Maryland X

Allegheny County is in the western part of Maryland. While driving through, I ran across this memorial in the town of Lonaconing. The town lies about 16 miles south west of Cumberland on rte 36.

It was sponsored by a VFW that now seems to be defunct.

In 2013 the town which has less than one half of  square mile in size had a population of 1163 people, prompting me to comment, once again, on what small towns often do for their veterans.

I have been unsuccessful in gathering any additional information about the site. Calls to local vet organizations and a area newspaper went unreturned. So, as I so often ask, and you so often respond to, let me know if you have any information and I will update it here.

I did discover that no one from this town was lost in 'Nam. It is very unusual to find a memorial in a town that suffered no losses. It amazes me that I can find places who have had loses but no memorials, I can't quite understand this, but to find a place with no losses and a memorial, well that's just very unusual. The names listed above are those who contributed to the building of the memorial.

Next time on the 13th, we will return to Massachusetts, so join me there at 9:00am.

To see other memorials from Maryland, or any other state, click the state name on the left side of this page.

Illinois V

VFW dedication plaque

Directly across the street from the Havana Vietnam Tribute is the Mason County Courthouse. On the grounds there are several war memorials that honor all who have served and the five dead from the area are honored on one of them.

The entrance honoring all

The whole memorial

VIETNAM
1959 - 1975

In Remembrance and Honor to those
From Mason County who made the
Ultimate Sacrifice for their country
in Vietnam

Killed 58,151
Wounded 153,303
POW/MIA 2,398

Mason County's Sacrifice

James A. Azbell
John W. Frederick
Larry R. Ladd
Don H. Lascelles
Edward W. Stone