14th Quartermaster Detatchment Memorial - Greensburg, Pennsylvania
N 40° 17.209 W 079° 33.166
17T E 623019 N 4460595
This memorial was built to remember those killed in action in a scud attack during Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia. The memorial is located at the Federal Reserve Center, 900 Armory Drive, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMX47N
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2017
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The 14th Quartermaster Detachment Memorial was dedicated Feb. 25, 1992, the first anniversary of an Iraqi Scud missile attack that killed 13 members of the Greensburg water purification unit and wounded 43 others.
The Scud destroyed a makeshift barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, just three days before the fighting ended. In the single deadliest attack on Americans during the Gulf War, the missile killed a total of 28 soldiers and wounded 99.
The names of the Greensburg dead are listed on a bronze plaque on the memorial's back wall. Killed in the attack were
Spc. Steven A. Atherton
Spc. John A. Boliver Jr.
Sgt. Joseph P. Bongiorni III,
Sgt. John T. Boxler,
Spc. Beverly S. Clark
Sgt. Alan B. Craver
Spc. Frank S. Keough
Spc. Anthony E. Madison
Spc. Christine L. Mayes,
Sgt. Stephen J. Siko
Spc. Thomas G. Stone
Sgt. Frank J. Walls
Spc. Richard V. Wolverton
The monument faces east toward Saudi Arabia, a permanent reminder of the ultimate sacrifices made for the liberation of Kuwait.
Text of Plaque:
This monument is dedicated to the men and
women of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment
who served in Saudi Arabia during Operation
Desert Storm. On February 25, 1991, the
barracks housing the soldiers of the 14th
Quartermaster Detachment were struck by an
Iraqi Scud Missile in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
at 12:23 E.S.T. the unit suffered the greatest
number of casualties of any allied unit
deployed in Desert Storm. This monument, which
faces Saudi Arabia, stands before us as a
permanent reminder of the ultimate sacrifice
that 13 men and women of the 14th
Quartermaster Detachment made for the
liberation of Kuwait and its people
Placed by: 14th Quartermaster Detachment
Type of Memorial: Gulf War Specific
Date of dedication: Not listed
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