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Source:  American Wars Missing in Action, Wilmington. Photo by bobbystuff.com

  • Monument Name

    American Wars Missing in Action, Wilmington

  • Type

    Marker

  • Subjects

    Veterans of Multiple Wars

  • City

    Wilmington

  • County

    New Hanover

  • Description

    The Missing in Action memorial is a two piece granite lectern style marker. The base is a finished block with the larger lectern top having a finished face with rough hewn edges. A metal plaque is attached to the lectern top. The courthouse flagpole stands between this memorial and one to the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict. Given the style and placement of the two memorials and flagpole they were certainly planned as a single memorial setting.

    Images (by Cosmos Mariner): The courthouse flagpole with two memorials markers

  • Inscription

    DEDICATED BY THE / NEW HANOVER COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL / IN ETERNAL REMEMBRANCE OF / OUR LOST HEROES / OUR COMRADES IN ARMS / DECLARED MISSING IN ACTION / IN AMERICA’S WARS

  • Custodian

    New Hanover County

  • Dedication Date

    Circa 1975

  • Decade

    1970s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    34.236630 , -77.945940 View in Geobrowsemap pin

  • Supporting Sources

      “New Hanover County Courthouse in Wilmington, North Carolina,” Bobbystuff.com, (accessed November 5, 2023) Link

      “Wilmington & New Hanover County War Memorial,” The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed November 17, 2023) Link

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Granite, metal

  • Sponsors

    New Hanover Veterans Council

  • Location

    The memorial is located on the grounds of the New Hanover County Courthouse at 316 Princess St, Wilmington, NC 28401. Other memorials on the courthouse grounds include the Colonel James Innes marker, Freedom Flame, Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict, and Statue of Liberty replica.

  • Landscape

    The memorial marker stands on the front lawn of the courthouse building.

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