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War Memorial

 
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2024
1. War Memorial
Inscription.
[Armed Forces Emblems]

In Memory Of All Those Who Died
In The Armed Forces In This Area

World War I
William J. Griffiths · Carl Baker · Thomas Harvey · Richard T. Henwood
Joseph Houston · David Jones · Frank Kelly · George Morgan · Maurice Phillips
James Roach · John Zaleski · Nicholas E. Selgrath

World Wap II
Henry J. Chludzienski · John T. Frenchko · Jerome Friedman · Joseph G Hemak
Donald Kraft · Henry Petrosky · Philip Rippon · Elwin White · Stanley Zeshonsky
Raymond Rood · Albert Moon · Edward Czerwiec · Andrew Chupp
Walter P. Telep · John Mikridge · Alexander Krizanowsky · William N Usher

Korean War
Easil Keklak · Joseph Socha

Iraq
Eric Slebodnik

On May 8, 2003, this gold brick
was flown over Iraq in a USAF C-17

 
Erected 2003 by American Legion Post 465 and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 2nd IraqWar, KoreanWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 31.705′ N, 75° 32.993′ W. Memorial is in Jermyn, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is on Jefferson Avenue
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south of Bacon Street, on the left when traveling south. On the Jermyn Community Center grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 440 Jefferson Avenue, Jermyn PA 18433, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jermyn Memorial Garden Circles of Life (a few steps from this marker); 6 Jermyn Churches (a few steps from this marker); John Jermyn (a few steps from this marker); The Founders of First Aid in America (within shouting distance of this marker); World War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); World War I Veterans Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Borough of Jermyn
War Memorial Commemorative Gold Brick Paver image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2024
2. War Memorial Commemorative Gold Brick Paver
In ground in front of war memorial
(approx. Ό mile away); First Aid Pioneer (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jermyn.
 
War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2024
3. War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 321 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 24, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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