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Duryea in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

PFC Walter Lambert Jr

Co L · 128 Inf · 32 Div

— May 23 1919 · Feb 2 1944 —

 
 
PFC Walter Lambert Jr Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 23, 2025
1. PFC Walter Lambert Jr Marker
Inscription.

Killed In Action · Saidor New Guinea
Buried Plot A Row 4 Grave 200
Fort McKinley U.S. Military Cemetery
Manila Philippine Islands

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 21.256′ N, 75° 45.058′ W. Memorial is in Duryea, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Hill Street west of Bridge Street/Foote Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Marker is in Marcy Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 933 Foote Avenue, Duryea PA 18642, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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: Elias Swartz (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Forge (approx. 0.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); St. Mary's PNCC Organizers and Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Holy Rosary Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. Ύ mile away); Moosic High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. one mile away); Memorial to Honor SS Peter and Paul Parish (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Duryea.
 
Regarding PFC Walter Lambert Jr. The marker is a cenotaph, with burial
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PFC Walter Lambert Jr Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 23, 2025
2. PFC Walter Lambert Jr Marker
In family plot. Hill Street entrance in background
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 23, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 23, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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