East Oakmont in Plum in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Camp D. D. Gaillard

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 4, 2006

1. Camp D. D. Gaillard Marker

Inscription. 15th U.S. Engineers. World War Volunteers. Enlisted at Pittsburgh. Trained here May 23, 1917 to July 8, 1917. Embarked from New York July 9, 1917. England July 19, 1917, to July 23, 1917. First Armed foreign troops to land in England since Sixteenth Century. France July 28, 1917, to April 13, 1819. Debarked at New York, April 27, 1919. Mustered out of service at Camp Sherman May 15, 1919. Pittsburgh’s Pioneer Engineers.

Erected 1923 by Allegheny County.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World I. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1848.

Location. 40° 31.275′ N, 79° 48.848′ W. Marker is in Plum, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in East Oakmont. It is on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Oakmont Service Plaza (Interstate 76 at milepost 49.3), on the right when traveling east. It at the western corner of the restaurant building, facing the turnpike. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Verona PA 15147, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Charles R. Bright Post No. 360 Civil War Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); Oakmont Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fifth Street School Bell (approx. one mile

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away); Allegheny Valley Coal Miners Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Oakmont Carnegie Library (approx. 1½ miles away); Oakmont Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Crossing the River (approx. 1½ miles away).

Regarding Camp D. D. Gaillard. The marker stands where Camp Gaillard once stood.

Also see . . . Photo of Camp Gaillard. This photo on page 50 of the book Oakmont in the “Images of America” series by Vince Gagetta with Paula A. Calabrese, Cheryl Zentgraf, and Gary Rogers. (Submitted on April 4, 2007.)

Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, April 5, 2008

2. Camp D. D. Gaillard Marker

Blue Star Memorial Highway sign nearby image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 15, 2018

3. Blue Star Memorial Highway sign nearby

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,431 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on February 12, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on March 6, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 7, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. 3. submitted on April 16, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.