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VFW Post 9451 Memorial

All Gave Some, Some Gave All

 
 
VFW Post 9451 Memorial image. Click for full size.
National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, September 16, 2019
1. VFW Post 9451 Memorial
Viewing east towards the memorial.
Inscription.
Private Eugene D. Deffinbaugh
Army KIA August 3, 1944

TEC5 Michael E. McCabe, Jr.
Army KIA December 19, 1944

Staff Sergeant Clifton C. Nixon
Army KIA April 11, 1945

PFC Edward L. Crabtree
Army KIA April 15, 1945

Staff Sergeant Clifford B. Sisler
Army KIA June 9, 1945

PFC William Jamison
Army KIA July 2, 1945

Sergeant Kerman L. Hinkle
Army KIA November 24, 1945

Corporal Charles R. Athey
Army MIA October 1, 1952

Sergeant First Class Paul V. Carder
Army KIA June 12, 1953

PFC William E. Propst
Marine KIA April 13, 1968
 
Erected by VFW Post 9451, Oldtown, Maryland.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 32.725′ N, 78° 37.284′ W. Memorial is in Oldtown, Maryland, in Allegany County. It is on Oldtown Rd SE 0.2 miles east of Opessa Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 18504, Oldtown MD 21555, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Baltimore Metro Region and in Western Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McCausland's Raid (approx. 0.2 miles away); Memorial
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(approx. half a mile away); In Memory Of Col. Thomas Cresap (approx. half a mile away); Michael Cresap (approx. 0.6 miles away); Maryland’s Liberty Tree (approx. 0.6 miles away); Oldtown and Lock 70 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Old Town (approx. 0.8 miles away); Turner Ashby’s Attack (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oldtown.
 
VFW Post 9451 Memorial image. Click for full size.
National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, September 16, 2019
2. VFW Post 9451 Memorial
Viewing east towards memorial.
VFW Post 9451 building exterior image. Click for full size.
Photographed by David Lassman, September 16, 2019
3. VFW Post 9451 building exterior
Viewing south towards building.
VFW Post 9451 Memorial image. Click for full size.
National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, September 16, 2019
4. VFW Post 9451 Memorial
Viewing east towards memorial.
VFW Post 9451 Memorial image. Click for full size.
National Park Service, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, September 16, 2019
5. VFW Post 9451 Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 24, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2019. This page has been viewed 548 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 22, 2019. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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