Windber in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Windber Veterans Memorial Wall

Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026

1. Windber Veterans Memorial Wall Marker

Inscription.

Windber Veterans Memorial Wall. . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty, Civil War Killed In Action Hellman, Daniel . Helsel, Martin . Shaffer, Daniel Prisoner of War Crist, John . Holsopple, Edmund . Roudabush, Samuel, World War I Killed In Action Bukosky, Steve . Campitelli, Ralph . Gochnour, Forest R. . Gahagen, Oscar R. . Hunter, Roy, World War II Killed In Action Angelo, Phillip J. . Antolosky, John . Barnes, George R. . Berkey, George H. . Bossi, Frank . Cocco, Joseph C. . Dello, Nick A. . DiLoreto, Alfred W. . Domonkos, Michael S. Jr. . Dunmire, Alfred E. . Dunmire, Wilbert E. . Dzura, Andy . Faust, George H. . Ferline, Bruno R. . Gentile, Dominick . Goslin, John S. . Goslin, Joseph S. . Guss, Felix . Haddad, Abie J. . Hudak, Cyril M. . Husinka, John . Katchmeric, George . Kendig, Frederick R. . Kershner, Elmer R. Jr. . Killian, Joseph S. . Knapp, John Jr. . Kociban, John . Kostro, Walter S. . Ledney, Paul . Lehman, William E. . Lewis, Theodore F. . Lilly, Thomas I. . Lucas, Clarence L. . Luther, John A. . Piontek, Stanley W., Matta, George A. . Mavri, Frank H. . Miller, Andrew . Miller, Richard F. . Mynarczyk, Phillip L. . Maugle, Robert M. . Newcomer, Kenneth J. . Nihoff, Steve . Palovich, Albert S. . Peterson, Arthur F. . Reagan, Thomas W. . Rodgers, Bert J. . Rodish, Stephen . Sabotka, John W. . Salata, Steve J. . Sally, Paul A. . Scalese, Walter A. . Schmeling, Stanton S. . Seese, Merle E. . Sepek, Raymond P. . Shernigo, Joseph J. . Slishansky, Stanley . Spinelli, John A. . Spinos, James P. . Statler, Marlin R. . Turi, Philip . Verna, James P. . Vilga, Walter S. . Washko, Robert . Watt, Jack B. . Weaver, John C. . Yoder, William G. . Yuscanitch, George T. . Younker, Gerald L. . Vargo, Steve, Prisoner of War Dello, Edward J. . Faust, Vergil G. . Furmanchik, George L. . Gates, John C. . Kimmel, Charles B. . Kish, Steve A. . Koot, John S. . Martin, Andrew . Mitchell, Rodney P. . Somonick, Nick, Murphy, John H. . Palovich, Edward J. . Rillo, Nicholas . Shaffer, Paul D. Jr. . Smutko, Leonard S. . Sobor, Erich W. . Thomas, Michael G. . Winters, Herbert . Wolfersberger, Robert N., Korean War Killed In Action Burnheimer, Raymond . Khula, Paul D. . Kolson, Michael . Martin, Joseph Prisoner of War Martin, Michael J., Vietnam War Missing In Action Crew, James Alan status in 1973, Gulf War, Afghanistan War Chapman, John A. Medal of Honor.

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

Civil War
Killed In Action
Hellman, Daniel • Helsel, Martin • Shaffer, Daniel
Prisoner of War
Crist, John • Holsopple, Edmund • Roudabush, Samuel

World War I
Killed In Action
Bukosky, Steve • Campitelli, Ralph • Gochnour, Forest R. • Gahagen, Oscar R. • Hunter, Roy

World War II
Killed In Action
Angelo, Phillip J. • Antolosky, John • Barnes, George R. • Berkey, George H. • Bossi, Frank • Cocco, Joseph C. • Dello, Nick A. • DiLoreto, Alfred W. • Domonkos, Michael S. Jr. • Dunmire, Alfred E. • Dunmire, Wilbert E. • Dzura, Andy • Faust, George H. • Ferline, Bruno R. • Gentile, Dominick • Goslin, John S. • Goslin, Joseph S. • Guss, Felix • Haddad, Abie J. • Hudak, Cyril M. • Husinka, John • Katchmeric, George • Kendig, Frederick R. • Kershner, Elmer R. Jr. • Killian, Joseph S. • Knapp, John Jr. • Kociban, John • Kostro, Walter S. • Ledney, Paul • Lehman, William E. • Lewis, Theodore F. • Lilly, Thomas I. • Lucas, Clarence L. • Luther, John A. • Piontek, Stanley W.

Matta, George A. • Mavri, Frank H. • Miller, Andrew • Miller, Richard F. • Mynarczyk, Phillip L. • Maugle,

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Robert M. • Newcomer, Kenneth J. • Nihoff, Steve • Palovich, Albert S. • Peterson, Arthur F. • Reagan, Thomas W. • Rodgers, Bert J. • Rodish, Stephen • Sabotka, John W. • Salata, Steve J. • Sally, Paul A. • Scalese, Walter A. • Schmeling, Stanton S. • Seese, Merle E. • Sepek, Raymond P. • Shernigo, Joseph J. • Slishansky, Stanley • Spinelli, John A. • Spinos, James P. • Statler, Marlin R. • Turi, Philip • Verna, James P. • Vilga, Walter S. • Washko, Robert • Watt, Jack B. • Weaver, John C. • Yoder, William G. • Yuscanitch, George T. • Younker, Gerald L. • Vargo, Steve

Prisoner of War
Dello, Edward J. • Faust, Vergil G. • Furmanchik, George L. • Gates, John C. • Kimmel, Charles B. • Kish, Steve A. • Koot, John S. • Martin, Andrew • Mitchell, Rodney P. • Somonick, Nick

Murphy, John H. • Palovich, Edward J. • Rillo, Nicholas • Shaffer, Paul D. Jr. • Smutko, Leonard S. • Sobor, Erich W. • Thomas, Michael G. • Winters, Herbert • Wolfersberger, Robert N.

Korean War
Killed In Action
Burnheimer, Raymond • Khula, Paul D. • Kolson, Michael • Martin, Joseph
Prisoner of War
Martin, Michael J.

Vietnam War
Missing In Action
Crew, James Alan status in 1973

Gulf
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026

2. Windber Veterans Memorial Wall Marker
War

Afghanistan War
Chapman, John A. Medal of Honor

Erected 2018 by Windber Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4795.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 14.031′ N, 78° 49.877′ W. Memorial is in Windber, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is on Jefferson Avenue west of Graham Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1633 Jefferson Avenue, Windber PA 15963, 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 walking distance of this marker: Windber Veteran's Park (here, next to this marker); POW ☆ MIA (here, next to this marker); Honoring Veterans of Windber (a few steps from this marker); Dedicated in Honor of All Veterans (a few steps from this marker); The Windber Town Clock (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Johnny Weissmuller (about 500 feet away); Windber (about 600 feet away); Windber Strike of 1922-23 (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Windber.

Regarding Windber Veterans Memorial Wall. Memorial research completed by Patricia Durst Shaffer, Historian.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.