Cumberland in Guernsey County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Cumberland Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, August 31, 2025

1. Cumberland Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. This memorial is erected as a tribute to the men of Cumberland, Ohio and community who responded to the call of their country when the unity and honor of the nation were assailed and democracy imperiled.

World War II 1941-1945
The supreme sacrifice given by
Vernon H. Gariens U. S. A. A. C.
Thomas W. Hardesty U. S. A. A. G.
Joseph S. Jakubisin U. S. N.
Ernest V. Johnson U. S. A.
John Kachmarik U. S. A.
John R. Luse U. S. M. C.

Erected 1948 by Citizens of Cumberland, Ohio. and Community and The American Legion Post 456.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 39° 51.235′ N, 81° 39.922′ W. Memorial is in Cumberland, Ohio, in Guernsey County. It is at the intersection of Cemetery Street and North Church Street (State Route 83), on the right when traveling east on Cemetery Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 559 N Church Street, Cumberland OH 43732, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is 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: Cumberland (approx. half a mile away); The Lett Settlement (approx. 3.8 miles away); U.S.S. Shenandoah (approx. 4.9

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miles away); Crash of the USS Shenandoah / Lighter-Than-Air Flight (approx. 5.1 miles away); a different marker also named U.S.S. Shenandoah (approx. 6.8 miles away); Wreckage Site Number 1 of the U.S. Navy Airship Shenandoah (approx. 6.8 miles away); Exhaltation/Elevation of the Holy Cross Church (approx. 7.3 miles away); Claude L. Wilson (approx. 7.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cumberland.

Cumberland Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, August 31, 2025

2. Cumberland Veterans Memorial

Cumberland Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, August 31, 2025

3. Cumberland Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.