Simpson in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Birthplace of Lt. Joseph R. Sarnoski
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 41° 35.271′ N, 75° 28.742′ W. Memorial is in Simpson, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is on Reservoir Road north of Atlas Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 606 Reservoir Road, Carbondale PA 18407, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Wyoming Valley and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fell Township War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Simpson, Lackawanna County, Pa. (approx. half a mile away); Monkey Run Park (approx. 0.7 miles away); Gravity Railroad (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gravity Railroad Monument (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gravity Park and the Gravity Railroad Historic Site (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gravity Park (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Simpson.
Also see . . .
1. Lt. Joseph R. Sarnoski Medal of Honor Citation. (Submitted on July 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Joseph Raymond Sarnoski Medal of Honor Citation. (Submitted on July 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 353 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

