Yorktown Heights in Westchester County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Yorktown World War I Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 16, 2010

1. Yorktown World War I Monument

Inscription. In Honor Of
The Men of Yorktown
Who Rendered Service In
The World War
1917 – 1919 David E. Ackerman • John F. Anders • Harry E. Anderson • J. Colridge Archer • William M. Archer • Jesse W. Barger • Harrison S. Barnes • Arthur C. Bennett • Robert Bennett • Ciro Benvenuti • Charles F. Boehmer • James Boyle • Edward S. Bristol • George J. Broeder • Harold H. Brown • Raymond Clearwater • John J. Combs • Charles H. Conklin • Clifford R. Conklin • Elmer Conklin • Ralph Conklin • Angelo Conti • Lester A. Cornell • John N. Cornwell • Edward C. Crawford • Moses Crozier, Jr. • Murray W. Dodge • John P. Donnelly • Charles F. Engle • Walter M. • Allen G. Fechtig, M.D. • W.B. Osgood Field • * Horace B. Forman 3rd • Wilbur W. Forman • John Galbreath • Joseph Galbreath • Augustus H. Graf • Robert J. Gray • Theodore Hill, Jr. • Marcus F.H. Hubbard • John T. Jenkin • George J. Jetter • Jacob E. Jetter • Stoddard T. Johnson • Pierre Kaufman • Edward B. Kear • Charles J. Kelley • Phillip Kuchenmeister, Jr. • Arthur C. Lee • Stanley I. LePeer • Edward Lewis • Francis Lewis • John A. Linder • Henry C. Losee • * Marino Mancini • Wm. Stanton Martens, M.D. • Clayton L.V. Peet • Charles Philips • T.W.S. Phillips • Theron E. Pierce • Arthur N. Pierson • Thomas Poindexter • Walter Prische • Clarence T. Purdy • Luigi Quaranta

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• Raymond Rheinhardt • William J. Roake, Jr. • A. Douglas Rockett • Dwight W. Salter • Albert Shakara • * John Albert Stecker • Samuel G. Tompkins • John L. Travis • Charles Wesley Tyson • * Julian F. Ulmer • Francis E. Ulmer • William F. Ulmer • Nicholas Viletto • William Viletto • Gustave A. Von Pein • Benjamin P. Welton • Harrison O. Welton • John A. Weyant • Hugh White • Marshall U. Wood • and Sarah M. Guss • Elizabeth L. LePeer
* They Gave their lives
Erected by The
Town of Yorktown
1919

Erected 1919 by the Town of Yorktown.

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, World I. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 41° 16.131′ N, 73° 46.937′ W. Marker is in Yorktown Heights, New York, in Westchester County. It is at the intersection of Underhill Avenue (New York State Route 131) and Saw Mill River Road ( Route 118), on the right when traveling north on Underhill Avenue. Located in front of Yorktown Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights NY 10598, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in the Hudson Valley

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Yorktown Korean and Vietnam Wars Monument (here, next to this marker); Yorktown World War II Monument (here, next to this marker);

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 16, 2010

2. Yorktown World War I Monument

French Hill (approx. ¾ mile away); Davenport House (approx. 1½ miles away); Yorktown Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Black Soldiers of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (approx. 2.2 miles away); Burial Place (approx. 2.2 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown Heights.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 16, 2010

3. Yorktown World War I Monument

To the left of the flagpole is the Korean and Vietnam Wars Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,465 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 18, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.