Pvt. Samuel H. Wilmarth - Bainbridge, NY
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A plaque honoring Private Samuel H. Wilmarth is located in Village Green Park at the intersection of East Main Street and North Main Street in Bainbridge, NY.
Waymark Code: WMW956
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/28/2017
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In 2001 the Slater-Silvernail Post 806 of the American Legion established a memorial honoring all the servicemen from the Bainbridge, NY area that died in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The memorial consists of 19 individual bronze plaques set on a two long granite bases; 10 on the left base and 9 on the right base. In the middle is a marble stele with the boots, rifle, helmet image used to signify a person who died while on duty.
The plaque for World War II casualty Private Samuel H. Wilmarth is located on the right base, the fourth plaque from the left. It is inscribed:
USA {Emblem of the United States Army} II
SAMUEL H. WILMARTH
PVT
Inf
European Theater
Born 11 October 1919. Was wounded on 14
October 1944 and succumbed to those injuries on
16 October 1944. Remains are interred
Honesdale, Pnnnsylvania
SN 42110233