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South Coventry Township WW II Memorial

 
 
South Coventry Twp. WW II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, April 13, 2011
1. South Coventry Twp. WW II Memorial
"They called these hills their home"
Inscription.
In Honor of
Residents of South Coventry
who served in World War II
1941 1945

*Michael Kopcho *Carrol E. Moses

John C. Asay • R. Carey Atkinson • Stanley Bealer • Thomas L. Bishop • George D. Bodor • Joseph J. Bodor • J. Penrose Boens • Francis T. Brower • George J. Brower • Russel D. Brown • Charles Buckwalter • Fred T. Cadmus III • Fred E. Cressman • Hugh Diver • Quentin C. Downing • Arnold V. Ecerland • Clyde Y. Favinger • Stuart P. Fighthorn • Walter E. Fisher • Charles D. Fries • Charles Q. Gloss • Robert E. Groff • Clyde E. Hampton • Catherine Handwork • Clyde H. Handwork • Frank J. Helfrich • Lucien A. Hendricks • Stephen Hnath • William J. Hnath • Theodore F. Hoffman • George Hunt • William M. Jackson Jr. • David G. Jones • Donald M. Jones • Willis V. Jones • Earl Kline • John D. Knauer • George Kochu • Stephen Kochu • Harry L. Kulcyski • Stephen Kulcyski • Harry C. Kuntzleman • Jack L. Kuntzleman • Irvan A. Llyod • John C. Llyod • Frank A. Lucas • Earl F. March • Lauren D. Metcalf • Clarence c. Miller • Harry A. Moore Jr. • Kenneth F. Moses • Lawrence R. Moses • Harry C. Moupar • Charles J. Nesley • John D. Nesley • Joseph R. Nesley • Merritt C. Nesley • James V. Placido • J. Kenneth Placido • Irvin D. Platt • John Richards Jr. • Sebastian Ritt • Walter B. Roadcap Jr. • Donald
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D.P. Roy • E. Pierce Roy Jr. • Howard C. Seibold • Louis F. Serecely • Franklin N. Shaffer • Harding D. Shumate • Henry T. Shumate • Lacey F. Shumate • Earl W. Stoltzfus • Homer L. Stoltzfus Jr. • J. Stewart Waldorf • Robert E. Webster • Chester W. Whisler • Earl L. White • Ardel Wilson • Elmer W. Wilson • Laura V. Wilson • Warren W. Witmer • Michael Woyton

“They Called These Hills Their Home”

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & PatriotismWar, World II.
 
Location. 40° 11.063′ N, 75° 40.648′ W. Memorial is near Pottstown, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in South Coventry Township. It is at the intersection of New Philadelphia Road and Coventryville Road, on the right when traveling north on New Philadelphia Road. This marker is behind the flagpole in the South Coventry Township Building parking lot. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1371 New Philadelphia Road, Pottstown PA 19465, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Coventry Forge (approx. 1.1 miles away); Welkinweir (approx. 2.1 miles away); Pottstown Landing National Historic District (approx. 3½ miles away); Towpath Park Historical Trail (approx. 4.2 miles
South Coventry Twp. WW II Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, April 13, 2011
2. South Coventry Twp. WW II Memorial
away); Life on the Canal (approx. 4.2 miles away); Canal Construction (approx. 4.2 miles away); Schuylkill Navigation Company (approx. 4.2 miles away); The PECO Building (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pottstown.
 
Also see . . .
1. South Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Wikipedia (Submitted on April 14, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.) 

2. South Coventry Township. (Submitted on April 14, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,329 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 14, 2011, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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