Leonardtown in St. Mary's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Veterans Memorial

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1. St. Mary's County Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Veterans Memorial. . The citizens of St. Mary's County dedicate this monument in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and those who valiantly served, Korean War 1950 - 1955. . Bennett, Henry A., Pvt USA, Leonardtown, KIA Apr. 11, 1951 . Ellis, James Robert, Pvt. USA, Avenue, Died June 20, 1952 . Hill, Xavier W., Sgt USA, Chaptico, DPOW Nov. 30, 1950 . Saunders, Louis A., Cpl USA, Park Hall, DPOW May 31, 1951 . Scriber, James M., Pvt USA, Maddox, KIA Dec. 26, 1952 . Stockstill, Douglas, S/Sgt USMC, Callaway, KIA Sept. 24, 1950 . Thomas, Jack William, AD1 USN, Patuxent River, MIA Apr. 9, 1951
World War II 1941 - 1945. . Abell, John T., Pfc USA, Compton, MIA Jun. 10, 1944 . Alvey, James Allen, Pfc USA, Chaptico, KIA Jan 3. 1944 . Baer, John S., 2nd Lt. USA, St. Mary's County, Sept. 24, 1944 . Beck, Albert B., T/5 USA, Hollywood, DPOW Mar. 8, 1945 . Bohanan, Leo Joseph, Pfc USA, Beachville, KIA Mar. 19, 1945 . Bowles, Philip Dennis, Pvt USA, Hollywood, KIA Aug. 1, 1943 . Brown, Robert F., Pvt USA, Ridge, MIA May 21, 1944 . Brown, Sylvester V., Pvt USA, Ridge, KIA May 1944 Bush, William W., Pvt USA, St. Mary's County, KIA Dec. 3, 1943 . Clarke, John Richard, Pvt USA, Mechanicsville . Clarke, Leonard A., CEng USMM, California, KIA Jan. 16, 1942 . Conner, Harry W., Pvt USA, Charlotte Hall, KIA Jan. 2, 1945 . Dean, John C., Sgt USA, Hollywood, KIA Apr. 15, 1945 . Demko, John F., T/5 USA, Dameron, DOW July 17, 1946 . Dise, Edward Vaughn, Seaman USN, Mechanicsville . Downs, Francis L., Pvt USA, Leonardtown, KIA Sept. 20, 1944 . Duke, Walter Francis, Capt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Jun. 6, 1944 . Ennels, Xavier s., T/5 USA, St. Mary's County, KIA May 9, 1944 . Everhart, Francis P., Pvt USA, Bushwood . Fahnestock, Adam Bruce, 1st Lt USA, Park Hall, KIA Oct. 18, 1942 . Friess, Ernest C., Jr., 1st Lt USAAC, Clements, MIA Nov. 11, 1944 . Fullmer, Lawrence Donald, AMM1c USN, Great Mills . Gant, James Avon, STM1 UN, Dameron, KIA Oct. 27, 1943 . Gatton, James Walter, Pfc USA, Hollywood, KIA Aug. 9, 1944 . Goldsborough, Paul Camillus, Jr., MM3c USN, Hollywood, KIA Feb. 18, 1945 . Graves, William F., Sgt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Jul. 28, 1945 . Greenwell, James T., Pfc USA, Hollywood, KIA Nov 12, 1944 . Hayden, Albert E., CEM USN, Mechanicsville, MIA Dec. 7, 1941 . Higgs, George C., Sgt USAAC, St. Mary's County, MIA Jan 12, 1945 . Hill, Joseph E., Pfc USA, Mechanicsville, Sept. 6, 1944 Millerman, Bill Joseph, LT(jg) USN, Hollywood . Jones, Stephen Harris, Ens USN, Leonardtown, DWIS Dec. 7, 1942 . Kennedy, Harold M., Pfc USA, NAS Patuxent River . Leyshon, Howard, Pvt. USA, St. Mary's County . Markham, David L., Cpl USA, St. Mary's County . Mattingly, Joseph A., Pfc USMC, Hollywood, KIA Feb. 19, 1945 . McCown, Walter W., 2nd Lt USA, St. Mary's County . Montrone, Lewis L., Lt USN, Mechanicsville . Moore, Silas Bruce, Cmdr USN, St. Mary's City . Moreland, James R., Sgt USA, Charlotte Hall . Owens, Harrison Dominick, Pfc USA, Abell, KIA Nov. 20, 1945 . Owens, Thomas Jefferson, Jr., S/Sgt USA, Leonardtown, KIA Aug. 31, 1944 . Peabody, Hume, Jr., Capt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Oct. 27, 1942 . Pilkerton, James Arthur, T/5 USA, Mechanicsville, KIA Sept. 10, 1944 . Poe, Odell O., Pfc USA, St. George's Island, KIA Feb. 4, 1945 . Quade, James E., Pt USA, Chaptico, KIA Jul. 4, 1944 . St Clair, Thomas E., Sgt USA, Compton, KIA Mar. 6, 1945 . Sanner, Thomas I., Pvt USA, Great Mills, KIA Dec. 16, 1943 . Seay, Harvey J., Sgt USA, Lexington Park . Shadrick, Thomas H., T/Sgt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Jul. 27, 1943 . Shubrooks, Willie A., T/5 USA, St. Mary's County, KIA Jul. 16, 1945 . Thomas, Robert V. H., 2nd Lt USAAC, Tall Timbers, KIA Sept. 17, 1944 . Thompson, Joseph H., Pfc USA, Clements, KIA Jan. 6, 1945 . Wathen, George Frederick, S/Sgt USA, Oakville, KIA Jan. 16, 1945 . Wheeler, William Francis, Cpl USMC, Hurry, KIA Nov. 1, 1942 . Willis, George Monroe, Jr., Seaman USMM, Scotland . Wyche, Crosby, 2nd Lt USA, Charlotte Hall, MIA Jun. 8, 1943 . Yorkshire, William F., S/Sgt USA, Oraville, KIA Mar. 29, 1945 . Young, George B., Sgt USA, St. Mary's County, KIA Sept. 22, 1944 . Young, George S., Pvt USA, Ridge, KIA May 21, 1944 . Young, Joseph N., Pvt USA, St. Mary's County , Vietnam War 1961 - 1975. . Aud, Francis Matthew, Sp4 USA, Great Mills, KIA Jan. 25, 1970 . Barthelme, Albert Lewis, CWO USA, Leonardtown, KIA Apr. 15, 1970 . Chase, John Lenwood, Pfc USMC, Lexington Park, KIA Nov. 29, 1968 . Curtis, Joseph Paul, S/Sgt USA, Hollywood, KIA Dec. 17, 1970 . Dickens, Russell W., Sp4 USA, Piney Point, KIA Feb. 28, 1967 . Dorsey, James R., Jr., S/Sgt USA, Clements, KIA Apr. 26, 1969 . Hamrick, James Madison, Jr., Capt USA, Lexington Park, KIA Feb. 20, 1972 . Heard, James Benedict, Cpl USA, Hollywood, KIA Feb. 27, 1970 . Lumsden, William Wayne, Pfc USA, Compton, KIA May 21, 1967 . Powell, Larry Keith, Pfc USMC, Lexington Park, KIA Feb. 07, 1968 . Robinson, Clarence, Jr., Pfc USA, Lexington Park, KIA Feb. 21, 1969 . Rowe, Russell Allen, CWO USA, Lexington Park, KIA Jul. 19, 1970 . Russell, David Allen, SP4 USA, Compton, KIA Mar. 17, 1969, Global War on Terrorism. . Faulstich, Raymond J., Jr., Pfc USA, Leonardtown, KIA Aug 5, 2004 . Wallace, Matthew P., Cpl USA, Lexington Park, KIA Jul 21, 2006 . Baumann, Ryan P., Sgt USA, Great Mills, KIA Aug. 1, 2008

The citizens of St. Mary's County dedicate this monument in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and those who valiantly served

Korean War
1950 - 1955 • Bennett, Henry A., Pvt USA, Leonardtown, KIA Apr. 11, 1951
• Ellis, James Robert, Pvt. USA, Avenue, Died June 20, 1952
• Hill, Xavier W., Sgt USA, Chaptico, DPOW Nov. 30, 1950
• Saunders, Louis A., Cpl USA, Park Hall, DPOW May 31, 1951
• Scriber, James M., Pvt USA, Maddox, KIA Dec. 26, 1952
• Stockstill, Douglas, S/Sgt USMC, Callaway, KIA Sept. 24, 1950
• Thomas, Jack William, AD1 USN, Patuxent River, MIA Apr. 9, 1951

World War II 1941 - 1945 • Abell, John T., Pfc USA, Compton, MIA Jun. 10, 1944
• Alvey, James Allen, Pfc USA, Chaptico, KIA Jan 3. 1944
• Baer, John S., 2nd Lt. USA, St. Mary's County, Sept. 24, 1944
• Beck, Albert B., T/5 USA, Hollywood, DPOW Mar. 8, 1945
• Bohanan, Leo Joseph, Pfc USA, Beachville, KIA Mar. 19, 1945
• Bowles, Philip Dennis, Pvt USA, Hollywood, KIA Aug. 1, 1943
• Brown, Robert F., Pvt USA, Ridge, MIA May 21, 1944
• Brown, Sylvester V., Pvt USA, Ridge, KIA May 1944
Bush, William W., Pvt USA, St. Mary's County, KIA Dec. 3, 1943
• Clarke, John Richard, Pvt USA, Mechanicsville
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Clarke, Leonard A., CEng USMM, California, KIA Jan. 16, 1942
• Conner, Harry W., Pvt USA, Charlotte Hall, KIA Jan. 2, 1945
• Dean, John C., Sgt USA, Hollywood, KIA Apr. 15, 1945
• Demko, John F., T/5 USA, Dameron, DOW July 17, 1946
• Dise, Edward Vaughn, Seaman USN, Mechanicsville
• Downs, Francis L., Pvt USA, Leonardtown, KIA Sept. 20, 1944
• Duke, Walter Francis, Capt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Jun. 6, 1944
• Ennels, Xavier s., T/5 USA, St. Mary's County, KIA May 9, 1944
• Everhart, Francis P., Pvt USA, Bushwood
• Fahnestock, Adam Bruce, 1st Lt USA, Park Hall, KIA Oct. 18, 1942
• Friess, Ernest C., Jr., 1st Lt USAAC, Clements, MIA Nov. 11, 1944
• Fullmer, Lawrence Donald, AMM1c USN, Great Mills
• Gant, James Avon, STM1 UN, Dameron, KIA Oct. 27, 1943
• Gatton, James Walter, Pfc USA, Hollywood, KIA Aug. 9, 1944
• Goldsborough, Paul Camillus, Jr., MM3c USN, Hollywood, KIA Feb. 18, 1945
• Graves, William F., Sgt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Jul. 28, 1945
• Greenwell, James T., Pfc USA, Hollywood, KIA Nov 12, 1944
• Hayden, Albert E., CEM USN, Mechanicsville, MIA Dec. 7, 1941
• Higgs, George C., Sgt USAAC, St. Mary's County, MIA Jan 12, 1945
• Hill, Joseph E., Pfc USA, Mechanicsville, Sept. 6, 1944
Millerman, Bill Joseph, LT(jg) USN, Hollywood
• Jones, Stephen Harris, Ens USN, Leonardtown,

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2. St. Mary's County Veterans Memorial

DWIS Dec. 7, 1942
• Kennedy, Harold M., Pfc USA, NAS Patuxent River
• Leyshon, Howard, Pvt. USA, St. Mary's County
• Markham, David L., Cpl USA, St. Mary's County
• Mattingly, Joseph A., Pfc USMC, Hollywood, KIA Feb. 19, 1945
• McCown, Walter W., 2nd Lt USA, St. Mary's County
• Montrone, Lewis L., Lt USN, Mechanicsville
• Moore, Silas Bruce, Cmdr USN, St. Mary's City
• Moreland, James R., Sgt USA, Charlotte Hall
• Owens, Harrison Dominick, Pfc USA, Abell, KIA Nov. 20, 1945
• Owens, Thomas Jefferson, Jr., S/Sgt USA, Leonardtown, KIA Aug. 31, 1944
• Peabody, Hume, Jr., Capt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Oct. 27, 1942
• Pilkerton, James Arthur, T/5 USA, Mechanicsville, KIA Sept. 10, 1944
• Poe, Odell O., Pfc USA, St. George's Island, KIA Feb. 4, 1945
• Quade, James E., Pt USA, Chaptico, KIA Jul. 4, 1944
• St Clair, Thomas E., Sgt USA, Compton, KIA Mar. 6, 1945
• Sanner, Thomas I., Pvt USA, Great Mills, KIA Dec. 16, 1943
• Seay, Harvey J., Sgt USA, Lexington Park
• Shadrick, Thomas H., T/Sgt USAAC, Leonardtown, MIA Jul. 27, 1943
• Shubrooks, Willie A., T/5 USA, St. Mary's County, KIA Jul. 16, 1945
• Thomas, Robert V. H., 2nd Lt USAAC, Tall Timbers, KIA Sept. 17, 1944
• Thompson, Joseph H., Pfc USA, Clements, KIA Jan. 6, 1945
• Wathen, George Frederick, S/Sgt USA, Oakville, KIA Jan.

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3. St. Mary's County Veterans Memorial

16, 1945
• Wheeler, William Francis, Cpl USMC, Hurry, KIA Nov. 1, 1942
• Willis, George Monroe, Jr., Seaman USMM, Scotland
• Wyche, Crosby, 2nd Lt USA, Charlotte Hall, MIA Jun. 8, 1943
• Yorkshire, William F., S/Sgt USA, Oraville, KIA Mar. 29, 1945
• Young, George B., Sgt USA, St. Mary's County, KIA Sept. 22, 1944
• Young, George S., Pvt USA, Ridge, KIA May 21, 1944
• Young, Joseph N., Pvt USA, St. Mary's County

Vietnam War
1961 - 1975 • Aud, Francis Matthew, Sp4 USA, Great Mills, KIA Jan. 25, 1970
• Barthelme, Albert Lewis, CWO USA, Leonardtown, KIA Apr. 15, 1970
• Chase, John Lenwood, Pfc USMC, Lexington Park, KIA Nov. 29, 1968
• Curtis, Joseph Paul, S/Sgt USA, Hollywood, KIA Dec. 17, 1970
• Dickens, Russell W., Sp4 USA, Piney Point, KIA Feb. 28, 1967
• Dorsey, James R., Jr., S/Sgt USA, Clements, KIA Apr. 26, 1969
• Hamrick, James Madison, Jr., Capt USA, Lexington Park, KIA Feb. 20, 1972
• Heard, James Benedict, Cpl USA, Hollywood, KIA Feb. 27, 1970
• Lumsden, William Wayne, Pfc USA, Compton, KIA May 21, 1967
• Powell, Larry Keith, Pfc USMC, Lexington Park, KIA Feb. 07, 1968
• Robinson, Clarence, Jr., Pfc USA, Lexington Park, KIA Feb. 21, 1969
• Rowe, Russell Allen, CWO USA, Lexington Park, KIA Jul. 19, 1970
• Russell, David Allen,

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4. St. Mary's County Veterans Memorial

SP4 USA, Compton, KIA Mar. 17, 1969

Global War
on Terrorism • Faulstich, Raymond J., Jr., Pfc USA, Leonardtown, KIA Aug 5, 2004
• Wallace, Matthew P., Cpl USA, Lexington Park, KIA Jul 21, 2006
• Baumann, Ryan P., Sgt USA, Great Mills, KIA Aug. 1, 2008

Erected by Citizens of St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Afghanistan • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 38° 17.443′ N, 76° 38.158′ W. Marker is in Leonardtown, Maryland, in St. Mary's County. Memorial is on Washington Street just north of Park Avenue, in the median. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 22695 Washington Street, Leonardtown MD 20650, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. World War I Monument -- Leonardtown (a few steps from this marker); Leonardtown (within shouting distance of this marker); The Mural Story (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Great House (about 400 feet away); Lynching in America / Lynching of Benjamin Hance (about 400 feet away); a different marker also named Leonardtown (about 400

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5. St. Mary's County Veterans Memorial

feet away); This Cannon (about 400 feet away); Site of the Methodist Episcopal Meeting House (c.1847) (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leonardtown.

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