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ARIZONA 177

Additional Information Can Be Obtained At:
  • Apache Scouts - http://www.huachuca.army.mil/files/History_ApacheScouts.pdf
  • Arizona Department of Veterans Affairs Directory - http://www.azdvs.gov/Files/Veterans%20Directory.pdf
  • Arizona Fallen Heroes -  http://www.legacy.com/azcentral/soldier/home.aspx
  • Arizona Iraq War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?War_ID=17&page_id=1&states_id=4
  • Arizona Korean War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=3&page_id=1&states_id=4
  • Arizona's Top Ten Memorials - http://www.arizonaedventures.com/things-to-see-do/arizona-top-ten/memorials/
  • Arizona's Vietnam War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=4&page_id=1&states_id=4
  • B Troop - 4th US Cavalry Regiment -http://www.huachuca.army.mil/pages/btroop/
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Memorial_Highway
  • Buffalo Soldiers - http://ww5.buffalosoldiers.com/
  • Congressional Medal of Honor - http://www.cmohs.org/
  • Faces of Valor, Honor the Fallen - http://projects.militarytimes.com/valor/
  • Historical Marker Database -http://www.hmdb.org/Results.asp?State=Arizona&StartAt=251
  • Iraqi Casualties - http://icasualties.org/OEF/USCasualtiesByState.aspx
  • Mormon Battalion Association - http://www.mormonbattalion.com/Mormon_Battalion_Association/Mormon_Battalion_Association.html
  • The National Museum of the American Indian (Honoring Code Talkers) - http://nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/
  • Per Ardua ad Astra - Through adversity to the stars
  • US World War I Casualty Records - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_I_Casualty_Records
  • USS Arizona Casualty List - http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/arizdead.html
  • Waymarking - http://www.waymarking.com/
Counties of Cities/Towns Represented
  • Apache - Window Rock, Winslow
  • Cochise - Benson, Bisbee, Bowie, Council Rocks, Fort Huachuca, San Simon, Sierra Vista, Tombstone, Wilcox
  • Coconino - Flagstaff, Williams
  • Gila
  • Graham
  • Greenlee (email sent via Greenlee county website)
  • La Paz - Bouse, Quartzsite
  • Maricopa - Apache Junction, Buckeye, Chandler, Maricopa, Gilbert, Glendale, Maricopa, Mesa, National Memorial Cemetery, Queen Creek, Peoria, Phoenix, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation, Maricopa, Tempe, Wickenburg
  • Mohave - Bullhead City, Golden Shores Community Park, Holbrook, Kingman, Lake Havasu
  • Navajo - Navajo, White River
  • Pima - Green Valley, Tucson
  • Pinal - Apache Junction,Bapchule, Casa Grande, Queen Creek, Picacho, Sacaton,
  • Santa Cruz
  • Yavapai - Camp Verde, Peoria, Prescott
  • Yuma - Yuma
To Find A City, Click on the First Letter of the City to be Directed to a List of Cities that Begins With That Letter; CMHR stands for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z CMHR Pictures
A 1

Apache Junction 1
  • Veterans Memorial Park and Gazebo; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 1001 N. Idaho Road; http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/venues/Veterans_Memorial_Park_&_Gazebo_870614508418
B 18

Bapchule 1
  • St. Peter's Mission (World War II); Dedicated November 11, 1945; Located grounds of St. Peter's Mission; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=33700
Benson 3 (See Brochure/Document at the bottom of this Page)
  • Apache Treaty Marker/Council Rocks; Dedicated 1962; Located Interstate 10, milepost 320; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
  • City Hall Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1980; Located 6th Street; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7XF0_City_Hall_Veterans_Memorial_Benson_AZ
  • Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located near Benson Visitors Center; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7X76_Veterans_Memorial_Benson_AZ
Bisbee 3 (See Brochure/Document at the bottom of this page)
  • Bisbee High School Graduates Memorial (Vietnam); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Bisbee High School
  • City of Bisbee Warrior Memorial (World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam); Dedicated 1976; Located end of a parking lot; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8V1E_City_of_Bisbee_Warrior_Memorial
  • Memorial (World War II); Dedicated December 8, 2008; Located off Highway 80, Lavender Pit Overlook; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5HTQ_World_War_II_Memorial_Bisbee_Arizona
Bouse 5
  • 526th Armored Infantry Battalion (World War II); Dedicated 2005; Located Broadway Avenue, milepost 27;http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=29211
  • 736th Tan Battalion (M) SP Marker (World War II); Dedicated 1998; Located Broadway Avenue, milepost 27; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=52372
  • 739th Tank Battalion (SP)(ME) Marker (World War II); Dedicated 1999; Located Broadway Avenue; milepost 27; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=29156
  • 740th Tank Battalion, Daredevil Tankers, (World War II); Dedicated 1998; Located Broadway Avenue, milepost 27; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=29145
  • Eight Ball, Morale Officer Memorial; Dedicated 2005; Located Broad Street, milepost 27; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=41391
Bowie 1
  • Old Fort Bowie Guardian of Apache Pass; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 1-10, Welker-Scott Memorial Park; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
Buckeye 1
  • Louis B Hazelton Cemetery Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Cemetery Dedicated 1938; Located base of flagpole in cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBPEX_Louis_B_Hazelton_Memorial_Cemetery_Veterans_Memorial_Buckeye_Arizona
Bullhead City 4
  • Arizona Medal of Honor Memorial; Dedicated May 26, 2008; Located off Riviera Boulevard; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8WTQ_Arizona_Medal_of_Honor_Memorial
  • Arizona Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated November 11, 2002; Located Arizona Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8WGG_Arizona_Veterans_Memorial; also at http://allaboutbullheadcity.com/things-to-do/arizona-veterans-memorial/index.htm
  • Arizona Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 2170 Rio Grande Road; http://www.bullheadcity.com/vertical/sites/%7B1990D1CC-9371-444D-89E1-C42F66407C45%7D/uploads/%7B23ED77AD-6F1D-4D28-89DD-C44080A09E19%7D.PDF
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated May 30, 2005; Located - see Arizona Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8WTM_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Arizona_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Bullhead_City_AZ_USA
C 7

Camp Verde 3
  • Clear Creek Cemetery Veteran's Memorial/Flagpole; Dedicated November 11, 1977; Located entrance to the local cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCDDC_Clear_Creek_Cemetery_Veterans_Memorial_Camp_Verde_Arizona_USA
  • Congressional Medal of Honor - Apache Campaign (Indian Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Camp Verde; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28593
  • Fort Verde State Historic Park (Civil War); Dedicated 1970; Located 125 East Holloman; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=40815
Casa Grande 2
  • Casa Grand Valley Veterans Memorial Flagpole (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located corner of the downtown park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM91AP_Casa_Grande_Valley_Veterans_Memorial
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located corner of the downtown; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM80GT_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Municipal_Park_Casa_Grande_AZ_USA
Chandler 1
  • Chandler Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated May 31, 1949; Located- Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMADED_Chandler_Veterans_Memorial_Chandler_Arizona
Council Rocks 1
  • Apache Peace Treaty with Cochise; Dedicated 1962; Located near Dragoon Springs; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27877
D 4

Douglas  4
  • Douglas Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Douglas Visitors Center, 345 16th Street; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
  • F-16 Falcon Fighter Plane; Dedicated November 11, 2003; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
  • Mormon Battalion LDS Church Veterans Memorial (Civil War); Dedicated 1960; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
  • Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated July 4, 1970; Located 8th Street, Florida Avenue, 5th Street, and Dolores Avenue; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
F 14

Flagstaff 5
  • Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated May 28, 1990; Located Wheeler Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9131_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_first_statue_for_the_future_Veterans_Tribute_Park_Lake_Havasu_AZ
  • Memorial (World War II); Dedicated May 28, 1990; Located 212 W. Aspen Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5VGX_Wheeler_Park_WWII_Memorial_Flagstaff_AZ
  • Wheeler Park Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated May 28, 1990; Located 212 West Aspen Avenue, across from City Hall; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5VH1_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Wheeler_Park_Flagstaff_AZ
  • Wheeler Park Korean War Memorial; Dedicated May 28, 1990; Located 212 W. Aspen Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5VGY_Wheeler_Park_Korean_War_Memorial_Flagstaff_AZ
  • Wheeler Park Spanish-American Memorial; Dedicated May 28. 1990; Located Wheeler Park, 212 West Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5VH0_Wheeler_Park_Spanish_American_War_Memorial_Flagstaff_AZ
Fort Apache 2
  • Numerous Markers are located at Fort Apache
  • Additional Information about Fort Apache:  Fort Apache Heritage Foundation - http://www.fortapachearizona.org/; White Mountain Apache History - http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=4328; American Southwest - A National Register of Historic Places -http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amsw/sw11.htm; White Mountain Online - http://www.wmonline.com/area/ftapache/FTAPACHE.HTM
Fort Huachuca  5 - Ft. Huachuca is a military base and proper ID is required for admittance - http://huachuca-www.army.mil/pages/driving.html
  • Buffalo Soldier Legacy Plaque; Dedicated April 23, 2009; Located intersection of Smith Avenue and Winrow Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28201
  • Buffalo Soldier Memorial; Dedicated March 3, 1977; Located small traffic circle leading to the old post; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3GCV_Buffalo_Soldier_Memorial_Fort_Huachuca
  • Fort Huachuca Ceremonial Guns; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Fort Huachuca, exit 302 from I-10, 25 miles south to base gate; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3G8B_Fort_Huachuca_Ceremonial_Guns
  • Fort Huachuca Monument (American Revolution); Dedicated 1957; Located - Undetermined;  http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43968151
  • MIlitary Intelligence Crest Monument; Dedicated January 2013; Located front of Fort Huachuca's Alvarado Hall; http://www.aerotechnews.com/forthuachuca/2013/01/25/military-intelligence-heritage-celebrated-at-monument-dedication/
Fountain Hills 2
  • Fountain Hills Veterans Plaza; Dedicated May 2005; Located 17000 El Largo Boulevard; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5QWZ_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Veterans_Plaza_Fountain_Hills_AZ_USA; (Note:  Memorial commemorates Spanish-American War through the Gulf War and honors the five branches o US Armed Forces, Battleship Arizona Plaque, and a Bob Hope Plaque. Information submitted by Carik R, Propp)
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated February 2009; Located Veterans Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5QWZ_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Veterans_Plaza_Fountain_Hills_AZ_USA
G 11

Gilbert 5
  • 9/11 Marker ("The Day The Eagle Cried"); Dedicated - Unknown; Located just below Anthony J. Dubits Memorial; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8PY2_Anthony_J_Dubits_The_Chief_Gilbert_AZ
  • Anthony J Dubits (The Chief) Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located southeast corner of Gilbert Road near coffee shop; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8PY2_Anthony_J_Dubits_The_Chief_Gilbert_AZ
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial; Dedicated 1965; Located Southwest corner of Gilbert Road and Elliot; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8PYD_Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial_at_the_Gilbert_Historical_Museum
  • Veterans Memorial World War II, Korea, Vietnam); Dedicated 1965; Located Gilbert Historical Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8PYC_Veterans_Memorial_at_the_Gilbert_Historical_Museum
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Gilbert Historical Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB9NG_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Museum_Park_Gilbert_AZ_USA
Glendale 3
  • Glendale's Towering Flagstaff (World War I); Rededicated 1964; Located WJ Murphy Park, Glendale Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=30473
  • Pat Tillman Memorial Stadium and Statue; Dedicated 2007; Located University of Phoenix Stadium in Pat Tillman Freedom Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBFD2_Pat_Tillman_Glendale_Arizona
  • Veterans Memorial, USS Arizona, (All Wars); Dedicated 2002; Located front of public library; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM928N_Veterans_Memorial_Glendale_Arizona
Golden Shores Community Park  2(email sent to obtain information)
  • M1A1 155 mm Field Gun; Located Mohave Desert Veterans Memorial, east end of Golden Shores Community Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymar/WMFRGV_M1A1_155mm_Field_Gun_Mohave_Desert_Veterans_Memorial_of_Golden_Shores 
  • Mohave Desert Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Topock/Golden Shores; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFRH0_Mohave_Desert_Veterans_Memorial_of_Golden_Shores
Green Valley 1
  • Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Museum; Dedicated October 14, 1994; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=26926
H 1

Holbrook 1
  • Navajo County Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located old county courthouse, Navajo and Arizona Streets; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6CR3_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Navajo_County_Holbrook_AZ_USA
K 5

Kingman  5
  • Kingman Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated November 11, 2006; Located Locomotive Park off Route 66; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8WGP_Kingman_Veterans_Memorial; also at http://www.hmdb.org//Results.asp?CategoryID=68; also at http://kvmt.org/
  • Lt. Edward Fitzgerald Beale Memorial Plaque (Mexican-American War); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Locomotive Park off Route 66; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=32208
  • Spirit of the American Doughboy, Spirit of American Navy; (Civil War); Dedicated May 30, 1928; Located Mohave County Court House; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFVQX_Spirit_of_the_American_Doughboy_Kingman_Arizona; also at http://doughboysearcher.weebly.com/arizona.html
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaque; Dedicated 2006; Located Locomotive Park off Route 66;
  • World War I Memorial; Dedicated 1914; Located Mohave County Courthouse, 310 East Spring Street; http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=a03241a5-6eb6-4238-81e5-984fa1f33b0a&wo=True&wft=2&s=3&ct=2&st=2; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=29398
L 3

Lake Havasu 3 (Note of Interest - This is the city that has London Bridge; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=4328)
  • Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated 2009; Located Tribute Park, Lake Havasu; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9131_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_first_statue_for_the_future_Veterans_Tribute_Park_Lake_Havasu_AZ
  • James A. Wheeler Park and Freedom Fountain; Dedicated 1965, Rededicated February 12, 1996; Located Wheeler Park, North McCoulloch Boulevard, east of Capri Boulevard; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=31839
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated February 12, 1995; Located James A. Wheeler Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9296_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Wheeler_Park_Lake_Havasu_City_AZ
M 4

Maricopa 2
  • B-29 Super Fortress "Fifi" Tribute; Dedicated - Unknown; Located North Greenfield Road; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=49868
  • Per Ardua Ad Astra, No. 4 British Flying Training School (World War II); Dedicated June 12, 1982; Located Fighter Access Road; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=49869
Mesa 2
  • 3 Inch Mark 33 Deck Gun; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Arizona Wing - Commemorative Air Force Aircraft Museum; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8MVW_3_Inch_Mark_33_Deck_Gun_Mesa_AZ
  • Per Ardua ad Astra (Royal Air Force and One American, World War II); Dedicated 1997; Located City of Mesa Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM908R_Per_Ardua_ad_Astra
N 2

National Memorial Cemetery 1
  • Navy Seabees Memorial (All Seabees); Dedicated November 11, 2006; Located central part of cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM90ZV_Navy_Seabees_Veterans_of_America
Navajo Tribal Park 1
  • Navajo Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located adjacent to the Navajo Nation Council Chambers; http://www.arizonaedventures.com/things-to-see-do/arizona-top-ten/memorials/
P 48

Peoria 1
  • City of Peoria Veterans Memorial; Dedicated May 1, 1994; Located traffic island Peoria Municipal Complex; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH6TC_City_of_Peoria_Veterans_Memorial_Peoria_AZ
Phoenix  26 - Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza Memorials Listed Below;  Located West Washington Street; http://www.discoverphoenixarizona.com/wesley-bolin-memorial-plaza.html
  • 4th Marine Division, World War II
  • 158th Regimental Combat Team Bushmaster Memorial;
  • M1A4 75mm Pack Howitzer; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Arizona Military Museum, Papago AAF; http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=d7051cfc-f64f-4515-870b-892628cdefbd&wo=True&s=3&ct=2&st=2
  • M109A5 Self-Propelled Howitzer; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Papago AAF, 5500 Block, McDowell Rd; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDT65_M109A5_Self_Propelled_Howitzer_Papago_AAF_Phoenix_AZ 
  • M38A1 Jeep; Arizona Military Museum, Papago AAF; http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=c41ee554-65d9-4804-b5d7-c37cafdebc84&wo=True&s=3&ct=2&st=2
  • American Merchant Seaman; Dedicated - Unknown
  • Arizona 9/11 Memorial, Dedicated December 8, 2009; Located near State Capitol; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Memorial_(Arizona)
  • Arizona Confederate Veterans Monument; Dedicated 1999; Located Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_monuments
  • Arizona's Liberty Bell Monument; Dedicated 1950; Located West Adams Street near North 17th Avenue ;http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27632
  • Arizona's USS Arizona Memorial; Dedicated December 7, 1976; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=26425
  • Desert Storm Memorial; Dedicated 1993; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFKHJ_Desert_Storm_Memorial_Phoenix_AZ
  • Ernest W McFarland Memorial (Author of GI Bill) Dedicated 1998
  • Father Albert Braun, OFM (Teacher, Army Chaplain World War I, World War II); Dedicated March 4, 2001; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=26830
  • Jewish War Veterans Memorial; Dedicated 1950; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=27677
  • Korean War Memorial; Dedicated November 12, 1990; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27350/WM5VGY_Wheeler_Park_Korean_War_Memorial_Flagstaff_AZ
  • Lt Frank Luke Memorial; Dedicated 1930; Located South 17th Avenue near West Adams Street; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=27631
  • Memorial to Arizona Confederate Troops; Dedicated 1961; Located Adam's Street, near old Capitol Building; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=27400
  • Navajo Code Talkers Memorial; Dedicated February 28, 2008; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=26823
    http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6QD3_Navajo_Code_Talkers_Wesley_Bolin_Memorial_Park_Phoenix_AZ
  • Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial
  • Purple Heart Memorial; Site with picture only - http://media.photobucket.com/user/bocadavie/media/2003%20The%20Southwest%20Passage/200303211429.jpg.html?filters[term]=Phoenix,%20Arizona.%20Purple%20Heart%20Medal%20Memorial.&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=0
  • Sam Turetsky POW/MIA Memorial (World War I, Others still POW/MIA Status); Dedicated  - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9A10_Sam_Turetsky_POWMIA_Memorial_Phoenix_Arizona
  • USS Arizona Signal Mast/Anchor; Dedicated 1990 (Note:  Made with USS Arizona Fragments)
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4BA4_Vietnam_Memorial_Wesley_Bolin_Memorial_Park_Phoenix_Az_USA
  • World War I Memorial
  • World War II Memorial; Ground broken December 2012; Dedication ceremonies planed for December 7, 2013; https://www.azpm.org/p/top-news/2012/12/17/20506-wwii-memorial-work-underway-in-phoenix/
  • ZPU 4 - Anti- Aircraft Artillery; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Arizona Military Museum, Papago AAF;
    http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDT76_ZPU_4_Anti_Aircraft_Artillery_Arizona_Military_Museum_Papago_AAF_Phoenix_AZ
Phoenix - Other Memorials 13
  • Arizona Confederate Troops Memorial (Civil War); Dedicated 1961; Located west of 15th Avenue and Adams; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCQ60_Arizona_Confederate_Troops_Memorial_Phoenix_Arizona
  • Arizona Confederate Veterans Memorial (Civil War); Dedicated April 24, 1999; Located - Unknown;  http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM94A8_Arizona_Confederate_Veterans_Memorial_Phoenix_Arizona; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27400
  • The Arizona Women's Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona,  Cave Creek Rd; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM90ZQ_The_Arizona_Women_Veterans_Memorial_Invisible_Soldier
  • Greenwood Memory Lawn Veterans Memorial; Dedicated May 29, 1972; Located Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBQEW_Greenwood_Memory_Lawn_Veterans_Memorial_Phoenix_Arizona
  • Jewish War Veterans Memorial (World War II); Dedicated 1950; Located Bolin Memorial Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27677
  • Korean War Fighter Pilots Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located former air base, now university campus; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM90QD_Korean_War_Fighter_Pilots_Memorial_at_defunct_Williams_Air_Force_Base
  • Memorial (World War I); Dedicated 1922; Located 300 East Indian School Road, Phoenix Indian School; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBFMV_In_Memory_of_the_Students_of_this_School_who_Enlisted_in_the_Army_and_Navy_during_the_World_War_Phoenix_Az
  • Navajo Code Talkers Plaque; Dedicated 1989; Located Thomas Road and Central Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=50932
  • Patrios Square Park; Dedicated 1976; Located downtown Phoenix; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots_Square_Park
  • Phoenix Indian School Veterans Memorial; Dedicated- Unknown; Located 300 East Indian School Road; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=27252
  • Still on Patrol (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Arizona National Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8TNZ_Still_on_Patrol_Arizona_National_Cemetary
  • Tribute to Navajo Code Talkers (World War II); Dedicated 1989; Located intersection of Thomas Road and Central Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=50932
  • Veterans Memorial Carillon; Dedicated May 26, 2008, Located National Memorial Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM932X_Veterans_Memorial_Carillon_Phoenix_Arizona
Picacho 2
  • 1st California Cavalry Volunteers; Dedicated April 15, 1928; Located just south of the Picacho Peak State Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8QD2_Memorial_to_the_1st_California_Cavalry_Volunteers_Picacho_AZ; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=26619
  • Battle at Picacho (Civil War); Dedicated 1984; Located south of Picacho Peak State Park visitor's center; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=26620
Prescott  6
  • All Veterans Memorial (Medivac); Dedicated April 30, 1989; Located Courthouse; http://www.prescottartdocents.org/2013/05/all-veterans-memorial-2/
  • Buckey O'Neill Memorial, Roughriders (Spanish American War); Dedicated July 1, 1898; Located Yavapai County Courthouse; http://www.arizonaedventures.com/things-to-see-do/arizona-top-ten/memorials/
  • Captain William "Bucky" O'Neill and the Rough Riders Memorial (Spanish-American War); Dedicated July 3, 1907; Located Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM95Q8_Captain_William_Bucky_ONeill_and_the_Rough_Riders_Memorial
  • Courthouse Square Veteran's Memorial (World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Yavapai County Courthouse; Montezuma Street; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFH0H_Courthouse_Square_Veterans_Memorial_Prescott_Arizona
  • Veterans Memorial Island; Rededicated 2009; Located 111 Aven Drive; http://www.cityofprescott.net/services/parks/parks/index.php?id=22
  • Yavapai County World War II Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Prescott Courthouse Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFH24_Yavapai_County_World_War_II_Veterans_Memorial
Q 5

Quartzite 1  Note:  Although no Monument or Memorial is dedicated to the WASP, it is worth noting that Quartzsite was the training ground for women pilots who aspired to be WASPs.  The WASP Museum is located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  http://waspmuseum.com/
  • Hi Jolly Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Quartzite's historic pioneer cemetery; http://www.arizonaedventures.com/things-to-see-do/arizona-top-ten/memorials/
  • M/SGT. Arlo J. Markestad Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Freedom Garden; http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=e473b979-1317-4fd1-96d6-4dcc29d1b54a&wo=True&s=3&ct=2&st=2
  • US Camel Corps Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Site of Hi Jolly's Grave, Quartzsite; http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/camels.html
Queen Creek
  • Nathan Martens Arizona Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located San Tan Regional park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8PPQ_Nathan_Martens_Arizona_Memorial
  • Nathan Martens Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located near main entry of the SanTan Mountain Region; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCCZE_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_Nathan_Martens_Arizona_Memorial
S 21

Sacaton 5
  • Ira Hays, USMC, Memorial (World War II); Dedicated February 23, 1992; Located town center of Sacaton; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=32845; (Note: Helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima)
  • Mathew B. Juan Memorial Plaque (World War I); Dedicated 1928; Located Juan-Hayes Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.legion.org/honor/photos/214575/veterans-memorial-park-sacaton-az
  • Mathew B. Juan, Ira H. Hayes Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated February 23, 2008; Located corner of Sacton Road and West Casa Blanca Road;  http://www.legion.org/honor/photos/214575/veterans-memorial-park-sacaton-az
  • Native American Women Veterans, Dedicated February 22, 2003; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.legion.org/honor/photos/214575/veterans-memorial-park-sacaton-az; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32844
  • Purple Heart Memorial Plaque; Dedicated February 20, 2010; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.legion.org/honor/photos/214575/veterans-memorial-park-sacaton-az
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation 1
  • Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Reservation; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2CP4_Salt_River_Pima_Maricopa_Indian_Community_Veterans_Memorial
San Simon 1
  • Geronimo Surrender Monument; Dedicated 1934; Located Arizona Route 80, Milepost 406; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28355
Scottsdale 3
  • Afghanistan-Iraq War Memorial; Dedicated Unknown; Located Scottsdale City Hall; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9A0C_Afghanistan_Iraq_War_Memorial_City_Hall_Scottsdale_Arizona
  • The Chaplain Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated November 11, 2009; Located Scottsdale City Hall; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBH3Z_The_Chaplain_Veterans_Memorial_Scottsdale_Arizona; also at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubelcastle/sets/72157622668620633/
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located City Hall; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBH3Y_Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial_Scottsdale_Arizona
Sierra Vista  11
  • Apache Scout Memorial; Dedicated 1995; Located Griersone Avenue north of Hungerford Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=28231
  • Buffalo Soldier Legacy Plaza; Dedicated 2009; Located intersection of Smith Avenue and Winrow Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28201
  • Confederate Memorial (Civil War); Dedicated 2010; Located Southern Arizona Veterans' Cemetery; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_monuments
  • Counter Intelligence Corp Memorial; Dedicated August 1962; Located Cushing Street east of Cibecue Street;http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=28233
  • Eyes of the Army, Indian Scouts; Dedicated 1995; Located Old Fort area of Fort Huachuca; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3GCQ_Eyes_of_The_Army_Indian_Scouts
  • Mohawk (OV-1D) Marker; Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection of Hatfield and Irwin Streets; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=29588
  • POW/MIA Monument; Dedicated September 17, 2010; Located behind dias of Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery;http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=36775
  • Union Soldiers Historic Burial Site; Dedicated 2010; Located Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery;http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=33745
  • Unknown Soldiers Marker; Dedicated May 2009, Located Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1300 Buffalo Soldier Trail; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28252
  • Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 3105 E. Fry Boulevard; http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Cochise College, outside an administration building; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6KD5_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Cochise_College_Sierra_Vista_AZ_USA  ;
T 13

Tempe 1
  • William Bloys Post 2 American Legion Memorial; Dedicated May 30, 1949 ; Located back of the City of Tempe's Double Butte Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7W6J_William_Bloys_Post_No_2_American_Legion_Memorial_Tempe_AZ
Tombstone 2
  • Burnside Post GAR Memorial; Dedicated May 30, 1887; Located 445 West Allen Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=33141
  • Unidentified Veterans/Pioneers/Settlers; Dedicated 1937; Located Boothill Cemetery; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=27924
Tucson 10
  • Airborne Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Pima County, Kino Korean War Memorial; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7RZ5_Airborne_Tucson_AZ
  • Exchange at the Presido, Mormon Battalion (Mexican-American War); Dedicated December 14, 1996; Located El Presido Plaza; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=26443
  • Jewish War Veterans (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Located Pima County, Kino Korean War Memorial; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7RZ4_Jewish_War_Veterans_Tucson_AZ
  • Kino Korean War Memorial; Dedicated June 2, 2002; Located 2805 East Ajo Way; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7RYV_Kino_Korean_War_Memorial_Tucson_AZ
  • Mormon Battalion Plaque; Dedicated 1937; Located South 6th Street, near Military Plaza Park; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=27281
  • Spanish War Veterans Monument; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Armory Park, South 6th Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBV1D_Spanish_War_Veterans_Monument_Tucson_AZ; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38993
  • USS Arizona Memorial (World War II); Dedicated 2002; Located University of Arizona; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5GNJ_USS_Arizona_Memorial_University_of_Arizona; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=31199
  • Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1979; Located Fort Lowell Park; http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=6ba4beb6-1817-4d8c-ae96-1abf2d6c9338&gid=3; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28932
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated October 28, 1984; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM80GF_Vietnam_War_Memorial_El_Presidio_Plaza_Tucson_AZ_USA
  • World War I Memorial (World War I); Dedicated - Unknown; Located South 6th Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBV18_World_War_I_Memorial_Tucson_AZ; also at http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=38994
W 12

Whiteriver 1
  • White Mountain Apache War Memorial; Dedicated January 11, 1969; Located half mile north of East Fork Road, Chief Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=49552
Wickenburg 1
  • Garcia Cemetery Veterans Memorial (All Wars), Dedicated - Unknown; Located entrance Garcia Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCG4N_Garcia_Cemetery_Veterans_Memorial_Wickenburg_Arizona
Willcox 3
  • Lt. Robert G. Westlund Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located in front of new Visitors Center, North Circle I Road; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6010_Lt_Robert_G_Westlund_Willcox_AZ; also at http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=28414
  • Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Railroad Avenue and Maley Street (Railroad Park); http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5Z10_Veterans_Memorial_Willcox_AZ; also at http://cochise.az.gov/uploadedFiles/Board_of_Supervisors/NCGM/BrochureMarkersMemorialsMonuments.pdf
  • Wilcox MIA Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9A10_Sam_Turetsky_POWMIA_Memorial_Phoenix_Arizona
Williams
  • Cpl. Eric Martinez Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located park near Bill Williams Avenue
  • Desert Storm Monument; Dedicated 1991; Located park near Bill Williams Avenue; http://www.markeroni.com/catalog/display.php?code=AZ_WM_00005
Window Rock 3
  • Legendary Navajo Code Talkers Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Window Rock Tribal Park and Veterans Memorial; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBPN9_The_Legendary_Navajo_Code_Talkers
  • Navajo Nation Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated 1995; Located
  • Navajo Warrior Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located east of Route 12N (Arizona Highway 263); http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=27911
Winslow 1
  • Remembrance Garden (9/11); Dedicated - Unknown; Located intersection of East 3rd Street and Transcon lane; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36325
Y 8

Yuma 8
  • M47 Patton Tank; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Warren E Brooks historical exhibit adjacent to Yuma Proving Ground; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM810Q_M47_Patton_Tank_Yuma_AZ
  • M107 Self Propelled Howitzer; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Imperial Dam Road; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM810Z_M107_Self_Propelled_Howitzer_Yuma_AZ
  • Italians at Yuma Test Branch (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Laguna Dam Road, east of California/Arizona border; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=29059
  • Mormon Battalion Crossing/Colorado River (Mexican-American War); Dedicated 1992; Located West 8th Street half a mile west of Somerton Avenue; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=62011
  • Mormon Batalion, US Army of the West (Mexican-American War); Dedicated 2007; Located west of 12 Avenue & Water Street; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=22686
  • POW/MIA Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located local industrial park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4K1Z_POW_MIA_Memorial_Yuma_AZ
  • World War II Bridge Test Site; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Laguna Dam Road, east of California/Arizona border; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=29058
  • Yuma Armed Forces Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Gila Street between 2nd and 3rd; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM47KY_Yuma_Armed_Forces_Park_Yuma_Arizona

Arizona Memorial Highways 5
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway, I-8, East of Yuma on the west bound side
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway, I-40, Forrest City Rest Area
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway, 71/B540 Bella Vista Welcome Center and Rest Stop
  • Interstate 15, Veterans Memorial Highway; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Memorial_Highway
  • Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway; Dedicated 1943; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM93QG_Jefferson_Davis_Memorial_Highway_Arizona
Arizona Veterans Administration  1
  • Department of Veterans Services - http://www.azdvs.gov/
Arizona Veteran Hospitals 1
  • Phoenix VA - http://www.phoenix.va.gov/
Arizona National Cemeteries 4
  • National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Located Phoenix; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nmca.asp
  • National Memorial Cemetery, Cave Creek
  • Prescott National Cemetery
  • Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Sierra Vista (See Brochure/Document at the bottom of this page)

Arizona's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients, includes recipients born in Arizona but medal credited in another state

 For more detailed information on the Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, please visit:
  • http://www.cmohs.org/
  • http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/states/ma_other.html
Alchesay, William
Austin, Oscar Palmer
Bacon, Nickey Daniel
Blanquet
Chiquito , Kern Wayne
El Satsoosh
Ferguson, Frederick Edgar
Herrera, Silvestre Santana
Jim
Jimenez, Jose Francisco
Kel Say
Kosoha
Lauffer, Billy Lane
Luke, Jr. Frank
Machol
Nanna Saddie
Nantaje
Pruitt, John Henry
Rowdy
Smith, Cornelius Cole
Vargas, Jar R.
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