Bel Air in Harford County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sacred to the Memory of the Men of Harford County

By William Pfingsten, September 22, 2007

1. Sacred to the Memory of the Men of Harford County Marker

Inscription.

Sacred to the memory of the men of Harford County who made the supreme sacrifice during the World War.

Corporal Maurice L. Abbott Dec. 18th, 1918 • Private James Alley Jul. 18th, 1918 • Private Everett Fred Asbury Nov. 10th, 1918 • Sergeant Major Robert L. Asher June 14th, 1919 • Private Okey Ray Chenoweth Sept. 25th, 1918 • Private Robert V. Cullum Jan. 12th, 1918 • Private Clarence Daughton Oct. 8th, 1918 • Corporal Joseph Leon Davis Aug. 31, 1918 • Private Leslie Brook Davis Dec. 22nd, 1918 • Corporal Robert Blake Frederick Oct. 10th, 1918 • Sergeant James S. P. Fyle Oct. 10th, 1918 • Private Leslie Paret Glenn Nov. 11th, 1918 • Private Charles Heaps Oct, 12th 1918 • Private Robert Heimiller Oct. 15th, 1918 • Charles S. Hill • Private William E. Hyland Oct. 10th, 1918 • Private Lawrence Keithley Dec 21st, 1918 • Sergeant Robert Bruce Landers Oct. 14th, 1918 • F. Leeland • Corporal Samuel Augustus Macatee Sept. 27th, 1918 • Private Frank M. Martin Oct. 18th, 1918 • Private Harry R. Mason Mar. 6th, 1918 • Private John A. McKee Sept. 28, 1918 • Grenadier Ivan Finney Nock Jan. 9th, 1918 • Private Edward R. Osborne Oct 5th, 1918 • Private Carl Penrose Phelps Nov. 30th, 1918 • Private John Joseph Purcell Sept. 7th, 1918 • Corporal Charles Sheridan Pyle Nov. 7th, 1918 • Private Ernest Reyburn Oct. 10th, 1918 • Private Sydney Robinson Oct.2nd, 1918 • Private Raymond Ross Oct. 14th, 1918 • Private Samuel Schofield Oct. 6th, 1918 • Private Homer Lee Simmonds Mar. 24, 1919 • Private John H. C. Singleton Oct. 4th, 1918 • Private Walter James Smith Oct. 19th, 1918 • Private John Herman Spencer, Jr. Oct. 5th, 1918 • Captain Archibald Stirling Oct. 16th, 1918 • Private George E. Smith colored Jan. 16, 1919 • Private Howard L. Townsley Oct. 16, 1918 • Private Russell J. Watkins Oct. 7th, 1918 • Lieutenant Harry Lippincott Webb Oct. 24th, 1918 • Corporal Roland O. Wilgis Oct. 23, 1918 • Fireman Samuel Conrad Witsotzkey June 14, 1918 • Private William Haner Williams colored Nov. 1918 • Private Henry Walter Zellman Oct. 14th, 1918

Sacred to the memory of the men of Harford County who made the supreme sacrifice during the World War.

Full view of World War I monument. image. Click for full size.

By William Pfingsten, September 22, 2007

2. Full view of World War I monument.

Phelps Nov. 30th, 1918 • Private John Joseph Purcell Sept. 7th, 1918 • Corporal Charles Sheridan Pyle Nov. 7th, 1918 • Private Ernest Reyburn Oct. 10th, 1918 • Private Sydney Robinson Oct.2nd, 1918 • Private Raymond Ross Oct. 14th, 1918 • Private Samuel Schofield Oct. 6th, 1918 • Private Homer Lee Simmonds Mar. 24, 1919 • Private John H. C. Singleton Oct. 4th, 1918 • Private Walter James Smith Oct. 19th, 1918 • Private John Herman Spencer, Jr. Oct. 5th, 1918 • Captain Archibald Stirling Oct. 16th, 1918 • Private George E. Smith colored Jan. 16, 1919 • Private Howard L. Townsley Oct. 16, 1918 • Private Russell J. Watkins Oct. 7th, 1918 • Lieutenant Harry Lippincott Webb Oct. 24th, 1918 • Corporal Roland O. Wilgis Oct. 23, 1918 • Fireman Samuel Conrad Witsotzkey June 14, 1918 • Private William Haner Williams colored Nov. 1918 • Private Henry Walter Zellman Oct. 14th, 1918

Erected by Gov. William Paca Chapter - DAR.

Marker series. This marker is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution marker series.

Location. 39° 32.248′ N, 76° 21.025′ W. Marker is in Bel Air, Maryland, in Harford County. Marker is on Main Street 0.1 miles north of Pennsylvania Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bel Air MD 21014, United States of America.

Other nearby markers.

Milton A. Reckord Armory - Bel Air, MD image. Click for full size.

By William Pfingsten, September 22, 2007

3. Milton A. Reckord Armory - Bel Air, MD

Armory is now operated by the Town of Bel Air.

At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Historic Bel Air (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bel Air (about 800 feet away); In Grateful Recognition (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Bel Air (approx. 0.2 miles away); Built 1898 Liriodendron (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Historic Bel Air (approx. 0.2 miles away); "The Door" (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Hays House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bel Air.

Also see . . . Lt. General Milton A. Reckord. (Submitted on September 22, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Categories. • War, World I •

Credits. This page was last revised on October 13, 2016. This page originally submitted on September 22, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,572 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 22, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.