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

Vandergrift Military Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

1. Vandergrift Military Memorial

Inscription.

Vandergrift Military Memorial. . To our brave Who were, no longer are, but forever shall be ..., ☆ ☆ ☆, Lonny D. Wells, Sgt. 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces Born Jan. 10, 1975 Killed in combat, Nov. 9, 2004 Fallujah, Iraq, ☆ ☆ ☆, Vandergrift High School Honor Roll, Dedicated in honor of the students of Vandergrift High School who answered the call of their country in the World War 1917 . 1919, ☆ Died ☆ John Wherry . Le Roy Felker Army Donald Hubert Bladen . Avard Jack Brinker . Thomas Ceraso . Clair Clepper . Wallace F. Cowan . Henry Fletcher . Guy France . Thomas George . Arthur H. Gumbert . Samuel Henderson . Arthur Hilty . William Hodge . Ralph Hodil . George A. Hunger . Floyd Mohney . Russell Mohney . Louis Paul Morris, Frank R. McGregor . John F. McMahon . George Owens . Joseph B. Patton . Neil Patton . Pearl Preister . Judson L. Prugh . Harold Richey . Eugene Schall . Allen Walton Snyder . John L. Townsend . Lawrence H. Walthour . L. A. Ward . Karl Watt . Rudolph Wherry . Guy Alvin Whitacre . Le Roy Clarence Yerty . Merle Yerty Navy Harold Raymond Bair . Kingsley Hunger . William Lock . Ralph McIntyre . John McKim . Charles St Clair, ☆ ☆ ☆, Duty, Honor, Country. The code which those words perpetuate embraces the highest moral law and will stand the test of any ethics or philosophies ever promulgated for the uplift of mankind. Its requirements are for things that are right. The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training --sacrifice. In battle, and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those divine attributes which his Maker gave when He created man in His own image. No physical courage and no greater strength can take the place of the divine help which alone can sustain him. However hard the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind. In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. But in the evening of my memory, always echoes and reechoes duty, honor, country., General Douglas MacArthur, Those who made the supreme sacrifice, world war one, Acome, Peter . Baker, William H. . Beganti, Joachim . Berola, Peter . Black, Clem . Brinker, Charles W. . Bruner, Samuel R. . Bsmowkis, John . Campbell, John C. . Coleman, Samuel H. . Davidson, W. Harry . Desanza, Nicololi A. . Dornon, Robert L. . Duffield, Harry . Ebersole, Thomas F. . Felker, C. Leroy . Fickes, Ralph Η. . Fryer, John . Gerheim, Harry M. . Hammond, James F. . Helman, Lawrence K. . Johnston, James E. . Jones, Harold W. . Kaiser, Fred C. . Kalnik, Steve . Karnes, Joseph A. . Keibler, Paul M. . Kinkead, Leonard C. . Kudzman, Walter . Laird, Walter F. . Lambing, Floyd C. . McCool, Francis L. . McCreery, J. . McKenzie, Presley R. . McMillen, Miles . Muslick, Miller . Nastassa, Vincenzo . Osbourn, Charles T. . Pallazo, Leonard J. . Peitzak, Michael . Raymond, Peter P. . Ridenour, Waid I. . Rodmiskes, Ignac . Rossman, B. J. . Rupert, Claude . Shaffer, Clifford L. . Shea, Miles . Shellenberger, Hugh D. . Shoff, Joseph C. . Walthour, Raymond L. . Welsh, Phillip . Wherry, John Ν. . Wissinger, Chalmer . Woods, Harry C. . Young, Guy W. . Zerby, Alexander, world war two, Bell, Jack C. . Bione, Mario J. . Burnheimer, Ralph C. . Buyny, Alexander S. . Ciocca, Dominick J. . Coughenour, Paul B. . Coulter, Eugene B. . DiMenna, Frank . Dinga, John W. . Donghia, Jimmy S. . Doviat, Joseph V. . Dunmire, Dale R. . Earhart, John W., Jr. . Fantino, John . Fetterman, Max W. . Fetterman, William C. . Flickinger, F. M. . Franczyk, Albert F. . Franczyk, Bernard J. . Franczyk, Stanley . Gallik, Joseph W. . George, Harry A. . George, Malcolm L. . Giordano, Peter W. . Gourley, Benjamin H. . Gracey, James R. . Gumbert, Boyd M. . Hall, Howard G. . Hebert, Alfred M. . Hill, Clarence E. . Hoffman, Loyal J. . Horrell, Charles L. . Knapp, Edward J. . Kristich, Nicholas S. . Logero, James J. . Lukehart, Donavan A. . Manganello, James R. . Marsili, Lloyd L. . McClellan, Richard P. . Murgala, Joseph W., Jr. . Panza, Sam J. . Paschis, Leo R. . Petrovic, Milan S. . Pocetti, Nicholas . Pratkanis, Joseph A. . Rak, Joseph J., Jr. . Risher, W. Harold . Shaffer, George W. . Simpson, Jack A. . Skinner, Harold H. . Stitt, Earl M. . Strange, Paul D. . Sutkaitis, George P. . Szalanski, Harry J. . Τoy, Carl A., Jr. . Tumas, Edward P. . Witczak, Frank V. . Yasczak, Stanley, Korea, McCune, Richard, Vietnam, Collins, John J. . Dell, Kenneth J. . Kardos, Joseph F. . Patterson, Robert . Shields, Robert E. . Walker, Robert L. . White, R. Ivan.

To our brave
Who were, no longer are,
but forever shall be ...

☆ ☆ ☆

Lonny D. Wells, Sgt.
2nd Marine
Expeditionary Forces
Born Jan. 10, 1975
Killed in combat, Nov. 9, 2004
Fallujah, Iraq

☆ ☆ ☆

Vandergrift High School Honor Roll

Dedicated in honor of the students of Vandergrift High School who answered the call of their country in the World War
1917 • 1919

☆ Died ☆
John Wherry • Le Roy Felker
Army
Donald Hubert Bladen • Avard Jack Brinker • Thomas Ceraso • Clair Clepper • Wallace F. Cowan • Henry Fletcher • Guy France • Thomas George • Arthur H. Gumbert • Samuel Henderson • Arthur Hilty • William Hodge • Ralph Hodil • George A. Hunger • Floyd Mohney • Russell Mohney • Louis Paul Morris

Frank R. McGregor • John F. McMahon • George Owens • Joseph B. Patton • Neil Patton • Pearl Preister • Judson L. Prugh • Harold Richey • Eugene Schall • Allen Walton Snyder • John L. Townsend • Lawrence H. Walthour • L. A. Ward • Karl Watt • Rudolph Wherry • Guy Alvin Whitacre • Le Roy Clarence Yerty • Merle Yerty
Navy
Harold Raymond Bair • Kingsley

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Hunger • William Lock • Ralph McIntyre • John McKim • Charles St Clair

☆ ☆ ☆

Duty, Honor, Country
The code which those words perpetuate embraces the highest moral law and will stand the test of any ethics or philosophies ever promulgated for the uplift of mankind. Its requirements are for things that are right. The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training --sacrifice. In battle, and in the face of danger and death, he discloses those divine attributes which his Maker gave when He created man in His own image. No physical courage and no greater strength can take the place of the divine help which alone can sustain him. However hard the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind. In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. But in the evening of my memory, always echoes and reechoes duty, honor, country.

General Douglas MacArthur

Those who made the supreme sacrifice

WWI

Acome, Peter • Baker, William H. • Beganti, Joachim • Berola, Peter • Black, Clem • Brinker, Charles W. • Bruner, Samuel R. • Bsmowkis, John • Campbell,

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

2. Vandergrift Military Memorial

John C. • Coleman, Samuel H. • Davidson, W. Harry • Desanza, Nicololi A. • Dornon, Robert L. • Duffield, Harry • Ebersole, Thomas F. • Felker, C. Leroy • Fickes, Ralph Η. • Fryer, John • Gerheim, Harry M. • Hammond, James F. • Helman, Lawrence K. • Johnston, James E. • Jones, Harold W. • Kaiser, Fred C. • Kalnik, Steve • Karnes, Joseph A. • Keibler, Paul M. • Kinkead, Leonard C. • Kudzman, Walter • Laird, Walter F. • Lambing, Floyd C. • McCool, Francis L. • McCreery, J. • McKenzie, Presley R. • McMillen, Miles • Muslick, Miller • Nastassa, Vincenzo • Osbourn, Charles T. • Pallazo, Leonard J. • Peitzak, Michael • Raymond, Peter P. • Ridenour, Waid I. • Rodmiskes, Ignac • Rossman, B. J. • Rupert, Claude • Shaffer, Clifford L. • Shea, Miles • Shellenberger, Hugh D. • Shoff, Joseph C. • Walthour, Raymond L. • Welsh, Phillip • Wherry, John Ν. • Wissinger, Chalmer • Woods, Harry C. • Young, Guy W. • Zerby, Alexander

WWII

Bell, Jack C. • Bione, Mario J. • Burnheimer, Ralph C. • Buyny, Alexander S. • Ciocca, Dominick J. • Coughenour, Paul B. • Coulter, Eugene B. • DiMenna, Frank • Dinga, John W. • Donghia, Jimmy S. • Doviat, Joseph V. • Dunmire, Dale R. • Earhart, John W., Jr. • Fantino,

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

3. Vandergrift Military Memorial

John • Fetterman, Max W. • Fetterman, William C. • Flickinger, F. M. • Franczyk, Albert F. • Franczyk, Bernard J. • Franczyk, Stanley • Gallik, Joseph W. • George, Harry A. • George, Malcolm L. • Giordano, Peter W. • Gourley, Benjamin H. • Gracey, James R. • Gumbert, Boyd M. • Hall, Howard G. • Hebert, Alfred M. • Hill, Clarence E. • Hoffman, Loyal J. • Horrell, Charles L. • Knapp, Edward J. • Kristich, Nicholas S. • Logero, James J. • Lukehart, Donavan A. • Manganello, James R. • Marsili, Lloyd L. • McClellan, Richard P. • Murgala, Joseph W., Jr. • Panza, Sam J. • Paschis, Leo R. • Petrovic, Milan S. • Pocetti, Nicholas • Pratkanis, Joseph A. • Rak, Joseph J., Jr. • Risher, W. Harold • Shaffer, George W. • Simpson, Jack A. • Skinner, Harold H. • Stitt, Earl M. • Strange, Paul D. • Sutkaitis, George P. • Szalanski, Harry J. • Τoy, Carl A., Jr. • Tumas, Edward P. • Witczak, Frank V. • Yasczak, Stanley

Korea

McCune, Richard

Vietnam

Collins, John J. • Dell, Kenneth J. • Kardos, Joseph F. • Patterson, Robert • Shields, Robert E. • Walker, Robert L. • White, R. Ivan

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

Location.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

4. Vandergrift Military Memorial

40° 36.241′ N, 79° 33.894′ W. Memorial is in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is on Washington Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 56) just south of Grant Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 128 Washington Avenue, Vandergrift PA 15690, 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: Vandergrift (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Vandergrift (within shouting distance of this marker); St Gertrude Roman Catholic Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Parks Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); East Vandergrift Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Nellie Bly (approx. 1.3 miles away); Leonard C. Miller (approx. 1.6 miles away); Pittsburgh-To-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vandergrift.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 15, 2025

5. Vandergrift Military 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 109 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 23, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.