POW/MIA Memorial - Vacherie, LA
N 29° 56.743 W 090° 40.952
15R E 723666 N 3315029
Memorial is located at the Our Lady of Peace Catholic church cemetery and is part of a larger veterans monument.
Waymark Code: WMCQ8K
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2011
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Octagonal shaped memorial, located at the entrance to the church cemetery. Very nicely landscaped. octagon contains some plantings and a fountain. On 3 sides of the memorial are the names of the MIA and POW's as well as those who doanted for this memorial. The names as they appear on the monument are:
On the POW- MIA wall, the names that are on the panels are:
MIA
Col. Joseph Christiano Air Force 12-24-1964
Cpl. William R. Prewitt USMC 8-1-1967
POW
Army Sgt. Elmo J. Becnel Sr.
8-21-1942 12-2-1945
Army PFC Lloyd L. Clement
10-17-1944 4-29-1945
Army Sgt Nelson J. Miller
6-7-1941 9-26-1945
Amry PFC Julien Steib
1941 1945
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