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Veterans Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, December 20, 2021
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In Memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice

Glenn H. Cosner • Ralph McCoy • George Krevosky • James C. Paugh • Steve Zimmerman • George Yanick • James H. Hibbs • Daniel Vingis
 
Erected 1947 by Grant Town Post No. 157.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 33.381′ N, 80° 10.644′ W. Memorial is in Grant Town, West Virginia, in Marion County. It is on Straight Street north of Main Street (County Road 17), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 202 Straight Street, Grant Town WV 26574, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in North Central West Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Pawpaw (approx. 3.4 miles away); David Morgan (approx. 3.4 miles away); Barrackville Covered Bridge (approx. 3½ miles away); To the Founders of the West Virginia State Medical Association Organized at Fairmont (approx. 3.7 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Lenna Lowe Yost (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away); Marion County / Monongalia County (approx. 4 miles away).
 
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Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, December 20, 2021
2. Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 27, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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