Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
World Wars Memorial
"That They Shall Not Have Died In Vain"
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 1, 2022
1. World Wars Memorial
of our loved ones who so
nobly gave their lives for
Freedom and Democracy
in both World Wars
World War I
Thomas Clark James J. Conklin Patrick Duffy Frank G. Fiore
Patrick Gallagher Patrick Gilbride Stanley Golden
John Kenehan Patrick J. McColdrick Michael McGowan
John F. Moran John M. Palla James Reilly
Charles W. Schlesser Anthony Stepanauvich Joseph Timlin
[World War II]
Joseph Arcangeletti John J. Armstrong Jr. Frank T. Badick
William Bernotsky Paul W. Boylan Milton Broadbent
David Brogan Gerald F. Buckley Joseph Burda
Albert Chaplauskas Robert Cochrane Ira K. Comstock Jr.
Edmund P. Connors Jr. Ralph Cooper Thomas J. Coulthard
Paul M. Crane Edward A. Dabulis Melvin D'Angelo
George H. Davis Jr. Robert Derwent Jr. George Dolonick
Walter J. Ekel William G. Enslin Henry J. Fisher
John F. Fisher William T. Foley Albert Freeman
Reed Clark Gager William Gataveckas John G. Gibbons
Edward T. Gilbert Eugene B. Haggerty Frank J. Haggerty
George S. Harle Robert A. Harrison John J. Healey
James P. Hopkins
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Charles C. Jennings Anthony A. Jescovitch Fred Jones
John Jurbala Theodore Kalakuka William F. Kane
Anthony Kavalesky Thomas Kelly Cyril A. Kennedy
Gustav A. Krupa Joseph F. Lavin Robert Leonard
Benedict J. Leskauskas Edward H. Lewis Stanley J. Loftus
Robert E. Long Charles Luchinskas Joseph Luchinskas
Robert E. McCarthy Jerome J. McDonnell David McGraw
Frank J. McLaughlin Franklin J. McLaughlin Joseph F. McShaffery
Joseph H. Mahon Jr. Joseph E. Martinkus Paul J. Meade
Elwyn A. Meinzer Robert J. Melinsky Rudolph Z. Meyers
Erwin Micks George J. Miller William M. Miller
Crad W. Morris Jr. Thomas Morris John Moskus
Melvin E. Murphy William J. Murphy John Mychayliw
Stephen J. Nagy John Nidoh William M. Noone
Edward W. Novitch John Pangonas Arthur G. Parker Jr.
D.J. Pastore Paul Pastorick Anthony F. Payne Jr.
Joseph S. Pellucacci Richard V. Pencek William Pisko
Leonard Pukita John F. Purcell Charles F. Quick
Samuel W. Ransom Robert W. Rogaisis John J. Romanski
John A. Ruane Andrew Savage Joseph Satoski
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 1, 2022
2. World Wars Memorial (back)
Raymond Schultz Peter Shelkaitis Albert Sherman
Edwin A. Simancek John K. Smerdon Griffin Smith
Henry J. Smith Thomas G. Smith William R. Solsman
Urban F. Stahl Thaddeus Sutula James M. Thomas
Joseph E. Tigue Joseph Trach Frank W. Tryonas
Anthony Vabolis Anthony P. Varnes Felix Vogrin
Anthony Volpe Michael J. Walsh Michael P. Walsh
Thomas Walsh Bartholomew Wanagatis Neil E. Whitney
Peter Wies Evan Williams William W. West
M.J. Wojciechowski Walter Yarem John P. Zanecavage
Erected 1948 by Providence Gold Star Post No. 5209 Veterans of Foreign Wars, U.S.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 41° 26.065′ N, 75° 39.677′ W. Memorial is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Main Avenue and Theodore Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1539 North Main Avenue, Scranton PA 18508,
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 1, 2022
3. World Wars Memorial
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s 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 walking distance of this marker: Lithuanian Roadside Cross Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Tony Walsh Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jerry Moran (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tadas Kosciuska (approx. 0.4 miles away); Silkman House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Electric City (approx. half a mile away); St. Mary of the Most Holy Rosary Church Cornerstone (approx. half a mile away); Our Founding Pastors (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scranton.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 2, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 455 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 2, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
