Shaler Township in Etna in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Shaler Heights Patriots

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 28, 2025

1. Shaler Heights Patriots Marker

Inscription.
Shaler Heights Patriots
Who Helped Win The War For Democracy

Charles M. Bezdek • Cyril M. Bezdek • Albert L. Brown • Daniel Bauman • John Bauman • Richard Bauman • Norman T. Byerley • Walter C. Byerley • Walter L. Enders • J. Park Franz • R. Nelson Franz • Walter L. Grob • William McK. Grob • George T. Harford • John R. Karcher • William W. Rigby Jr. • B. Frank Reese • Ralph G. Schneider • William C. H. Smith • Newell P. Thompson • George F. Wagner • Peter G. Wagner • Henry J. Will • Elmer J. Zeh

Died in Action
Ambrose C. Karcher • Harry M. Schaffer
France 1918

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

Location. 40° 30.539′ N, 79° 57.151′ W. Memorial is in Etna, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in Shaler Township. It is on Grant Avenue just north of Franklin Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 176 Grant Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is

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also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

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: Reeseville Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); All Saints Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Etna Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Thomas Shaw House (approx. 1.4 miles away); Guyasuta (approx. 1½ miles away); Defenders of Freedom (approx. 1½ miles away); Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Sharpsburg (approx. 1½ miles away); James Shaw House (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Etna.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 28, 2025

2. Shaler Heights Patriots Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 125 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.