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Korean War Memorial

 
 
Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 23, 2019
1. Korean War Memorial
Inscription.
In honor of our living heroes
and in memory of these illustrious dead
who served in the Korean War
1950 - 1953

Pfc. Harold Beard, Jr. • Cpl. Earl S. Clouser • 2nd Lt. John Frech, Jr. • Cpt. Edwin E. Hartlaub • Sgt/1c. Francis Regis Jenkins • Pfc. August F. Karst, Jr. • Sgt. Floyd A. Markle • Cpl William L. Meckley • S/Sgt. Doneld E. Myers • A/2c. Frank E. Neial • Pfc. Dean E. Stuffle • Pfc. Martin L. Therit
 
Erected by American Legion Auxiliary, Harold H. Bair Post No. 14.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Korean.
 
Location. 39° 48.171′ N, 76° 59.134′ W. Memorial is in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is on East Park Avenue east of Carlisle Street (Pennsylvania Route 94), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 201 Carlisle Street, Hanover PA 17331, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg.
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It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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: Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); Abraham Lincoln (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Abraham Lincoln (within shouting distance of this marker); A Commons of Locomotives & Locomotion (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of (about 500 feet away); Working on the Railroad All the Live Long Day (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.
 
Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 23, 2019
2. Korean War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 24, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 311 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 24, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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