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Roger E. Acker
U.S. Army
WWII
Battle of the Bulge
Sponsored by Willie Abell
John T. Brown
U.S. Army
1968
KIA - Vietnam
Sponsored by James Smith & Nancy Smith Graebe Family
James Buonincontri
U.S. Army
1941-1946
WWII
Sponsored by Cara Buonincontri
Father Vincent R. Capodanno
U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps
1966-1967
KIA Vietnam
Sponsored by OSDIA - Father Capodanno Lodge #212
Anthony J. Colonnello II
U.S. Navy | 1950-1958
Sponsored by Cynthia Colonnello
Earl L. Cress
U.S. Army
1951-1957
Korean War
Sponsored by Wade Cress
Carlo Denino
U.S. Navy
WWII
1943-1947
Sponsored by Denino’s Tavern
Thomas D. Fairlie
U.S. Army
1960 - 1967
Korea
Sponsored by David Fairlie
Edward Fanuzzi
U.S. Army Signal Corps
1953-1956
Korean War
Sponsored by Congregation of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church on Staten Island.
William Galvin
U.S. Marine Corps
1967 - 1969
Vietnam
Sponsored by Gail D’Arduini and Maureen Fairlie
Joseph Grzelak
U.S. Marine Corps
1966 - 1970
Vietnam
Sponsored by Joanne Grzelak
Wing On Hom
US Army
1943-1944
WWII | KIA
Euro-Mediterranean Theater
MIA Italy 79 Years
Sponsored by Kenneth Hom
Edward Kechner
U.S. Navy
WWII
1943 to 1946
Sponsored by Barbara Shields
Harold I. Lane
U.S. Marine Corps
1944 - 1946 | WWII
South Pacific
Sponsored by Gary Lane
Vincent Maligno
U.S Air Force 1969-1981
Air Force Reserve 1981-1992
Vietnam War
Sponsored by Hanane Dbajat and the Staten Island Young Republicans Club
Donald J. McAndrews
U.S. Army
1951-1955
Korean War
Sponsored by the McAndrews Family.
Louis A. Meaders
U.S. Air Force
1965-1968
Vietnam
Sponsored by Yvette Meaders-Cress
Joseph F. Milazzo
U. S. Army
1961-1963
Berlin Crisis
Sponsored by the Innocente Family
James L. Mulligan
U.S. Army Air Corps
1942-1946
WWII
Sponsored by The Family of James Mulligan
Jerome X. "Jay" O'Donovan
U.S. Marine Corps
1968 to 1973
Vietnam
Sponsored by South Beach Civic & Friends of Mount Manresa
Paul J. Perrigo
U.S. Navy
1942 - 1945
WW II
Sponsored by The Perrigo Family
Willie D. Pride
U.S. Air Force
1953- 1957
Korean War
Sponsored by Aria Pride
William "Giggy" Sayers
U.S. Army
1950-1953
Korean War
Sponsored by Mrs. Karen Sayers & Family
Joshua Spanton
U.S. Army
2010 - 2015
Afghanistan
Sponsored by Jessica Scarcella-Spanton
Donald J. Tierney
U.S. Navy
WWII
1943-1946
Sponsored by The Tierney Family
Joseph G. Tortora
U.S. Navy
1943 - 1945
WW II
Sponsored by his only surviving daughter, JoAnn, her husband Kevin Codd,
and their children, Maura, Kevin and Joseph
Cesar Vargas
U.S. Army Reserve
Active Service
Sponsored by Robinson Iglesias
David W. Wallace
U.S. Marine Corps
1964 - 1975
Vietnam
Submitted by Christaylia Wallace-Dutailly and Sponsored by Lisa Wallace
Kenneth C. Amatrudo
U.S. Army
1967-1969
George W. Brown Jr.
U.S. Navy
World War II and Korea
Sponsored by Brownie’s Pro & Sport Hobbies
George Burke
U.S. Air Force
1950-1964
Sponsored by Mary Bullock
Edward P. Cappola
U.S. Army
1944 - 1946 | WW II
European Theater
Sponsored by Diane Hesterhagen
Dan Colonnello
U.S. Army
WWII | Battle of the Bulge
Sponsored by Margaret Barranco
Christy J Cugini
U.S. Army
1950 - 1952
Korean War
Sponsored by Constance & Allison Cugini
Andrew J. Donnelly, Jr.
U. S. Navy
1945 - 1947
WW II
Sponsored by Catherine Donnelly Dembinski
James F. Fairlie
U.S. Army
Korea
Sponsored by Mark and James Fairlie
Louis Vincent Ferraco
U.S. Army
1965-1967
Vietnam
Sponsored by Kathy Vairo (Daughter)
Vito Giobbie, Jr.
U.S. Army
1967 - 1969
Vietnam
Sponsored by Lucy Giobbie
Joseph W. Hartung, Sr.
U.S. Army
1943 - 1945
WW II | Philippines
Sponsored by Joseph Hartung, Jr.
Joseph Ianelli Sr.
U.S. Navy
WWII
Sponsored by RoseAnn McAllister and the Ianelli Family
Vincent J. Kechner
U.S. Army Air Corps
World War II | KIA
Pearl Harbor
Sponsored by Joanne Nolemi
Anthony J. Lepardo
U.S. Army
1955-1958
Sponsored by The Mooney Family
Frank J. Mango
U.S. Army
1940-1943
Sponsored by Loving Daughter, Son-in-Law and Grandsons
Donald J. McCarthy
U.S. Army
1954 - 1964
Sponsored by Thomas McCarthy
Robert B. Meaders
U.S. Air Force
1964 -1968
Vietnam
Sponsored by Leigh M. Meaders, Esq.
Louis J. Montanti
U.S. Army
1966 - 1968
Vietnam
Sponsored by The Montanti Family
Charles Navarino
U.S Army
1951-1953
Korean War
Sponsored by Barbara Sanchez
Michael H. Ollis
U.S. Army
2006-2013 | KIA
Iraq/Afghanistan
Sponsored by the Sanchez Family
Richard C. Perrigo
1937 - 1944
WW II | KIA
Battles of the Pacific
Sponsored by The Perrigo Family
Francis W. Quin
U.S. Navy
1943-1945
WWII
Sponsored by his sons and daughters.
Anthony C. Serio
U.S. Army
1942-1946
WWII | Pacific Theatre
Sponsored by James Serio
Leon J. Stasiak
U.S Army
WW II
1943 | KIA - Rohna Casualty
Sponsored by Jack Bolembach
John Tighe
U.S. Army
1943-1945
WWII
Battles of the Pacific
Sponsored by The Tighe Children and Grandchildren
Nicholas M. Troianiello
U.S. Marine Corps
1944 - 1946
WW II | Iwo Jima
Purple Heart
Sponsored by Cathleen Troianiello
George J. Vavas
U.S. Army
1941 - 1945
Europe & North Africa
Sponsored by Karen Webb
Leon J. Wallace
Air Force/NYS Army National Guard
1957 -1961 |1976-2001
Sponsored by Hanane Dbajat
Richard Gust Blomquist
U.S. Marine Corps
2008 - 2019
Afghanistan War
Sponsored by Elizabeth & Arturo Roldan Jr.
William R. Brown
U.S. Merchant Marine
1943-1945
WWII
Sponsored by William Brown's Family
Daniel J. Burke, Jr.
U.S. Navy
1952 - 1955
Korean War
Sponsored by Kimberly Burke Giordano
Richard R. Carreras
U.S. Army
1983 to 2006
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sponsored by Brenda Carerras
Michael Colonnello
U.S.Army 1950-1951
Korea | KIA
Purple Heart
Sponsored by Margaret Barranco
Frank D’Agostino
U.S. Marine Corps
1941-1945
Battles of the Pacific: Saipan, Tinian, Marianna Islands and Iwo Jima
Sponsored by Mary Ann D'Agostino & Paul Stallone
Peter Dorgas
1943-1945
WWII | KIA
Sponsored by Linda Ritchie
Edward “Bunny” Fairlie
U.S. Army
1950 - 1953
Sponsored by Maureen Fairlie
Lawrence Fisher
U.S. Army
Vietnam | POW
Sponsored by the Bounviaggo Family
Henry F. “Bud” Graebe
U.S. Army Air Corps
1940 - 1946
WW II
Sponsored by Nancy and Dr. Robert A. Graebe
James A. Haynes III
U.S. Navy
1971-1992
Sponsored by the Verrazano Kiwanis Club
William H. Irvine, III
U.S. Marine Corps
1988 - 1993
Sponsored by his Aunt Trudy and his cousins Kelly and Trudy Dixon
George Kokell
U.S. Air Force
1962-1966
Vietnam
Protestant Dutch Church Congregant Family Since 1665
Joseph A. Librizzi
U.S. Army
1966-1969
Vietnam
Sponsored by Loving wife, children and grandchildren
Yesenia Mata
U.S. Army Reserve
Active Service
Sponsored by Robinson Iglesias
Mary (LaManna) McLoone
U.S. Army Nurse Corps
1968-1970
Vietnam
Sponsored by Dennis McLoone
Thomas E. Meaders
U.S. Army
1951-1953
Korean War
Sponsored by Nicole Meaders
William A. Morris, Jr.
U.S. Army
1939 – 1945
WWII
Sponsored by PS 19 – The Curtis School
John A. Nickel
U.S. Navy
WWII
Sponsored by Brandon Nickel
Robert E. Ollis
U. S. Army
1967 - 1969
Vietnam
Sponsored by Barbara Sanchez
Anthony M. Petrizzo
U.S. Army
Vietnam
1968-1972
Sponsored by the Tierney/Petrizzo Family
Diana Ramos
U.S. Army Reserve
1981-1993
Sponsored by NSWCSI
Edward J. Simas
U.S. Marine Corps
1951 - 1953
Korean War
Sponsored by Scott, Gina, Kayla, and Troy Simas
Irving J. Thomas, Sr.
U.S. Air Force
1954 - 1974
Vietnam War
Sponsored by Tracy Thomas
Salvatore T. Tirone, Sr.
U.S. Army
1943 - 1946
WW II
Sponsored by The Tirone Family
Anthony M. Tuff
U.S. Navy
2000-2015
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sponsored by Tuff/Holmes/Bushman Family
Jay R. Vosbrink
U.S. Army
1944-1946
WWII | Battle of the Bulge
Sponsored by Keith Vosbrink
Edward J. Webb
U.S. Army
1967-1969
Sponsored by Linda Webb
James E. Brown
U.S. Navy
1961-2000
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sponsored by James M. Haynes III
Louis M Bunch
U.S. Navy
1951-1972
Korea/Vietnam
Sponsored by Rosetta Bunch
Marco “Mark” Cannizzaro
U.S. Air Force
1951-1956
Korean War
Sponsored by Mark’s Children and Grandchildren
John M. Carroll
U. S. Army Air Corps
WW II
KIA | 1943
Sponsored by Mario Buonviaggio
Darrell B. Cress
U.S. Army
1979 - 2003
Operations Desert Shield,
Desert Storm & Just Cause
Sponsored by Carol Cress
John P. DeMartinis
U.S. Air Force
1955-1959
Sponsored by Linda DeMartinis
John Fairlie
U.S. Merchant Marine
1943 - 1944 | WW II
U.S. Army
1944 - 1947 | WW II
Sponsored by Maureen Fairlie
Henry T. Fairlie
U.S. Merchant Marine
1942 - 1946
WW II
Sponsored by Dawn Fairlie and Karen Fairlie
Anthony J. Galano Sr.
U.S. Army
1949-1952
Korean War
Sponsored by Galano Family
Maurice “Cookie” Greco
U.S. Army
1952 - 1954
Fontainebleau, France
Sponsored by Lori Buono and Lisa Santarpia
James B. Hightower, Sr.
U.S. Army
1943 - 1946
WW II
Sponsored by Joanne Moccia & Carol Otten (Hightower)
William E. Jennings, Jr.
U.S. Army
Vietnam
1966-1969
Sponsored by William Jennings
Joseph N. LaPointe
U.S. Navy
1945-1958
WWII Korean War
Sponsored by
Joseph LaPointe
Angel C. Lopez
U.S. Merchant Marine
1942-1945
WWII
Sponsored by Bernard A. Lopez
Ralph Michael Maviglia
U.S. Army 925 Engineers Aviation Regiment
1942-1945
WWII
Sponsored by Joanne Maviglia
Joseph C. Meaders
U.S. Marine Corps
1951 - 1953
Submitted by Dorothy Meaders-Moody. Sponsored by Lisa Wallace
Joseph Meizlik
U.S. Army
1979-1985
Sponsored by Verrazano Kiwanis Club
Dominick Mossa
U.S. Navy
1973 -1977
Sponsored by Buonviaggio Family
Charles J. Nola
U.S. Army
1943-1945
WWII
Battle of the Bulge
Sponsored by Eleanor DelRosario
Joseph J Parise
U.S. Army
1943-1945
WWII
Sponsored by The Petrizzo and Tierney Families
Michael R Petrizzo
U.S. Army
1943-1945
D-Day | WWII
Sponsored by The Petrizzo and Tierney Families
Salvatore J. Ricca
U.S. Army
1951-1953
Sponsored by Raymond, Linda and Jimmy, James and Melissa Ricca
Joseph M. Skinner, Sr.
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
1967-1969
Sponsored by Assembly Member Michael Reilly
Nils George Thompson
U.S. Army
2004 - 2005
KIA Iraq
Thomas J. Tori
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam | KIA
1966-1967
Sponsored by Joseph Tori
Gaetano J. Ursomanno
U.S. Navy
1943-1946
World War II
Sponsored by the Ursomanno Family
Michael Walczyszyn Jr.
U.S. Marine Corps
1966-1969
Vietnam
Sponsored by Angela O'Donnell
Arthur L. White
U.S. Navy
Vietnam
1963 to 1967
Sponsored by Linda White