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Downingtown in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

This Park Named in Memory

 
 
This Park Named in Memory Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., February 20, 2022
1. This Park Named in Memory Marker
Inscription.
This park named in memory
of
two neighborhood brothers
who lost their lives
in World War II

CPL James Marinelli age 22
US Army
killed in action
October 8, 1944
in northern Italy

PFC Dominic Marinelli age 19
US Marine Corps
killed in action
April 14, 1945
on the island of Okinawa

This park honors all
who gave their lives
in defense of our country

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 0.346′ N, 75° 41.686′ W. Marker is in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. Memorial is on Chestnut Street, 0.1 miles north of Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 399 Lincoln Avenue, Downingtown PA 19335, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Downingtown Log House (approx. half a mile away); Gibson's Bridge (approx. 2.1 miles away); Thomas B. Read (approx. 3.2 miles away); Thomas Buchanan Read (approx. 3.7 miles away); 1107 W. Strasburg Road (approx. 3.8 miles away); The Home and Arboretum of Humphry Marshall (approx. 3.9 miles away); Humphry Marshall
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(approx. 3.9 miles away); Marshalton Inn (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Downingtown.
 
This Park Named in Memory Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Carl Gordon Moore Jr., February 20, 2022
2. This Park Named in Memory Marker
On-site flagpole is visible, in Marinelli Park. The street in foreground is Chestnut Street. Running left-to-right in background is Lincoln Street.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. This page has been viewed 161 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on February 21, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland.   2. submitted on February 22, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 
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Apr. 19, 2024