New Milford in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Cpl. Lee Leroy Canfield

1932 - 1950

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 3, 2021

1. Cpl. Lee Leroy Canfield Marker

Inscription.

Killed in Action - Korea
Greater love hath no man
than to lay down his life
for his country

Erected by Hallstead-Great Bend American Legion Post 357.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean.

Location. 41° 52.652′ N, 75° 43.629′ W. Memorial is in New Milford, Pennsylvania, in Susquehanna County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 11) and Park Place Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Memorial is in New Milford Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: New Milford PA 18834, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley.

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named World War Memorial (approx. 6 miles away); World War II Honored Dead (approx. 6 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 6 miles away); Joseph Smith (approx. 6.2 miles away); SPC William "Billy" Evans Memorial Park (approx. 6.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Milford.

Also see . . . Lee Leroy Canfield at Find A Grave. (Submitted on March 4, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 3, 2021

2. Cpl. Lee Leroy Canfield Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 225 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 4, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.