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Piqua in Miami County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Piqua

Corporation Limit Marker

 
 
Piqua Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, August 24, 2019
1. Piqua Marker
Inscription. Home of Don Gentile World War II Army Air Force Ace 1920-1951
 
Erected by Ohio Historical Markers Committee.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & SpaceWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list.
 
Location. 40° 9.874′ N, 84° 15.337′ W. Marker is in Piqua, Ohio, in Miami County. It is at the intersection of Broadway (Ohio Route 66) and Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Broadway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1796 Broadway, Piqua OH 45356, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro, in the Miami Valley, and in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Operation Silent Witness (within shouting distance of this marker); Piqua Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Honor Log (within shouting distance of this marker); Airman First Class Pitsenbarger (within shouting distance of this marker); William H. Pitsenbarger (within shouting distance of this marker); Piqua's Vietnam Home Front / William H. Pitsenbarger (within shouting distance of this marker); Tuskegee Airmen Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The History of Old Glory (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Piqua.
 
Piqua Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, August 24, 2019
2. Piqua Marker
Piqua Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 14, 2025
3. Piqua Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 368 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   3. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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