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William Prendergast "Bill" Whallon, Jr.

 
 
William Prendergast "Bill" Whallon, Jr. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
1. William Prendergast "Bill" Whallon, Jr. Marker
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Lieutenant Junior Grade, U. S. Naval Reserve
Comlantsoutheast (NATO), Izmir, Turkey

Following Combat Information Center Indoctrination, Bill served as a Naval Radio Engineer while assigned to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) facility in Izmir, Turkey.

Entered Active Duty 10 June 1951 at LaFayette, IN- Honorably Discharged 23 April 1954 at Washington, DC

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 42° 18.604′ N, 75° 24.257′ W. Memorial is in Sidney, New York, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of River Street and New York State Route 8, on the left when traveling east on River Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 113 River Street, Sidney NY 13838, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. 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 the Anglosphere. Historically,
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it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Richard Paul Alpi (here, next to this marker); Richard Arthur "Dick" Place (here, next to this marker); John H. Lawrence (here, next to this marker); James Winfield McIntyre, II (here, next to this marker); Nicholas Kelly Uzenski (here, next to this marker); Joseph Robert Hager (here, next to this marker); Jack Myron Hendee (here, next to this marker); Richard Earl "Dick" Parsons (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sidney.
 
William Prendergast "Bill" Whallon, Jr. Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
2. William Prendergast "Bill" Whallon, Jr. Marker
Memorial Wall 2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
3. Memorial Wall 2
Sidney Veterans Memorial Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 7, 2023
4. Sidney Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 149 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 19, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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