The Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Mauch Chunk World War II Honor Roll
Southern face:
To all the Brave Defenders of the Union from the County of Carbon.
Appomattox, 1865.
Northern face:
Wilderness, Hampton Roads, Antietam, Gettysburg
New Orleans, 1815.
Eastern face:
On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents were spread, and glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead.
Mexico, 1847.
Western face:
Erected under the Auspices of Chapman Post No. 61, G.A.R., 1886Yorktown, 1781.
At the base of the southern face of the monument is a plaque bearing the names of those Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe) service members who served during World War II.
Mauch Chunk
World War II Honor Roll
Those who made the supreme sacrifice
Anthony, Richard J. •
Corkill, John T. •
Crilley, Frank •
Crilley, Melvin J. •
Devenney, William J. •
Gyuricsek, Stephen •
Kilferty, Edward J. •
Hughes, David L. •
Jones, Robert Lee •
Kennedy, Robert F. •
Long, Ralph W. •
Mervine, Ray S. •
Rabe, Harry W. •
Reabold, Willard M. •
Rehrig, Cordes M. •
Shuck, William B. •
Stahler, John F. •
Witt, Edward F.
Below the names of those killed in action is an Honor Roll listing almost 500 names of Mauch Chunk area World War II era veterans.
Marker is on Susquehanna Street near Packer Hill Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
