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Townsend World War II Honor Roll

 
 
Townsend World War II Honor Roll Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
1. Townsend World War II Honor Roll Marker
Inscription.
★ Killed in Action ★
William W. Blackburn • J. Spencer Buckson, Jr. • Donald C. Caulk • JOseph C. Guessford • Byard S. Henderson • J. Liston McClain, Jr. • William H. Peel • Ralph L. Webber

Allen, William H. • Anderson, John L. • Anderson, Joseph A. • Anderson, Robert • Andrews, William K. • Archer, Charles B. • Austin, William E., Jr. • Bailey, Harold • Beardsley, Robert T., Jr. • Bell, Edward • Biddle, George • Biddle, Gilbert • Blanchfield, Charles A. • Blanchfield, Elmer W. • Blanchfield, George H. • Blanchfield, Grover R. • Blanchfield, William L. • Blackburn, Clarence L. • Blackson, William P. • Bleen, Charles D. • Bradley, George E. • Briscoe, Irving • Briscoe, James • Briscoe, James W., Jr. • Briscoe, Leroy • Brown, William F. • Bryan, George M. • Budd, Elmer R. • Buckson, David P. • Carroll, Calvin G. • Carter, Carlton • Carter, Howard A. • Carter, William N. • Caulk, Calvin A. • Chandler, Carral E. • Chandler, Ernest • Clifton, George I. • Cockran, A. Woodall, Jr. • Collins, Irving G. • Corby, Lewis C.
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• Council, Oakley R. • Craft, William F. • Craig, Robert J. • Dale, Rudolph C. • Daniels, Albert K. • Daniels, Allen S. • Daniels, Lawrence • Derrickson, Robert A., Jr. • Dickinson, Benjamin S. • Dickinson, James L. • Dickinson, John W. • Dilks, John E., Jr. • Dittman, Harold J. • Donovan, Thomas T. • Douglas, Franklin G. • Douglas, Milton • Duker, William H. • Eierman, William H. • Ellingsworth, Kirby J. • Elliot, Clarence J. • Estes, Harvey H. • Faries, Irving • Farrow, John P. • Faunce, Harry L. • Fennemore, Jackson C. • Fennemore, J. Wilmer, Jr. • Fogarty, Cupid B. • Foraker, Roy J. • Ford, George L. • Gearhart, Arthur R. • Gonce, Edward • Gosser, William • Gouge, Frank • Graham, Elwood • Guessford, Leroy • Hammond, Frank W. • Hart, George M.D. • Hawke, Francis A. • Henry, Frank D. • Henry, James O. • Henry, Jerome O. • Henderson, Leon A. • Hetrick, William • Heverin, Sidney W. • Hicks, William A. • Homan, Robert E. • Hopkis, Stanford • Hurd, Charles Jr. • Hurd, Jeanette W. • Hutchison, Austin P. • Hutchison, Robert B. • Insolo,
Townsend World War II Honor Roll Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2021
2. Townsend World War II Honor Roll Marker
Martin B. • Insolo, Paul T. • Issacs, John L. • Isaacs, Reyburn E. • Ivory, Roy • Johnson, Edward C. • Johnson, Sidney H. • Keeler, George • Keeler, William R. • Keiser, Edward H. • Killen, Harry • Kalakowski, Jean N. • Klaumenzer, Norman P. • Kuhn, Leon B. • Landon, Ray L. • Laskowski, Thomas A. • Lattomus, Levi W. • Lattomus, John P. • Laurence, John H, Jr. • Lavender, Darrell • Lavender, Dennis S. • Leach, Wallace • Littleton, D'Arcy A. • Lurty, Edward N. • Lynan, John A. • Mannering, John T., Jr. • Mannering, Wilmer H. • Marker, Fred J. • McClain, Walter D. • McDonald, Joseph • McDonald, Woodrow W. • McGinnis, Braden A., Jr. • Melvin, Norman I. • Merkel, Carl L. • Moffitt, F. Evan • Moffitt, T. Lawson • Money, Charles W., Jr. • Moore, Gilbert C. • Morris, Edward S. • Murphy, Robert T. • Nabb, Alfree E. • Naylor, Harry R. • Naylor, John B. • Naylor, William B. • Niles, Jerome D., Jr. • Nottingham, Nelson H. • Nowland, William J. • Oliphant, George K. • Orzalek, Frank B. • Outten, Harold R., Jr. • Parker, Frederick R. • Parker, John
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L. • Parker, Leonard • Pinder, Irvin N. • Ray, Harvey G. • Ridgeway, Charles E. • Ridgeway, Fred • Ritchie, William T. • Robinson, Linwood C. • Rutter, Samuel D. • Salter, Charles W. • Salter, Ralph S. • Sammons, Ray N., Jr. • Satterfield, Richard F. • Savin, Benjamin C. • Savin, Friel • Savin, Merritt E., Jr. • Savin, Phillip • Schaefer, George H. • Schwatka, Carl W. • Schwatka, Clarence A., Jr. • Schwatka, Edwin H. • Severson, Paul C. • Shaffner, Robert J. • Slaughter, Wilson A. • Smith, George W. • Smith, William H. • Sparks, Frank D. • Staats, Thomas E. • Stant, Robert S. • Stant, Samuel T. • Steller, Louis • Sylvester, James F. • Taylor, Robert • Townsend, James I. • Tucker, Foster • Tucker, Ralph E. • Walker, Leonard I. • Wanamaker, Hartford • Warner, Homer E. • Warner, Lloyd • Warner, Walter G. • Washington, Ralph • Watson, Jessie F. • Watson, John E., Jr. • Watson, Malvin H. • Watson, Samuel H. • Watts, Donald A. • Watts, Edgar W. • Watts, Franklin B. • Watts, Harold B. • Watts, Harry E. • Watts, Liston E. • Watts, Ralph V. • Willard, Emile • Willey, John R. • Willey, Paul S. • Williams, Reuben G. • Vanhorn, George J. • Vanhorn, Irving J. • Vanhorn, Leon D. • Voss, Francis M. • Yearsley, Merritt W., Jr.

Biddle, Raymond • Jones, Calvin E. • Squares, John E. • Webber, Lawrence D.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 23.658′ N, 75° 41.626′ W. Memorial is in Townsend, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in Appoquinimink Hundred. It is at the intersection of Main Street and Commerce Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 400 Main St, Townsend DE 19734, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Delaware’s Southern New Castle County, in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also 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: Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Townsend (approx. 0.2 miles away); Global War on Terrorism (approx. 1.3 miles away); VFW Post 3792 Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Sgt. William Lloyd Nelson (approx. 1.4 miles away); Old Union Methodist Church (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Townsend.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 697 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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