Duryea in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

War Memorial

To Those Who Gave Their Lives May They Rest In Eternal Peace

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2020

1. War Memorial

Inscription.

Dedicated to the
men and women of
Duryea
who served their country
in all wars
May 30, 1953
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Remembering all who died for our freedom

Fredrich Aherns • Fuller Johnson • George W Busch
Peter J Panetski • Robert W Homscheck • Herman Baltimore
Patrick McGarry • John A. Brennan • Bernard McPhillips
Martin O'Malley • Richard Price • George W Tisdale
Albert J Williams • Gerald Regan • Zigmund Sirwinski
Charles Azarsky • Francis Balconis • Henry Barberawicz
Joseph Bonder • Leonard Deluga • Peter Evancho
Raymond Gerson • John Guitson • Vincent D Kelly
George Evancho • Michael Kundrat • Walter Lambert
James Loychitz • Henry Murzenski • Orrin Reed
William A Rutkowski • Daniel Scott • Frank C Smegel
Edward Skowronski • Anthony Sokolowski • Teddy Wzontek
Michael J Zikoski • Stanley M. Zajelka • Bernard Zukosky
Stanley Kilyanek • Ambrose Chodnicki • Dale Kridlo

George Mikdoski MIA • Alexander Carruthers MIA
John Sadusky MIA • Bernard Sadusky MIA • Frank Matthews MIA

Civil War • WWI • WWII • Korean War • Vietnam War • Afghanistan

Erected 1953.

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

Location. 41° 20.986′ N, 75° 45.599′ W. Memorial is in Duryea, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Stephenson Street east of Parkcrest Drive, on the right when traveling east. Memorial is on the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1227 grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 492 Stephenson Street, Duryea PA 18642, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles

War Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2020

2. War Memorial Honored Dead

of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Mary's PNCC Organizers and Veterans Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Holy Rosary Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Elias Swartz (approx. half a mile away); PFC Walter Lambert Jr (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mosier Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Forge (approx. one mile away); Memorial to Honor SS Peter and Paul Parish (approx. 1.2 miles away); Former Site of St. Mary's Convent (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Duryea.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2020

3. War Memorial Honored Dead

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2020

4. War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on May 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 339 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 14, 2020, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.