Hanover Township near Wilkes-Barre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

War Memorial

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

1. War Memorial

Inscription.

In honor of those who served and in memory of
those who gave their life for God and Country

1941 [World War II] 1945
Benjamin Kozloski • Stanley Suda • William Reckus • Raymond C. Thomas • Robert T. Gribble • Joseph Geise • Walter Koliga • John Kowalick • John Pstrak • Thomas Prothero • Benjamin V. Wilczewski • Stanley H. Bowman Jr. • Raymond Borowski • Anthony Blaskiewicz • Edmund V. Blihar • Edward S. Sabat

1950 [Korean War] 1953
Stephen Dubinski • Joseph Gupko • Peter Charnetski • Constant Oroski

1964 Vietnam War 1975
Wayne Wolfkeil
M.I.A.

Erected by Lyndwood • Iona Place Service Club.

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

Location. 41° 14.104′ N, 75° 55.85′ W. Memorial is near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is in Hanover Township. It is at the intersection of Colley Street and Mack Street, on the left when traveling north on Colley Street. Monument is on the Lyndwood Early Elementary School grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2 Colley Street, Wilkes Barre PA 18706, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

and in the Wyoming Valley.

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 walking distance of this marker: Arthur Horace James (1883-1973)

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); Coal Miners Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Zinzendorf Preached to Wyoming Valley Indians (approx. 0.8 miles away); Lee Park Honor Roll (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Gulf War Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilkes-Barre.

Regarding War Memorial. Col. Wolfkeil's plane crashed in Laos in 1968; he remains unaccounted for as of the posting of this memorial marker.

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

2. War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 25, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 47 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 25, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.