Vietnam War Memorial, Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, Triangle VA, USA
N 38° 32.544 W 077° 20.532
18S E 295872 N 4268598
Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines honor their fallen with a monument at the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
Waymark Code: WMBPEB
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2011
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Semper Fidelis Memorial Park
overlooks the
National Museum of the Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Heritage Center in Triangle, Virginia, near Quantico MCB. The park has a series of walkways with memorial bricks, commemorative benches, rally points, and monuments erected in honor of various Marine Corps units and organizations.
On June 3, 2011, Echo Company of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines dedicated a monument to the 88 marines and sailors of their company who were killed in Vietnam. The polished granite monument has a main center panel with the USMC emblem at the top flanked by two panels listing the names
of those who died. The inscription reads:
ECHO COMPANY
2ND BATTALION
7TH MARINES
1ST MARINE DIVISION
DEDICATED TO THE
MARINES AND SAILORS
WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE FOR GOD,
COUNTRY, CORPS
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
KIA
VIETNAM 1965-1970
DONATED BY
E-2-7 VIETNAM VETERANS
AND FRIENDS
Veterans of Echo Company voted on erecting a monument and started raising money in February 2009.¹ In April 2011, the engraving and assembly of the monument began (see pictures
) and arrangements to erect it in Semper Fi Park were finalized in May. At the 2011 reunion, the Echo 2/7 monument was unveiled with a gun salute and Taps ceremony.
Additional link: Home - Echo Company 2/7
¹ The original plans for the monument called for 8 laser etchings on the back. See here
. Apparently it was decided to leave the back blank.