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Coshocton Veterans Memorial Bridge

 
 
Coshocton Veterans Memorial Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 27, 2025
1. Coshocton Veterans Memorial Bridge Marker
Inscription.
Russell
Sharples
WWII-Army
KIA-JUL 02, 1944

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 40° 16.826′ N, 82° 5.487′ W. Memorial is in West Bedford, Ohio, in Coshocton County. It is in Bedford Township. It is at the intersection of County Road 51 and State Route 79, on the right when traveling south on County Road 51. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 21985 Co Rd 51, Warsaw OH 43844, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country. It is also in the American Midwest, 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Franklin J. Fischer (approx. 5.1 miles away); The Founding of Warsaw, Ohio (approx. 5.9 miles away); Colonel William Simmons (approx. 5.9 miles away); Scout Headquarters (approx. 5.9 miles away); The Warsaw Hotel (approx. 5.9 miles away); Relics of the Canal Age: Six-Mile Dam and Lock No. 5 (approx. 5.9 miles away); a different marker also named Relics of the Canal Age: Six-Mile Dam and Lock No. 5 (approx. 7.3 miles away); The Site of White Woman’s Village (approx. 8 miles away).
 
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Coshocton Veterans Memorial Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, July 27, 2025
2. Coshocton Veterans Memorial Bridge Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 1, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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