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Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

World War II Honor Roll

 
 
World War II Honored Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
1. World War II Honored Dead
Inscription.

Dedicated to the memory
of those who made
the supreme sacrifice
World War II

PVT. Joseph T. Martino • CPL. Fred Felker
PFC. James Lauth • PVT. Patrick Searfoss
PFC. Anthony Fabrick Jr. • S/SGT. Maurice Pricka
T/S. Edward J. Engleman • CPL. John Gorel [Gorrel]
PFC. Underwood Duffy • LT. Eric Schlect

East Mauch Chunk
World War II Honor Roll

[Roll of Veterans]


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 52.704′ N, 75° 43.755′ W. Memorial is in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County. It is at the intersection of North Street (Pennsylvania Route 903) and 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Jim Thorpe PA 18229, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Pocono Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,
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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: Waterborne Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Joseph's Church (approx. Ό mile away); The Carlisle Years (approx. half a mile away); A Vigorous Youth (approx. half a mile away); The 1912 Olympics (approx. half a mile away); The Professional Sportsman (approx. half a mile away); James Francis Thorpe (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jim Thorpe.
 
World War II Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
2. World War II Honor Roll
World War II Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
3. World War II Honor Roll
World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2018
4. World War II Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 507 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 17, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. A transcription of all the names on the memorial. • Can you help?
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Jul. 15, 2026