved with the name of a specific American 20th and 21st century wars and the names of those from Polk Co. AR who died in them.
The relevant parts of the memorial to this category read as follows:
"[central panel]
POLK COUNTY
WAR MEMORIAL
[American Flag]
[emblems of the 5 branches of the US Armed forces]
Honoring the Fallen
[2nd panel to the left of the central panel]
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Troy Leon Miranda"
Memorial Placed by:: Polk County AR
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