A special award ceremony will be held on May 7, at 12 p.m., at the New Jersey Vietnam Memorial, Holmdel, N.J. Col. Emil Philibosian, Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, will present the New Jersey Vietnam Service Medal to 237 Monmouth and Ocean county residents who are veterans of the Vietnam Conflict.

This ceremony is part of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Remembrance Day. The memorial is located on the ground of the PNC Arts Center, Garden State Parkway exit 116. There is more about the memorial and Remembrance Day at http://www.njvvmf.org.

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 military
  

Posthumous 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, e-mail or telephone call, requesting an application form to the following -
Mail
NJDMAVA
ATTN: Distinguished Service Medal
P.O. Box 340
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0340
Be sure to include full name, home address and a daytime phone number
e-mail: robert.wimberly@njdmava.state.nj.us
Phone: 1-800-624-0508, Press 7.

NEW JERSEY VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL LIST OF RECIPIENTS

New Jersey Vietnam Memorial, Holmdel, N.J.

May 10, 2003

Rank

First Name

MI

Last Name

Posthumous

Branch

City

zip

Sergeant

Anthony

L.

Aceto

Army

Toms River

08753

Staff Sergeant

Philip

C.

Amato

Air Force

Barnegat

08005

Specialist Four

Donald

T.

Andretta

Army

Freehold

07728

Specialist Four

Richard

P.

Applegate

Army

Toms River

08757

Lieutenant

Michael

G.

Ashkar

Navy

Eatontown

07724

Petty Officer 1st Class

William

A.

Bailey

Navy

Union Beach

07735

Private

John

E.

Barosky

Army

Toms River

08753

Specialist Four

Jeremiah

W.

Barry

Army

West Keansburg

07734

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Emil

J.

Barth

Navy

Brick

08723

Corporal

Anthony

Bartolomeo

Marine Corps

Toms River

08753

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Joseph

Bellisano

Navy

Brick

08723

Specialist Four

Carl

S.

Benfanti

Army

Brick

08724

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Nolan

L.

Bennett

Navy

Hazlet

07730

Specialist Five

Michael

B.

Berman

Army

Lakewood

08701

Specialist Four

Anthony

P.

Bertoti

Army

Lanoka Harbor

08734

Private

Edward

Bilinski

Army

Keyport

07735

Lieutenant Colonel

Wilbur

C.

Bishof

Army

Atlantic Highlands

07716

Specialist Four

John

H.

Block

Army

Toms River

08753

Airman 2nd Class

Robert

Bowell

Air Force

Ocean

07712

Specialist Five

Wilbur

E.

Boyce

Army

Jackson

08527

Specialist Four

Richard

P.

Brandon

Army

Matawan

07747

Seaman

James

C.

Branigan

Navy

Oakhurst

07755

Private

Roger

S.

Braycewski

Army

Lakewood

08701

Corporal

Kenneth

J.

Bressi

Marine Corps

Jackson

08527

Sergeant

Arthur

B.

Brower

Air Force

Manasquan

08736

Specialist Five

William

Brown

Army

Tinton Falls

07753

Specialist Four

Robert

C.

Buble

Army

Manahawkin

08050

Captain

Carl

Burns

Army

Manalapan

07726

Specialist Four

James

J.

Burns

Posthumous

Army

Spring Lake Heights

07762

Specialist Four

Mark

D.

Callahan

Army

Belmar

07719

Corporal

James

M.

Campbell

Marine Corps

Eatontown

07724

Airman 2nd Class

Rosman

H.

Cash

Air Force

Jackson

08527

Corporal

John

D.

Casper

Marine Corps

Brick

08723

Lance Corporal

Anthony

Cecala

Marine Corps

Howell

07731

Sergeant

John

J.

Charley

Air Force

Brick

08723

Specialist Four

Kenneth

J.

Chiorello

Army

Cream Ridge

08514

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Michael

J.

Conaghan

Navy

Point Pleasant

08742

Corporal

Jeffrey

W.

Cordaro

Marine Corps

Seaside Park

08752

Specialist Four

John

K.

Craig

Army

Manahawkin

08050

Corporal

James

T.

Cullen

Marine Corps

Hazlet

07730

Private 1st Class

John

J.

Curran

Army

Matawan

07747

Petty Officer

Eugene

Cusanelli

Navy

Middletown

07748

Specialist Four

Eugene

O.

D'Alessandro

Army

Forked River

08731

Specialist Four

David

T.

D'Alonzo

Army

Spring Lake

07762

Captain

Susan

R.

Dalton

Air Force

Howell

07731

Specialist Four

Walter

R.

Damon

Army

Belmar

07719

Specialist Five

Lawrence

J.

Darcy

Army

Point Pleasant

08742

Sergeant 1st Class

Milton

E.

Davison

Army

Belmar

07719

Sergeant

Stephen

J.

Day

Marine Corps

Belmar

07719

Specialist Four

Richard

E.

De Man

Army

Barnegat

08005

Specialist Four

Robert

A.

DeLucia

Army

Little Egg Harbor

08087

Sergeant

Chester

E.

DeVito

Marine Corps

Howell

07731

Specialist Four

Ernest

J.

Di Orio

Army

Manalapan

07726

Master Sergeant

Nicholas

P.

DiFabritus

Marine Corps

Toms River

08757

Lance Corporal

William

J.

Dillon

Marine Corps

Brick

08723

Specialist Five

Frank

S.

Dodich

Army

Brick

08724

Sergeant

James

Dolan

Army

Toms River

08753

Corporal

Mark

E.

Donaldson

Marine Corps

Colts Neck

07722

Senior Chief Petty Officer

Robert

W.

Dreeke

Coast Guard

Neptune

07753

Captain

David

I.

Drummond

Air Force

Manalapan

07726

Seaman

John

W.

DuBois

Navy

Freehold

07728

Sergeant

Thomas

J.

Dugan

Army

Island Heights

08732

Staff Sergeant

William

Dunning

Air Force

Toms River

08753

1st Lieutenant

Daniel

J.

Edwards

Army

Rumson

07760

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Robert

W.

Emmer

Navy

Forked River

08731

Captain

Allen

E.

Falk

Marine Corps

Aberdeen

07747

Sergeant

Frontis

A.

Fallaw

Army

Beachwood

08722

Specialist Four

Frank

Fantacone

Army

Forked River

08731

Specialist Four

Phillip

Fernandez

Army

Toms River

08757

Sergeant 1st Class

Charles

M.

Ferraro

Army

Lakewood

08701

Specialist Four

Richard

J.

Festa

Army

Manchester

08759

Specialist Four

Gary

C.

Flanagan

Army

Manasquan

08730

Lieutenant Colonel

Lynne

M.

Fleury

Army

Jackson

08527

Specialist Four

William

J.

Flynn

Army

Manalapan

07726

Engineman 3rd Class

Brody

T.

Force

Navy

Middletown

07748

Captain

Robert

E.

Ford

Army

Oakhurst

07755

Sergeant

Robert

J.

Frake

Marine Corps

Middletown

07748

Specialist Four

Robert

L.

Franco

Army

Wall

07719

Private 1st Class

John

W.

Funk

Marine Corps

West Keansburg

07734

Specialist Five

Thomas

A.

Gargan

Army

Hazlet

07730

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Robert

C.

Gearheart

Navy

Toms River

08755

Specialist Five

Joseph

Germano

Army

Toms River

08753

Specialist Five

Richard

H.

Getchell

Army

Manahawkin

08050

Sergeant

James

A.

Giessel

Air Force

Brick

08724

Private 1st Class

Angelo

A.

Grenci

Army

Toms River

08753

Specialist Four

Gary

H.

Haber

Army

Lakewood

08701

Master Chief Petty Officer

John

T.

Hall

Navy

Barnegat

08005

Petty Officer 1st Class

Michael

A.

Halvorsen

Navy

Little Egg Harbor

08087

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Clifford

D.

Harvey

Coast Guard

Manahawkin

08050

Specialist Four

Ronald

I.

Hawarden

Army

Hazlet

07730

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Thomas

V.

Hayes

Navy

Whiting

08759

Specialist Five

Thomas

B.

Hayles

Army

Bricktown

08723

Specialist Four

Daniel

J.

Hennessy

Army

Point Pleasant Beach

08742

Sergeant

Thomas

F.

Hennessy

Army

Point Pleasant Beach

08742

Specialist Six

Reinhold

A.

Henninger

Army

Whiting

08759

Sergeant

Ernest

Hibbert

Army

Ocean

07712

Petty Officer 1st Class

Henry

D.

Hoff

Navy

Bayville

08721

Private 1st Class

Robert

M.

Holt

Army

Lincroft

07738

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Marvin

D.

Hopkins

Navy

Aberdeen

07747

1st Lieutenant

Robert

J.

Hopkins

Army

West Allenhurst

07711

Sergeant

David

G.

Hornig

Army

Keansburg

07734

Corporal

Ronald

D.

Howard

Marine Corps

Belford

07718

Sergeant

Edward

K.

Howe

Air Force

Jackson

08527

Seaman

Donald

R.

Hutson

Navy

Hazlet

07730

Sergeant

Anthony

J.

Iglesias

Air Force

Asbury

08802

Petty Officer 2nd Class

John

P.

Jack

Navy

Lavallette

08735

Specialist Five

Thomas

W.

Jastrzebski

Army

Barnegat

08005

Specialist Five

Thomas

E.

Jensen

Army

Brick

08723

Specialist Five

Arnold

E.

Johnsen

Army

Aberdeen

07747

Petty Officer 1st Class

Eugene

A.

Kasper

Navy

Toms River

08757

Petty Officer 3rd Class

David

Kearns

Navy

Toms River

08755

Specialist Four

Martin

K.

Keating

Army

Red Bank

07701

Sergeant

Edward

W.

Keefer

Posthumous

Army

Neptune

07753

Corporal

Richard

F.

Kelly

Marine Corps

West Long Beach

07764

1st Lieutenant

John

F.

Kenah

Marine Corps

Red Bank

07701

Specialist Four

Thomas

W.

Kenny

Army

Middletown

07748

Specialist Four

Philip

Knorowski

Army

Toms River

08753

Sergeant

Martin

C.

Konkus

Marine Corps

Point Pleasant

08742

Lance Corporal

Ronald

E.

Kowalski

Marine Corps

Port Monmouth

07758

Specialist Five

Eric

A.

Krausse

Army

Jackson

08527

Sergeant

Allan

N.

Kupisioski

Marine Corps

Neptune

07753

Corporal

Karl

F.

Lavin

Marine Corps

Middletown

07748

Sergeant

Richard

M.

Leitch

Marine Corps

Keansburg

07734

1st Lieutenant

Carl

J.

Lewis

Army

Point Pleasant

08742

Lance Corporal

John

P.

Lewis

Marine Corps

Middletown

07748

1st Lieutenant

Charles

J.

Lonsdale

Army

Spring Lake

07762

Specialist Four

Nels

W.

Luthman

Army

Toms River

08753

Sergeant

Donald

L.

Macauley

Army

Freehold

07728

Specialist Four

Frank

G.

Maccia

Army

Wall

07719

Specialist Four

William

MacKintosh

Army

Bayville

08721

Master Sergeant

William

M.

Macksey

Air Force

Brick

08724

Airman 1st Class

Donald

M.

MacMoyle

Air Force

Toms River

08757

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Wayne

A.

Mancini

Navy

Wall

07719

Master Sergeant

Ralph

T.

Maratea

Army

Lakewood

08701

Specialist Four

Clark

D.

McCullough

Army

Middletown

07748

Sergeant

Gerald

McDermott

Army

Toms River

08757

Specialist Four

Richard

E.

McGilvery

Posthumous

Army

Howell

07731

Lance Corporal

Bruce

P.

McMoran

Marine Corps

Tinton Falls

07724

Private 1st Class

Frederick

T.

Meyer

Army

Forked River

08731

Specialist Four

John

Minor

Army

Hazlet

07730

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Robert

Mitchell

Navy

Forked River

08731

Captain

Walter

B.

Moderack

Posthumous

Army

Manchester

08759

Specialist Four

Robert

D.

Molner

Army

Point Pleasant Beach

08742

Specialist Five

James

J.

Monahan

Army

Brick

08723

Captain

Donald

G.

Mondie

Army

Barnegat

08005

Specialist Four

James

A.

Moore

Army

Toms River

08757

Lance Corporal

Steven

W.

Moore

Marine Corps

Toms River

08753

Chief Warrant Officer Three

William

L.

Moore

Coast Guard

Toms River

08757

Specialist Five

John

R.

Morgan

Army

Manahawkin

08050

Sergeant

Dennis

W.

Moriarty

Marine Corps

Howell

07731

1st Lieutenant

James

F.

Muller

Army

Toms River

08753

Specialist Four

Gary

D.

Munkens

Army

Toms River

08753

Corporal

John

J.

Murphy

Marine Corps

Manasquan

08736

Sergeant

John

H.

Murt

Air Force

Seaside Park

08752

Petty Officer 2nd Class

James

E.

Nealand

Navy

Matawan

07747

Sergeant

Dennis

J.

Neigh

Air Force

Brick

08724

Specialist Five

Gerald

C.

Nelson

Army

Long Branch

07740

Specialist Four

Arthur

R.

Nobles

Army

Forked River

08731

Sergeant

Robert

J.

Nolan

Army

Point Pleasant

08741

Private 1st Class

James

P.

Nugent

Posthumous

Army

Union Beach

07735

Sergeant

Gerald

W.

O'Brien

Marine Corps

S. Toms River

08757

Specialist Five

John

P.

O'Kane

Army

Neptune

07753

Sergeant

John

E.

O'Neill

Army

Hazlet

07730

Staff Sergeant

David

Opatosky

Air Force

Hazlet

07730

Major

William

W.

Owens

Army

Neptune

07753

Specialist Four

Jack

Pacailler

Army

Lakewood

08701

Chief Petty Officer

Cristino

C.

Pacquing

Navy

Toms River

08753

Specialist Four

Robert

C.

Padavano

Army

Waretown

08758

Specialist Four

John

Pangborn

Army

Keyport

07735

Sergeant

John

D.

Pape

Posthumous

Army

Navesink

07752

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Philip

E.

Parratt

Navy

Oakhurst

07755

Major

Stephen

W.

Parratt

Army

West Allenhurst

07711

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Steven

Pawelski

Navy

Red Bank

07701

Staff Sergeant

James

M.

Pease

Army

Ocean Township

07712

Lance Corporal

John

J.

Pessoni

Marine Corps

Toms River

08755

Corporal

Michael

Petro

Marine Corps

Manahawkin

08050

Sergeant

Vito

Petro

Marine Corps

Toms River

08757

Master Sergeant

Kenneth

L.

Pickett

Marine Corps

Barnegat

08005

Specialist Four

William

F.

Potts

Army

Manasquan

08736

Sergeant

Joseph

A.

Procopio

Army

Toms River

08757

Lieutenant Colonel

Raymond

A.

Proietti

Army

Manalapan

07726

Corporal

Robert

J.

Pruchnik

Marine Corps

Hazlet

07730

Private 1st Class

Vincent

Puccio

Army

Keyport

07735

Corporal

Michael

P.

Quilty

Marine Corps

Keansburg

07734

Specialist Four

Robert

D.

Reitz

Army

South Toms River

08757

Staff Sergeant

Joseph

Renzella

Army

Neptune City

07753

Sergeant

John

P.

Roche

Army

Brick

08724

Seaman

Raymond

D.

Ross

Navy

Newton

07860

Specialist Four

Gary

N.

Rowe

Army

Brick

08724

1st Lieutenant

Charles

H.

Russell

Army

Brick

08723

Sergeant

Ruth

A.

Russell

Army

Ocean

07712

Seaman

Henry

F.

Ryan

Navy

Highlands

07732

Sergeant

Dominick

Saltalamacchia

Army

Neptune

07753

Specialist Five

Marshall

F.

Samarel

Army

Howell

07731

Sergeant 1st Class

William

R.

Schmidbauer

Army

Manahawkin

08050

Petty Officer 3rd Class

James

P.

Schooley

Navy

Jackson

08527

Specialist Four

John

J.

Schretzlmeir

Army

Manalapan

07726

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Robert

M.

Silva

Navy

Toms River

08753

Petty Officer 3rd Class

Alan

H.

Silvani

Navy

Toms River

08753

Specialist Four

Raymond

J.

Slota

Army

Forked River

08731

Sergeant

Wayne

T.

Sluscavage

Army

Red Bank

07701

Specialist Four

Richard

E.

Smeltzer

Army

West Long Branch

07764

Captain

Clive

N.

Smith

Marine Corps

Rumson

07760

Sergeant 1st Class

John

H.

Smith

Army

Neptune

07753

Sergeant 1st Class

Joseph

Sochalec

Army

Toms River

08757

Technical Sergeant

James

J.

Sprague

Air Force

Barnegat Light

08006

Staff Sergeant

John

W.

Stone

Posthumous

Air Force

Toms River

08757

Specialist Four

William

Sullivan

Army

Bayville

08721

Captain

John

B.

Swift

Army

Toms River

08753

Seaman

Noel

M.

Switzer

Navy

Ft Monmouth

07703

Corporal

James

H.

Terrell

Marine Corps

Mystic Island

08087

Sergeant 1st Class

Theodore

A.

Theriault

Army

Keyport

07735

Sergeant

Dennis

Toci

Army

Manahawkin

08050

Staff Sergeant

Wayne

E.

Tonnesen

Air Force

Tuckerton

08087

Specialist Four

Anthony

Torsello

Army

Whiting

08759

Specialist Four

Michael

Trapanese

Army

Toms River

08753

Seaman

Michael

R.

Treux

Coast Guard

Neptune

07753

Specialist Five

John

Trivigno

Army

Toms River

08753

Sergeant

Joseph

B.

Turner

Air Force

Hazlet

07730

Sergeant 1st Class

John

P.

Vallio

Army

Eatontown

07724

Specialist Five

Martin

Van Strien

Army

Toms River

08753

Sergeant

John

J.

Vena

Army

Colts Neck

07722

Specialist Four

Joseph

W.

Venezia

Army

W. Keansburg

07734

Specialist Five

Mario

M.

Vent

Army

Ocean

07712

Specialist Five

Vincent

F.

Ventorino

Army

Brick

08723

Sergeant

William

E.

Vowell

Marine Corps

Beachwood

08722

Specialist Four

Carl

W.

Wagner

Army

Jackson

08527

Specialist Five

Jeremiah

B.

Walsh

Army

Toms River

08753

1st Lieutenant

Philip

S.

Ward

Army

Manchester

08759

Private

Alvin

J.

Washington

Army

Asbury Park

07712

Specialist Five

Alvin

F.

Weirman

Army

Manasquan

08736

Sergeant 1st Class

Jay

E.

Welsh

Army

Eatontown

07724

Specialist Four

Wesley

J.

Wilber

Army

Island Heights

08732

Master Sergeant

Walter

Willis

Army

Bayville

08721

Petty Officer 2nd Class

Charles

M.

Wladyka

Navy

Belmar

07719

Specialist Five

George

E.

Young

Army

Tuckerton

08087

Specialist Five

Dennis

W.

Zilinski

Army

Middletown

07748