Avoca in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Vietnam War Memorial
Avoca PA Soldiers KIA
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 21, 2023
1. Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnam KIA [US Army] Sep 27 1965
Michael J Clifford
Vietnam KIA [US Navy] Jun 13 1967
From a Grateful Community
Erected 2022 by Avoca American Legion Post 607 and Avoca Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8335.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.
Location. 41° 20.535′ N, 75° 44.32′ W. Memorial is in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 11) and Vine Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. Monument is at the Avoca Borough Municipal Building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 950 Main Street, Pittston PA 18641, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region, in the Wyoming Valley, and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Memorial to Honor SS Peter and Paul Parish (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Former Site of St. Mary's Convent (approx. 0.2 miles away); Moosic High School (approx. one mile away); Elias Swartz (approx. one mile away); PFC Walter Lambert Jr (approx. one mile away); War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Old Forge (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avoca.
Also see . . .
1. Daniel Robert Romanko at The Wall. (Submitted on March 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Michael James Clifford at The Wall. (Submitted on March 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Avoca holds memorial for two fallen veterans (WNEP, 2022). (Submitted on March 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 21, 2023
2. Vietnam War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 187 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
