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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 12, 2019
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of those who gave their lives that others might live

World War II

Lloyd S. Wilkinson • Richard O. Heiden • Donald B. Craig • Philip S. Fromyer • Francis L. Haaser • Chester Demereski • Michael Yanov • Neal W. Cunningham • Ivan P. Shuler • Robert L. Anderson • Ralph D. Newton • Earl R. Pearson • Lawrence S. Trippi • Richard B. Ramsdell • Henry J. Semelka • Arthur L. Chesley • Donald J. Cutright • Charles A. Cherrange • M. Milton Smith • George W. Shampoe • Robert A. Fordyce • John H. Reibs • Calvin A. Fisher • Thomas J. Beatty • Clarence A. Cavitt

Korean War
Melvin Maas • Richard Ross • Theodore Beckwith

Vietnam War
Edward M. Selkregg III • Gerald R. Carr • Gregory R. Kelly • Joseph Allessie, Jr. • Larry C. Beebe
 
Erected by Lake Shore Post 105, American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 42° 12.959′ N, 79° 50.112′ W. Memorial is in North East, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It is on West Main Street (Route 20) west of North Lake Street
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(Pennsylvania Route 89), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11 West Main Street, North East PA 16428, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania and in Greater Erie. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Erected to the Memory of the Defenders of Our Country and Flag (here, next to this marker); World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); North East (within shouting distance of this marker); 7 West Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 11, 13 & 15 West Main (within shouting distance of this marker); 5 West Main (within shouting distance of this
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 12, 2019
2. Veterans Memorial
marker); 3 West Main (within shouting distance of this marker); The First Presbyterian Church of North East (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in North East.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 299 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 15, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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