Donora in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Borough of Donora Veteran's War Memorial
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022
1. Borough of Donora Veteran's War Memorial Marker
In memory of those who died.
Lest we forget....
[Honored Dead]
World War I
Charles H Allen · Earl Anderson · Michael Assad · John Belko · James P Donahue
Joseph Evanicky · Freeman C Fleming · Bladus Gustout · William H Hartung
Leroy Kern · Stephen Martin · Leo C Mossberger · Robert L Neill · William E Owen
World War II
Joseph R Alvarez · John C Anderson · Michael Babines · John Ballaban
Thomas N Ballaban · Frank Bartina · Michael Beck Jr · George Benyo
Stephen Bill · Nicholas D Bunardzya · William Burok · Joseph A Buylla
Grover Campbell · Marco Caponecchia · Joseph E Damiani · Joseph F Damiani
Charles A Danek · Joseph Debowski · Samuel F DiGrino · John Dukery
Robert Fulmer · James Gardner · Richard M Grant · Joseph W Grcich
Kenneth W Hickman · Roy Hixon Jr · Stephen Hlavaty · Joseph Hudak
Gregory G Jurlina · Edward H Karnis · Charles Kepich · Paul Kirken
John J Kovalak · Edwin Kupiszewski · Donald C Lee · Patrick W Leone
Edward Lesnak · William J Little · Michael M Lutzkivich · Orin J Lytle Jr
Albert Malencia · Jaime Martinez · Henry Menendez · Emil Miller
Ralph Muoio
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Albert Palucis · Henry Pelczar · Louis Perera · Michael Pidanic
John Priecko · David Reffner · Adolph E Ritacco
Ralph J Ritacco · James B Robb · Walter Robinson
Hermino Rodriguez · Charles J Rusinko · Americo Serra
John E Shambach Jr · William R Shoup · Ralph L Smedley
John Stanko · Prosper Terrenoire · Bernard E Vayansky
Ralph Vernile · William Wagner · John S Yurko
John Zaringyak Jr · Stephen Zubrick Jr · John T Zulec
Korean War
Thomas Fendya
Vietnam War
Gerald J Lynch · Paul S Perdok · John J Rudinec
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
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Dedicated November 1, 2003
Erected 2003 by the Wm H. Donner Foundation, Donora Downtown Committee, Atlas Services, State Senator J. Barry Stout and State Representative Peter J. Daley.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 10.103′ N, 79° 51.709′ W. Memorial is in Donora, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of McKean Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 837) and Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling south on McKean Avenue.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022
2. Borough of Donora Marker
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Loving Memory of the 1948 Smog Disaster Victims (within shouting distance of this marker); Cement City (within shouting distance of this marker); The 1948 Donora Smog (approx. 0.6 miles away); Stan "The Man" Musial (approx. Ύ mile away); Rabe Manor (approx. one mile away); Christian B. Anfinsen (approx. 1.2 miles away); Webster Honor Roll (approx. 1.3 miles away); M4A3 Combat Full-Tracked 76mm Sherman Tank (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022
3. Borough of Donora Marker
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022
4. Contributors and Contractors Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 719 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 8, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
