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Zanesville in Muskingum County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

31st Infantry Regiment

*Polar Bears For Country*

— Veterans Memorial —

 
 
31st Infantry Regiment Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 10, 2026
1. 31st Infantry Regiment Memorial Bench
Inscription.

Dedicated Nov. 11, 11:00, 2013

POW★MIA - You Are Not Forgotten
 
Erected 2013 by MSG Robert Northcutt US Army, and Selsam VFW Post 1059.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Patriots & Patriotism.
 
Location. 39° 55.132′ N, 82° 0.339′ W. Memorial is in Zanesville, Ohio, in Muskingum County. It is at the intersection of Moxahala Avenue and Hoover Street, on the right when traveling south on Moxahala Avenue. Memorial bench is on the Selsam VFW Post grounds. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1318 Putnam Avenue, Zanesville OH 43701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest, 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, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within
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walking distance of this marker: George Selsam (here, next to this marker); Moxahala Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); G.A.R. Soldiers and Sailors Monument (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); 100th Anniversary of the Flood of 1913 (approx. 0.8 miles away); Anti-Slavery Tensions in Muskingum County (approx. 0.9 miles away); Putnam Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); 1798 (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Zanesville.
 
Also see . . .  31st Infantry Regiment History at Wikipedia. (Submitted on November 11, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
31st Infantry Regiment Memorial Bench image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 10, 2026
2. 31st Infantry Regiment Memorial Bench
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Nov. 11, 2026