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Glassport Legion Memorial

 
 
Glassport Legion Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
1. Glassport Legion Memorial
Inscription.
For God and Country
Dedicated to the honor of all those who have served their country in all wars and in memory of these men who made the supreme sacrifice

World War I
Booth, James O. • Deremer, Calvin • Evans, Michael • Foster, Louis • Lang, Michael J. • Murray, James D. • Markuszewski, William • McShane, Frank • McShane, Rihu • Norris, Chester L. • Pfluger, Conrad L. • Pickens, Arthur W. • Pickens, Vergil L. • Price, Stanley • Strobejko, John • Salvadore, Adam M. • Stepko, Eugene J. • Skalski, John • Tavalaro, Vincent L. • Tripitelli, Alfred

World War II
Cairns, Robert D. • Carapella, Alexander • Close, Kelsel C. • Coma, Albert • Coma, Stephen • Conley, Francis • Daniszewski, Stanley J. • Dean, Andrew H. • Digiacomo, Anthony J. • Dolnack, George T. • Duncan, J. Alvin • Dworek, Edwin. F. • Fraley, Edward W. • Fryer, Charles • Chetian, Joseph • Grace, Richard • Hannum, Joseph • Heath, John • Hrehocik, John • Hudak, Andrew • Jackson, Charles • Kaczka, Andrew J. • Karnash, John • Knezevich,
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Rudolph • Kochuba, Nick • Kunkle, Sylvester • Kurka, John • Kwolek, John J. Jr. • McMullen, Don G. • March, Jack • Marzoch, John F. • Meyers, Jack • Milasko, John • Milligan, Phillip • Null, Kenneth J. • O'Connell, Daniel • Orenak, Pete • Radovich, Steven • Raszewski, Thomas • Raszewski, Valentine • Savage, Frank • Sharp, Robert • Shegan, Bert • Sherman, Nick • Squibbs, Abram F. • Sudy, Edward • Tacik, Lawrence • Thornton, Patrick J. • Tomasello, Vincent • Tudek, Henry • Warchola, Michael • Watts, Robert S. Jr. • Wesolowski, Ernest • Woytek, John • Zebak, Michael • Zyra, Anthony F. • Zyra, Joseph B.

Korean War
Moritz, Norman

Vietnam
Synkowski, Valentine J. • Kapsha, Richard R.

☆ ☆ ☆

In recognition of those killed or wounded in action in defense of their country, in all wars.

Dedicated by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter #9

September 1992

 
Erected 1946 by Copperweld Steel Company.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 40° 19.708′ N,
Glassport Legion Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
2. Glassport Legion Memorial
79° 53.546′ W. Memorial is in Glassport, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is on Monongahela Avenue north of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north. Memorial is located on the front of the American Legion Post 443 building. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 417 Monongahela Avenue, Glassport PA 15045, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and 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: Glassport Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Glassport Korean War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Let It Be Known (within
Glassport Legion Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, October 4, 2024
3. Glassport Legion Memorial
shouting distance of this marker); Glassport World War Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); City of Clairton Korea and Vietnam Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); City of Clairton World War I and II Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Port Vue Legion Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glassport.
 
Regarding Glassport Legion Memorial. Memorial has been updated twice since its initial installation.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 12, 2024, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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