Spring Garden Township in York County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First Ward World War II Honor Roll

Spring Garden Township

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 26, 2025

1. First Ward World War II Honor Roll

Inscription.
Dedicated to men and women who gave their service
and sacrifice to God and Country in World War II

Paul L. Legore • Lester Byers • Earl L. Furhman • Barbara A. Diehl • Lavern R. Raver • David J. Matson • Melvin R. Matson • Charles E. Matson • Rhinehold Matson • Charles L. Snelbaker • Robert H. Klinedinst • William A. Breneman • Robert S. Breneman • Robert E. Wildermuth • William E. Ziegler • Earl S. Baer • Irvin F. Topper • Ployd R. Furhman • Edward A. Taylor • Benjamin Siar • Frederick C. Sleeger • Stanley J. Eby • Charles R. Bixler • Ralph W. Bixler • William H. Hoover • Leonard P. Hoover • Harvey E. Bumsted • Nelson F. Landis • Carl A. Bufflap Jr. • George E. Bufflap • Allen R. Ziegler • Sylvester J. Lewis • Philip R. Lewis • Raymond E. Moose • Carlos G. Moose • John C. Gotwalt • William J. Liester • Henry C. Baublitz • William Baublitz • Claude E. Besecker • Preston S. Smith • Lester F. Eaton • Edward Foller • Robert A. Ensminger • William B. Ensminger • Richard E. Ensminger • Raymond Ensminger • Harry Spangler • John J. Beck Sr. • Ellsworth E. Billet • Melvin G. Rudy • Calvin S. Campbell • Daniel E. Glatfelter

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• Margaret M. Glatfelter • George W. Sprenkle • Mary A. Davenport • Andrew E. Davenport • William G. Cummings • Walter S. Metzel • Aubrey J. Clements Jr. • Alan W. Little • Charles F. Warren Jr. • George L. Osborne • Carl E. Knouse • Gladston H. Wales • Curvin C. Stambaugh • Melvin J. Stambaugh • Alvin B. Stambaugh • Cynthia L. Stambaugh • Stuart C. Gosnell • Edward B. Smith • Charles E. Blauser • Charles P. Blauser • Raymond A. Blauser • Charles E. Simon • Charles E. Wintermyer • Earl L. Alloways • Russel E. Horn

★ MEMORIAL ★
to those who gave their lives
[name plate missing]

Erected by First Ward Citizens and Organizations.

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

Location. 39° 58.446′ N, 76° 42.947′ W. Memorial is in Spring Garden Township, Pennsylvania, in York County. It is at the intersection of Windsor Street and Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling east on Windsor Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 530 Mulberry Street, York PA 17403, United States of America.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 26, 2025

2. First Ward World War II Honor Roll

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Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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: White Rose Post No. 556 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (approx. half a mile away); Interlocking Tower (approx. 0.7 miles away); Human Uses Through The Centuries (approx. ¾ mile away); Codurus Creek Water Trail (approx. ¾ mile away); Second Arch Street Public School (approx. ¾ mile away); Hart-Kraft Motor Company (approx. ¾ mile away); General Michael P. Small (approx. ¾ mile away); 161 East Philadelphia Street (approx. 0.8 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 98 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 30, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.