War On Terror Memorial - Chicopee, MA - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

A joint effort of the Chicopee Memorial and Patriotic Committee, a collection of 11 veterans' organizations in Chicopee, and the Department of Veterans' Services raise the funds to create the War on Terror Memorial which was dedicated on May 19, 2018. It currently honors six veterans with ties to Chicopee that were killed in acts of terror.

The memorial has a gray granite sculpture depicting a female member of the military kneeling on her left knee in front of a soldier's boots, gun and helmet, which is known as a battlefield cross. She has her right hand supporting her bowed head and her helmet on the ground by her left side.

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Attack in Lebanon Attack in the Philippines War in Afghanistan War in Iraq In Honor Of: Chicopee residents lost to acts of terror. Marker Text: The south side of the top of the base: WAR ON TERROR On the front of the base is the inscription: TWO CHICOPEE RESIDENTS WERE LOST TO ACTS OF TERROR PRIOR TO 9/11/2001 {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS} SGT STEVEN B. LARIVIERE 1961 - 1983 STEVEN WAS KILLED WHEN AN ISLAMIC JIHAD TRUCK BOMBED THE MARINE BARRACKS IN BEIRUT, LEBANON {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS} GYSGT JOHN S. FREDETTE 1956 - 1990 JOHN WAS KILLED ON 5/5/1990 AS A RESULT OF A GUERRILLA REBEL TERROR STRIKE ATTACK IN OLONGAPO, PHILIPPINES The south, lower part of the base is inscribed: {Map with the inscription AFGHANISTAN} {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY} SGT CHRISTOPHER M. WILSON 1982 - 2007 CHRIS WAS WOUNDED WHEN A ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE EXPLODED IN KORENGAL OUTPOST ON THE AFGHAN-PAKISTAN BORDER. HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS ON 3/29/2007 {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY} {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS} 1SG KEVIN A. DUPONT 1956 - 2009 KEVIN DIED 6/17/2009 FROM WOUNDS HE SUFFERED ON 3/8/2009 WHILE ON A COMBAT PATROL MISSION WHEN AN IED STRUCK HIS VEHICLE WHILE SERVING WITH THE 1ST BRIGADE 203RD CORPS. {Image of the World Trade Center Towers} {Map with the inscription IRAQ} {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS} CAPT JOHN W. MALONEY 1968 - 2005 JOHN LOST HIS LIFE ON 6/16/2005 WHILE ON PATROL IN AL-RAMADI, IRAQ WHEN HIS HUMVEE WAS DESTROYED BY A ROADSIDE BOMB {SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY} SSG DANIEL A. NEWSOME 1979 - 2007 ON 6/27/2007 DANIEL WAS KILLED IN ACTION WHEN AN IED DETONATED NEAR HIS VEHICLE DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ Date of dedication: 5/19/2018 Who Put it Here?: Chicopee Memorial and Patriotic Committee and Department of Veterans' Services Description of Memorial: Veterans Plaza has several other monuments honor veterans of wars including: Civil War World War I World War II Korean War

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