East Vandergrift in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

1. East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial

Inscription.
In honor and in memory of the men and women of East Vandergrift who served our country during time of war

☆ ☆ ☆

Died in the service of their country

Alexander Buyny • George Dudzik • Max Fetterman • Albert Franczyk • Bernard Franczyk • Stanley Yasczak • Frank Witczak • Harry Szalanski • Joseph Murgala • Leo Paschis • Joseph Pratkanis • Joseph Rak, Jr. • John Milanak • Walter Kudzman • Kenneth Dell

Erected 2012.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 35.951′ N, 79° 33.635′ W. Memorial is in East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is at the intersection of McKinley Avenue and Reed Street, on the right when traveling east on McKinley Avenue. McKinley Avenue is a one-way street that only heads northeast at this location. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 249 McKinley Avenue, East Vandergrift PA 15629, 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.

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: St Gertrude Roman Catholic Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Vandergrift Military Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Vandergrift

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Vandergrift (approx. 0.4 miles away); Parks Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Nellie Bly (approx. 0.9 miles away); Leonard C. Miller (approx. 1.3 miles away); Pittsburgh-To-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway (approx. 1.3 miles away).

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

2. East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

3. East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

4. East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 71 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 23, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.