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World War I Memorial

 
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 10, 2022
1. World War I Memorial
Inscription.
In honor of our boys from Vanderbilt, Penna. who served the American Colors in the Great World War for liberty and humanity
1917 - 1918

Captains
Dr. J. H. Hazlett • Otis W. Porter
Lieutenants
☆ H.D. Shallenberger, Jr. • Melvin Fuller
Sergeants
J. W. Shallenberger • Harry Reed • Ed. Marotti • Tony Bonadio • J. W. Brown • Jos. Kennick
Corporals
Emmit Addis • C. A. Danner • B. J. Newmeyer • Alex Zeka • H. P. Douglass
Mechanicians
G. E. Reed • Geo. Maliskey
Veterinary Feirer
Lester Barricklow
Privates
R. H. Addis • ☆ Harry Ambrose • Ray O. Arison • Dorsey Arnett • W. O. Bailey • D. W. Bailey • Harry Brown • Patsy Bonadio • Clyde Conner • A. H. Cramer • Mahlon Edwards • Ben Fox • Clyde Goe • Arthur Gordon • Bernard Gardener • Chester Johnson • Chas. Jones, Jr. • John Kennick • Lewis Marotti • Bert. S. Means • Clarence Miller • Lawrence Maust • John May • Martin Madden • A. G. Mason • George Moore • Frank McCune • Walter McCune • Percy Overton • Mike Purdo • W. A. Reed • ☆ John Rizzo • T. E. Strickler • James Walters • John Wilson • Curtis White • Jasper Washington
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 40° 2.029′ N, 79° 39.698′ W. Memorial is in Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is on Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 201) north of Liberty Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 709 Main Street, Vanderbilt PA 15486, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. 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 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); For God and Country (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named World War I Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named World War II Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named World War I Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Remains of the Beehive Coke Ovens (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vanderbilt.
 
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 10, 2022
2. World War I Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 189 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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