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NEW MEXICO

NEW MEXICO (Some information provided by the New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services) 169

Additional Information can be Found At:

  • Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico, Inc. - http://www.bcmfofnm.org/
  • 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//
  • Iraqi Casualties - http://icasualties.org/OEF/USCasualtiesByState.aspx
  • Navajo Code Talkers - http://www.navajocodetalkers.org/
  • New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services - http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/
  • New Mexico Korean War Casualties - http://www.koreanwarcasualties.org/index.php?page=directory&loc=New+Mexico
  • New Mexico Vietnam War Casualties - http://www.vetfriends.com/memorial/mem_alphab.cfm?war_id=4&page_id=1&states_id=33
  • New Mexico World War I Casualties - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_I_Casualty_Records
  • New Mexico World War II Casualties - http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/ww2/navy-casualties/new-mexico.html
  • US World War I Casualty Records - https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_World_War_I_Casualty_Records
  • Waymarking - http://www.waymarking.com/
Counties of Cities/Towns Represented
  • Bernalillo - Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Village of Tijeras
  • Catron
  • Chaves - Hagerman, Roswell
  • Cibola - Grants
  • Colfax - Angel Fire, Raton, Springer
  • Curry - Clovis
  • De Baca
  • Dona Ana - Anthony, Las Cruces, Mesilla, Vado, White Sands Proving Grounds
  • Eddy - Carlsbad
  • Grant
  • Guadalupe
  • Harding
  • Hidalgo
  • Lea - Hobbs
  • Lincoln - Capitan, Ft. Stanton
  • Los Alamos
  • Luna - Columbus, Deming
  • McKinley - Gallup
  • Mora - Wagon Mound
  • Otero - Alamogordo, Mescalero, Tularosa
  • Quay - Logan, San Jon
  • Rio Arriba - Espanola
  • Roosevelt - Portales
  • Sandoval - Bernalillo, Cochiti, Placitas, Rio Rancho, Santo Domingo Pueblo
  • San Juan - Aztec
  • San Miguel - Las Vegas, Pecos
  • Santa Fe - Espanola, Galisteo, Glorieta, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz
  • Sierra - Hillsboro, Truth or Consequences
  • Socorro - Ft. Craig, Socorro
  • Taos - Questa, Taos
  • Torrance
  • Union - Clayton
  • Valencia - Belen, Jarales
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
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*Underlined cities do not serve as links.

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Alamogordo 3
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 70 US Highway 70
  • Veteran's Memorial Flagpole/Plaque (All Wars); Dedicated November 11, 1993; Located Otero County Courthouse;  http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T32_Naval_Veterans_Roswell_NM
  • Airborne Memorial Monument; Dedicated 2012; Located intersection of 10th Street and N. White Sands Boulevard; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Albuquerque 26
  • Albuquerque Town Plaza, Dedicated July 1, 1969; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMD55Z_Albuquerque_Town_Plaza_Civil_War_Memorials_NM
  • Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico (World War II); Dedicated April 7, 2002; Located http://www.bcmfofnm.org/
  • Bataan Memorial Park (World War II); Named via resolution March 2, 1943; Located 748 Tulane Dr. NE; http://www.angelfire.com/nm/bcmfofnm/bataanpark/resolution.html; also at http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Bataan Memorial (World War II); Dedicated April 7, 2002; Located Bataan Memorial Park; http://www.angelfire.com/nm/bcmfofnm/bmpd/00.html
  • Civil War Battle of March/April 1862; Dedicated July 1969; Located Albuquerque Town Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMD55Z_Albuquerque_Town_Plaza_Civil_War_Memorials_NM
  • Confederate Soldiers Buried Here Marker (Civil War); Buried 1862; Located Old Town Plaza; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6677
  • Merchant Marine Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated June 9, 2007; Located New Mexico Veterans' Memorial; http://nmvetsmemorial.org/vets/merchant-marine-memorial/
  • Mountain Howitzers (Civil War); Dedicated 2007; Located Albuquerque Town Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMD55Z_Albuquerque_Town_Plaza_Civil_War_Memorials_NM
  • New Mexico POW/MIA Memorial (World War I); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Memorial; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2M8Z_New_Mexico_POW_MIA_Memorial
  • New Mexico Veterans Memorial (Korea); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Memorial Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9TDW_New_Mexico_Veterans_Memorial_Albuquerque_New_Mexico
  • New Mexico Veterans Memorial Rose Garden; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2NBM_New_Mexico_Veterans_Memorial_Garden_Albuquerque_New_Mexico
  • Pearl Harbor Memorial (World War II); Dedicated December 7, 2003; Located Veterans Memorial Park, 1100 Louisiana Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2NBX_Pearl_Harbor_Memorial_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Albuquerque_NM
  • Purple Heart Monument (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located entrance Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2NC1_Combat_Wounded_Veterans_Memorial_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Albuquerque_NM
  • Richard Rocco Medal of Honor Memorial Park; Located Westside Community Center 1250 Isleta Boulevard; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Skirmish of Albuquerque (Civil War); Dedicated April 9, 1982; Located Albuquerque Town Plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMD55Z_Albuquerque_Town_Plaza_Civil_War_Memorials_NM
  • Soldier and Sailor's Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Central Avenue and 14th Street SW; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • University of Mexico Lobo/World War II Memorial; Dedicated 1948; Located Redondo Drive and Stanford, south end of Campus; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB6T4_UNM_Lobo_WWII_Memorial_Albuquerque_NM (Note: Lobo is Spanish for Wolf)
  • USS Bullhead Memorial Park; Located San Pedro Dr. SE
  • US Submarine Veterans World War II Veterans Memorial; Dedicated April 11, 2006; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2NBT_US_Submarine_Veterans_WWII_Veterans_Park_Albuquerque_NM
  • Veterans and Bataan Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 1999; Located residential area above Las Cruces; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1DKQ_Veterans_Memorial_and_Bataan_Memorial
  • Veterans' Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 1100 Louisiana Boulevard, SE; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6CR0_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Albuquerque_NM_USA
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 801 Odelia Road NE; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Vietnam War Memorial/Eternal Flame; Dedicated 1973; Located airport, International Sunport; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9WDB_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Albuquerque_NM_USA
  • Warrior/Angel Statue (Latino, All Wars): Dedicated 2001; Located Bell Gardens Park
  • Welcome Home Veterans (All Wars); Dedicated August 14, 2010; Located New Mexico Veterans Memorial Complex; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9TH1_Welcome_Home_Veterans_Albuquerque_New_Mexico (Note:  Memorial is carved from wood)
  • World War I Memorial; Dedicated 1919; Located 1100 Louisiana Blvd SE; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2NBP_New_Mexico_WWI_Memorial
Angel Fire 1
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial; Dedicated 1971; Located The Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park; http://www.vietnamveteransmemorial.org/about-the-memorial/2/MemorialHistory/  (Note: This Memorial is considered to be the first Vietnam Memorial).
Anthony 1
  • Brazito Battlefield Marker (Mexican War); Dedicated - Unknown; Located I-10 Rest Area/Visitor Center off I-10 Northbound; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6552
Artesia 2
  • Baish Veterans' Park (All Wars); Dedicated November 12, 2012; Located in front of City Hall Includes Freedom's Fire Bronze Statue, Flag Holders, Wall of Honor; Bataan Death March marker); http://www.artesiamainstreet.com/baish-veterans-park.php; also at http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated November 11, 1991; Located Baish Veterans Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA3CH_Artesia_New_Mexico_Memorial
Aztec 3
  • Korean Veteran's Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Minium Park (Main Street and Park Avenue); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Liberty Tree; Dedicated - Unknown; Located McGee Park; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined
B 2

Belen 1
  • Soldiers' Memorial Park (9/11/ Memorial); Dedicated October 2011; Located Main and Becker Streets; http://www.belen-nm.gov/departments/fire_department/bfandR.htm;  also at http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Bernalillo 1
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Sandoval County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6CDZ_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Bernalillo_NM_USA
C 16

Capitan 2
  • Memorial (All Wars and Peacetime); Dedicated 1950; Located small park in center of Capitan; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7VTM_Veterans_Memorial_Capitan_NM
  • World War II Gun Mount; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Lincoln County Courthouse; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Carlsbad 5
  • Bataan Memorial Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located East Greene Street; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Bataan Recreation Area; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Pecos River, between Upper Tansil Dam and Lower Tansil Dam; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Riverwalk Memorials to Fallen Soldiers; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined
  • Veterans Memorial Park; Committee established 2009; To be located Bataan Recreation Area; http://www.cityofcarlsbadnm.com/veterans.cfm
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Eddy County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB754_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Eddy_County_Courthouse_Carlsbad_NM_USA
Cibola County 1
  • Khe Sanh Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Interstate 40 (Exit 104); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Clayton 1
  • Town Triangle Veteran's Flag Pole; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Clayton Memorial Cemetery; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Clovis 2
  • 3 Veterans Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Courthouse lawn; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6RE1_3_Veterans_Clovis_NM
  • Veterans' Memorial Highway; Located US Highways 60 and 84
Cochiti 1
  • Veteran's Memorial ln Scenic Outlook; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Kasah-Kateuw Ten Rocks National Monument; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Columbus 4
  • In Memory of Thirteenth Cavalry (War with Mexico); Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBRBX_In_Memory_of_Thirteenth_Cavalry_Columbus_NM
  • Last Hostile Action by Foreign Troops in the Continental United States; Dedicated 1959; Located Pancho Villa State Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37901
  • Pancho Villa Raid of 1916; Dedicated March 9, 1991; Located Route 11 at milepost 3; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=37791
  • Pancho Villa State Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Highway 11; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=37777
D 12

Deming 12
  • 200th and 515th Coast Artillery, Bataan-Corregidor (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Luna County Courthouse; http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g47009-i61706180-Deming_New_Mexico.html#61706180; also at http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=60b3bf6f-65ce-4816-8860-425bd8e7a245
  • 356th Infantry Tablet/Bataan Corregidor; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Luna County Courthouse; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Cathay Williams (Civil War); Dedicated 2005; Located New Mexico Route 25, milepost 10.2; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38211
  • Claude Close Howard Monument (World War I); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Luna County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAN9T_Claude_Close_Howard_Deming_NM;  (Note: Only person from Deming killed in World War I)
  • Lest We Forget Marker, New Mexico National Guardsmen (World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located south of Deming Luna Mimbres Museum; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38300
  • Monument (World War I, World War II, Korea); Dedicated November 11, 2002; Located Veterans Park, South Silver Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMANAT_WW_I_WW_II_Korea_Memorial_Deming_NM
  • Pearl Harbor Memorial (World War II); Dedicated May 30, 1996; Located Veterans Park, South Silver Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAN8F_Pearl_Harbor_Memorial_Deming_NM
  • Persian Gulf War Memorial; Dedicated July 4, 1992; Located Veterans Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMANAV_Veterans_Park_Persian_War_Memorial_Deming_NM
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorials (All Wars); Dedicated 2007; Located Veterans Park, South Silver Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAN1A_Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars_Memorial_Deming_NM
  • Veterans Park Memorial (World War I, World War II, Korea); Dedicated November 11, 2000; http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=ff291f20-36b6-4a66-96ae-b4a82aa23c2e
  • World War II Bataan-Corregidor Death March Monument; Dedicated June 15, 1994; Located Veterans Park, South Silver Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2Q9Q_WWII_BATAAN_CORREGIDOR_DEATH_MARCH
  • World War II Veterans Memorial; Dedicated November 11, 2003; Located Veterans Park, South Silver Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAN8N_WW_II_Vets_Deming_NM
E 3

Espanola 3
  • Phillip Valdez Memorial Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located State Route 584, over the Rio Grande River; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Willie D. Martinez Bridge, NE State Highway 554, Rio Arriba County
  • Veterans' Memorial Wall; Dedicated 2003; Located Veterans' Memorial Plaza; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
F 6

Farmington 2
  • All Veterans Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Tucker Street at the Animas River; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Four Corners Vietnam Memorial Wall; Dedicated July 4, 1993; Located North Butler and Carlton Streets; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html also at http://www.vietvet.org/fourcorn.htm
Ft. Bayard 1
  • Bataan Memorial Outdoor Classroom; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Calle d las Palomas (off Highway 180); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Ft. Craig 1
  • Confederate Monument; Dedicated June 11, 1936; Located 6 miles from Fort Craig National Historic Site; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCWNY_Confederate_Monument_Fort_Craig_NM
Ft. Stanton 2
  • Fort Stanton Employees Memorial (World War II); Dedicated November 1959; Located across from US Post Office; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFN84_Fort_Stanton_Employees_Memorial
  • Merchant Marine and Military Memorial Cemetery;Dedicated - Unknown; Located 7 miles east of Capitan (County Road 220/off Highway 320); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
G 9

Galisteo 1
  • George Michael Anaya Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located over State Highway 140; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Gallup 4
  • Hiroshi Miyamura Veterans' Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Hiroshi Miyamura High School, 680 South Boardman Avenue
  • Navajo Code Talkers Memorial; Dedicated July 28, 2005; Located entrance to Gallup Cultural Center; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9JW6_Navajo_Code_Talkers_Gallup_NM
  • Veterans' Park & Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Buena Vista Avenue; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Vietnam War Memorial Plaque; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Hillcrest Cemetery; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9KNXVietnam_War_Memorial_Hillcrest_Cemetery_Gallup_NM_USA
Glorieta 3
  • Colorado Volunteers (Civil War), Glorieta Pass Battlefield; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Pecos National Monument; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFNKF_USS_Santa_Fe_CL_60_Santa_Fe_NM
  • Sibley Brigade (Civil War); Dedicated 1939; Located Glorieta Pass Battlefield; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCTT9_Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield_Monument_Santa_Fe_NM
  • Texas Mounted Volunteers (Civil War), Glorieta Pass Battlefield; Dedicated 1995; Located Pecos National Monument; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFD4K_Texas_Mounted_Volunteers_Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield_Glorieta_NM
Grants 1
  • Vietnam Veteran's Memorial and Friendship Park; Dedicated August 1, 2005; Located Santa Fe Avenue and El Morro Road; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=36474


H 3

Hagerman
  • Veterans' Monument & Cemetery; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Shoshoni and East Morgan Roads; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Hillsboro 1
  • Mormon Battalion Historical Marker; Dedicated 1988; Located New Mexico Route 27, milepost 8.1; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38297
Hobbs 1
  • Confederate Air Force Museum; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Lea County Airport; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
J 1

Jarales 1
  • Veterans' War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Jose Dolores Cordova Cultural Center; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
L 15

Las Cruces 7
  • American's First Battle of World War II: The Phillipines; Dedicated - Unknown; Located southeast corner of Veterans Park; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38286
  • Bataan Death March Memorial Walkway; Dedicated April 1, 2001; Located Roadrunner Parkway; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1GZ7_The_Bataan_Death_March_Memorial_Walkway_Veterans_Park_Las_Cruces_NM
  • Civil War Battle of Mesilla and Major Lynde's Retreat; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Mesilla Plaza; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=38266
  • Heroes of Bataan, The New Mexico Story; Dedicated - Unknown; Located southeast corner of Veteran's Park; http://www.hmdb.org/Marker.asp?Marker=38293
  • Nike Hercules Missile; Dedicated - Unknown; Located US 70, Milepost 178; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38295
  • Veterans' Memorial Park and Wall; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 2651 Roadrunner Parkway; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Vietnam Memorial Highway
Las Vegas 1
  • Veterans' Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Mills Avenue; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Logan
  • Logan, New Mexico Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated 2010; Located Logan Cemetery (Note:  See pictures at the bottom of this page.)
Lordsburg 2
  • Hildago County Veterans Memorial (World War II - Bataan Death March/Battle of Corregidor); Dedicated May 30, 1948; Located Hildago County Courthouse (Note:  Please see Pictures at the End of Page)
  • Veterans' Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 2.5 miles SW of Lordsburg (off State Route 494); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Los Alamos 2
  • Camp Lordsburg, Japanese and Japanese-American Internment Camp; Later reopened as the Lordsburg Prisoner of War Camp; Marker placed - unknown; Located intersection Frontage and POW Roads; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=60678
  • Veterans' Monument (Ashley Pond); Dedicated - Unknown; Located next to the County Administration Building, 2300 Trinity Drive; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Los Lunas  1
  • Daniel Fernandez Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 1001 State Route 314 SW' http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Loving  1
  • USMC Park (Ervell Guevara Park); Dedicated - Unknown; Located 4th and Cottonwood Streets; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
M 3

Mescalero 1
  • Lozen, Little Sister, A Shield to Her People (Apache Fighter); Dedicated - Unknown; Located US 70, milepost 256.2; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=46033
Mesilla 2
  • All Servicemen and Women; Dedicated 1957; Located Calle de Parian; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6989
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 2000 Avenida de Mesilla; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
P 5

Pecos 2
  • Artillery Place; Dedicated - Unknown; Located American Legion Post #11, NM State Route 63; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Veterans' Memorial Plaque; Dedicated - Unknown; Located St. Anthony's Church (11 South Main Street); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Placitas 1
  • Women Veterans of New Mexico; Dedicated - Unknown; Located New Mexico Route 165, milepost 0.2; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=45458
Portales  2
  • Veterans' Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Courthouse Square; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Veterans' Memorial Building; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 7th and Abilene Streets; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Q 1

Questa  1
  • Veterans' Healing Field of Honor; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Every Memorial Day Weekend, center of town; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
R 15

Raton  3
  • WWII Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Ripley Park; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Remember Pearl Harbor; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Ripley Park; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Colfax County Veteran's Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Colfax County Courthouse; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Rio Arriba County 1
  • Private First Class Willie D. Martinez Memorial Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located NM State Highway 554; Mile marker 0.6; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Rio Rancho 1
  • Veteran's Monument Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Pinetree Road and Southern Boulevard; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Roswell  10
  • 200th New Mexico Coast Artillery Marker (World War II); Dedicated May 30, 1959; Located corner North Main and E, 5th; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T7T_200th_New_Mexico_Coast_Artillery_Roswell_NM
  • Chaves County War Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated November 11, 1983; Located Chaves Courthouse lawn; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T7Y_Veterans_of_all_Wars_Roswell_NM
  • Memorial Flagpole (All Wars); Dedicated - Unknown; Located Chaves Courthouse Lawn; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T4Y_Veterans_Memorial_Roswell_NM
  • Naval Veterans Memorial, US Navy Anchor (All Wars); Dedicated February 24, 1968; Located Chaves County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T32_Naval_Veterans_Roswell_NM
  • Persian Gulf War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located northwest corner Chaves County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T7N_Persian_Gulf_War_Memorial_Roswell_NM
  • POW/MIA/KIA Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 912 N. Pennsylvania; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Naval Veterans Memorial, US Navy Anchor (All Wars); Dedicated February 24, 1968; Located Chaves County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T32_Naval_Veterans_Roswell_NM
  • Naval Veterans Memorial, US Navy Anchor (All Wars); Dedicated February 24, 1968; Located Chaves County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T32_Naval_Veterans_Roswell_NM
  • Naval Veterans Memorial, US Navy Anchor (All Wars); Dedicated February 24, 1968; Located Chaves County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7T32_Naval_Veterans_Roswell_NM
  • Wall of Honor for New Mexico's Military Members; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Overmier Firestone Store, 125 South Main Street
S 24

San Jon 1
  • Memorial; Located City Hall
Santa Fe  15
  • Bataan Memorial Building; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 407 Galisteo Street; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Bataan Memorial Monument (Eternal Flame); Dedicated - Unknown; Located 407 Galisteo Street; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Bataan Memorial Museum; Located 1050 Old Pecos Trail
  • Ebin (Eben) Stanley (Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor); Dedicated - Unknown; Located New Mexico Route 27; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=62894
  • Ft. Craig Post Cemetery Memorial (Civil War, Indian Unrest, Battle of Valverde); Dedicated 2009; Located Santa Fe National Cemetery; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp
  • Glorietta Pass Confederate Dead (Civil War); Dedicated 1993; Located Santa Fe National Cemetery; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp
  • James McNally (Civil War); Dedicated - Unknown; Located New Mexico Route 152, Milepost 39.2; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=38209
  • Memorial (All Wars, Women in Navy); Dedicated 1995; Located Santa Fe National Cemetery; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp
  • Memorial (China, Burma, India Veterans); Dedicated 2003; Located Santa Fe National Cemetery; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp
  • Memorial (World War II Glider Pilots); Dedicated November 11, 1994; Located Santa Fe National Cemetery
  • New Mexico Veterans' Memorial Monument; Located NW corner of Bataan Memorial Building, Cerrillos Road and Montezuma Street
  • State of New Mexico Veterans Services Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated July 4, 2005; Located lawn of Federal Building, 400 Don Gaspar Avenue; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCVMB_State_of_New_Mexico_Veterans_Services_Memorial_Santa_Fe_NM
  • To the Heroes of the Federal Army; Dedicated 1868; Located center of Santa Fe Plaza; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=45586
  • USS Santa Fe CL-60; Dedicated 1975; Located corner San Francisco and Lincoln Avenues; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFNKF_USS_Santa_Fe_CL_60_Santa_Fe_NM
  • Wall of Honor; Dedicated - Unknown; Located State Capitol Rotunda; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Santa Cruz 1
  • Freddie I. Branch Bridge; Dedicated - Unknown; Located State Highway 106 (over the Santa Cruz River); http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Santo Domingo Pueblo 1
  • The Mormon Battalion; Dedicated June 16, 1940; Located US 85; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32984
Socorro 1
  • For Southern Independence; Dedicated 2012; Located Romero Street; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=64055
Springer 5
  • Lance Corporal Chad Robert Hildebrandt Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Courthouse lawn; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WME7WN_Lance_Corporal_Chad_Robert_Hildebrandt_Memorial_Springer_New_Mexico
  • POW/MIA Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located front former Colfax County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WME7X3_POW_MIA_Memorial_Springer_New_Mexico
  • Springer Area Combined World Wars Memorial (World War I, World War II); Dedicated - Unknown; Located former Colfax County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WME7WV_Springer_Area_Combined_World_Wars_Memorial_Springer_New_Mexico
  • Springer Area Vietnam Era Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located front former Colfax County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WME7XA_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Former_Colfax_County_Courthouse_Springer_New_Mexico
  • Springer Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located front former Colfax County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WME7WZ_Springer_Korean_War_Memorial_Springer_New_Mexico
T 13

Taos 2
  • Bataan Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Taos Plaza; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • Bataan Memorial Building (Covention Center); Dedicated 0 Unknown; Located 120 Civic Plaza Drive; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Truth or Consequences 10
  • American Revolution Plaque; Dedicated 2009; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=a68f3667-029b-4644-afff-34110a193b4e&s=32&ct=2&st=2
  • Korean War Memorial; Dedicated 2009; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXCW_Korean_War_Memorial_T_or_C_New_Mexico
  • Persian Gulf War Plaque; Dedicated 2009; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXCD_Persian_Gulf_War_Plaque_T_or_C_New_Mexico
  • Sierra County World War I, World War II, and Korean War Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located Sierra County Courthouse; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXBY_Sierra_County_WW_I_II_Korean_War_Memorial_T_or_C_New_Mexico
  • Spanish-American War Plaque; Dedicated 2009; Located Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXCP_Spanish_American_War_plaque_T_or_C_New_Mexico
  • Veterans' Memorial Park and Museum; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 996 South Broadway; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7ZXY_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Veterans_Memorial_Park_Truth_or_Consequences_NM_USA
  • Vietnam War Memorial; Dedicated 2009; Located Hamilton Military Museum and Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXDZ_Vietnam_War_Memorial_Veterans_Memorial_Park_T_or_C_NM
  • War of 1812 Monument; Dedicated 2009; Located Hamilton Military Museum and Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXC4_War_of_1812_Monument_Veterans_Memorial_Park_T_or_C_NM
  • World War I Memorial; Dedicated 2009; Located Hamilton Military Museum and Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=a03241a5-6eb6-4238-81e5-984fa1f33b0a&s=32&ct=2&st=2
  • World War II Memorial; Dedicated 2009; Located Hamilton Military Museum and Veterans Memorial Park; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCXE2_World_War_II_Memorial_T_or_C_New_Mexico
Tularosa 1
  • Veterans' Memorial Park; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 1050 Bookout Road; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
V 2

Vado (Dona Ana County)  1
  • New Mexico Vietnam Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located 9350 Highway 478; http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
Village of Tijeras 1
  • Vietnam Memorial; Dedicated - Unknown; Located - Undetermined; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6M9D_Village_Of_Tijeras_Vietnam_Memorial_Luis_Garcia_Park_Tijeras_NM_USA
W 3

Wagon Mound 1
  • Wagon Mound Veterans Memorial (All Wars); Dedicated September 5, 2009; Located small town park/plaza; http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WME8M8_Wagon_Mound_Veterans_Memorial_Wagon_Mound_New_Mexico
White Sands Proving Grounds 2
  • McDonald Ranch House Trinity Site; Dedicated 1984; Located WSMR S Route 321; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=15072
  • Trinity Site (World War II); Dedicated 1965; Located White Sands Missile Range; http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=4314

New Mexico Memorial Highways
8
  • Bataan Memorial Highway - US 70 - From Las Cruces to Alamogordo
  • Ft. Stanton - Merchant Marine & Military Memorial Cemetery
  • Navajo Code Talkers' Highway - SR 264 (from Ya-ta-Hey to Window Rock, Arizona)
  • Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway - I-10 (Arizona to Texas
  • Purple Heart Trail - I-40 (Arizona to Texas)
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Highway - SR 371 - From Farmington to Crownpoint
  • Veterans' Memorial Highway - SR 599 - Santa Fe 
 Blue Star Memorial Highways - http://www.dvs.state.nm.us/nm_memorials.html
  • US 70 through New Mexico
  • US 80 Through New Mexico
  • US 85 through New Mexico
  • US 180 through Silver City
  • US 285 through New Mexico
  • US 380 Through New Mexico
New Mexico National Cemeteries
  • Fort Bayard National Cemetery, Silver City; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftbayard.asp
  • Santa Fe National Cemetery; 501 North Guadalupe Street; http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp
New Mexico VA Hospitals - http://www.albuquerque.va.gov/

New Mexico's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients, includes recipients born in New Mexico but medals 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
Bonnyman, Jr., Alexander “Sandy”
Fernandez, Daniel
Jennings, Delbert Owen
Martinez, Joseph P.
Miller, Franklin Douglas
Miyamura, Hiroshi
Moon, Jr., Harold Herman
Oliver, Francis


Petry, Leroy A.
Rocco, Louis Richard
Ruiz, Alejandro Renteria
Scott, Robert Sheldon
Stanley, Eben
Valdez, Jose F.
Walker, Kenneth Newton
Worley, Kenneth Lee
Pictures
Picture
Artesia, New Mexico
Baish Memorial Park
Used with Permission of Artesia Main Street Inc.

Logan, New Mexico
Veterans Memorial
Used with Permission of Joe Frey, American Legion Post 77
Lordsburg, New Mexico
Hildago County Veterans Memorial (World War II - Bataan Death March/Battle of Corregidor)
Pictures submitted by and Used with Permission of Dave Carbine, Hidalgo County

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