Curwensville in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Doughboy Monument
All Wars Memorial
Photographed By Rick Gleason, June 6, 2016
1. Doughboy Monument
Erected in honor of the World War Veterans of Curwensville, Pennsylvania by the American Legion Auxiliary, John E. Sipes Post No. 505
Abrino, Charles Abrino, Louis Addleman, Walter G. Ake, Kenneth Allessandro, Vincinzo Ames, Russell Ammerman, Clarence H. Ammerman, George Ancello, Joseph Athens, Frank
Barger, Foster Barnhoft, Forest C. Bartell, Lester Belloni, Americo Belloni, John Bennett. Ralph B. Bernetti Mender Bernetti, Oresti Best, Moro W. Bilger, Harry Black,Clyde Black, Dorsey Blair, Frank Bloom, Gordon Bloom, Lamoine Bloom, Raymond R. Bloom, Roland Bloom, Wilford Bonsall, Paul B. Booth, James O. Booth, Stanley G. Bowman, Lloyd Bressler, Andrew Bressler, Frank W. Buck, W. Wade Bunnell, Clarence Bunnell.W. E.
Carajlni, Philip Cat Ino, Samuel Caveni, Alberto Clark, Joseph R. Cochran, Paul Conrad, Charles Cruikshank, Russell Cruikshank, Samuel Catalano, Michele A. Damico, Santi De Angiolis, Moceto
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Degata, Joseph Demessi, Pietro Dickey, Beryl Doll, Clair Dotts, Carl B. Dotts, Droze A. Dotts, Leon Dunn, David M. Dunsmore, A. Douglas Dunsmore, Ronald W. Dyer, Willis N.
Elder, Herschell Erhard, Ernest A. Errigo, Antonio Evans, Paul
Fabbri, Emelio Facetti, Ugo Fantasie, Luigi Fido, Mike Foust, Harry Frank, Charles Frank, Henry Frank, William Fye, Dewey
Gevongrossi, Antonio Green, William Guiher, John I. Guiher, William C.
Hallman, Hobert Hamilton, Droze W. Hamilton, Karl Harley, Alex P. Hart, William G. Harvey, Clair Haulton, John V. Hay, Lowell K. Hays, Edwin M. Heller, C. M. B. Heller, Norman Hess, Elmer C. Hess. Richard M. Hile, George Nile, James W. Hile, Ray Hipps, Charles R. Humphrey, Paul G.
Irvin, Daniel L.
Jenkins, Joseph L. Jones, William T.
Kantar, Alexander Kantar, Jacob King, Orville C. Kittelberger, G. Frederic Kline, Leslie C. Knepp, Clair W. Knepp, Rowland L. Knepp, William C. Lansberry, Ai D. Larani, Guiseppi Leach, George Leach, Frederick Leach, Wayne W. Leach, William I, Lezzerini, Carlo Lines, Emerson Lines,
Photographed By Rick Gleason, June 6, 2016
2. Doughboy Monument
Close up of memorial plaque. In honor of the World War I veterans of Curwensville, PA, including "Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice."
Mallon, David Maneval, James E. McCaulley, Howard McClure, Charles McNaul,Willard C. Miller, Robert V. Milliron, Joseph Montz,Walter E. Moore, Wilbur H. Mullen, Cecil Mullen, James Russell Murray, James Clifford
Natili, Meriana Norris, Anthony Wayne Norris, Edward H. Neff, James H.
OLaughlin, William Olson, George W Owens, J. Lee
Parker, Frank Passarelli, Armando Passmore, Walter Patchet, Robert Patton, Alexander E. Peoples, Merril Philips, M. Scott Pistili, Clemente Pizzuto, Andrea Pizzuto, Peter Pratt, Claude Price, Fred M, Price, Robert' Price, Scott
Read, Philip K, Riddle, Charles Riddle, Joseph Robinson, Isaac Robinson, Saul Robison, Paul G. Rossi, Quintilio Rothrock, Clarence Russell, William P.
Salvatore, Raghi Shearer, Katherine Shearer, Mary Shively, James R. Shugart, Clair Shugart, Ralph Sipes, James E. Snail, Karl W. Smith, Joseph Smith, Lester Smith, Samuel M. Smith, William G. Sorente, Toney Spasaro, Frank Strickland, Guy Strickland, Roy W. Swatsworth, Clark
Temple, Arthur E, Tennon, Louis Thompson, James N. Treefiti, Frank
Vaughn, Louis G. Vesco, Joseph Vesoloski, Charles
Photographed By Rick Gleason, June 6, 2016
3. Doughboy Monument
Close up of Doughboy Statue
Watt, Miles Way, Hugh Webb, Paul D. Welsh, Lester Whitaker, Abram T. Whitaker, Joseph M. Whitaker, Moses N. Williams, Samuel F. Wise, Ernest Wolf, Augustus Z., Jr. Wolf, William C.
Those who made the supreme sacrifice
Di Pasquali, Alfonzo Ferguson, Robert Haddon, Clair. Pistilli, Mariano Predellini, Ferdinando Salvatore, Mingnoui Sipes, Joshua Earl
In a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving mankind.
Erected 1925 by American Legion Auxiliary, John E. Sipes Post No. 505.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 40° 58.498′ N, 78° 31.44′ W. Marker is in Curwensville, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County. Memorial is on State Street (Pennsylvania Route 879) near Locust Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Curwensville PA 16833, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Arnold N. Nawrocki (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Trout Water (approx. 0.2 miles away); 2004 Bicentennial Raft (approx. Ό mile away); Curwensville Dam (approx. 1.3 miles
Photographed By Bill Plack, Herminie, PA
4. Doughboy Monument - All Wars Memorial
The sculpture, by artist Walter A. Sinz, was made by the John Harsch Bronze and Foundry Company of Cleveland, Ohio. It is six feet tall on a five foot base.
More about this monument. This monument, located along State Street in Curwensville, depicts the Doughboy of World War I. Dedicated on Flag Day, June 14, 1925, to veterans of all wars, it was erected by the Curwensville American Legion Auxiliary at a cost of $3,750. The bronze plaque at the base of the monument contains 203 names.
In 1988, the sculpture was corn cob blasted and the figure's helmet strap was replaced. The sculpture was rededicated on Memorial Day, May 3, 1988.
The model from which the casting for the statue was made, was the handicraft of Walter A. Sinz, a sculptor from Cleveland, Ohio. The model was made from a living figure and it is an exact reproduction of a World War I soldier.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. An identical Doughboy Marker, located in Martinsburg, WV. Also a third copy inside the lobby of the Ironwood Memorial Building, Ironwood, MI.
Also see . . . Smithsonian American Art Museum Entry for this monument. Metal sculpture is 5½ feet tall on a 5 foot base. Description: “A World War I doughboy caught in mid-stride, his proper left hand reaching forward and a rifle in his lowered proper right hand. His proper left foot is stepping forward and his proper right foot is extended back. He wears a helmet, a shirt with sleeves rolled up above the elbows, a gas mask across his chest, and a belt with pouches.” (Submitted on December 4, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)
Additional commentary.
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The Curwensville Doughboy is not E.M. Viquesney's Spirit of the American Doughboy and does not belong on that list.
— Submitted November 7, 2022, by Les Kopel of Oxnard, California.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,889 times since then and 63 times this year. Last updated on January 6, 2020, by Les Kopel of Oxnard, California. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 2, 2020, by Rick Gleason of Las Vegas, Nevada. 4. submitted on December 3, 2007, by Les Kopel of Oxnard, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
