Guayama Pueblo in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico — The Caribbean (The West Indies)

Memorial for the War with Spain

United States of America
1898 • 1923

— [Monumento a la Guerra con España] —

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1. Memorial for the War with Spain

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Dedicated to the memory of the boys of the Fourth Ohio Vol. Infantry who lost their lives in the performance of their duty in the War with Spain.

[Traducido en español]
Dedicado a la memoria de los chicos de la Cuarta Ohio Vol. Infantería que perdió la vida en el cumplimiento de su deber en la Guerra con España.

Died in Porto Rico
[Murieron en Puerto Rico]
Irvin E. Simms, Co. A • Milton M. Morgan, Co. A • John W. Walker, Co. A • Joseph W. Dent, Co. C • Samuel L. Hill, Co. D • William F. Markeson, Co. F • Wesley C. Winter, Co. G • James H. Couts, Co. G • Guy P. Ferrin, Co. G • Daniel H. Dodge, Co. H • Elbert L. Patterson, Co. K • Leon H. Mitchell, Co. L • William C. Dunlap, Co. L

Died at Sea
[Murieron en el mar]
Henry M. Morrison, Co. H • William W. Reed, Co. K • Dayton Randolph, Co. K • Avery L. Verner, Co. K

Died in U.S.
[Murieron en EEUU]
Carl Kreuz, Co. C • Kurt Sparka, Co. H • Forest C. Briggs, Co. H • John M. Snyder, Co. F • Patrick Ahern, Co. K • Charles E. Lawson, Co. K • George H. Shuster, Co. G • Lewis F. Houle, Co. L

"That the nations under God shall have a new birth of freedom"
["Que las naciones bajo Dios tengan un nuevo nacimiento de libertad"]

Erected 1923

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by State of Ohio erected under the Fourth Ohio Vol. Inf. Association [El Estado de Ohio erigido bajo la Cuarta Asociación de Infantería Voluntaria de Ohio].

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.

Location. 17° 59.113′ N, 66° 6.831′ W. Memorial is in Guayama in Municipio de Guayama, Puerto Rico. It is in Guayama Pueblo. It is on Calle Calimano Martínez (Puerto Rico Route 15) north of Calle Derkes ( Route 3), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Calle Derkes 6, Guayama PR 00784, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on Puerto Rico’s Southern Coastal Zone. Globally, it is one of the Greater Antilles

on the Caribbean Sea,

on in the Atlantic Ocean,

in North America,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a Spanish colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Monumento a la Guerra de Corea

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 5, 2023

2. Memorial for the War with Spain

(within shouting distance of this marker); Monumento a los Veteranos (within shouting distance of this marker); Hector Luis Colon Mendoza (within shouting distance of this marker); Luis Pales Matos (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Samuel F.B. Morse (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Samuel F.B. Morse en Arroyo, P.R. (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Monumento a Korea y Vietnam (approx. 6 kilometers away); Alcaldes de Patillas (approx. 10.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Guayama.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 9, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

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Memorial for the War with Spain

United States of America1898 • 1923

— [Monumento a la Guerra con España] —

United States of America
1898 • 1923