Shenandoah in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Corporal Anthony P. Damato
Dedicated In Memory Of
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2022
1. Corporal Anthony P. Damato Marker
Congressional Medal of Honor,
posthumously - for conspicuous valor
above and beyond the call of duty.
Erected by Anthony P. Damato American Legion Post 792.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 40° 49.317′ N, 76° 12.107′ W. Memorial is in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. It is on Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 924) south of Coal Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 116 North Main Street, Shenandoah PA 17976, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Little Lithuania, USA (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Dorsey Brothers (about 500 feet away); Pennsylvania Anthracite Miners Memorial (about 600 feet away); Six ton piece of coal (about 600 feet away); St. Michael's Church (approx. Ό mile away); 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike (approx. 0.3 miles away); Old White Church Cemetery
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Also see . . . Anthony P. Damato: Remembering An American Hero 75 Years Later (2019). Coal Region Canary website entry (Submitted on January 25, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
via Marine Corps University, unknown
2. Corporal Anthony P. Damato USMC
Marine Corps University website entry
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2022
3. Corporal Anthony P. Damato Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 22, 2022
4. Corporal Anthony P. Damato Mural and Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 585 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 25, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on October 25, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on January 25, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
