La Plata in Charles County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Honor Roll

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 31, 2019

1. Honor Roll Marker

Inscription.
In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice

Alvin Alvey • Robert L. Austin • Francis H. Barnes • Benjamin G. Baum • Sylvester C. Bell, Jr. • Vernon E. Billingsley • Joseph T. Bolger • Rolla R. Bowen • Francis J. Bradburn • Edward Brooks • Joseph T. Burroughs • W. Woodrow Cary • Louis D.S. Cargill • Lew Leo Chambers • Robert V. Cooksey, Jr. • Robert A. Cranford • Bernard Day • George Dean • Donald C. DeVault • Troy S. Duncan • James R. Farmer • Thomas R. Farr • Joseph V. Farrell • Lemuel E. Garner • Warren H. Greer • Philip S. Harrison, Jr. • Harris W. Hawkin • Joseph O. Higdon • John A. Horn • Joseph D. Jameson • John M. Jenifer • Thomas W. Jenkins • Calvin W. Johnson • Leon T. Johnson • Walter M. Johnson, Jr. • Clarence A. Lyles • Raymond W. Maddox • John F. Mara • Edward P. Markunas • Edward L. Martin • John D. McComas • Charles W. Middleton • James W. Milstead • Francis D. Moreland • Roger Moreland • Paul H. Morris • Bernard H. Olmstead • Earl Opell, Jr. • William J. Peters • Daniel R. Pompei • William Q. Proctor

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• James C. Queen • Norman L. Rasmussen • Marvin C. L. Rye • Adolf P. Schramm, Jr. • Roderick S. Scott • Thomas E. Swann • John W. Trotter • Carl H. Tomberlin • Herbert Washington • Arnold R. Welch • Michael G. Zaletsky

This memorial was erected November 11, 1953 to those from Charles County who died in World War II

Erected by American Legion.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 38° 32.274′ N, 76° 58.993′ W. Memorial is in La Plata, Maryland, in Charles County. It is on Crain Highway (U.S. 301) south of Hawthorne Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 6330 Crain Highway, La Plata MD 20646, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area

and in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 31, 2019

2. Honor Roll Marker

the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Korean Conflict Memorial (here, next to this marker); Lebanon / Grenada Conflict Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Conflict Memorial (here, next to this marker); War on Terror Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Enlisted Military Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); September 11 Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Old Durham Church, Episcopal - 1692 (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Plata.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 455 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.