Yantic in Norwich in Southeastern Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Yantic World War II Memorial

Photographed by Conrad Ward, October 20, 2024

1. Yantic World War II Memorial Marker

Inscription. Presented by the
Yantic Fire Engine
Co. No 1
on their 100th anniversary
July 19, 1947
in honor of those from this
community who served in
World War II

Ralph B. Barber · Ernest G. Bates · Arthur M. Beeman · Robert D. Beeman · Ralph B. Bennett · Ellis L. Bentley, Jr. · John Bialowans · Chester C. Capiga · Joseph Capiga · Stanley Z. Capiga · Francis A. Carberry · Thomas J. Carberry · Philip J. Clang · George C. Coderre · Raymond V. Congdon, Jr. · Charles E. Ellison · ★Willian J. Field · Gustave Fishbone · Gilbert Fontaine · Willian Fontaine · John H. Gibbs · Andrew E. Grieve · Frank R. Grieve · Frederick E. Hewlitt · Frank S. Holod · Wallace P. Johnson · Arnold F. Johnson · Willian B. Johnson · Ralph R. Juzwie · Warren E. Kelly, Jr. · Willian O. Kelly · Willian B. Kelly, Jr. · Bernard Kopf · John C. Kopf · Robert J. Lamphere · Michael Laputz · Sherosh Laputz · John L. Meyers · Albert J. Morich · Anthony E. Morich · Charles O'Connell · Raymond L. Packard · Edward S. Perkowsky · Felix Perkowsky · Wasil Pershaec · Albert F. Phillips · Harold E. Phillips · Edgar

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B. Pierce · John A. Proctor · Duane S. Read · Amzi B. Sanborn · Phillip V. Sanborn · Arthur L. Shaw · Glenn R. Shorey · John R. Shorey · Frank Sinko, Jr. · Matthew W. Smith · Henry R. Solsbury · Louis E. Solsbury · Charles A. Strenkowski · Andrew Swiacki · Anthony Swiacki · Henry W. Swiacki · Henry J. Szymanski · John B. Tumicki · Charles Wozniak · Eddie Wozniak · Walter Wozniak · Viola B. Zawacki

Erected 1947 by Yantic Fire Engine Company No. 1.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 41° 33.669′ N, 72° 7.446′ W. Memorial is in Norwich in Southeastern Region, Connecticut. It is in Yantic. It is on Yantic Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 151 Yantic Road, Yantic CT 06389, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Connecticut Shoreline,

in Greater New London and in the Thames River Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Yantic World War II Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Conrad Ward, October 20, 2024

2. Yantic World War II Memorial

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New London County

and also 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: Armed Forces Memorial Flagpole (here, next to this marker); 125th Anniversary Memorial (here, next to this marker); Yantic (a few steps from this marker); Yantic Fire Engine Co. Vietnam Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Bean Hill (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Bean Hill (approx. 0.9 miles away); Bozrah World War I Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Meeting House Rocks (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norwich.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 25, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 133 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 25, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.