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World War I Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 10, 2022
1. World War I Memorial
Inscription.
Erected by the Citizens of Dawson and Lower Tyrone Township, Pa., in honor of the men who served their country in
1917 - the World War - 1919.
- Dawson -
Arison, Herman • Baum, W. Farber • Brallier, James LeRoy • Brown, Henry • Brown, William T. • Cashmore, George A. • Cochran, George G. • Cochran, Alva C. • Cochran, Phillip J. • Crawford, Thomas M. • Crawford, Harry J. • Crubaugh, Cyrus S. • Cumberland, Max • Dunkle, Frank • Durbin, Clarence W. • Ellenberger, Ray • Ellenberger, Raymond B. • Emmal, H. Mont • Fanto, Domenico • Forker, William R. • Gibson, James M. • Glennon, Rev. E. A. • Goldsboro, James C. • Haggerty, Raphael A. • Herbert, Clyde • Hon, Thomas • Hughes, Gerald • Kipp, Adelbert M. • Leighty, Ralph • Levergood, John T. • Levergood, Roy M. • Livingston, Clyde H. • Livingston, Roy • Mankey, R. L. • Mitchell, Clarence • Mong, Stanley W. • McDonald, Irvin • McDonald, Mordecai D. • McIntyre, Thomas • Newcomer, Clyde • ☆ Newmyer, Milton J. • Newell, Wade • Ober, James E. • Pizzilla, Rocca • Porter, S. E. • Purnell, Kenneth E. • Rebold, Oscar, Jr. • Rissell, James L. • Rist, J. Donald • Rush, W. H. • Santo, Franochitis • Scolavino, Tony • Sherbondy, John • Showalter, Frank • Strawn, Clarence M. • Strawn,
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William M. • Urbach, Dorsey D. • Van Horn, Frank • Van Horn, Theodore • Walsh, William • Wingrove, J. Floyd

- Lower Tyrone Township -
Ansell, Daniel A. • Aquilla, Domenico • Bates, Robert • ☆ Bender, Roy • Beswarick, John • Bonner, John P. • Bonner, Jesse P. • Bordash, Steve • Borish, George • Chenock, John • Coco, Salvatore • Colbert, Robert L. • Cottom, Earl • Cummings, Howard • Davis, Walter Scott • Foreman, Charles • Gault, Ellis R. • Gault, Thomas W. • Gault, George G. • Gault, William D. • Henderson, Colonel • Herbert, George Frank • Hone, Edward • Huffine, Robert K. • Huffine, Lloyd • Johnson, William M. • Junk, Leslie • Kovash, John • Kovash, Mike • Kpoula, Theodore • Kurtz, Rudolph • Layton, Robert T. • Lint, Alfred B. • Lint, James I. • Lint, Lancelot • Lint, Cecil • Longossel, Paul • Luckey, Paul • Luckey George • Luxner, Andrew • Luxner, Joseph • Menefee, Fred • Murtland, Ralph E. • Murtland, J. Burt • McKnight, Daniel L. • Newcomer, Hobart • Newell, Ralph • Newell, Charles W. • Newell, Jesse • Newell, Lloyd P. • Novak, Lewis • ☆ Rambo, Fred • Sechrist, William C. • Sohonage, Michael • Sohonage, Johny • Shallenberger, Stahl S. • Shallenberger, Laban J. • Shallenberger, Warren P. • Shallenberger, Domer L. • Stacel, Charles • Stanley,
World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 10, 2022
2. World War I Memorial
George G. • Torrence, James • Welsh, Nelson • Welling, Orville • White, Joseph • White, Henry • Wingrove, Samuel • Workman, Oscar T.

☆ Died in service. "Great is your glory and this world's praise will go down in history for you."

 
Erected by The Citizens of Dawson and Lower Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
 
Location. 40° 2.792′ N, 79° 39.305′ W. Memorial is in Dawson, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is on Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 819) north of Railroad Street ( Route 819), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 204 Main Street, Dawson PA 15428, 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); World War II Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named World War I Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); For God and Country (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named World War II Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different
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Credits. This page was last revised on October 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 314 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 18, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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