Helen in St. Mary's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans of Helen Memorial

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1. Veterans of Helen Memorial

Inscription. 11th Hour 11th Day 11th Month
In the Year of Our Lord
MCMLXXXV We dedicate this memorial to the citizenry of Helen, to perpetuate our town, for which we fought in war, to preserve its peace.

Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States
Helen, Maryland
Established 1903
Names of Veterans
Anderson, F.A., Sgt., U.S. Army, 1969-72 • Arnold, R.D., Sgt., U.S. Army, 1943-46 • Baker, G.F., Sgt., U.S. Army, 1951-53 • Beachy, D.J., SN1/C, U.S. Navy, 1956-62 • Butler, E.D., Pvt., U.S. Army, 1943-45 • Combs, R.L., Captain, U.S. Navy, 1955-83 • Cummings, R.J., Sgt., U.S. Marines, 1965-69 • Dudley, M.T., Spec. 5, U.S. Army, 1966-68 • Fitzgerald, W.J., GySgt., U.S. Marines, 1942-50 • Henson, J.W., Chief, U.S. Navy, 1960-81 • Hill, L.D., Spec. 5, U.S. Army, 1972-75 • Hill, T.F., Sgt., U.S. Marines, 1956-60 • Joyner, R.L., Ssgt., U.S. Air Force, 1957-69 • Laster, P.M., SK, U.S. Navy, 1971-74 • Laster, R.W., CWD-4, U.S. Navy, 1955-Active Duty • Mast, V.H., SN1/C, U.S. Navy, 1943-46 • Murdock, G.E., AK1, U.S. Navy, 1958-77 • Tivnan, R.J., SCMSgt., U.S.M.C. / Air Force, 1945-75 • Uhier,

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D.J., ET3, U.S. Navy, 1957-65 • Uhier, S.H., Sgt., U.S. Army, 1917-19 • Walker, R.L., C.M.2/C, U.S Navy, 1943-46 • Weber, J.E., Captain, U.S. Marines, 1948-70

[Additional plaques on the grounds:]
Fellow Veterans
Zeien, D.J., USN, 1975-95 • Bell, II, J.E., USMC, 1966-70 • Wood, F.X., USA 1948-52 • Long, J.B., USA, 1943-46 • Johnson, J.F., USAF, 1947-68 • Cornet, L.A., USN, 1944-45 • Rebman, B.W., USA/USAR, 1966-95 • Springer, J.H., USN, 1958-88 • Gough, W.E., Jr., USA, 1950-52 • Chase, L.A., USAF, 1954-86 • Leland, D.W., USN, 1968-71 • Reisinger, G.P., USA, MDNG, 1974-77, 82-15 • Alvey, R.H., USA, 1969-71 • Johnson, J.I., USA, 1941-44 • Kilroy, J.J., Sr., USAF, 1950-53 • Guy, J.R. USAF, 1966-69, 71-94 • Eversole, J.S., USN, 1987-10 • Sydnor, R.L., USAF, 1962-66 • Williams, R.C., USA, 1957-59 • Buffington, R.P., USNR, 1963-64 • Johnson, J.S., USA, 1966-69 • Guy, C.C., USAF, 1994-16 • Hill, A.H., USA, 1964-67 • Brown, W.H., USA, 1966-69 • Alvey, C.L., Sr., USA, 1954-56 • Alvey, C.L., Jr., USA, 1972-79

Gray, A.J., USA, 1943-44 • Johnson, R.E. USA, 1969-71 • Schwab, J.F.,

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USN, 1942-77 • Johnson, K.D. USMC, 1986-94 • Gladu, W.H., USA, 1962-65 • Nelson, J.M., USA, 1957-77 • Pistachio, S.R., USN, 1958-64 • Peterson, E.W., USN, 1953-55 • Norris, J.B., Jr., USA, 1951-53 • Scheer, P.R., USN, 1958-62 • Bennett, T.I., USA, 1974-78 • Stoudt, D.W., USCG, 1966-60 • Pilkerton, W.A., Jr., USA, 1950-52 • Johnson, E.A., USA, 1942-45 • Anderson, F.A., USA, 1943-45 • Younger, R.H., USAF, 1963-69 • Weaver, E.W., Jr., USAF, 1950-92 • Frank, C.A., USN, 1970-91 • Nelson, T.A., USA, 1965-68 • Adams, J.M., Jr., USAF, 1955-61 • McMullin, A.L., USA, 1938-66 • Preslar, T.R., USN, 1966-73 • White, D., USA, 1950-52 • Clarke, J.D., USA, 1950-52 • Harrah, W.M., Jr., USAF, 1966-70 • Guy, A.C., Sr., MDNG, 1959-67

Buckler, L.S., USN, 1943-46 • Lawson, E.R., USAF, 1970-74 • Downs, R.D., Sr., USA, 1971-73 • Huff, P.E., USN, 1958-64 • Clark, W.T., USAF, 1958-63, 66-93 • Hartzfeld, W.E., USAF, 1975-78 • Reamy, T.E., USA, 1964-66 • Haynes, S.W., USAF, 1987-09 • Johnson, M.S., USMC, 1999-03 • Dyson, L.B., USA, 1944-46 • Dyson, S.L., USA, 1968-71 • Dyson, N.C., USA, 2006-11

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3. Veterans of Helen Memorial

• Alvey, T.H., USA, 1986-70 • Wood, A.C., USA, 1942-45 • Geisbert, S.L., Jr., USA, 1951- • Payne, R.E., Sr., USAF, 1979-83

Dedicated in honor
of
Jim E. Weber
Capt USMC (Ret)
on
November 11, 2018

Erected by Patrons of Veterans. (Marker Number 1985.)

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 38° 23.135′ N, 76° 43.314′ W. Memorial is in Helen, Maryland, in St. Mary's County. It is on Point Lookout Road (Maryland Route 5) 0.1 miles north of Chaptico Road ( Route 238), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 29945 Point Lookout Rd, Mechanicsville MD 20659, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself

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4. Veterans of Helen Memorial

in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tobacco Barns (approx. 2.3 miles away); Forest Hall (approx. 2.4 miles away); Three Notch Road (approx. 2½ miles away); "Deep Falls" (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named “Three Notch Road” (approx. 3 miles away); Three Notch Trail (approx. 3.1 miles away); Extending the Rail (approx. 3.3 miles away); Chaptico (approx. 3½ miles away).

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 26, 2022

5. Veterans of Helen Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 701 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 28, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.