Korean War Veterans Memorial

Korean War Veterans Memorial (HM5L2)

Location: Washington, DC 20418
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 53.267', W 77° 2.833'

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Inscription
[Inscription: Panel 1]:
Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.

1950 * Korea * 1953

[Panel 2]:
Freedom Is Not Free

[Panel 3]:
Dead: U.S.A. 54,246; U.N. 628,883
Missing: U.S.A. 8,177; U.N. 470,267
Captured: U.S.A. 7,140; U.N. 92,970
Wounded: U.S.A. 103,284; U.N. 1,644,453

[Panel 4]:
Korean War Veterans Memorial...
Achitects: Cooper-Lecky Architects
Sculptor: Frank C. Gaylord, II
Muralist: Louis Nelson Associates
Builders and Fabricators:
Faith Construction, Inc. · R. J. Crowley, Inc. · Cold Spring Granite Co. · Tallix Art Foundry
Design and Construction Agent:
U.S. Army Engineers, Baltimore District

Funded by donations from veterans, families and friends.
Details
HM NumberHM5L2
Series This marker is part of the Markers Attached to Sculpture series
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Year Placed1995
Placed ByAmerican Battle Monuments Commission and the Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 8:45pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 322440 N 4306315
Decimal Degrees38.88778333, -77.04721667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 53.267', W 77° 2.833'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 53' 16.02" N, 77° 2' 49.98" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1964 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC 20418, US
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