Delmar in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

American Legion Memorial

By Devry Becker Jones, January 17, 2021

1. American Legion Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dedicated November 16, 1975 in honor of the men who gave their lives for our country and the charter members of the post

Marion Hastings • Francis Nunvar • George Harrington • S. Harrison Jones • W. Edward Ritchie • John Sheldon • Randall Ellis • Raymond Wilkinson • Leon D. Short • Ray W. German • Lewis Adkins • J. Newell Johnson • Ray Sturgis • Clarence Cummings • John Frank Marvel

W. W. II J.G. Cropper • George Gurdy • Harold Dutton • Roland Galusha • Howard Hastings • Robert Hayman • George Kerkesh • L. Wendell • Calvert Lecates • Ralph McCain • Harry Neil • Howard Poulson • Robert Powell • Paul Tingle • James Truitt

W. W. I Glen Rayne

Korea John Miller

Vietnam Frederick Killmon

Erected by American Legion, Glen Rayne Post 15.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II.

Location.

By Devry Becker Jones, January 17, 2021

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38° 27.426′ N, 75° 34.516′ W. Marker is in Delmar, Delaware, in Sussex County. Memorial is at the intersection of North 2nd Street and East Grove Street, on the right when traveling north on North 2nd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 N 2nd St, Delmar DE 19940, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Highball Signal (approx. 0.2 miles away); Delmar War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Town of Delmar (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away in Maryland); Transpeninsular Line Between Maryland and Three Lower Counties of Pennsylvania (Now Delaware) (approx. 0.9 miles away in Maryland); St. Paul's United Methodist Church (approx. 5 miles away); Wicomico County War Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away in Maryland); The 1955 Wicomico County War Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away in Maryland). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delmar.

By Devry Becker Jones, January 17, 2021

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By Devry Becker Jones, January 17, 2021

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Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 24 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.