Corry in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Lt. Archie W. Thompson

Co. A., 112th U. S. Infantry

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 13, 2021

1. Lt. Archie W. Thompson Marker

Inscription. Enlisted at Corry, Pa. in Company A, at the age of fifteen for Mexican border service in 1916. Killed in action in the World War on the Vesle, France, August 18, 1918.

Erected by his comrades of
the post which bears his name.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States of America
Post No. 264.

Erected by Lt. Archie W. Thompson Post 264, VFW.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Military Order of the Purple Heart series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 18, 1918.

Location. 41° 56.215′ N, 79° 38.358′ W. Memorial is in Corry, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It can be reached from East Columbus Avenue (U.S. 6) 0.1 miles east of North Center Street (Pennsylvania Route 426), on the left when traveling east. Marker is located on the south side of the memorial circle, near the center of Pine Grove Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 23 East Columbus Avenue, Corry PA 16407, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Erie. It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and 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: Creation of the Pennsylvania Game Commission (approx. 0.8 miles away); Corry Civil War Monument (approx. 0.8 miles

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away); Inez Mecusker (approx. one mile away); Joshua M. Merrill (approx. 1.1 miles away); Oil Creek Railroad (approx. 1.1 miles away); Climax Locomotives (approx. 1.2 miles away); Corry State Fish Hatchery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Columbus (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Corry.

Also see . . . Lt. Archie Wallace Thompson. Find A Grave website entry (Submitted on February 25, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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2. Archie W. Thompson

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 13, 2021

3. Lt. Archie W. Thompson Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 491 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 25, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2. submitted on January 4, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on February 25, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.