Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

15th Ward World War II Honored Dead

For God and Country

— 1941 - 1945 —

15th Ward World War II Honored Dead Memorial image. Click for full size.

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

1. 15th Ward World War II Honored Dead Memorial

Inscription.

In Loving Memory of Our War Dead
15th Ward Wilkes-Barre

Joseph Ancavage • William B. Bowyer • Raymond Cunningham
Charles J. Dombroski • William H. Dourand • Michael Ferris
Robert A. Goodall • Anthony C. Godleski • Robert M. Houck
Linn W. Hallet • Robert Kuhns • Robert G. Lacey
William G. Lindsay • Ralph W. Leslie • C. Arthur Malinowski
Frank Malkemes Jr. • Andrew Murphy • John McGrane
Roland E. Ream • Millard Steinbrenner • Jack D. Smith
Robert H. Trax • William Wandell • Harry J. Meier • William Parry

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

Location. 41° 14.318′ N, 75° 54.715′ W. Memorial is in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of Old River Road and Carey Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Old River Road. Memorial is in Firwood Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 399 Old River Road, Wilkes Barre PA 18702, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

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and in the 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Miner Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Amedeo Obici (1877-1947) (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans and 9/11 Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lee Park Honor Roll (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hurricane Agnes High Water Mark (approx. 0.9 miles away); Teedyuscung (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkes-Barre.

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

2. 15th Ward World War II Honored Dead Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on December 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 514 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 3, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.