In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
This is the final post regarding the Shea-Magrath Memorial at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. You can read the previous posts here, here, here, and here. Today’s panel is for the Global War on Terror.
Global War on Terror
SPC Wilfredo Perez, Jr. ~ 2003 Iraq
SPC David R. Fahey, Jr. ~ 2011 Afghanistan
Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
This post continues several I’ll post over time regarding the Shea-Magrath memorial at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. You can read the previous posts here, here, and here. Today’s panel is for the Vietnam War.
DEDICATED TO THE ETERNAL
MEMORY OF THESE BRAVE
MEN FROM NORWALK WHO
GAVE THEIR LAST FULL
MEASURE OF DEVOTION SO THAT
WE MIGHT ENJOY THE BLESSINGS
OF EVERLASTING FREEDOM
1966
Cpl. William J. Lilly
USMC
Capt. Albert M. Prevost
USMC
Sgt. William J. Tarsi
USA
1967
SM2c Mario C. Crugnola
USN
Pfc. James T. Fabrizio
USA
Pfc. Richard A. Kaske
USA
Sgt. Michael Paquin
USA
Cpl. Michal J. Scanlon
USMC
Sgt. Robert F. Stevens
USA
Pvt. Alexander Wainio
USMC
1968
Cpl. Charles E. Richards
USMC
Pvt. James T. Hendricks
USMC
1969
Pfc. Daniel J. Shea
USA
Cpl. Willie Davis
USA
Cpl. Edward Palmenta
USA
Pfc. Charles W. Bachman
USA
1965
Maj. Larry A. Thorne
USA
1966
Capt. Joseph O. Brown
USAF
“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS NEIGHBOR”
This week’s #52Ancestors prompt is “Service”. When I hear the word “service” in a genealogical context, I think, “were your ancestors in the military service?” Why, yes, they were! In fact, I’ve created a Virtual Cemetery on FindaGrave just for those in my family who served in the military (though there are a couple I’ve forgotten why I put them in there).
However, not everyone has a known gravesite or even one on FindaGrave; so here are my known military ancestors and collateral family, as best as I can tell (living relatives not included):
Colonial Militia:
William Bushnell
Thomas Wallingford
John Wallingford
Isaac Barron
Stephen Billings
Thomas Scranton
William Seward
King Philip’s War:
Henry Adams
Samuel Bass
Thomas Bass
Roger Billings
William Chadbourne
John Fenno
Charles Frost
Israel Hill
Thomas Holton
John King
John Moss
Abraham Newell
Stephen Paine
Roger Plaisted Roger Plaisted, Jr.
Caleb Pomeroy
Medad Pomeroy
John Redman
Benoni Stebbins
John Stebbins
Samuel Stebbins
Thomas Stebbins
James Travis (or Travers)
Revolutionary War:
Jedediah Goodwin
David Scranton
Abraham Scranton
Levi Taunt
Jonathan Hamilton
Caleb Randall
Eliakim Strong
James Bruce (on the British side!)
Eliezer Evarts
Amos Wallingford Goodwin
James Goodwin, Jr.
Samuel Goodwin
Civil War:
Seth Aaron Taunt
William Taunt
Charles Greene Hendrick
Thomas Dawson Dunn
Alexander Patterson
Orville M. Remington
World War I:
Thomas F. Atwell I
Ralph Stanley Lipsett
William R.C. Burke
Edgar Douglas White
World War II:
Thomas F. Atwell I
Thomas F. Atwell II
Thomas F. Atwell (son of William Gorton Atwell)
Richard J.Atwell
Anton George Valek Jr.
James Valek
John Valek
Jean Jacobs
James Garfield Dilworth, Jr.
Richard Christopher Lipsett Jr.
Ralph Kenneth Lipsett
George Edmund Pleau Sr.
Kenneth A. Bergeron
Les Bogue
Roy Edwin Colomy, Jr.
Charles Earnest Hudson
Charles Ervin White
Korea:
Donald H. Hudson
Non-combat or unknown conflict military:
George Albert Pleau
Antoinette “Nettie” (Larese) Pleau
George G. Grimes
William Gorton Atwell (so he claimed)
Elmer W. Goodwin, Jr.
Looking at this list, I think I need to take a second look at my virtual cemetery!
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
This post continues several I’ll post over time regarding the Shea-Magrath Memorial at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. Today’s panel is for the Korean War:
THEY PLAYED HERE AS BOYS, THEY LEFT US IN THEIR YOUTH; THEY SERVED AS MEN, THEY DIED AS HEROES; THEY LIVE AGAIN, FOREVER ENSHRINED IN THE HEART OF THIS GRATEFUL CITY.
KOREA 1950 – 54
Pvt. Frank Beerwa
1951
U.S.A.
Pfc. Donald Browne
1952
U.S.M.C.
Pfc. George Fischer
1953
U.S.A.
ATI/C John Lyons
1952
U.S.N.
Ens. George Martin
1951
U.S.N.
Lt. John McGuinness
1954
U.S.A.F.
Cpl. Julius Nacci
1950
U.S.M.C.
Pfc. Joseph A. Rizzi
1953
U.S.A.
Pfc. Allen A. Scofield
1952
U.S.A.
“I DID NOT KNOW THE DIGNITY OF THEIR BIRTH, BUT I DO KNOW THE GLORY OF THEIR DEATH.”
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
This post continues several I’ll post over time regarding the Shea-Magrath memorial at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. Today’s panel is for World War II:
WORLD WAR II
“Soldier rest! The warfare o’er dream of fighting fields no more.”
December, 1941 September, 1945
Abruscato, Michael
Dunne, James
Lawrence, Albert
Roos, Donald
Aitkin, Richard
Durner, Jacob
Leavitt, Herbert
Rosenfield, Norman P.
Andrew, Treat
Dybicz, Thomas
LeBeau, Lawrence
Sackal, Ward
Aquino, Anthony
Earle, John
Lee, George
Santo, Louis
Archer, Walter
Enos, Vincent
Lockwood, Edward
Saperstein, Charles
Avery, Alfred
Ettinger, William
Logan, James
Schneider, Anthony
Beerwa, Andrew
Fistk, John
Lomazzo, Samuel
Sedlak, Joseph
Bennett, Wayne
Fitzgerald, Walter
Long, Bernard
Segakis, George
Beres, John
Ford, Hobart
Loughry, William
Seidel, Frank
Bergamini, John
Fox, George
Magrath, John
Semple, Warren
Bissell, Frank
Frank, Henry
Malens, Victor
Setti, Frank
Broch, Clayton
Frederick, Elmer
Marriott, William
Skidd, John
Brown, Eugene
Froelicher, Peter
Martorano, Joseph
Slavin, Franklyn
Brown, James
Fuller, Daniel
Matteis, Anthony
Sloat, Walter
Brown, John
Gaffney, Thomas
McCarthy, Charles
Smith, Robert
Brown, Sidney
Giorchino, Edward
McCarthy, John
Solomon, Norman
Buck, Gordon
Giordano, Anthony
McGrath, John
Soltesz, John
Byington, Charles
Goldstein, Otto
McQuillan, Joseph
Sperry, Richard
Caldara, William
Goral, John
Merritt, Robert
Steinberg, Gerald
Callahan, John
Gregory, Allen
Miller, John
Steurer, Milton
Cameron, William
Gregory, Anthony
Miller, Saul
Stevens, Donald
Campetella, Gerald
Hall, Roderick
Morgan, Thomas
Suggs, Roosevelt
Caratone, Adolph
Hall, Ted
Morrell, Kenneth
Symonds, Alfred
Casalese, Salvatore
Hammond, Rockwell
Mucci, Aurelio
Taylor, Edard
Chase, Joseph
Hansen, Lewis
Murphy, Robert
Tierney, Joseph
Chimento, James
Henry, Lewis
Murray, Elmer
Troy, Martin
Chouinard, H. William
Hill, Edward
Murray, Robert
Tyrrell, Arthur
Ciarletto, Alfred
Holick, John
Mulvoy, William
Vail, Walton
Coffin, Harold
Holmes, William
Myslinski, Julian
Valentik, Robert
Collings, Herbert
Horvath, William
Nagy, John
Van Alstyne, George
Comstock, Alfred
Hoyt, Francis
Nevidjon, Ernest
Vanesse, Harold
Connery, Paul
Hyatt, Harold
Noll, Henry
Vanezia, Peter
Constantino, Barney
Ireland, Richard
O’Brien, William
Vingo, Louis
Contra, Albert
Jobrack, Leonard
O’Donnell, William
Walter, Robert
Cooke, Bernard
Kalman, Elmer
Olmstead, Jessee
Wason, Donald
Cooper, Frank
Kane, Frank
Orbin, Stephen
Weitz, Sidney
Creagh, Eugene
Kastner, Frank
Parks, Robert
White, William
Cromley, Myron
Kazmer, James
Paul, John
Wilbur, Paul
Curci, Nickolas
Kelley, Harry
Peat, Walter
Williams, Benjamin
Czinky, William
King, Everett
Pesacreta, Rocco
Wilson, Earl
D’Avanzo, Peropero
Knapp, Lloyd
Pirigyi, Adolph
Wilson, Edward
D’Avanzo, Sylvio
Kovacs, Albert
Pleban, Joseph
Wood, Wilfred
DeBerardinis, Anthony
Kuch, Charles
Plummer, Everett
Zeoli, Lawrence
Delaney, Donald
Kurtzman, John
Rasmussen, Harold
Doddo, Louis
LaFrance, Raymond
Renzulli, Ralph
Dorr, Sanders
Lane, Lorin
Rheaume, Leo
Dragan, Joseph
LaPointe, Marcel
Rinko, John
“Some men would rather die on their feet than live on their knees.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt – 1945
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
This post is the beginning of several I’ll post over time regarding the Shea-Magrath memorial at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT. There are several panels with hundreds of names on it.
For this post, I’ll start with the panels that detail the men for whom the memorial is named. First, Daniel J. Shea:
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
I found this memorial on a vacation a couple years ago on Main Street in Falmouth, Massachusetts & snapped a couple of quick pictures for the Honor Roll. Below are the pictures and the transcription.
Falmouth World War I Memorial. Author’s collection.
Close-up of Falmouth World War I Memorial. Author’s collection.
IN MEMORIAM
WILLIAM MARTIN WILLIAM W WOOD CHARLES DeWILLIS WILLIAM SAVAGE PAUL H. SHERMAN JR.
THESE MEN OF FALMOUTH GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR IN HONOR OF THEIR MEMORY & OF THOSE WHO SERVED WITH THEM THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
WWI Memorial on the Norwalk Green. Author’s collection.
This is the conclusion of the names on the World War I memorial on the green in Norwalk, CT; previous posts are as follows:
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
WWI Memorial on the Norwalk Green. Author’s collection.
This is a continuation of the names on the World War I memorial on the green in Norwalk, CT; Previous posts are as follows:
In recognition of those who have served our country in the military, Heather Wilkinson Rojo of the Nutfield Genealogy blog started the Honor Roll Project. It’s an opportunity to publicly document the names on military memorials around the world, thus making them easily searchable on the internet for people who are looking for them!
WWI Memorial on the Norwalk Green. Author’s collection.
This is a continuation of the names on the World War I memorial on the green in Norwalk, CT; Previous posts are as follows: