Ligonier Township in Rector in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Rector Green Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025

1. Rector Green Memorial

Inscription.
Dedicated to the men and women of Rector who served their country during World War II and the Korean Conflict

Ackerman, William J. • Ankney, Charles A. • Ankney, Curtis G. • Ankney, Edwin G. • Ankney, George E. • Ankney, Gilbert D. • Ankney, H. Dean • Ankney, Kenneth R. • Ankney, Louis • Ankney, Merle • Ankney, Walter • Ankney, William • Baker, Edgar L. • Berger, John E. • Benz, Milton A. • Bowman, John W. • Bowman, Rudolph • Brown, James R. • Brown, Paul • Burdick, William F. • Burdick, William L. • Cain, Michael J. • Campbell, Robert R. • Carns, Kenneth E. • Clark, Clifford R. • Clark, Lawrence • Flickinger, Joseph • Gratton, James • Hartman, Α. Β. ☆

Hays, John • Hoffman, William C. • Husky, Stanley P. • Iscrupe, Glenn E. • Iscrupe, Howard R. • Johns, Robert E. • Kennedy, Ray E. • Kennedy, Wilbert A. • Kuhns, Carl E. • Kuhns, Oliver • Kurinko, Carl • Kurinko, Harold M. • Kurinko, John W. • Kurinko, Paul • Kurinko, Richard • Kurinko, Walter R. • Lear, Samuel G. • McClintic, Jean Taylor • McDonald, Robert L. • McLean, Charles F. • Mellon, Richard K. • Melone, Edward J. • Melone, James A. • Melone, William J. • Moonly, John L., Jr. • Mosteller, Ferris E. • Nelson, John • Nelson, Paul • Nicely, William I.

Rea, Cleveland D. • Rea, James C. • Rea, John • Rea, William H. • Regan, James J. • Regan, Joanne Nicely • Scaife, Alan M. • Scott, Gordon C. • Shaulis, Donald L. • Shaulis, Edward A. • Shaulis, Elmer L. • Shaulis, Robert • Smith, Donald • Snyder, John V. • Sprock, John V. • Springer, Robert B. • St. Clair, Virgil • Stein, Earl W. • Stein, Paul • Tenny, Willis

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E. • Thompson, Gordon • Thompson, Rolland • Thompson, William L. • Walker, Stanley M. • Weidlein, Edward R. • Weidlein, John D. • Weidlein, Robert B. • Welch, E. Blair • Welch, George D.

Erected 1958 by Sarah Mellon Scaife & Richard King Mellon Foundations.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World II.

Location. 40° 11.695′ N, 79° 14.52′ W. Memorial is in Rector, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Ligonier Township. It is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 381 and Linn Run Road (County Route 2043), on the right when traveling east on Pennsylvania Route 381. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1534 Linn Run Road, Rector PA 15677, 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.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, July 12, 2025

2. Rector Green Memorial

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Laughlintown (approx. 2½ miles away); Stagecoach Travel (approx. 2½ miles away); The Compass Inn (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named The Compass Inn (approx. 2.6 miles away); Loyalhanning (approx. 3 miles away); Ligonier (approx. 3.1 miles away); Finding Your Way (approx. 3.1 miles away); Arthur St. Clair (approx. 3.2 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 94 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.