Easton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Alumni Memorial Plaza

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 30, 2019

1. Alumni Memorial Plaza Marker

Inscription.

Alumni Memorial Plaza. . Dedicated to Honor the Sons of Lafayette Fallen in Service to the United States of America September 16, 1989, Mexican War 1846 - 1848, James McKeen '41, Civil War 1861 - 1865, Edward S. Carrell '61 . Joseph Castles '59 . Luther Davis '61 John R. Hilton '60 . Henry B. Howell '64 . Horatio S. Howell '38 Samuel H. Kendig '50 . Sidney M. Layton '36 . Robert M. Mann '62 Robert M. McCormick '56 . Isaiah Moore '48 . Richard A. Oakford '37 Roswell S. Parker '61 . Henry Stothoff '59 . William H. Alexander '61 Clinton M. Andrews '56 . John M. Annan '62 . Edward A. Barnet '38 Walter S. Briggs '52 . John H. Buckley '63 . Daniel J. Carey '63, Spanish-American War 1898, Charles A. Wikoff '55, World War I 1917 - 1918, Kenneth Bell '18 . Charles J. Davenport '15 . William W. Frick '14 Wilson B. Gaither '15 . Robert L. Houck '19 . Alvan R. Kirschner '18 George E. Lear '12 . Davis W. Lusk '10 . Peyton C. March, Jr. '19 Kenneth A. Maxwell '16 . Paul H. Mayhew '18 . Cornelius J. McCarthy '15 William A. McCollough '20 . Anthony B. McCormick '14 . Mortimer P. Crane '18 William T. Davis, Jr. '19 . Maxwell McKeen '17 . Samuel Miller, Jr. '20 Herbert J. Otto '17 . David Paul '14 . Sanford H. Potter '20 Harry C. Preston '20 . Robert A. Ouiri '17 . William C. Reese '08 David W. Roberts '19 . Lloyd Roberts '13 . William C. Short '15 Ellis W. Wade '08 . Gus E. Warden '11 . Lea D. Williams '15 Edwin S. Gard, Jr. '12 . David M. Rupp '16 . Richard J. Walters '13, World War II 1941 - 1945, Robert V. Agard '42 . William W. Allen '46 . David S. Alter '40 Elvin L. Barr '18 . William K. Bender, Jr. '34 . Martin A. Berman '46 Edward I. Bippart '46 . Andrew Bodnarik '45 . James K. Bowman '34 Warren L. Breinig '41 . Ladue M. Brockway '24 . Maxwell M. Brown '44 Charles C. Brownmiller, Jr. '44 . James F. Bryant '40 . Seaton Buell '34 Harry W. Casey '43 . Abe R. Cohen '33 . Bates B. Craver, Jr. '44 Howard G. Cropsey '43 . William H. Davidow '40 . Norman S. Davis, Jr. '41 Paul A. Dietrick '40 . Herbert H. Eighlin, Jr. '38 . H. Winfield Erhardt '41 John G. Falvey '28 . Herbert A. Gans '45 . G. Newton Greene '39 John F. Greenwood '30 . John T. Greer '40 . William W. Highberger '27 Frederick C. Hohnbaum, Jr. '42 . Ben James '43 . Robert S. Johnstone '46 Charles E. Jones '39 . Seymour Keidan '41 . David P. Kilpatrick '39 A. Herman Koplin '33 . Arthur LaRoe '14 . James W. Leithhead '34 Donald L. Levin '47 . Robert T. Levy '41 . John Ligaitis '36 George C. Maitland '44 . Samuel H. McChesney, Jr. '39 . Edward S. McCluskey '32 James P. McKenna '45 . J. Franklin Meehan, Jr. '23 . Thomas G. Mitchell '44 Robert R. O'Loughlin, Jr. '46 . Terry F. Overton '41 . Woodman B. Pomeroy '37 Charles Povolny '39 . Edward C. Ransburg '38 . Donald C. Reed '42 Lawrence W. Regan '33 . Garrett V. Rickards '39 . Richard K. Robb '45 Frank C. Rosendorf '40 . Louis S. Sailer '26 . Alvin C. Sawtelle, Jr. '29 H. Francis Schwarzenbek '40 . Howard M. Scull '35 . Melvin D. Seltzer '40 Alfred C. Shaplin '37 . William G. Shepherd, Jr. '41 . Joseph N. Shober '42 Oliver W. Shrewsbury '38 . Isaac G. Sieber, Jr. '27 . Harold E. Simmons '39 Edgar Simon '42 . Charles H. Snaman, Jr. '39 . Clyde M. Snavely '43 Russell D. Stein '30 . William A. Stellger, Jr. '46 . Norman K. Stofflet '36 Robert T. Thielscher '42 . Robert H. Todd '39 . Francis Tosoni '44 Claude S. Turner '46 . Torrence F. Uhler '40 . Henry C. Whittlesey '28 Robert N. Williams, Jr. '43 . Richard O. Wolfe '43 . Chester M. Wood '30 Daniel B. Woolcock, Jr. '44 . Austin R. Wyman '45 . Robert H. Yahraes '44 Philip W. Ziegler '45 . William C. Ziemer '44, Korean War 1950 - 1953, Charles H. Detweiler '51 . John J. McCoy, Jr. '51 Donald R. Galletly '45 . Henry A. Schenk '48, Vietnam 1959 - 1973, David G. Bruggeman '68 . Robert F. Conti '68 . Joseph W. Devlin '65 Robert J. Gilbert '61 . Robert C. Keller '63 . Walter W. Lubbe, Jr. '66 Richard W. Meehan '64 . A. Davis Moscrip, Jr. '65 . John P. Potenti, Jr. '54 Robert C. Turnbull '68 . Frederick P. Victoria '64 . David W. Walsh '63 Gerald L. Wilson, Jr. '62 . John A. Prevost '58.

Dedicated to Honor the
Sons of Lafayette
Fallen in Service to
the United States of America
September 16, 1989

Mexican War
1846 - 1848

James McKeen '41

Civil War
1861 - 1865

Edward S. Carrell '61 • Joseph Castles '59 • Luther Davis '61
John R. Hilton '60 • Henry B. Howell '64 • Horatio S. Howell '38
Samuel H. Kendig '50 • Sidney M. Layton '36 • Robert M. Mann '62
Robert M. McCormick '56 • Isaiah Moore '48 • Richard A. Oakford '37
Roswell S. Parker '61 • Henry Stothoff '59 • William H. Alexander '61
Clinton M. Andrews '56 • John M. Annan '62 • Edward A. Barnet '38
Walter S. Briggs '52 • John H. Buckley '63 • Daniel J. Carey '63

Spanish-American War
1898

Charles A. Wikoff '55

World War I
1917 - 1918

Kenneth Bell '18 • Charles J. Davenport '15 • William W. Frick '14
Wilson B. Gaither '15 • Robert L. Houck '19 • Alvan R. Kirschner '18
George E. Lear '12 • Davis W. Lusk '10 • Peyton C. March, Jr. '19
Kenneth A. Maxwell '16 • Paul H. Mayhew '18 • Cornelius J. McCarthy '15
William A. McCollough '20 • Anthony B. McCormick '14 • Mortimer P. Crane '18
William T. Davis, Jr. '19 • Maxwell McKeen '17 • Samuel Miller, Jr. '20
Herbert J. Otto '17

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• David Paul '14 • Sanford H. Potter '20
Harry C. Preston '20 • Robert A. Ouiri '17 • William C. Reese '08
David W. Roberts '19 • Lloyd Roberts '13 • William C. Short '15
Ellis W. Wade '08 • Gus E. Warden '11 • Lea D. Williams '15
Edwin S. Gard, Jr. '12 • David M. Rupp '16 • Richard J. Walters '13

World War II
1941 - 1945

Robert V. Agard '42 • William W. Allen '46 • David S. Alter '40
Elvin L. Barr '18 • William K. Bender, Jr. '34 • Martin A. Berman '46
Edward I. Bippart '46 • Andrew Bodnarik '45 • James K. Bowman '34
Warren L. Breinig '41 • Ladue M. Brockway '24 • Maxwell M. Brown '44
Charles C. Brownmiller, Jr. '44 • James F. Bryant '40 • Seaton Buell '34
Harry W. Casey '43 • Abe R. Cohen '33 • Bates B. Craver, Jr. '44
Howard G. Cropsey '43 • William H. Davidow '40 • Norman S. Davis, Jr. '41
Paul A. Dietrick '40 • Herbert H. Eighlin, Jr. '38 • H. Winfield Erhardt '41
John G. Falvey '28 • Herbert A. Gans '45 • G. Newton Greene '39
John F. Greenwood '30 • John T. Greer '40 • William W. Highberger '27
Frederick C. Hohnbaum, Jr. '42 • Ben James '43 • Robert S. Johnstone '46
Charles E. Jones '39 • Seymour Keidan '41 • David P. Kilpatrick '39
A. Herman Koplin '33 • Arthur LaRoe '14 • James W. Leithhead '34
Donald L. Levin '47 • Robert T. Levy '41 • John Ligaitis '36
George

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2. Alumni Memorial Plaza Bench

Civil War and Spanish-American War Honored Dead

C. Maitland '44 • Samuel H. McChesney, Jr. '39 • Edward S. McCluskey '32
James P. McKenna '45 • J. Franklin Meehan, Jr. '23 • Thomas G. Mitchell '44
Robert R. O'Loughlin, Jr. '46 • Terry F. Overton '41 • Woodman B. Pomeroy '37
Charles Povolny '39 • Edward C. Ransburg '38 • Donald C. Reed '42
Lawrence W. Regan '33 • Garrett V. Rickards '39 • Richard K. Robb '45
Frank C. Rosendorf '40 • Louis S. Sailer '26 • Alvin C. Sawtelle, Jr. '29
H. Francis Schwarzenbek '40 • Howard M. Scull '35 • Melvin D. Seltzer '40
Alfred C. Shaplin '37 • William G. Shepherd, Jr. '41 • Joseph N. Shober '42
Oliver W. Shrewsbury '38 • Isaac G. Sieber, Jr. '27 • Harold E. Simmons '39
Edgar Simon '42 • Charles H. Snaman, Jr. '39 • Clyde M. Snavely '43
Russell D. Stein '30 • William A. Stellger, Jr. '46 • Norman K. Stofflet '36
Robert T. Thielscher '42 • Robert H. Todd '39 • Francis Tosoni '44
Claude S. Turner '46 • Torrence F. Uhler '40 • Henry C. Whittlesey '28
Robert N. Williams, Jr. '43 • Richard O. Wolfe '43 • Chester M. Wood '30
Daniel B. Woolcock, Jr. '44 • Austin R. Wyman '45 • Robert H. Yahraes '44
Philip W. Ziegler '45 • William C. Ziemer '44

Korean War
1950 - 1953

Charles H. Detweiler '51 • John J. McCoy, Jr. '51
Donald R. Galletly '45 • Henry A. Schenk '48

Vietnam
1959 - 1973

David

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3. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

G. Bruggeman '68 • Robert F. Conti '68 • Joseph W. Devlin '65
Robert J. Gilbert '61 • Robert C. Keller '63 • Walter W. Lubbe, Jr. '66
Richard W. Meehan '64 • A. Davis Moscrip, Jr. '65 • John P. Potenti, Jr. '54
Robert C. Turnbull '68 • Frederick P. Victoria '64 • David W. Walsh '63
Gerald L. Wilson, Jr. '62 • John A. Prevost '58

Erected 1989 by Lafayette College.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 40° 42.008′ N, 75° 12.534′ W. Memorial is in Easton, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is on Hamilton Street north of High Street, on the left when traveling north. The Memorial is adjacent to Oechsle Hall, on the Lafayette College campus. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Easton PA 18042, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

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: Wilson Baughman Gaither '15 (a few steps from this marker); Honored French Soldiers Who Died at Yorktown (within shouting distance of this marker); • Edward E. "Hook" Mylin • (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas B. Holloway, M.D. (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); • G. Herbert McCracken Gate •

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4. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

(about 400 feet away); Astronomical Observatory (approx. 0.2 miles away); The First Triangulation Station and Benchmark (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lafayette (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Easton.

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5. Alumni Memorial Plaza Bench

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6. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

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7. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

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8. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

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9. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

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10. Alumni Memorial Plaza Bench

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11. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

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12. Alumni Memorial Plaza Honored Dead

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 622 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on July 3, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.