San Andreas in Calaveras County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Calaveras County War Memorial

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2014

1. Calaveras County War Memorial

Inscription. Erected in honor of the Men and Women of Calaveras
County who served their country in the Armed Forces
and in memory of the following persons who lost
their lives in the service of our country
This plaque is dedicated by a grateful county
November 11, 2007

World War I
G. W. Bowie • W. Cresswell • Elizabeth C. Lee • Geo L. Marshall • D. McCormick • J. A. Miller • Reginald H. Nanscawen • Basilio Pena • Fran Pena • C. Questo • Frank Smith

World War II
Albert J. Bitterman • William B. Brunton • Nicholas M. Colendich • Robert Fulton Cummings • Donald R. Faull • George Flamm • John T. Fletcher, Jr. • William E. Geary • Marvin A. Gill • Thomas E. Groom • Oliver Harrison • Elwyn G. Hatch • John Stephen Hayes • Albert S. Hazelton • Elvin J. Huberty • Ray Jeff • Everett Jorgensen • Melvin Hartwell Lloyd • Charles M. Mardel, Jr. • Scott H. McGinnis • George Merdalo • Douglas E. Nafzgar • Ernest A. Nobriga • Mathew F. Perpich • Donald W. Prowse • David H. Robertson • John D. Robertson, Jr. • Albert R. Solorio • Vernon Leroy Swanson • William H. Wardell • Clarence S. Watson • Raymond O. Willis

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• Joseph W. Zwinge, Jr.

Korean War
Carlo Frank DeRivi • Wilbur Dennis Hastings • Lance Leon McKinney • Howard Grant Parks • William Herbert Turner, Jr. • Luther James Wood

Vietnam War
John Anthony Albasio • Clinton R. Anderson • Gene L. Bettger • Phillip Martin Costa • Gene Ray Kuniz • Troy Drake Lawrence • Douglas Dean Sloan • David L. Thorpe • Glenn Whittle, Jr.

Afghanistan War
Gavin Roderick Brummund

Erected 2007 by Calaveras County.

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

Location. 38° 11.446′ N, 120° 40.052′ W. Memorial is in San Andreas, California, in Calaveras County. It can be reached from the intersection of Mountain Ranch Road and Government Center Road, on the left when traveling east. Monument is located in courtyard on the south side of the Calaveras County Public Works building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 891 Mountain Ranch Road, San Andreas CA 95249, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in California’s Sierra Nevada.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Pacific Rim,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Model 1841 12-Pound Field Howitzers (here, next to this marker); The Red Barn

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2014

2. Calaveras County War Memorial

(about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Calaveras County Hospital Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); San Andreas (approx. 0.8 miles away); First Restaurant in Town (approx. 0.8 miles away); California Pioneers Reinterred from Poverty Bar Cemetery (approx. 2.3 miles away); Chili Gulch (approx. 2½ miles away); Attempted Stage Robbery (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Andreas.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2014

3. Calaveras County War Memorial

(on right/south side of Calaveras County Public Works Building)

Calaveras County Public Works Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 4, 2014

4. Calaveras County Public Works Building

(looking north from memorial • formerly the Calaveras County Courthouse)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 18, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.