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World War II Memorial

 
 
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Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 10, 2022
1. World War II Memorial
Inscription.
Erected in thankfulness to God and in honor of the men and women of Dawson and Lower Tyrone Township who served in World War II 1941-1947

Ansell, Claude R. • Ansell, George F. • Austin, Donald C. • Baird, Joseph B. • Baird, Quentin • Barrett, Paul E. • Barrett, Philip J. • Barrett, Wilbert C. • Bauer, Robert B. Jr. • Bauer, William R. • Brooks, Isabel • Brower, Earl C. Jr. • Brower, Glenn James • Burdette, Howard A. • Cable, Gerald • Cable, Harrison E. • Cable, Robert • Christner, Duane • Christner, John W. • Clark, Harold • Claycomb, Donald • Claycomb, Harold K. • Cochran, John H. • Cochran, Robert L. • Cooke, Sarah J. • Cottom, Paul • Crawford, Thomas M. • ☆Cunningham, George W. • Cottom, Lewis • Darby, Charles • Darby, Donald J. • Davis, Donald H. • Detone, Frank • Detone, Harvey • Dom, Robert M. • Duff, Ralph Hall • Durbin, Thomas R. • Dykun, Charles • Dykun, John • Ellar, Claude • Austin, Jay P. • Etling, William • Fanto, James D. • Ferraro, Joseph D. • Ferraro, Philip • Foreman, Robert C. • Foreman, William • Galley, Charles • Galley, Glenn O. • Gilmore, Robert H. • Gilmore, William A. • Goodman, Edward Jr. • Goodman, Edward J. • Goodwin, Charles • Gordon, George W. • Grimm, William L. • Guldenshuh,
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John F. • Haberer, Norman E. • Hall, Curtis Lee • Hall, Oakley • Hall, Raymond • Harkins, George • Harkins, Harry • Harkins, Robert J. • Harkins, Wesley P. • Harris, Albert • Hayes, Earl • Heisterman, John G. • Heisterman, Joseph W. • Hennessey, Harold E. • Hennessey, Thomas • Hennessey, William M. • Henry, Robb D. • Herbert, Bert Jr. • Herbert, Joseph T. • Herbert, Kenneth D. • Hess, Kenneth R. • Hess, Louis B. • Hipkiss, Carl • Hixon, George R. • Hixson, Ellsworth O. • Hixson, Joseph W. • Dunlap, Charles B. • Hone, Frank Jr. • Hone, Fred E. • Hone, Walter • Hoover, William Guy • Hough, Donald • Huffine, James R. • Husband, Benjamin F. Jr. • Husband, David M. • Husband, William H. • Herbert, William • Icabonia, Albert • Inks, Samuel W. Jr. • Irwin, Donald • Irwin, Gerald P. • Johnson, George E. • Kauffman, Michael B. • Keffer, Alfred S. • Keffer, Arthur • Keffer, Clifford E. • Keffer, Edward • Keffer, George • Keffer, George V. • Keffer, Joseph S. • Keffer, Levi • Keffer, Philip A. • Keffer, Ralph • Keffer, Randall • Keffer, Thomas • Keffer, William E. • Keffer, William I. • Keffer, Edwin • Lamanna, Frank • Lamanna, James • Lamanna, Jesse • Lamanna, Joseph • Landymore, Anna Ruth • Landymore, Frank W. Jr. • Landymore, James A. • Landymore, Robert S. • Lape, Alfred • Lape, Joseph
World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 10, 2022
2. World War II Memorial
Memorial is on the left.
• Keffer, John Raymond • Layton, Carl L. • Leasure, Raymond B. Jr. • Leonard, William G. • Lint, Catherine L. • Lint, George • Lint, Joseph F. • Lint, Lester R. • Lint, Orvel • Lint, Ralph E. • Lint, Ralph Emerson • Lint, Raymond H. • Livingston, Glen A. • Livingston, Harold W. • Livingston, Henry C. Jr. • Livingston, Roy A. • Livingston, William J. • Lohr, Eugene • Luckey, John J. • Luxner, Edward J. • Luxner, Paul • Maczko, Victor M. • Mack, Charles W. • Mack, Frank T. • ☆Mack, Joseph • Marko, John • Marko, Michael • Martin, Curtis H. • McGill, Joseph C. Jr. • McGill, William E. • McKnight, Charles • McKnight, Glen E. • McKnight, Jesse • McKnight, Oliver • McKnight, Paul W. • McKnight, Thomas E. • McLaughlin, William E. • McMaster, Edgar E. • Mellinger, Theodore G. • Michaels, William • Milson, Roy E. Jr. • Moline, Charles H. • Mong, Frank F. • Moon, Vincent N. • Morningstar, James I. • Morrison, Albert • Murtland, Colletta • McKnight, Robert • Nagy, Joseph • Neil, William T. • Newcomer, Charles • Newell, Charles • Newell, Emerson E. • Newell, Robert K. • Nicklow, Edward E. • Nicklow, Leo T. • Nudo, Angelo J. • Nudo, John D. • Oldland, John R. • Pecnelly, August E. • Peterson, Herbert A. • Porter, Samuel E. • Porter, Stacy R. • Pringle, Harold • Pringle, Jesse • Pringle, Ralph •
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Pringle, William • Rebold, John J. • Reese, Henry • Ridenour, Eugene • Rimel, Robert E. • Rimmel, James E. • Rimmel, Carl H. • Rimmel, Frank • Rimmel, Joseph • Ringer, John • Ritenour, Robert • Rizza, George R. • Rupert, John E. • Rushton, Eugene F. • Russell, Joseph L. • Russell, Leroy E. • Shallenberger, Betty J. • Sieber, William A. • Shallenberger, Margaret R. • Shaner, Stanley E. • ☆Sherbondy, Harry J. • Shipley, Lloyd P. • Shoemaker, Charles H. • Shoemaker, Earl W. • Shreve, Ernest S. • Shumar, Carl K. • ☆Shumar, Walter E. • Smith, Edward L. • Smith, Glen A. • Smith, Homer M. • Sohonage, John J. • Sonovec, Jacob • Sproat, James W. Jr. • Sproat, John H. • Sproat, Lucy • Sproat, Thomas C. Jr. • Stark, Thomas I. • Stevens, William R. • Stephenson, Frank W. Jr. • Stickel, Harold M. • Stickel, Thomas H. • Stoner, Donald J. • Sullenberger, George R. • Sutherland, Eldon C. • Swank, William • Swink, Robert • Taylor, James N. • Torrance, Lloyd • Townsend, Emmor W. • Turaney, Anthony J. • Turney, James • Whipkey, Clyde W. • Whipkey, George R. • Wingrove, George • Zahniser, Robert J. • Zimmerman, William E. • Zorn, Eugene • Zorn, Frank J. • Ridgely, Howard

☆ Died in action

1776 • 1976
We - the people of Dawson and Lower Tyrone give thanks to God and honor the men and women that served their country and those that gave their life in all wars

 
Erected 1976 by The Citizens of Dawson and Lower Tyrone Township, Pennsylvania.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 2.79′ N, 79° 39.306′ 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: World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Veterans 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 marker also named World War I Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Remains of the Beehive Coke Ovens (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dawson.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 499 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 13, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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