Battlefield Cross Memorial
As early as the Civil War, a battlefield cross has been used to mark the place on the battlefield where military service personnel made the ultimate sacrifice.
Pinellas County established a Battlefield Cross Monument at War Veterans’ Memorial Park to honor Pinellas County’s fallen service members of the Gulf War Era. Several Pinellas County departments including Communications, Human Services, Parks and Conservation Resources and Veterans Services worked with Gold Star Mothers and local veterans’ advocate, Father Robert “Bob” Swick to dedicate the monument. Families of the fallen and nearly 300 residents attended the ceremony to dedicate the Battlefield Cross Monument on Memorial Day 2015.
The monument is located at the Memorial Center across from the Sundial and can be visited during regular park hours.
Memorial Day Dedication 2015 photos on Flickr
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Pinellas County’s Fallen Heroes
SPC Keith Clites
U. S. Army
LCPL Joseph D. Dougherty III
U. S. Marine Corps
SGT Denis J. Gallardo
U. S. Army
SPC Brittany B. Gordon
U. S. Army
CPL Frank R. Gross
U. S. Army
SPC Arturo Huerta-Cruz
U. S. Army
MCPO Richard J. Kessler, Jr.
U. S. Navy
MSGT Michael H. Maltz
U. S. Air Force
PFC Louis E. Niedermeier
U. S. Army
CPL Jonathan D. Porto
U. S. Marine Corps
SSG Michael R. Robson
U. S. Army
PFC Jonathan M. Rossi
U. S. Army
2ND LT Charles R. Rubado
U. S. Army
LCPL Nathaniel J. A. Schultz
U. S. Marine Corps
SPC Zachary L. Shannon
U. S. Army
SSG Matthew S. Sitton
U. S. Army
SGT James D. Stewart
U. S. Army
SGT David W. Thomas
U. S. Army