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World Wars I & II Memorial

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World Wars I & II Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2023
1. World Wars I & II Memorial Marker
Inscription.
Erected as a lasting tribute to the men and women of Confluence who so faithfully served their country

World War I

Brown, Clarence • Brown, Clyde • Brown, Harry • Campbell, Harry L. • Chrise, Jesse • Conway, Harry • Farmer, Dewey • Fortney, Preston • Fortney, William • Gerhard, Lloyd • Greer, Orville • Groff, Irvin • Groff, Lawrence • Groff, Warren • Humbert, John • Hunter, Harry • Kreger, John • ★ Kreger, Joseph • Kurtz, Robert Sr. • Lingenfield, Darrell • Marquart, Fred • Masters, F.M. • McClintock, Herbert • McKee, Carl • McKee, Frank • Meyers, H.P. • Miller, Louis • Mitchell, Robert Sr. • Moon, Frank • Moon, John • Osler, Shriver • Parnell, Herman • Porterfield, H.H. • Redoric, Winslow • Reed, John • Reiber, Harry • Rosso, Frank • Sanner, Herbert • Seibert, Ray • Shipley, Kenneth • Shipley, Robert • Show, Carl • Show, Thomas R. • Speicher, Harvey • Speicher, Willis • Swalp, John • Walls, Milton • Watson, Carl • Younkin, Lloyd • Younkin, Wilbert

World War II
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Anderson, Ralph • Beggs, Walter C. • Beggs, William E. • Black, Samuel • Boor, J. Roger • Bowers, Dane W. • Boyd, Preston C. • Brown, George • Brown, Max • Burnworth, Harry F. • Burson, Sherman Jr. • Campbell, Harry C. • Chidester, Carl C. • Chitester, Fred • Clendenien, Robert • Clouse, Dane W. • Clouse, Joseph T. • Colflesh, George W. • Conway, Donald W. • Conway, Wayne • Cronin, David C. • Cunningham, George S. • Davis, Clifford A. • Davis, James W. • Davis, William W. • Deal, Warren • DeHaven, William J. • Downs, Charles H. • Edwards, Joseph R. • Emerick, Sherman • Enos, Judson • Enos, Warren • Ferrell, Harold E. • Fike, Allen J. • Fike, Tedford E. • Firestone, Ray M. • Fisch, Gene H. • Fisch, J. Dempsey • Fisch, Kenneth L. • Fisch, Roscoe P • Fisher, Harold • Fisher, Robert • Frantz, George A. Jr. • Frazee, Floyd • Frazee, James W. • Frazee, Richard E. • French, Marvin • Fullmer, Keith D. • Fullmer, Warren L. • Gerhard, Clarence • Good, Frank S. • Groff, Arthur K. • Groff, William
World Wars I & II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2023
2. World Wars I & II Memorial
W. • ★ Growall, Eugene C. • Growall, Robert S. • Gunderman, Harry • Hall, Ewing • Hall, Harry E. • Hall, Russell • Hall, R. Warren • Hayman, Ronald F. • Havner, Robert L. • Havner, William H. • Hilliard, James V. • Hockman, Luther • Hollada, Martin • Holliday, Lester J. • Holliday, Noman • Hoover, Marshall W. • Hosmer, Roger • Hosmer, William • Hostetler, James E. • Hostetler, Roy • Hostetler, Woodrow E. • Humbert, Norton F. • Hunter, Harry D. Jr. • Hunter, William • Hyde, Richard J. • Johns, James R. • Johnson, Donald R. • Keidel, Albert D. • Keidel, Paul G. • Kemp, Arthur N. • Kemp, Lawrence • Kemp, Raymond O. • Kieffer, Paul F. Sr. • Kinsinger, Edgar L. • Kinsinger, Wilbur H. • Kline, Mendel M. • Knight, Thomas R. • Knight, William R. • Knox, Frank W. • Kreger, Robert M. • Kurtz, Faye L. • Kurtz, Jean M. • Kurtz, Robert H. • Lease, Hayden H. • Lease, Lawrence E. • Lee, Fred • Lee, Raymond W. • Lenhart, George E. • Linderman, Carl • Linderman, Charles Jr. • Linderman, Ralph W.
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• Liston, William R. • Lytle, Calvin • Lytle, Ronald • Martin, James • May, James Jr. • May, Frank E. • McClintock, Clarence W. • McMillan, Dorothy L. • Meyers, Paul Jr. • Miller, Edison R. • Miller, John L. • Mitchell, Donald C. • Mitchell, Harry L. • Mitchell, Robert M. • Mitchell, Stanley R. • Moorhead, Andrew • Morrison, Earnest P. • Norman, Duane • Norman, Lester • ★ Peters, Earl J. • Phillippi, Darwin • Rascona, Carl • Raybeck, Elliott T. • Reckner, Orville C. • Rederick, Charles E. • Rederick, Ralph R. Jr. • Reeves, Robert • Reid, Robert R. • Reynolds, Thomas • ★ Riley, Darwin J. • Ringer, Dwane E. • Ringer, Howard R. Jr. • Ritter, John M. • Roberts, George W. • Rhua, Nicholas M. • Rush, Thomas C. • Rush, Donald • Sands, James W. • Sann, Russell • Sanner, Harold C. • Shaffer, Richard • Shipley, James G. • Shipley, Ralph • Shipley, Warren R. • Show, Paul • Show, Thomas R. • Smith, Catherine L. • Smith, Max E. • Smith, William L. • Spurgeon, Stanley • Stark, Paul J. • Thomas, Albert R. • Thomas, James F. • Thomas, John S. • Thomas, William H. • Tressler, Earl Jr. • Tressler, Glenn J. • Tressler, Harry L. • Tressler, James E. • Tressler, Roy Paul • Tressler, Sylvester E. • Tressler, William H. • ★ Turney, Elwood L. • Tussing, Wilbur H. • Umble, James • Vincent, Robert C. • Wable, William • Wagner, Charles H. • Wa Clemmer R. • Ward, George • Wass, Paul • Weaver, Reeves • Weyant, Frank E. • Weyand, Harry P. • Whitaker, Samuel W. Jr. • Wills, Donald E. • Wilson, Arnold • Wilson, Donald M. • Wilson, Russell • ★ Wilson, Worley • Yeagley, Wendell E. • Younkin, Charles • Younkin, Harry E. • Younkin, James K. • Younkin, John C. • Younkin, Robert • Younkin, Ross C. • Younkin, Roy
 
Erected 1946 by The Citizens of Confluence, Pennsylvania.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 39° 48.73′ N, 79° 21.553′ W. Memorial is in Confluence, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is on Ross just south of Hugart Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 482 Ross, Confluence PA 15424, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. 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, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Korean Veterans / Vietnam Veterans (here, next to this marker); Revolutionary War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington at Turkeyfoot (approx. 0.4 miles away); Harnedsville (approx. 1.9 miles away); Nils G. Thompson (approx. 1.9 miles away); Honor Roll (approx. 1.9 miles away); George Washington Show (approx. 2.1 miles away); American Legion Post 946 Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Confluence.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 386 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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