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Forks Township near Stockertown in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

War Memorial

 
 
War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 3, 2022
1. War Memorial Honor Roll
Inscription.
[Birth • Name • Death]

Revolutionary War
1731 Adam Sand 1793

Civil War
1838 John S. Lerch 1861 • 1837 Franklin Willauer 1862
1831 John D. Willauer 1863 • 1837 Thomas E. Frey 1863
1840 Benjamin Lerch 1863 • 1834 Parmer Santee 1865
1845 Richard M. Keim 1865 • 1837 Quintus Miller 1871
1846 William Martin 1872 • 1824 Peter Yeager 1876
1825 Joseph Bruch 1885 • 1839 Stephen C. H. Schmid 1888
1842 Peter J. Keim 1889 • 1839 William P. Sandt 1889
1830 John Breidinger 1893 • 1833 Owen Messinger 1894
1838 Jacob Jacoby 1895 • 1839 Theodore T. Werkheiser 1896
1816 Joseph Keim 1901 • 1847 Edwin C. Sandt 1901
1846 Tilghman Keim 1902 • 1843 Jacob Fritz 1903
1823 Benjamin F. Stecker 1904 • 1834 George F. Andrews 1907
1840 Abraham Cassler 1907 • 1840 Jacob Slamb 1907
1830 Charles Graver 1908 • 1836 Jerimiah Myers 1908
1842 Isaac Brokaw 1908 • 1848 James H. Heckman 1909
1838 William F. Rader 1910 • 1836 Jonathan Stem 1911
1832 Daniel Pritchard 1916 • 1841 Henry T. Laudenberger 1920
1841 William E. Yoder 1926 • 1844 Amos E. Uhler 1926
1843 George W. Heims 1927 • 1841 Alfred Meyers 1929
J. E. Messinger • Owen Frey • Freeman Stecker

World War
1895 Newberry S. Billheimer 1918

 
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Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US CivilWar, US RevolutionaryWar, World I.
 
Location. 40° 45.14′ N, 75° 15.056′ W. Memorial is near Stockertown, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is in Forks Township. It is on Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is at the Forks Church Cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4500 Sullivan Trail, Easton PA 18040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stockertown Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Moses Tunda Tatamy (approx. 0.8 miles away); Exploring the Corridor (approx. 1.4 miles away); From Rails to Trails (approx. 1.4 miles away); Henry's Gun Factory (approx. 2.4 miles away); Whitefield House (approx. 3 miles away); Nazareth (approx. 3 miles away); a different marker also named The Whitefield House (approx. 3 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Forks Church Cemetery. (Submitted on December 3, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 3, 2022
2. War Memorial Honor Roll
War Memorial Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 3, 2022
3. War Memorial Honor Roll
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 15, 2025
4. War Memorial
War Memorial Sponsors image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 3, 2022
5. War Memorial Sponsors
War Memorial Sponsors image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 3, 2022
6. War Memorial Sponsors
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 3, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   4. submitted on March 15, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   5, 6. submitted on December 3, 2022, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
 
Editor’s want-list for this marker. A clear distance photo of the full memorial (it was a rainy day) • Can you help?
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