Conemaugh Township in Tire Hill in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Tire Hill Vietnam Memorial

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026

1. Tire Hill Vietnam Memorial

Inscription.
1959 • 1975
In memory of these sons of Cambria and Somerset Counties lost in Vietnam

Dennis E Dillon • Joseph P Noel • Martin J Davis • Paul R Grine • George R Dorchak • Robert J Rusnak • James R Beck • Jack Berkebile • Dennis M Ayers • Damian T Tomasko • Wilbur J Siegrist • John F Deneen Jr • Raymond W Callahan Jr • Joseph F Burinda Jr • Cyril T Yeckley • Lawrence D Peruso • John C Alaimo • John E Bladek • Grey L Hagins • Louis J Kelley • Leroy H Scott • Anthony M Notich • Carl L Walker • James S Dravis Jr • Robert I Cox • James A Sickles • Larry D Griffith • Robert H Fennell • Larry R Slagle • Lee D Meadows • Martin J Hanlon • Roger W Stahl • Gordon L Kimmel • William R Lewis Jr • David A Lydic • Kenneth D Scaife • Elwood E Rumbaugh • James A Crew

Harry G Cramer • John C. Sigg Timothy I Bilko Leonard W Sral Gary P Gay Jack A Baker Robert F Monteith II Kenneth J Ivory Edward G Salonish Lloyd J Sadowsky Thomas N Cardiff Jr John L Wilhelm Robert J Prazinko Paul A Gilbert Michael W Twigg Stephen M Minick Robert J Sherwood Jr James E Dewey John L Davis James

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R Valentine Frederick A Buza Dale E Brought James B McGill Robert L Haines Robert J Nicklow Edward A Mindyas Reed M May Jr Russell J Swanhart Donald G Stayrook Charles A Davis Peter M Coleman John A Bradley Stanley A Stys William P O'Farrell Donald E Hunter Warren M Kirsch Charles E Mariskanish Bernard F Yarbinitz John C Carney

Erected 2015 by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4200.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 40° 16.049′ N, 78° 55.026′ W. Memorial is in Tire Hill, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Conemaugh Township. It is at the intersection of Soap Hollow Road (County Route 4041) and Starvis Lane, on the right when traveling north on Soap Hollow Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 108 Starvis Lane, Tire Hill PA 15959, 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

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026

2. Tire Hill Vietnam Memorial

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: Jim Mayer Trail Park (approx. 1.8 miles away); Franklin Delano Roosevelt (approx. 1.9 miles away); Roxbury (approx. 1.9 miles away); Davidsville (approx. 2.6 miles away); Chapin Arch (approx. 3.2 miles away); 1889 Johnstown Flood Unidentified Dead (approx. 3.4 miles away); Johnstown Civil War Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); First Cambria A.M.E. Zion Church (approx. 3.6 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Escape of Freedom Seekers Patrick and Abraham (was approx. 3.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Bradley Owen, August 26, 2026

3. Tire Hill Vietnam Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 14, 2026, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.