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Schuylkill Veterans Memorial

 
 
Schuylkill Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 17, 2022
1. Schuylkill Veterans Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to these men of Schuylkill and the Pocket who sacrificed their lives in service to our country

Vietnam
Charles Blanco • John Morgan • Bernard Moran, Jr.

Korea
Patrick Conroy

World War II
James Billingsley • Christopher Buchler • Edward Carr • Francis Cassidy • Edward Copes • Alexander Corsack • Stephen David • John Davis • John Diemer • Thomas Fulton • Edward Gaynor • Samuel Hammond • James Herget • Alois Jandrestis • Nathaniel Johnson • Martin King • Myles Keating • Richard Larmer • John Lavin • William McCauley • James McDonnell • John Maguire • William McKeown • Leroy McNish • John Mulhern • William Mulhern • Joseph Mulholland, Jr. • John Murphy • Timothy Noonan • Harry O'Brien, Jr. • Benjamin Oss • George Payne • John Peoples • Albert Russo • Frederick Sendlinger • Paul Tynusak • Joe Williamson • William Williamson

World War I
James Barr • William Curry • Thomas Noonan • Stephen Ryan

Lest we forget

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World I
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Location. 39° 56.876′ N, 75° 10.99′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fitler Square. It is at the intersection of Pine Street and South Taney Street, on the left when traveling east on Pine Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2701 Pine St, Philadelphia PA 19103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Schuylkill Pocket Veterans Memorial Field (within shouting distance of this marker); Schuylkill River Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Schuylkill Expressway (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Industry
Schuylkill Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 17, 2022
2. Schuylkill Veterans Memorial
(about 600 feet away); Wharves (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Schuylkill River Park (about 800 feet away); Edwin H. Fitler (approx. 0.2 miles away); These 19th-century Belgian blocks… (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 318 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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