The East Coast Memorial is a Second World War Memorial located in Battery Park, New York City. The Memorial stands to commemorate US servicemen who died in the West Atlantic Ocean and who could not be recovered. There are 4,611 names of sailors, soldiers, airmen, coast guards, marines and merchant naval personnel listed over four granite pylons. An eagle statue faces the Statue of Liberty.



The memorial is one of three memorials for missing servicemen in the United States. The East Coast Memorial, West Coast Memorial and Honolulu Meorial (Vietnam) are all administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The East Coast Memorial was designed by Gehron & Seltzer, it was dedicated in 1963 by President John F Kennedy.



http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/east-coast-memorial