Kingston in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
1. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Marker
Inscription.
109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial. .
(front)
This battery of four three inch guns is placed here in loving memory of the thirty-three men of the 109th Field Artillery BN, mustered into federal service 5 September 1950, killed in the wreck of their troop train on 11 September 1950, at Coshocton, Ohio
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:3.
(back)
Capt. Arthur J. Thomas Warrant Officers William M. Wellington . James F. Mc Ginley Sergeants Lester J. Kuehn . Bernard S. Okrasinski Gilbert B. Wharton . William C. Edwards John W. Cox Corporals Carl W. Armbruster . Thomas M. Ostraszewski Joseph E. Fletcher . Larry L. Luzinski John L. Barna Privates 1st Class Leonard Balonis . Edward W. Gallagher Harold Handlos . Clyde P. Harding Edmund F. Zabicki . Donald C. Zieker Ronald J. Jackson . Martin Hornlein Raymond Pudlowski Privates William F. Tierney . Richard A. Royer William F. Sobers . Thomas W. Wallace William J. Dougherty . Hugh L. Fargus Frank C. Martinez . Charles Norton Wallace R. Ludwig . Eugene Carr William R. Disbrow.
(front)
This battery of
four three inch guns
is placed here
in loving memory of the
thirty-three men of the
109th Field Artillery BN,
mustered into federal service
5 September 1950,
killed in the wreck
of their troop train on
11 September 1950, at
Coshocton, Ohio
"Greater love hath no
man than this, that a
man lay down his
life for his friends"
John 15:3
(back)
Capt. Arthur J. Thomas Warrant Officers
William M. Wellington • James F. Mc Ginley Sergeants
Lester J. Kuehn • Bernard S. Okrasinski
Gilbert B. Wharton • William C. Edwards
John W. Cox Corporals
Carl W. Armbruster • Thomas M. Ostraszewski
Joseph E. Fletcher • Larry L. Luzinski
John L. Barna Privates 1st Class
Leonard Balonis • Edward W. Gallagher
Harold Handlos • Clyde P. Harding
Edmund F. Zabicki • Donald C. Zieker
Ronald J. Jackson • Martin Hornlein
Raymond Pudlowski Privates
William F. Tierney • Richard A. Royer
William F. Sobers • Thomas W. Wallace
William J. Dougherty • Hugh L. Fargus
Frank C. Martinez • Charles Norton
Wallace R. Ludwig • Eugene Carr
William
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R. Disbrow
Erected by Comrades and Friends of the 109th Field Artillery.
Location. 41° 15.231′ N, 75° 53.41′ W. Marker is in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. Memorial is at the intersection of Market Street and 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Market Street. Memorial stands on the Kingston Armory grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 280 Market Street, Kingston PA 18704, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Marker (back)
. Pictures, history and remembrance of the wreck. Click on the "Train Disaster" link in the left-hand drop-down menu. (Submitted on May 3, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
3. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
4. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 No. 107
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
5. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 No. 80
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
6. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 No. 80 Gun Carriage Plate
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
7. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 No. 107 Gun Carriage Plate
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
8. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 No. 122 Gun Carriage Plate
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
9. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 No. 495 Gun Carriage Plate
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
10. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1904 Gun Tube Mark on Model 1902 No. 107 Carriage
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
11. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1902 Gun Tube Mark on Model 1902 No. 122 Carriage
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., May 2, 2018
12. 109th Field Artillery Battalion Memorial Gun Detail
3 Inch Field Gun Model 1905 Gun Tube Mark on Model 1902 No. 495 Carriage
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 282 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on May 3, 2018, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.