Newark in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

In Memoriam

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 15, 2019

1. In Memoriam Marker

Inscription. To the men of the
University of Delaware
who died in the service of their country
during World War II
John H. Banks, III '46 • Casimir L. Blaska '43 • Robert J. Bostwick '31 • Henry S. Brady, Jr. '34 • Horace C. Brown '45 • Robert W. Callaway '35 • Charles L. Caulk, Jr. '35 • Alfred L. Clifton '02 • Robert L. Coleman '42 • Clarence O. Deakyne, Jr. '40 • John G. Donoghue '33 • Robert W. Eckman '41 • Joseph R. Elliott '40 • Stanley B. Exar '45 • Harry M. First '36 • F. Gerrish Gassaway '44 • Bernard Goodlevege '46 • Reed Graves '20 • Warren W. Grier, Jr. '42 • William J. Harden '44 • Fred J. Harper '40 • Howard W. Hill '46 • A. Vance Horner '37 • Thomas S. Ingham, Jr. '44 • Roland P. Jackson '38 • Charles H. Jefferis, III '35 • Kenneth F. Jones '39 • Robert D. Jones '45 • Reynolds K. Knotts '39 • Kenneth O. Lardson '44 • L. Earl Leahy '34 • Robert G. Lippinoott '39 • Wallace Lippinoott '43 • Edwin R. Manchester, Jr. '39 • William H. Marvel '38 • Thomas R. Mc Lhinney, Jr. '48 • John E. Mortimer '24 • Daniel P. O'Donnell '41 • Robert

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W. O'Donnell, Jr. '45 • R. Sheridan Pangoast '42 • Edward Pikus '33 • Wade L. Pitt '45 • Marc F. Pitts '44 • Alan C. Porter '41 • Louis E. Roemer '22 • Frank M. Ross '42 • Herbert Rubenstein '35 • Clinton F. Schoolmaster '42 • Charles D. Sharpless '42 • H. Newton Sheaffer '43 • Benjamin M. Simon '44 • G. Oliver Simpler '39 • John S. Smith '34 • Lewis De G. Smith, Jr. '31 • Stuart F. Smith, Jr. '45 • James E. Spillane, Jr. '43 • Louis E. Stafford, Jr. '45 • F. Robert Thoroughgood '30 • Robert M. Vernon '35 • Glyndon G. Ware '40 • Harold L. West '45 • Ferris L. Wharton '39 • Howard O. Wilkins '43 • Leroy A. Wilkins, Jr. '44 • Gilbert B. Willis '44 • Theodore H. Work, III '42 • Albert C. Reed '22

Erected 1949 by University of Delaware.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the University of Delaware series list.

Location. 39° 40.809′ N, 75° 45.15′ W. Memorial is in Newark, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is on The Green south of

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 15, 2019

2. In Memoriam Marker

East Delaware Avenue (Delaware Route 273), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 134 The Green, Newark DE 19716, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

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 New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: University of Delaware (within shouting distance of this marker); Samuel Chiles Mitchell (1864-1948) (within shouting distance of this marker); Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. Walter J. Hullihen (1875-1944) (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert W. Gore, B.ChE., 1959 (within shouting distance of this marker); Harry Fletcher Brown (1867-1944) (about 300 feet

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away, measured in a direct line); George Gillespie Evans (1815-1904) (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named In Memoriam (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newark.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 15, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 501 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on August 6, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 15, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.