South Fayette Township in Oakdale in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Aetna Chemical Company Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 6, 2025

1. Aetna Chemical Company Memorial

(South Face)

Inscription.
(South Face):
In memory of those employees who lost their lives in the explosion at the Oakdale Plant
May 18, 1918
Their lives were devoted to the manufacture of materials necessary to the United States in the prosecution of the war against Germany. Like soldiers they died in their country's service. The unidentified repose in this plot.
(East Face):
E. R. Gian. Bastiani • G. W. Bell • J. N. Bell • H. M. Bever • Earl V. Bohn • John Bolton • L. D. Burdick • Frank J. Cassidy • W. Clother • John A. Davis • John Davidson • J. A. Dayton • Fred Dilbeck
(North Face):
S. H. Diehl • Charles A. Early • John Farrell • George Fernald • Henry Fossey • John Graham • Robert Gilbert • John Gass • Andreas Holmquist • Louis Jericho • John J. Kennedy • Joe Lucas • George F. Miller
(West Face):
W. W. Monroe • Patrick McManus • John C. Roberts • John Remark • W. S. Sigendall • W. E. Souser • George Smith • Matthew Smith • Vivian E. Terry • James Wilhelm • J. M. Weldon • Joseph Yorio • Geek Zimmerman

Erected by The Aetna Chemical Company.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • War, World I. A significant historical date for this entry is May 18, 1918.

Location. 40° 23.319′ N, 80° 11.123′ W. Memorial is in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in South Fayette Township. It can be reached from Union Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 978) 0.2 miles north of Battle Ridge Road ( Route 978), on the left when traveling north. Memorial is located in Oakdale Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 290 Union Avenue, Oakdale PA 15071, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

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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: The Panhandle Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); Oakdale Honor Roll (approx. 0.6 miles away); Noblestown Honor Roll (approx. ¾ mile away); W.J. Stewart / Howard Stewart House (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sturgeon Honor Roll (approx. 1.4 miles away); Elizabeth Gilmore (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Soldier's Monument (approx. 1.7 miles away); Walker-Ewing Log House (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oakdale.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 6, 2025

2. Aetna Chemical Company Memorial

(East Face)

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 6, 2025

3. Aetna Chemical Company Memorial

(North Face)

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 6, 2025

4. Aetna Chemical Company Memorial

(West Face)

Photographed by Bradley Owen, June 6, 2025

5. Aetna Chemical Company Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 8, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.