Port Richmond in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sgt. John McVeigh Memorial
Sgt John McVeigh
23rd Inf, 2nd Inf Division
U.S. Army
Awarded Medal of Honor for
gallantry and intrepidity
K.I.A. on 8/29/44
near Brest, France
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 39° 59.181′ N, 75° 6.198′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Port Richmond. It is on Almond Street east of East Allegheny Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2535 E Allegheny Ave, Philadelphia PA 19134, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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, New Netherland, 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: Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Vietnam Era Memorial (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Stanley A. Gogoj (a few steps from this marker); A Square for Port Richmond (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Charles Allen Smith (approx. one mile away); Gennaro Pellegrini, Jr. (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
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