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Hooversville Veterans Memorial

 
 
Hooversville Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026
1. Hooversville Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of those that gave their lives for their community and country

W W I
Elmer Rowser

W W II
Charles Beltrami • Homer Berkebile • Nick Bonitz • Preston Firl • Edward Meyers • Carl Orasin • Joseph Pysnik • Robert Robinson • Harold Shaffer • Elmer Shaffer Jr. • Cloyd Zimmerman • Vernon Zimmerman • Michael Toma

Korea
Howard Hahn Jr. • Frank Kolonich Jr. • William Mitchell

Vietnam
Paul Grine • Robert Haines • Gordon Kimmel • James Nicholson • Carl Walker

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 8.736′ N, 78° 54.885′ W. Memorial is in Hooversville, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is on Clark Street south of South Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 450 Clark Street, Hooversville PA 15936, 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,
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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: Hooversville (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Hooversville Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Hooversville (approx. 0.7 miles away); Forbes Road (approx. 3.1 miles away); Quemahoning Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Highway Enterprise (approx. 3.6 miles away); Roadside Enterprise (approx. 3.6 miles away); a different marker also named Forbes Road (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hooversville.
 
Hooversville Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026
2. Hooversville Veterans Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 22, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
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Jul. 7, 2026