Punxsutawney in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Vietnam War Memorial

1959 - 1975

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025

1. Vietnam War Memorial Marker

Inscription.
The first casualty of war is Innocence...
We who are left have an obligation
Never to forget our Brothers and Sisters
who have fallen.

All Gave Some - But Some Gave All

P.O.W. ★ M.I.A.

Joseph Torzok · SP4 · AR · 7/6/43 - 6/8/66
Michael R. Ishman · SP4 · AR · 6/2/46 - 1/12/67
Tommy L. Craft · Cpl · MC · 7/16/47 - 1/15/67
Richard L. Kuntz · SP4 · AR · 3/21/47 - 2/5/67
James L. Wise Jr. · SP4 · AR · 12/23/48 - 2/6/68
George J. Nicholson · PFC · AR · 11/16/47 - 3/24/68
Bernard M. Himes · LCpl · MC · 11/25/49 - 5/17/68
Larry E. Frantz · PFC · AR · 4/20/48 - 8/29/68
Thomas W. Steele · PFC · MC · 5/13/49 - 9/11/68
James A. Wingert · PFC · MC · 4/17/49 - 8/23/69
Robert P. Pape · A1C · AF · 2/25/49 - 9/2/70

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.

Location. 40° 56.622′ N, 78° 58.177′ W. Memorial is in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County. It is at the intersection of Mahoning Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east on Mahoning Street. Memorial is near the northwest corner of Barclay Square. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 East Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney PA 15767, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

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.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Barclay Square (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Indian Mill Stone (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Fraternal Order of Eagles War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Presby MacPhil (about 300 feet away); SFC Scott R. Smith (about 400 feet away); World War II Memorial (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Punxsutawney.

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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025

2. Vietnam War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 11, 2025

3. Vietnam War Memorial

Looking SE into Barclay Square

Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 71 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 16, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.