113 Sussex and Warren County
residents to receive
State Vietnam Service Medal September 26th
Port Murray, NJ - A special awards ceremony will be held on September
26, at 11 a.m., at the National Guard Armory, 550 Route 57, Port Murray,
N.J. Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Sullivan, Assistant Adjutant General Army,
will present the New Jersey Vietnam Service Medal, to 113 Sussex and Warren
County residents who are veterans of the Vietnam Conflict.
Approved by the New Jersey Legislature on Nov. 13, 2000, the medal
commemorates the 25th anniversary of the ending of the Vietnam Conflict
in January 1973.
To be eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal, veterans must meet
the following criteria:
-
be a current resident of New Jersey
-
served in any branch of the armed forces of the United States in Vietnam,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia or the contiguous waters or airspace thereof on
or after Dec. 31, 1960 and on or before May 7, 1975.
-
Have an honorable discharge or be currently serving in the militaryPosthumous
awards can be awarded; application must be made by the surviving spouse
or immediate family member.
Anyone interested in applying for the New Jersey Vietnam Service
Medal should send a written request together with a copy of the individual’s
discharge document (DD Form 214) to:
NJDMAVA
ATTN: Vietnam Service Medal
PO Box 340
Trenton, NJ 08625-0340
Be sure to include full name, home address and daytime telephone number.
NEW JERSEY VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL LIST OF RECIPIENTS
National Guard Armory, Port Murray, N.J.
September 26, 2002
LEGEND: (WAR ) CW=Civil
War, I=World War I, II=World War II, K=Korea, V=Vietnam, L=Lebanon, G=Grenada,
P=Panama, DSS=Desert Shield/Storm, S=Somalia, B=Bosnia, KSV=Kosovo, NCTS=No
Combat Theater Service
|
Rank
|
First Name
|
MI
|
Last Name
|
Branch
|
City
|
county
|
zip
|
| Radioman
3rd Class |
Joseph |
P. |
Abbamont |
Navy |
Sparta |
Sussex |
07871 |
| Specialist
Five |
George |
L. |
Ambrose |
Army |
Hamburg |
Sussex |
07419 |
| Specialist
Four |
Salvatore |
C. |
Azzaro |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Specialist
Four |
Donald |
K. |
Babcock |
Army |
Branchville |
Sussex |
07826 |
| Specialist
Four |
Robert |
J. |
Banik |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07040 |
| Specialist
Four |
John |
M. |
Beck |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Sergeant |
Christopher |
J. |
Bertalan |
Army |
Ogdensburg |
Sussex |
07439 |
| Specialist
Five |
Peter |
J. |
Bilby |
Army |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Specialist
Five |
Raymond |
E. |
Bostedo |
Army |
Stanhope |
Sussex |
07874 |
| Sergeant
1st Class |
Mark |
W. |
Brennan |
Army |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Aviation
Ordnance Man 3rd Class |
John |
E. |
Buchanan |
Navy |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Specialist
Five |
George |
P. |
Burns |
Army |
Highland
Lakes |
Sussex |
07422 |
| Sergeant |
Richard |
|
Caivano |
Army |
Wantage |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Sergeant |
Robert |
E. |
Caputo |
Army |
Sparta |
Sussex |
07871 |
| Specialist
Five |
George |
W. |
Carman |
Army |
Ogdensburg |
Sussex |
07439 |
| Sergeant |
Peter |
A. |
Cavicchia |
Army |
Sparta |
Sussex |
07871 |
| Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Paul |
A. |
Ciemiecki |
Navy |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Sergeant |
Larry |
L. |
Collins |
Air
Force |
Belvidere |
Warren |
07823 |
| Specialist
Five |
Andrew |
W. |
Comstock |
Army |
Sussex |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Specialist
Five |
Joseph |
E. |
Connor |
Army |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Specialist
Four |
Richard |
C. |
Coughlan |
Army |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Specialist
Four |
William |
E. |
Critchley |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Private
1st Class |
Thomas |
A. |
D'Angelo |
Army |
Lafayette |
Sussex |
07848 |
| Lance
Corporal |
Henry |
|
Davis |
Marine
Corps |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Specialist
Five |
Johannes |
W. |
De
Boer |
Army |
Sparta |
Sussex |
07671 |
| Specialist
Four |
Larry |
L. |
Decker |
Army |
Sussex |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Seaman |
Jeffrey |
L. |
Dirgo |
Navy |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Sergeant |
Roy |
|
Doebbeling |
Army |
Washington |
Warren |
07882 |
| Corporal |
Kenneth |
|
Dohanish |
Marine
Corps |
Sussex |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Private
1st Class |
John |
R. |
Dowling |
Army |
Stanhope |
Sussex |
07874 |
| Corporal |
Kenneth |
E. |
Eschenbach |
Marine
Corps |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Specialist
Four |
Joseph |
|
Fennessy |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Seaman |
Robert |
G. |
Fillebrown |
Navy |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08863 |
| Captain |
Melvin |
C. |
Flint |
Marine
Corps |
Sparta |
Sussex |
07871 |
| Specialist
Four |
Ronald |
R. |
Fritz |
Army |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Seaman |
James |
M. |
Ganley |
Navy |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Corporal |
Lawrence |
D. |
Hardy |
Marine
Corps |
Belvidere |
Warren |
07823 |
| Chief
Warrant Officer Two |
John |
A. |
Hawk |
Army |
Stewartsville |
Warren |
08886 |
| Corporal |
John |
|
Hoffman |
Marine
Corps |
Washington |
Warren |
07882 |
| Specialist
Four |
James |
P. |
Huff |
Army |
Augusta |
Sussex |
07822 |
| Sergeant |
Michael |
A. |
Hyland |
Air
Force |
Lafayette |
Sussex |
07848 |
| Specialist
Five |
John |
A. |
James |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Private
1st Class |
George |
R. |
Jones |
Army |
Highland
Lakes |
Sussex |
07422 |
| Specialist
Five |
Robert |
|
Jones |
Army |
Stanhope |
Sussex |
07874 |
| Specialist
Four |
David |
|
Keyes |
Army |
Hopatcong |
Sussex |
07843 |
| Specialist
Four |
James |
C. |
King |
Army |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Sergeant |
William |
L. |
Kiss |
Marine
Corps |
Wantage |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Specialist
Five |
Robert |
D. |
Kitchell |
Army |
Stockholm |
Sussex |
07460 |
| Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Lawrence |
R. |
Klecha |
Navy |
Glenwood |
Sussex |
07418 |
| Specialist
Four |
William |
L. |
Klindt |
Army |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Sergeant |
Anthony |
L. |
Kopf |
Army |
Hamburg |
Sussex |
07419 |
| Machinist
Mate 3rd Class |
Thomas |
F. |
Kowalchek |
Navy |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Sergeant |
Eugene |
G. |
Kresge |
Marine
Corps |
Wantage |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Senior
Master Sergeant |
Lyman |
O. |
Lawson |
Air
Force |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| Engineman
3rd Class |
Nelson |
A. |
Lee |
Coast
Guard |
Stewartsville |
Warren |
08886 |
| Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Terrance |
D. |
Lee |
Coast
Guard |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Sergeant |
Bruce |
J. |
MacDonald |
Marine
Corps |
Warren |
Warren |
07059 |
| Sergeant |
Raymond |
A. |
Mahtook |
Army |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Lance
Corporal |
Gualberto |
|
Malave |
Marine
Corps |
Asbury |
Warren |
08802 |
| Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
John |
W. |
Marchick |
Navy |
Hopatcong |
Sussex |
07843 |
| Specialist
Five |
Michael |
A. |
Maresca |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Sergeant |
Thomas |
P. |
Martin |
Army |
Stanhope |
Sussex |
07874 |
| Fireman |
Clark |
M. |
Mayberry |
Navy |
Washington |
Warren |
07882 |
| Specialist
Five |
Richard |
A. |
McDole |
Army |
Hamburg |
Sussex |
07419 |
| Colonel |
James |
J. |
McKiniry |
Army |
Washington |
Warren |
07882 |
| Private
1st Class |
Randolph |
F. |
Meisten |
Army |
Oxford |
Warren |
07863 |
| Specialist
Four |
John |
A. |
Meyer |
Army |
Branchville |
Sussex |
07826 |
| Private
1st Class |
Frank |
T. |
Milone |
Army |
Lake
Hopatcong |
Sussex |
07849 |
| Seaman
3rd Class |
Thomas |
B. |
Minahane |
Navy |
Franklin |
Sussex |
07416 |
| Specialist
Four |
Ronald |
M. |
Morgan |
Army |
Sussex |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Seaman |
William |
F. |
Mulvaney |
Navy |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Corporal |
Patrick |
|
Naples |
Marine
Corps |
Belvidere |
Warren |
07823 |
| Specialist
Four |
Michael |
E. |
Niedzinski |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07480 |
| Radioman
2nd Class |
Mark |
A. |
Noyes |
Navy |
Stanhope |
Sussex |
07874 |
| Specialist
Four |
Robert |
F. |
Nugent |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Specialist
Four |
Robert |
F. |
O'Neill |
Army |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Sergeant |
Charles |
E. |
Ogden |
Army |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Donald |
P. |
Pace |
Navy |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Corporal |
Walter |
L. |
Pasciak |
Marine
Corps |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Specialist
Five |
David |
A. |
Peach |
Army |
Sussex |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Sergeant |
Jim |
J. |
Pene |
Army |
Port
Murray |
Warren |
07865 |
| Specialist
Four |
Elston |
A. |
Pirro |
Army |
Hopatcong |
Sussex |
07843 |
| Specialist
Four |
Sergio |
C. |
Prezioso |
Army |
Newton |
Warren |
07860 |
| Specialist
Four |
John |
|
Rizzo |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Glenn |
W |
Roth |
Navy |
Asbury |
Warren |
08802 |
| 1st
Lieutenant |
Ronald |
L. |
Rush |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Specialist
Five |
John |
V. |
Santiago |
Army |
Blairstown |
Warren |
07825 |
| 1st
Lieutenant |
Eric |
B. |
Schulte |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Boatswain's
Mate 3rd Class |
Louis |
J. |
Scialla |
Navy |
Highland
Lakes |
Sussex |
07422 |
| Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Russell |
J. |
Scott |
Navy |
Newton |
Sussex |
07860 |
| Machinist
Mate 3rd Class |
Frank |
|
Sennholz |
Navy |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Specialist
Four |
Howard |
A. |
Shaneberger |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Specialist
Five |
George |
O. |
Skrba |
Army |
Ogdensburg |
Sussex |
07439 |
| Specialist
Four |
Raymond |
A. |
Stem |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Corporal |
Ralph |
G. |
Storer |
Marine
Corps |
Franklin |
Sussex |
07460 |
| Sergeant |
Richard |
L. |
Strader |
Army |
Wantage |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Specialist
Four |
Gary |
M. |
Thomas |
Army |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
07840 |
| Sergeant |
Terry |
H. |
Thompson |
Army |
Sparta |
Sussex |
07871 |
| Staff
Sergeant |
Joseph |
F. |
Veneziale |
Air
Force |
Flemington |
Hunterdon |
08822 |
| Specialist
Five |
Ralph |
R. |
Villano |
Army |
Sussex |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Sergeant |
Joseph |
F. |
Walsh |
Army |
Wantage |
Sussex |
07461 |
| Specialist
Five |
Michael |
T. |
Wenning |
Army |
Branchville |
Sussex |
07826 |
| Sergeant |
Charles |
I. |
White |
Army |
Stewartsville |
Warren |
08886 |
| Sergeant |
Philip |
T. |
Wilk |
Air
Force |
Mine
Hill |
Warren |
07803 |
| Specialist
Four |
Barry |
L. |
Willever |
Army |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
08865 |
| Captain |
David |
A. |
Williams |
Marine
Corps |
Andover |
Sussex |
07821 |
| Seaman |
Richard |
P. |
Williams |
Navy |
Highland
Lakes |
Sussex |
07422 |
| Captain |
Kenneth |
J. |
Windt |
Air
Force |
Hopatcong |
Sussex |
07843 |
| Specialist
Five |
John |
N. |
Wollman |
Army |
Alpha |
Warren |
08865 |
| Specialist
Five |
Edward |
J. |
Woolf |
Army |
Broadway |
Warren |
08808 |
| Sergeant |
Dennis |
R. |
Xander |
Air
Force |
Belvidere |
Warren |
07823 |
| Sergeant |
Mark |
C. |
Yager |
Marine
Corps |
Lafayette |
Sussex |
07848 |
| Sergeant |
Richard |
A. |
Zayle |
Marine
Corps |
Alpha |
Warren |
08865 |
|
