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Details:

On the right side behind the Medal of Honor monument.


Plaque A thick rectangular stone plaque set on the ground, with a carved lettering and inscribed in English text. The plaque is dedicated in memory of Captain Harvey Jokinen who was killed in a helicopter crash accident in 1978. Captain Jokinen was one of nine killed when their Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter crashed on the edge of a field near Unteraltertheim while flying from the unit's barracks at Baumholder to the Army training grounds at Grafenwöhr in Germany.

Monument Text:

IN MEMORY OF

CPT H. RICHARD JOKINEN

KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY

27 JUNE 1978

Commemorates:

People:

Harvey Richard Jokinen

Units:

8th Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

Cold War