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4th-5th-7th-8th Wards WWII Honor Roll

 
 
4th-5th-7th-8th Wards WWII Honor Roll Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
1. 4th-5th-7th-8th Wards WWII Honor Roll Marker
Inscription.

This tree is a living memorial
to those who made the
supreme sacrifice in
World War II

William F. Dreisbach • Edward Mason
Frank Ellman • Leo Pappas
Oscar H. Schaefer • Douglas Nesbitt
Peter W. Lynch • John W. Fleckno
Robert G. Dailey

Wilkes-Barre, Penna.
1941 - 1945


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 14.764′ N, 75° 52.889′ W. Memorial is in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It can be reached from Public Square. Memorial is on the Public Square, in downtown. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Wilkes Barre PA 18701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the 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)
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Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William G. McGowan (here, next to this marker); Wilkes-Barre Fort (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel J. Flood (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Wilkes Barre 1778 (within shouting distance of this marker); Public Square Park (within shouting distance of this marker); The Birthplace of HBO (within shouting distance of this marker); America's First Jazz Festival (within shouting distance of this marker); Birthplace of the AIME (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkes-Barre.
 
4th-5th-7th-8th Wards WWII Honor Roll Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
2. 4th-5th-7th-8th Wards WWII Honor Roll Memorial
Looking NE
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 2, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 502 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 2, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Aug. 17, 2026