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Lansing Community War Memorial

 
 
Lansing Community War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 17, 2023
1. Lansing Community War Memorial
Inscription.
Emile DeLeau Jr. awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
World War II
Korean War

This memorial is erected to those men and women who served their country and to the men of the Lansing Community who gave their lives that we can continue to live in freedom.

Walter Andrasik • August Antoniazzi • Sam Bettem • Joseph Bugaj • Emile DeLeau Jr. • Stanley Doleski • Dick Fortney • Walter Jablonski • Walter Yoblinski • Edward Martin • Dale Mathieu • John Melnick • Arthur Morgan • John Sincavich • Louis Tocket • Joseph Wojtczak • Andy Zeik • Alexander J. Sabat
Site donated by D.H. Crymble

This tribute is a memorial to our men serving their country in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Erected in 1942 by the people of Lansing Community
Site donated by D.H. Crymble

 
Erected 1942 by The People of Lansing Community.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 4.452′ N, 80° 47.422′ W. Memorial is near Bridgeport, Ohio, in Belmont County. It is in Pease Township. It is at the intersection of National Road (U.S. 40) and Scott Street, on the right when traveling
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west on National Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 55135 National Road, Bridgeport OH 43912, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. 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, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lansing (Scott) Cemetery (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Brookside World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Bill Jobko Football Stadium (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Niekro Diamond (approx. 1.6 miles away); Welcome The 1828 Historical "S" Blaine Bridge (approx. 1.7 miles away); Blaine Hill "S" Bridge / Blaine Hill Viaduct (approx. 1.7 miles away); Mile Markers (approx. 1.7 miles away); Historic Bridgeport (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bridgeport.
 
Also see . . .  Emile DeLeau Jr. Wikipedia entry. Article includes Medal of Honor citation. (Submitted on June 19, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.) 
 
Lansing Community War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 17, 2023
2. Lansing Community War Memorial
Lansing Community War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 17, 2023
3. Lansing Community War Memorial
In appreciation to
George and Violet Saxon
for their outstanding work and dedication to this memorial.
Memorial Base Addition image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 17, 2023
4. Memorial Base Addition
Donated & erected by Lansing Sportsmens Club June 24, 1956
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 19, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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