Pittston in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Captain Thomas Jerome Hromisin

United States Army

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 29, 2023

1. Captain Thomas Jerome Hromisin Marker

Inscription.

Wounded May 29, 2007
Tarmiyah, Iraq

Erected 2012 by Concerned Citizens and Organizations.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, 2nd Iraq.

Location. 41° 19.431′ N, 75° 47.446′ W. Memorial is in Pittston, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of William Street and Kennedy Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on William Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 104 Kennedy Boulevard, Pittston PA 18640, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Corporal Dale Justin Kridlo (a few steps from this marker); Our Hometown Heroes (a few steps from this marker); Lieutenant Colonel Richard Joseph Berrettini (a few steps from this marker); 1st Lieutenant Jeffrey Frank DePrimo (a few steps from this marker); John F. Lombardo and Leonard C. Insalaco II (within shouting distance of this marker); President John F. Kennedy Memorial Statue (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fire Fighters' Memorial Bridge (about 300 feet away); St. John the Baptist Church (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittston.

Also see . . . Scranton Grad receives Purple Heart (University of Scranton, 2008). (Submitted on November 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 29, 2023

2. Captain Thomas Jerome Hromisin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 30, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.