Charleroi in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Medal of Honor

Plt Sgt Mitchell Paige

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022

1. Medal of Honor Marker

Inscription.
WWII USMC
2nd Bat 7th Marines
Guadalcanal

Erected 2021 by American Legion Riders and Local Police Departments.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 40° 8.333′ N, 79° 53.8′ W. Memorial is in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is on 5th Street west of Chamber Plaza, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 Chamber Plaza, Charleroi PA 15022, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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 one

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mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Charleroi Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Korean War Memorial (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Charleroi Legion Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); United States Post Office (approx. 0.2 miles away); John K. Tener (approx. 0.2 miles away); Louis Goaziou: 1864-1937 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Community of Lock Four (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Charleroi.

Also see . . . Mitchell Paige Wikipedia. Paige's biography including his actions which earned him the Medal of Honor. (Submitted on July 13, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.)

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 30, 2022

2. Medal of Honor Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 245 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on July 17, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.