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 Korean Veterans, Jacksonville, IL Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 43.095 W 090° 13.863
15S E 737342 N 4400152
Inside a huge city park, lies this grassy knoll holding up the Korean Conflict Memorial.
Waymark Code: WM4KYG
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2008
Views: 8
Memorial Erected by: Donated by Veterans of Foreign wars, Post NO. 1379, Ladies Auxiliary, Citizens of Jacksonville, Morgan County and surrounding areas; Committee members: Charles L. Myers, Clayton B. Kelley, Don Brown, Connie Wilson, Martha Upchurch.
Date Memorial Dedicated: May 30, 1987.
Location of Memorial: S. Main St. (IL-267), Jacksonville Community Park, Jacksonville.
Monument Text:
Front: IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES SERVING
THEIR COUNTY AND
FIGHTING COMMUNISM
William A. Bennett John D. Bagale
Claude C. McDaniel Jack J. Witwer
James W. Patterson Kenneth L. Dunaway
Robert L. McManus Jackie D. Long
Robert C. Burton Gerald W. Winner
KOREAN VETERANS
June 25, 1950 DEDICATED May 30, 1987 July 27, 1953
Back: KOREAN CONFLICT
DEAD....................54,246
WOUNDED...................103,284
MISSING.....................8,177
131 MEDALS OF HONOR WERE AWARDED
389 STILL LISTED AS PRISONERS OF WAR.
List if there are any visiting hours:
city park, closes at sundown
Entrance fees (if it applies):
0
Type of memorial: Monument
Website pertaining to the memorial: Not listed
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