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Hanover in York County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of

 
 
In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, January 26, 2008
1. In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of Marker
Inscription. Those heroic men of Hanover, Pennsylvania and vicinity, who gave their lives for their country in World War II

Leon R. Ackerman • Eugene L. Alwood • Milton E. Appler • Edward C. Amspacher • Harper E. Baker • Vernon E. Bauerline • Monroe L. Becker • Paul L. Becker • Harry J. Bollinger • Cletus H. Bortner • Francis Brady • Herbert E. Burton • Raymond N. Cleveland • Donald Colgan • Robert Colgan • Albert D. Crabbs, Jr. • Willard J. Cratin • Kenneth W. Craumer • Walter L. Crowl • Robert DeCheubell • Henrie Descheemaeker • Joseph D. Donnelly • Lawrence E. Duncan • Raymond Eckenrode • Edward G. Ehrhart • J. Gordon Eline • Harry W. Eltz • Luther Farner, Jr. • Archie H. Feeser • Lloyd J. Fishel • Richard L. Flickinger, Jr. • Donald J. Gallagher • Jesse M. Grogg • Llewellyn A. Grove •James L. Gouker • Russell W. Hartman • Robert J. Hertz • Robert Hetrick • Sylvester Hockensmith • Russell M. James • Ervin J. Keefer • Paul D. Kehr • Milo C. Kepner • Paul Kling • G. Henry Klunk • Walter M. Klunk • P. Jerimiah Laughman • Donald K. Lightner • Cyril Livelsberger • Leon J. Livelsberger • Garvin G. McKonly • Kenneth D. Marsh • Clair A.
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Meckley • Charles R. Miller • Ralph R. Miller • William L. Morrison • R. Malcolm Moul • Robert W. Muntz • Wilbur H. Musselman • Ellis C. Myers • George W. Myers • Raymond H. Myers • Edward P. Neiderer • Eugene M. Nesbit • Mertis A. Noble • William F. Noel, Jr. • Robert J. Nunemaker • Paul Oaster • Edward B. Palmer • Richard M. Palmer • Charles W. Pennel • Paul W. Pottorff • Donald R. Powers • Charles E. Rohrbaugh • Herman J. Rupert • Gordon D. Rutters • Henry D. Rutters • Albert O. Schaeffer • Vernon R. Sentz • Robert G. Serff • Lester L. Shoemaker • Thomas L. Sipling • Maurice C. Small • James Smith • Leon C. Smith • Lynnwood W. Smith • Glenn Snyder • Paul J. Spangler • Mervin A. Stambaugh • Earl W. Staub • Henry Z. Strine • Marlin E. Sullivan • Frank W. Tharp • Millard G. Unger • Dominic Wagaman • Robert C. Wagaman • Irvin J. G. Wentz • Patrick W. Wheeler • Bernell E. Wherley • Burnell Willet • Paul J. Winebrenner • Rodger E. Wright • Lawrence E. Zepp
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 39° 48.231′ N, 76° 59.209′ W. Memorial is in Hanover,
Full view of monument. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, January 26, 2008
2. Full view of monument.
Pennsylvania, in York County. It is on Carlisle St., on the right when traveling north. Marker is in front of the Hanover Library. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Hanover PA 17331, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in the Susquehanna Valley, and in Greater Harrisburg. 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 and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Destruction of Private Property (a few steps from this marker); This Train is Bound for Glory (within shouting distance of this marker); A Commons of Locomotives & Locomotion (within shouting distance of this marker); Working on the Railroad All the Live Long Day (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln (about 500 feet
In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Henry T. McLin, September 26, 2009
3. In Memory and in Grateful Recognition of Marker
View from West side of Carlisle St.
away, measured in a direct line); Korean War Memorial (about 500 feet away); World War I Memorial (about 500 feet away); Vietnam War Memorial (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,336 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 27, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.   3. submitted on September 26, 2009, by Henry T. McLin of Hanover, Pennsylvania.
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