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Tyrone in Blair County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

World War II Memorial

1941 - 1945

 
 
World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2019
1. World War II Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the memory of those from
Tyrone and Vicinity
who gave the last full measure of
devotion during the Second World War

James P. Anderson • Joe T. Andrews • Eugene Baer • Clarence Bell • Robert O. Bickle • William R. Black • Ralph Bonsell • John F. Bridges • Robert L. Brower • David Budd • Stanley R. Catich • Lewis J. Chille • James L. Consentino • John B. Cowher • Dorsey Decker • Kenneth Decker • John M. Denny • Arnold H. Ewell • Frederick Farrand • Robert L. Fetzer • Albert Fisher • Harold R. Fisher • Raymond Fisher • Clarence Frantz • Bernard N. Gates • Clayton S. Gates • Virgil Gates • Harry Gault • William P. Goss • David O. Grazier • Russell O. Gunsallus • William Houck • John D. Hunter • Thomas J. Lane • Harry B. Lannen • Paul J. Lannen • Paul J. Light • Robert H. Little • Donald L. Lloyd • John C. Loncher • Paul B. Long • William Loucks • Norman F. Lykens • Frank Maceno • Harvey Maines • John Mannino • Patrick Maschke • David H. Meredith • Charles H Myers • Raymond W. Neil • John Phillinger • Thomas J. Price • Bruce Robbins • Loyal L. Robinson • William D. Rodgers • C.E. Schandelmier • Robert Shultz
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• William A. Snider • John Starzesky • John Stroup • Orlando Taylor • George Tillet • Charles J. Vogt • Boyd R. Waite • Martin Waite • Donald Westley • Terrance Weston • Floyd F. Williams • Leon R. Williams • Orvis Williams • Robert J. Williams • William T. Williams • Robert L. Wilson • John O. Hamer
 
Erected by Howard Gardner Post No. 281, American Legion.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 40.591′ N, 78° 14.37′ W. Memorial is in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, in Blair County. It is at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 453) and West 14th Street ( Route 453), on the right when traveling north on Lincoln Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Tyrone PA 16686, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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
World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), May 31, 2019
2. World War II Memorial
(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: World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam (here, next to this marker); Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Nearby Was the Birthplace of Fred Waring (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fred Waring (approx. 0.4 miles away); "The Big Spring" (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of the Former Historic City Hotel (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tyrone.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 404 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on November 22, 2024, by Grant Wills of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 2, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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