Marker Logo
THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
North Huntingdon Township near Irwin in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Straw Pump Community Honor Roll

 
 
Straw Pump Community Honor Roll Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 1, 2025
1. Straw Pump Community Honor Roll Marker
Inscription.
In honor to those who served

Honor Roll
Straw Pump Community
World War II

Beck, Lewis • Brahs, Charles • Buzzard, C. Melvin • Caldwell, Carl • Caldwell, Charles • Caldwell, Wayne • Caldwell, William • Clohessy, Harry • Evans, Daniel • Fohner, George • Gongaware, Wayne • Hadly, Lysle • Hadly, Scott • Hebraink, George • Luke, W. Scott • Myers, William • Peitz, Leo • Peitz, Charles • Raygor, David • Raygor, Nathaniel • Raygor, Paul • Raygor, Raymond • Rivosecchi, Filippo • Rivosecchi, William • Roth, Bernard • ☆ Schneider, Albert • Shrum, Dorothy • Shrum, Robert • Sinclair, Peter • Stokes, Cora Mae • Tallant, Lee Roy • Thompson, Clair • Van Dyke, Beryl • Wallace, John • Walthour, Murry • Wolf, Charles • Wolf, Jermiah

 
Erected 1946.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 18.945′ N, 79° 40.297′ W. Memorial is near Irwin, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in North Huntingdon Township. It is at the intersection of North Thompson Lane and Happy Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Thompson
Paid Advertisement
Click or scan to see
this page online
Lane. Memorial is located on the east side of Strawpump Volunteer Fire Department. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 130 North Thompson Lane, Irwin PA 15642, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Laurel Highlands and in Greater Pittsburgh. 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and 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: Brush Creek Salem Church (approx. Ύ mile away); Fort Walthour (approx. 0.8 miles away); Adamsburg Community Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Saint Boniface Military Monument (approx. one mile away); Westmoreland City Honor Roll & Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Brush Hill (approx. 1.1 miles away); From Manor Station to a Stormwater Control Parking Lot (approx. 1.2 miles away); Manor Memorial Garden (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Irwin.
 
Regarding Straw Pump Community Honor Roll. Memorial's metal plaque was salvaged and relocated after originally being along what is now U.S. Route 30 in Irwin, PA.
 
Straw Pump Community Honor Roll Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 1, 2025
2. Straw Pump Community Honor Roll Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 156 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 5, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
m=269511

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisement
Jun. 5, 2026