Chester in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2024

1. Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial. . In remembrance of those alumni of Widener University and Pennsylvania Military College who have served the nation with honor, courage and devotion to duty and in so doing laid down their lives for us and for future generations., World War I David G. Allen '00 . John I. Burns '12 . Bernard J. Cahn '13 . Douglas T. Cameron '14 Edmund G. Cook '06 . Henry Dohority '06 . Elliott Durand '03 . Phelps Holman '00 John Loveland '09 . George B. Murtha '14 . J.C. Morris Small '11 . Parker Vanamee '05, World War II Herbert R. Amey '35 . Herbert Bailey '46 . John Bassetti '42 . Gordon Bettles '10 Peter E. Buck, II '10 . William Callahan '43 . William A. Cortwright '46 Walter Czarnecki '42 . Robert S. Currier '42 . William E. Derr '38 . S. Ellsworth Duff '38 John H. Faust '34 . James L. Flood '46 . Russell A Freas '41 . William T. Gardner [nd] Edward Gazarian '43 . James W. Gilbert Jr. '43 . Roscoe N. Gray '43 Benjamin R. Kimlau '42 . Daniel A. London '41 . James G. Lynch '40 William R. Maddock, Jr. '40 . Milton R. Matteson, Jr. '46 Hugh F. McCaffrey '24 . Joseph McCaffrey '27 Frank H. McCracken '43 . Marshall V. Moss '46 Clarence Myers '09 . Richard J. O'Malley '38 Thomas R. O'Malley '41 . M. Richard Pessolano '41 Samuel H. Rosenbaum '46 . Jack Shoyer [nd] Wm. Franklin Spang '39 . Robert F. Spleen '24 Charles H. Terry '41 . George R. Wilkens '43 John C. Williams '41 . William J. Wolfgram '43, Korea Emory M. Hickman '40 . Francis J. Montagnolo '51 Don Elsworth Olmstead '51 . Alan Stiteler '47, Vietnam William J. Ahlum '66 . Robert Aldrich '69 Robert N. Chinquina '69 . John L. Geoghegan '63 Dennis P Isom '66 . James A. Johnson, Jr. '69 Daniel F. Monahan '62 . Joe R. Mossman '61 William J. Stephenson '63 . David R. Wilson '66, Persian Gulf Richard A. Mulhern '71, Global War On Terrorism Shane Mahaffee '94 . Nathan R. Raudenbush '05, Commemorated on the occasion of the 175th year of the institution. October 19, 1996.

In remembrance of those alumni of
Widener University and Pennsylvania Military College
who have served the nation with honor, courage and
devotion to duty and in so doing laid down their lives
for us and for future generations.

World War I
David G. Allen '00 • John I. Burns '12 • Bernard J. Cahn '13 • Douglas T. Cameron '14
Edmund G. Cook '06 • Henry Dohority '06 • Elliott Durand '03 • Phelps Holman '00
John Loveland '09 • George B. Murtha '14 • J.C. Morris Small '11 • Parker Vanamee '05

World War II
Herbert R. Amey '35 • Herbert Bailey '46 • John Bassetti '42 • Gordon Bettles '10
Peter E. Buck, II '10 • William Callahan '43 • William A. Cortwright '46
Walter Czarnecki '42 • Robert S. Currier '42 • William E. Derr '38 • S. Ellsworth Duff '38
John H. Faust '34 • James L. Flood '46 • Russell A Freas '41 • William T. Gardner [nd]
Edward Gazarian '43 • James W. Gilbert Jr. '43 • Roscoe N. Gray '43
Benjamin R. Kimlau '42 • Daniel A. London '41 • James G. Lynch '40
William R. Maddock, Jr. '40 • Milton R. Matteson, Jr. '46
Hugh F. McCaffrey '24 • Joseph McCaffrey '27
Frank H. McCracken '43 • Marshall V. Moss '46
Clarence Myers '09 • Richard J. O'Malley '38
Thomas R. O'Malley '41 • M. Richard Pessolano '41
Samuel H. Rosenbaum '46 • Jack Shoyer [nd]
Wm. Franklin Spang '39 • Robert F. Spleen '24
Charles H. Terry '41 • George R. Wilkens '43
John C. Williams '41 • William J. Wolfgram '43

Korea
Emory M. Hickman '40 • Francis J. Montagnolo '51
Don Elsworth Olmstead '51 • Alan Stiteler '47

Vietnam
William J. Ahlum '66 • Robert Aldrich '69
Robert N. Chinquina '69 • John L. Geoghegan '63
Dennis P Isom '66 • James A. Johnson, Jr. '69
Daniel F. Monahan '62 • Joe R. Mossman '61
William J. Stephenson '63 • David R. Wilson '66

Persian Gulf
Richard A. Mulhern '71

Global War On Terrorism
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Mahaffee '94 • Nathan R. Raudenbush '05

Commemorated on the occasion of
the 175th year of the institution.
October 19, 1996

Erected 1996 by Widener University.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 39° 51.685′ N, 75° 21.31′ W. Memorial is in Chester, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is at the intersection of 14th Street and University Place, on the right when traveling west on 14th Street. Memorial is in front of Old Main, on the Widener University campus. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 University Place, Chester PA 19013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2024

2. Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial

markers are within walking distance of this marker: Freedom's Pride, c. 1900 (a few steps from this marker); "Albie" Filoreto Memorial Carillon (within shouting distance of this marker); Brig. Gen. Charles E. Hyatt (within shouting distance of this marker); In Commemoration of the Centennial (within shouting distance of this marker); Millennium Flame (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dr. Anna E. Broomall (about 700 feet away); Rochambeau Route (approx. ¼ mile away); Sun Village War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chester.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2024

3. Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2024

4. Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 10, 2024

5. Pennsylvania Military College/Widener University Veterans Memorial

Old Main in background

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 303 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 11, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.