Mount Pleasant in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

1. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.
We Are Free Because They Served

World War I
World War II
Korea
Vietnam

July 4, 1973

Andrew P Palenchar, Army KIA
Clyde E Whetsel, Army KIA
John Macheska, Army POW
George Stefano, Army KIA
John M Ulrey, Army KIA
Frank C Kurpiel, Coast Guard KIA
Charles E Overly, Army KIA
Clyde E Wiltrout, Air Force KIA
Harold J Morgan, Army KIA
Leslie A Snider, Army KIA

Erected 1973 by American Legion Post 446 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3368.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 40° 8.892′ N, 79° 32.533′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. Memorial is at the intersection of Diamond Street (Pennsylvania Route 819) and Standpipe Alley, on the left when traveling south on Diamond Street. Marker is adjacent to the Medic 10 Gazebo in Veteran's Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Pleasant PA 15666, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. John W. Geary (a few steps from this marker); Pearl Harbor Memorial (a few steps from this marker); 86th Combat Engineer

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(a few steps from this marker); John P. Krystyniak (within shouting distance of this marker); Mount Pleasant Veterans Wall (within shouting distance of this marker); Coast Guard Cutter - Merchant Marine - American Military War Dead (within shouting distance of this marker); Joseph Potocki PFC (within shouting distance of this marker); Air Force Bombing Run / Henry W. B. Mechling / D-Day (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Pleasant.

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, July 23, 2022

2. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

Digital memorial added in 2016.

Photographed By Craig Doda, July 23, 2022

3. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

Including the digital memorial.

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

4. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Panel

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

5. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Panel

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

6. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Panel

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

7. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Panel

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial VFW Bench image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

8. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial VFW Bench

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Legion Bench image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

9. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial Legion Bench

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., June 25, 2009

10. Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

Looking southeast.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,886 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2, 3. submitted on August 8, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on September 11, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.