California Korean War Memorial

The beautiful Memorial is located on the lawn in front of the Tuolumne County Veterans Memorial Hall. The Memorial is inscribed, " This Memorial is dedicated to all Korean War Veterans who served and died with courage and conviction during a conflict that produced 54,246 U.S. casualties and 8,177 MIAs." Also placed on the left front is a bronze medallion of the crest of each branch of our armed forces, placed on the right side are bronze plaques indicating the major battles of the war. The Memorial itself is black and gray marble. On the back of the Memorial are inscribed the names of Tuolumne County service men listed as, KIA, MIA and POWs. Also inscribed are the names of county veterans that served in the Korean War, the Tuolumne County Chapter is the only chapter in the United Sates with less than 50 members to have built and dedicated a Korean War Memorial. The members of this Chapter had but one goal since the formation of the chapter, to build and dedicate the Memorial. After three years of struggling their dream was realized when Bob Mildenberger and Jerry Ryder were given the honor of unveiling the Memorial.