Berlin in Worcester County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

Dedication plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 10, 2019

1. Dedication plaque

Inscription. To those who served
—
In honor of the living
In memory of the dead

[Plaque on the left side of the display:]
WWII Killed in Action

Berlin Seaman John R. Casper, Merchant Marine, N. Atlantic, 1945
Pvt. James E. Ewell, U.S. Army, Germany, 1945
Pvt. Lewis Elwood Jones, U.S. Army, Holland, 1944
Pfc. Edmund Massey, U.S. Army, Germany, 1945,
Pvt. William Robert McCabe, U.S. Army, Anzio Beachead, 1944
Pfc. Sidney Lee Quillen, U.S. Army, Italy, 1944
Pfc. Herbert J. Ruark Jr., U.S. Army, France, 1944
Sgt. Paul James Scott, U.S. Army, Germany, 1945
Pfc. Howard Watson Vickers, U.S. Army, France, 1944

Ocean City Sgt. Mark James Lynch, U.S. Army, France, 1944
Lt. Earl I. Mallary, Merchant Marine, Ft. Chicago Depot, 1944
Pfc. Norman James Quillen, U.S. Army, Germany, 1944
First Lt. Harry Selby, Air Force, Germany, 1944
Boatswain, Mate Linwood Jack Townsend, U.S.C.G., Pacific, 1942

Showell Sgt. Paul W. Gault, Air Force, England, 1943

Bishop - Bishopville Sgt. Leland Law Dunn, U.S. Army, New Guinea, 1944
Sgt. Alvin Everette Hall, U.S. Army, France, 1944
Pvt. John Wesley Mears, U.S. Army, At

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Sea, 1944
Pvt. William H. Morris, U.S. Army, France, 1944
Pfc. Daniel Showell, U.S. Army, N. Africa, 1944
Sgt. Roland Lynch, U.S. Army, New Guinea, 1945
Pfc. Alton Latchum, U.S. Army, Phillipines, 1945
Pfc. Pete Parker, U.S. Army, France, 1944

Campbelltown Pvt. Harry L. McCabe, U.S. Army, Germany, 1944

Whaleytown Petty Officer Caroll Adrain Hudson, U.S. Navy, N. Atlantic, 1944
Sgt. Charles William Lynch, U.S. Army, Germany, 1944
Boatswain Mate Clyde Jack Rawson, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor, 1941
Pfc. Leon Duncan, U.S. Army, U.S. Army, Italy, 1944

Willards Cpl. Olen H. Dennis, U.S. Army, Bougainville, 1944

St. Martins Pvt. Alvin Wilkins, U.S. Army, Germany, 1945

Ironshire Sgt. James L. Wooten, Marine Corps, Pacific, 1945
Sgt. Lloyd Veletus Wyatt, Air Force, Atlantic, 1942

Powellville Sgt. Voyd I. Donaway, U.S. Army, Battle of the Bulge, 1944

Newark Pfc. Leroy Hastings, Marine Corps, Iwo Jima, 1945
Cpl. Archer C. Holloway, U.S. Army, France, 1943
Pvt. Henry Taylor, U.S. Army, Italy, 1944

WWII Missing in Action
Berlin Sgt. Edward H. Racine, U.S. Army, France, 1944
Petty Officer Everett Rock

World War II plaque image. Click for full size.

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2. World War II plaque

Horton, U.S. Navy, Pacific, 1945

Ocean City Sgt. Hermus Jack Hastings, Air Force, Marshall Island, 1944

Bishopville Petty Officer Albert Leroy Hudson, Navy, S. Pacific, 1944

Presented by: Boggs Disharoon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 123 Berlin, MD.
Burbage Funeral Home Berlin, MD May 27, 1995
[First plaque from the left:]
Korea
Dedicated to
the War Dead of the Korean War Pvt. Charles Hastings, Army, 1950
Cpl. Willie Waters, Army, 1950
Pfc. Esley Wise, Army, 1950
1st. Lt. Granville H. Truitt, Army, 1953

Pfc. Henry L. Berrien, Army, 1951

[Second plaque from the left:]
Lebanon Marine Barracks
Dedicated to LCPL. Charles Keith Bailey, 1983

[Third plaque from the left:]
Vietnam
Dedicated to
the War Dead of the Vietnam War LCPL. Frederick Wood, Jr., Marines, 1967
PFC. Alphonso Lee Harmon, Marines, 1967
SP4. Freddie Marshall, Jr., Army, 1967
PFC. Lewis Morrison Hayward, Army, 1968
SP4. Charles Lilleton Briddell, Army, 1969
SGT. Michael Edward Gordy, Marines, 1969
PFC. Barry Howard Berger, Army, 1971
MAJ. Nutter Jerome Wimbrow, III, Air Force, 1972

[Fourth plaque from the left:]
In honor of

PFC.
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3. Korean War plaque
Samuel Robert Bowen
U.S. Army

who was killed in Iraq on July 7, 2006

Erected 1995 by Boggs D. Sharoon American Legion Auxiliary Unit 123, Berlin, MD.; Burbage Funeral Home, Berlin, MD.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Cold • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 38° 19.596′ N, 75° 13.215′ W. Memorial is in Berlin, Maryland, in Worcester County. It is at the intersection of West Street and Baker Street, on the left when traveling south on West Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2 West Street, Berlin MD 21811, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers.

Lebanon plaque image. Click for full size.

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4. Lebanon plaque

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Calvin B. Taylor House (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Mary Humphreys Arboretum (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Charles Albert Tindley (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley (about 500 feet away); Renaissance Plaza (about 500 feet away); The Old Globe Theater (about 700 feet away); Ayres Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); U.S.S. Decatur Anchor (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.

Vietnam War plaque image. Click for full size.

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5. Vietnam War plaque

Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

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6. Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on May 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 670 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 10, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.