Atglen in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

World War II

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 11, 2020

1. World War II Marker

Inscription. Erected in grateful recognition of the men and
women of Atglen

* Omer A. Miller
Wilmer Gibson • Harold I. Wentz • Charles P. Searl • John Martin • Warren H. Michael • William A. Mullen • John R. Turner • Russel S. Hart • John Dickenson • Vernon W. Radcliff • Clarence M. Cain, Jr. • Dorothy Huss • Harold K. Hess • Clyde H. Bailey • William D. London • Clarence H. Nixon • Arthur T. Powers • Harold G. Hogg • Eugene C. Collins • Leslie E. Halloway • Elizabeth E. Radcliffe • Joseph J. Douglas • Robert W. Jebb • Mary E. Lacy • Charles R. Miller • Norman W. Miller, Jr. • Gilbert L. Douglas • Joseph N. Huss • Benjamin Lepore • Warren H. Miller • Thomas R. Chalfant, Jr. • John V. Dyer • Austin March • Lewis J. Lepore • Raymond C. Miller • William H. Winters • Roy W. Lilley • Ralph S. Miller • Joseph C. Taylor • Theodore P. Rice • Harold A. Dickenson • J. Paul Denson • Ira G. Miller Jr. • Theodore R. Mason • Edward E. Siewall • Clifford Linton • John S. Herr • John W. Rea • R. Carl Rever • Edward G. Siewall • Walter G. Johnson • James S. Eckman • Harry P. Jackson • Willard D. Hogg • Vernon L. Shetler • Howard S. Nixon, Jr. • Norman K. Girvin • James H. Mosby • Vernon E. Haubert • Vaughn G. Newswanger • Annabelle M. Winward • Norman P. Coates • Gilbert O. Miller • Elgie Q. Hetrick • Haines

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G. Newswanger • Charles M. Conover • Ivan Hardy • Silas B. Pickel • H. E. Winward, Jr. • Albert L. Kauffman • Harry C. Conover • Everett B. Miller • Walter S. Pierce • John K. Mullen • Theodore W. Schell • Warren H. Parker

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 39° 56.88′ N, 75° 58.357′ W. Marker is in Atglen, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. Memorial is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 372) and E. Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Main Street (PA 372) takes a dogleg left at this monument; straight ahead becomes E. Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atglen PA 19310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Atglen Borough Hall (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Atglen (about 700 feet away); East Octoraro #1 Bridge (1910-2020) (approx. one mile away); Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad Bridge at Pine Creek, Circa 1830 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mercer’s Mill Covered Bridge (1880) (approx. 1.2 miles away); Christiana Riot Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Christiana Riot (approx. 2.2 miles away); 1917-1918 (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atglen.

Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., November 11, 2020

2. World War II Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 260 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.