Rice Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

World War II Honor Roll

Korea 1950 - 1955 • Vietnam 1964 - 1975

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025

1. World War II Honor Roll

Inscription.

Those Who Gave Their All

★ Francis Parrish ★ George Rumpilla ★ James J. Toth ★

In Memory of All Who Served

George Benning • Howard Buff • Joseph Brennen • Fred Babarsky • Francis Babarsky • Joseph Chado • Leon Chado • John Chorba • Joseph Chorba • Robert Cooper • Mildred Deaton • Thomas Dudzikowski • Robert Duffy • Charles Fetterman • Robert Flowers • George Gasper • Thomas Gasper • Walter Gasper • Charles Gommer • Franklin Gottermeir • Vincent F. Grasso • Elizabeth J. Grontkowski • Frank A. Grontkowski • Morton Groves • Philip Hartman • James Harvey • W. Allen Hoak • Arthur Hollabaugh • Robert Hollabaugh • John J. Homnick • Frank Jeckel • Lawrence E. Jones • Edwin Kania • Raymond Kania • Theodore Kania • Edward Keiner • Joseph Kipp • Francis Kline • Harry Lawson • Thomas Lawson • Dorothy M. Lear • Jack A. Lear • Robert Machina • Louis Mirra • Allen Morrow • Hal E. Morrow • Harold Murray • James B. Murray Jr. • Ellsworth J. Oliver • Thomas Perkins • Arthur Perschau • George Perschau • Robert

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Phillips • Edgar F. Raub • Isaac Roberts • Donald Rumpilla • Harry Rumpilla • Earl Schuler • Elmer Schuler • John Schuler Jr. • James P. Schwartz • Theodore Schwartz • Harry Scott • John J. Sewell • Calvin E. Slutter • Theodore Stemrick • Isadore Stryjak • Seymour Stucker • David Thomas • Freemont Tillie • Joseph Valdez • Archie Weyhenmeyer • Jonathan Weyhenmeyer • Thaddeus Weyhenmeyer • Russell Williams • Earl Wolfe • Robert Wolfe

Erected by the People of Rice Township.

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

Location. 41° 8.816′ N, 75° 57.536′ W. Memorial is in Rice Township, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on Church Road 0.1 miles east of Exit 159 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3085 Church Road, Mountain Top PA 18707, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

World War II Honor Roll - Korean War Addition image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025

2. World War II Honor Roll - Korean War Addition

the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: World War II Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away); Concrete City (approx. 2.9 miles away); Wright Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away); Pete Gray Wyshner (approx. 2.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); Luzerne County Community College Walk of Honor (approx. 3.7 miles away); Walk of Honor September 11th Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away).

Regarding World War II Honor Roll. The monument was expanded to include honoring veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars.

World War II Honor Roll - Vietnam War Addition image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025

3. World War II Honor Roll - Vietnam War Addition

World War II Honor Roll Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 24, 2025

4. World War II Honor Roll Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 104 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 25, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.