The record
A piece of the Wall on the Airlift/Tanker Association's memorial walk at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, still there in 2024.
The walk is called the Walk of Fame, and the base lies east of St. Louis. When ground was broken there in August 2024 for a new monument to Operation Allies Refuge, the Air Force's own report listed what the new memorial would be joining: a piece of the Berlin Wall, a 9/11 memorial and memorial busts.
That is as much as an official source says, and the record keeps to it. Accounts of how the slab got there — who gave it, when, how large it is — circulate without a primary source behind them, and are left out until one is found. Scott is an active installation, so the walk is not generally open to the public.
The listing this record comes from pinned it ten kilometres west of the base. The pin now marks the memorial on Heritage Drive, as the Historical Marker Database records it. That database's transcription of the memorial's inscription says the piece of the Wall at its east end was furnished by the Luftbrücke chapter of the Airlift Association; it is a copy of the plaque rather than a primary source, and is given here as such.
How did it get here?
Not established.
Sources
Listed by the Berlin Wall Archive as #380.
Operation Allies Refuge monument groundbreaking — DVIDS, 5 September 2024 ↗
A groundbreaking ceremony at the Airlift/Tanker Association Walk of Fame at Scott Air Force Base on 28 August 2024, for a monument joining a piece from the Berlin Wall, the 9/11 memorial and memorial busts.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Airlift Hall of Fame Memorial — The Historical Marker Database ↗
A volunteer database's record of the memorial, placing it on Heritage Drive just east of Symington Drive on Scott Air Force Base with a measured coordinate, and transcribing its inscription: a piece of the Berlin Wall at the east end, furnished by the Luftbrücke chapter of the Airlift Association, beside a replica of the Berlin Airlift memorial.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 380
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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