LORETTO PERFECTUS WALSH
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N 41° 28.187 W 075° 36.299
18T E 449482 N 4591086
Someone had to be the first!
Waymark Code: WMW9A
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2006
Views: 45
Marker Text:
Recognized as the first woman to enlist in the U.S. Navy--on March 21, 1917, sixteen days before the nation entered WWI. As a Chief Yeoman (F), she served in Philadelphia; was discharged 1919. Born (1896) and raised in Olyphant; died in 1925.
Marker Name: Loretto Perfectus Walsh
County: Lackawanna
Date Dedicated: 11/11/1995
Marker Type: City
Location: American Legion Post, Olyphant
Category: Women, Military, Military Post-Civil War
Website: [Web Link]
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