Berlin in Rensselaer County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Berlin, New York War Memorials

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, April 11, 2020

1. Berlin, New York War Memorials Marker

Center tablet is inscribed with the years 1776, 1812, 1861, and 1898.

Inscription.
Statue Inscription: 1776 1812 1861 1898

Front Plaque In Honor And Memory of
the Boys Of Berlin Who Served
In World Wars I And II

World War I
Killed in Action
Crandall, Jerry • Hull, Eugene • Mosher, Charles • Shortsleeves, Lory • Wescott, William

Adams, James • Barlow, William • Boesse, Lee • Cowee, Harold • Corbin, Kenneth • French, Earl • Feathers, Clarence • Feathers, Howard • Fiet, Chester • Frary, Edward • Gardner, Martin • Goodermote, Milton • Goodermote, Edward • Goodermote, Maynard • Goodermote, Alan • Gorman, William • Green, Walter E. • Hull, Frederick • Hull, Gerald • Hakes, Elton • Jones, Charles F. • Lillibridge, Roy • Mattison, Harold • Mattison, Allen • Martini, Mike • Martin, Lawrence • Momrow, Walter • Neher, William • Nichols, Frank • Porter, D. • Saxby, Justin • Shortsleeves, Charles • Shaw, Walter • Shaw , George • Shumway, Arhtur • Schaefer, William • Schaefer, George • Sime, George • Sime, Lester, • Sime, Arthur • Schnoor, Arthur • Steenberg, Miles • Teal, Homer • Teal, Brant • Teal, Valentine

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• Tifft, Lawrence • Tilley, Merritt • Turner, Carl • Wars, Jesse • Wager, Sidney • Waite, Leon F. • Waters, Harold • Webster, George W. Sr. • Webster, George W. Jr. • Wells, M. Jay • Wescott, Perry • Whitney, Maurice • Whitehouse, George

World War II
Killed in Action
Maxon, Robert M.D. • Feathers, Richard

Alderman, Louis • Aldrich, Jack • Angelo, Anelllo • Bentley, Edward • Bradley, George Jr. • Burdick, Kenneth • Burke, William • Button, Robert • Cahill, Earl • Cavey, Albert • Christer, Robert • Cocuzza, John • Copping, Arnold • Cordin, Edwin • Cower, James • Craig, Roderick • Craig, William • Crandall, Amos • Crandall, James • Crandall, William • Cure, Loyal • Denue, James • Denue, William • Denton, William • Devoe, Donald • Devoe, William • Devoe, Melvin Jr. • Edwards, Douglas • Feathers, Robert • Fosburgh, Hugh • Fosburgh, James • Fosburgh, Pieter • Gardner, Howard • Gardner, Ivan • Gardner, Ward • Golledge, Robert • Goodell, Francis • Goodermote, Douglas • Greene, Harry • Greene, Lewis • Greene, Norman • Greene,

World Wars Plaque image. Click for full size.

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2. World Wars Plaque

Thomas, Jr. • Gutermuth, Allen • Henrotin, Blair • Hill, Andrew • Hoffman, Walter • Hull, Eugene • Hull, Wesley • Jandrow, Elmer • Jansen, Robert • Johnson, Albert • Jones, Donald • Jones, George Jr. • Jones, Harry • Jones, Harvey • Jones, Harold • Jones, Howard • Jones, LesterDonald • Jones, Miles • Jones, Walter • Juball, Charles Jr. • King, Elwood • Kinn, John • Kinn, William • Kohn, Harland • Lackey, William • Lefebvre, Hector • Livingston, Kenneth • Mann, Arthur • Maxon, Claude • Maxon, Elton • Maxon, Loyal • Nemer, Alberta • Nemer, Robert • Nelson, Donald • Nelson, Robert • Palmer, Llewellyn • Permam, Clarence • Perkins, Richard • Perkins, Warren • Perrott, John • Perrott, Pat • Potter, Earl • Rowell, John • Pickett, Albert • Reichelt, James • Reynolds, Edgar • Rice, Alan • Saunders, Charles • Schaffer, George • Schaffer, Raymont • Schnoor, Arthur • Schnoor, George • Schnoor, Leon • Shaw, Carl • Shaw, Harry • Shaw, Wesley • Shuhart, Clifton Jr. • Siek, Edward • Smith. Raymond • Snelson, Pierce • Snyder, Dewitt

War World I & II Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, April 11, 2020

3. War World I & II Memorial

• Sokowski, Edward • Stock, Allie • Teal, Alfred • Teal, Elmer • Tracy, Stanley • Van Nostrand, Norman • Van Nostrand, William • Vincent, Wayne • Wager, Alberta • Warren, Roy • Waterman, Edward • Wescott, Jesse • Whitney, Maurice • Windsor, Harry • Winn, Eprest • Yerdon, Elmer • Yerdon, Arthur • Yerdon, George

Erected 1909 by G.A.R. Post 511, Berlin Grange.

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

Location. 42° 41.592′ N, 73° 22.423′ W. Memorial is in Berlin, New York, in Rensselaer County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Plank Road (County Route 40), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Berlin NY 12022, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York,

in the Capital District,

and in the Albany Metropolitan Area.

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

Additional Inscription on Back of the Front Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, April 11, 2020

4. Additional Inscription on Back of the Front Plaque

In Honor And Memory
Of Those Who Served
In World Wars I and II
Korea And Vietnam
Grenada and Lebanon
Panama
Persian Gulf
Dedicated by
Taconic Valley Post #937
Berlin, NY

Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Van Veachton Rogers (a few steps from this marker); Early Toll Road (Berlin, NY) (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Evangelican Lutheran Church of West Berlin (approx. 3.1 miles away); Came to America (approx. 3.1 miles away); Town of Petersburgh Honor Roll (approx. 4.3 miles away); Reynolds Farm (approx. 6 miles away); Grafton Inn (approx. 6.3 miles away); Town of Grafton War Memorials (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berlin.

More about this memorial. According to the town historian, an earlier W.C.T.U. monument was converted in 1909 to a memorial for Civil War soldiers by the addition of the Civil War figure.

Also see . . . Soldiers Monument. Town website entry (Submitted on April 17, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, April 18, 2020

5. Berlin, New York War Memorials Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 16, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 775 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 16, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. 5. submitted on April 18, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.