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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription. 1917-1918 • 1941-1945

This Memorial erected by Smithfield Post American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary Dedicated May 30, 1946
In Memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice

WORLD WAR I

Boord, Howard E. • Grimm, Judson • Smith, Charles W.

WORLD WAR II

Beatty, Dalton W. • Beatty, Howard B. • Chisnel, Rasler E. • Clemmer, Wilson P. • Debevic, Andy • Dennis, Donald A. • Fisher, Robert L. • Gush, Robert F. • Hegedus, Mike • Monteith, John L. • Moody, Earl L. • Moore, Donald • Nedrow, Ewing E. • Ondrejko, Emil E. • Seimon, George • Stager, Frank • Strawn, Franklin T.

Building Committee

E. L. Morgan • W.J. Burchinal • S.G. Moser • H.M. Hoone • W.L. Watson

(Korean Conflict Panel):

Beyond the far Pacific to the rim of Asia they went - twice in a generation - to risk all for honor and freedom.

Korean Conflict
June 27, 1950
January 31, 1955

Vietnam
August 5, 1964
May 7, 1975

The people of the Smithfield area pay tribute to those men and women of the Armed Forces who served honorably in Korea and in southeast Asia during the Vietnam Conflict.

(World War I Panel):

1917 • 1918

Our Roll of Honor dedicated to those who served our country in World War I

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War II - 3 Panels):

1941 • 1945

Our Roll of Honor dedicated to those who served our country in World War II
 
Erected 1946 by Smithfield Post American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 48.192′ N, 79° 48.448′ W. Memorial is in Smithfield, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 119) and Liberty Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Smithfield PA 15478, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Haydentown Honor Roll (approx. 2.2 miles away); Alfred L. Wilson (approx. 2½ miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away); Pastors of S.S. Cyril & Methodius Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Roll Of Honor (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); In Honor of Those Who Served Our Country (approx. 3½ miles away); Wynn World War II Honor Roll (approx. 3.9 miles away).
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
4. Veterans Memorial
Korean Conflict Panel.
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
5. Veterans Memorial
World War I Panel
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
6. Veterans Memorial
World War II Panel 1
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
7. Veterans Memorial
World War II Panel 2
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 26, 2021
8. Veterans Memorial
World War II Panel 3
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 49 times this year. Last updated on June 7, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 26, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.   4. submitted on May 31, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.   5. submitted on June 4, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.   6, 7, 8. submitted on June 7, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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