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Kingwood Veterans Memorial

 
 
Kingwood Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026
1. Kingwood Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Dedicated to the men and women of the Armed Services of the United States who served their country, and especially to those who gave their lives in the defense of freedom.

 
Erected 2011.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 39° 54.095′ N, 79° 16.149′ W. Memorial is near Markleton, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Upper Turkeyfoot. It is at the intersection of Humbert Road (Pennsylvania Route 3007) and Kingwood Road ( Route 281), on the left when traveling north on Humbert Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5400 Kingwood Road, Markleton PA 15551, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Upper Turkeyfoot Township Honor Roll (here, next to this marker); Laurel Hill Creek (approx. 2½ miles away); History of the Kings Covered Bridge (approx. 2½ miles away); History of the Barronvale Covered Bridge (approx. 3.6 miles away); New Centreville (approx. 4.7 miles away); Capt. William M. Schrock's Civil War Regiment Monument (approx. 4.8 miles away); Fort Hill (approx. 5.1 miles away); Site of Gideons German Reformed and Lutheran Church (approx. 5.1 miles away).
 
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Kingwood Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026
2. Kingwood Veterans Memorial
Memorial is at the far right.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 6 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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