Quakake in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Reese A. Jones
Corporal U.S.M.C.
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2025
1. Reese A. Jones Memorial Marker
Quang Tri Province Republic of Vietnam
Dedicated
Thursday, May 30th 1968
Erected 1968 by American Legion Post 973 and Auxiliary.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.
Location. 40° 51.108′ N, 76° 2.206′ W. Memorial is in Quakake, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. It is on Elmer Heckman Street west of Theodore Rogosky Street, on the right when traveling west. Memorial is opposite the American Legion Post 973 home. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 51 Elmer Heckman Street, Quakake PA 18245, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 1.9 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Police and Firefighters Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away).
Also see . . . Reese Alvin Jones at The Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (Submitted on January 15, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., January 15, 2025
2. Reese A. Jones Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 134 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
