West Wyoming in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
World War II and Veterans Memorial
For God and Country
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2024
1. World War II and Veterans Memorial
Deceased Veterans of All Wars
1941 1945
In Loving Memory of Our War Dead.
Henry Graziul, Peter Cielesz, Stanley Guzik, Edward Kumski,
Stanley Karwel, Stanley Hahula, Cyliva Pontian, John Sobiewski,
Bernard Lobada, Stanley Owczarz, Edward Rakowski, Edward Samborek,
John Ras, Leo Hatko, Ralph Zima, Tadeusz Zak, John Opiela,
Leo Mallico, Peter Pukis, John Yatsko, John Chulvik, Michael Sura,
Leon Halecki, Francis Stets, Frank Pawlowski, Joseph Banaszek,
Walter Liliental, Joseph Charneski, Raymond Rajkowicz,
Wladyslaw Kotarba, Stanley Olszewski, Raymond Motowidlak,
Joseph Chmielewski, Casimir Polahowski, Casimir Szymiatowicz,
Erected by St. Mary's Church of the Maternity Parish.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military • War, World II.
Location. 41° 18.496′ N, 75° 51.696′ W. Memorial is in West Wyoming, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It can be reached from Miscavage Street. Memorial is in St. Mary's Church of the Maternity Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial
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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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Andrew Lawrence American Legion Post 644 World War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Denison House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Battle of Wyoming (approx. 0.9 miles away); Luzerne County Liberty Tree (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Hancock Civil War Cannon (approx. 0.9 miles away); Wyoming Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); Morgan Recreation Park
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2024
2. World War II Memorial Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 20, 2024
3. World War II and Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 20, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
