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Location: UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

City: WEST POINT

State: New York

Zip Code: 10996

Type of Memorial: Veterans Plazas

Year Dedicated: 2001

Access: Military Base

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR AND VIETNAM WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN


THE CLASS OF 1961 PRESENTS THIS MEMORIAL TO THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 40TH REUNION AND ONE HUNDRED FORTY YEARS AFTER THE GRADUATION OF THE CLASSES OF MAY AND JUNE 1861. WE COMMEMORATE THE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH AND DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL TO OUR CLASSMATES WHO DIED IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION.
THE MEMORIAL ON THE LEFT LISTS MEMBERS OF THE USMA CLASS OF MAY AND JUNE 1861 WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
THE MEMORIAL ON THE RIGHT LISTS MEMBERS OF THE USMA CLASS OF 1961 WHO DIED IN ACTION IN THE WAR IN VIETNAM.
SEE ALSO-WEST POINT RECONCILIATION PLAZA MEMORIAL DEDICATION STONE
SEE ALSO-WEST POINT RECONCILIATION PLAZA MEMORIAL HONOR ROLL STONES A & B
SEE ALSO-WEST POINT RECONCILIATION PLAZA MEMORIAL NARRATIVES A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, & M


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