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Ninth Ward World War II Honor Roll

Scranton Pa.

— 1941 - 1945 —

 
 
Ninth Ward World War II Honor Roll Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2017
1. Ninth Ward World War II Honor Roll Memorial
Inscription.

Killed in Action

Raymond J. Armbruster • Oliver Brown
John Edmund Burns • Edward Collins
Manuel O. Golnick • Gilbert W. Harper
Leon Kaplan • Henry I. Levy
John E. McCormick • Richard Ortlieb
Jerome Piven • Thomas F. Rawson
Fred C. Shillinger • James M. Shoemaker

[Honor Roll of Veterans not transcribed]


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 24.667′ N, 75° 39.373′ W. Memorial is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Olive Street, on the right when traveling south on Jefferson Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 545 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton PA 18510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kate Chapman (within shouting distance of this marker); The Century Club of Scranton (within shouting distance of this marker); "A State of Giving, A City of Hope" (within shouting distance of this marker); In Remembrance of the Holocaust (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Scranton Central High School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral
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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Houlihan - McLean Center (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Dream (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scranton.
 
Ninth Ward World War II Killed in Action Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2017
2. Ninth Ward World War II Killed in Action Honor Roll
Ninth Ward World War II Honor Roll Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2017
3. Ninth Ward World War II Honor Roll Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 671 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 26, 2026