98 Middlesex County Residents to
Receive State Vietnam Service Medal January 29th
A
special awards ceremony will be held on January 29, at 11 a.m., at
the Middlesex County College, 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, N.J.
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Sullivan, Assistant Adjutant General-Army, will
present the New Jersey Vietnam Service Medal, to 98 Middlesex 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 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 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
Middlesex
County College, Edison, N.J.
January
29, 2003
|
Rank |
First
Name |
MI |
Last
Name |
Posthumous |
Branch |
City |
zip |
|
Private |
Wayne |
L. |
Allen |
|
Army |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Lance
Corporal |
Robert |
|
Austin |
|
Marine
Corps |
North
Brunswick |
08902 |
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Paul |
E. |
Bausch |
|
Navy |
Cliffwood
Beach |
07735 |
|
Private
1st Class |
John |
L. |
Bedrose |
|
Marine
Corps |
Middlesex |
08846 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Joseph |
|
Bellafronte |
|
Army |
Middlesex |
08846 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Vincent |
|
Bonilla |
|
Army |
Carteret |
07008 |
|
Corporal |
George |
J. |
Burgess |
|
Marine
Corps |
Old
Bridge |
08857 |
|
Private
1st Class |
Kenneth |
A. |
Carolan |
|
Army |
Iselin |
08830 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Joseph |
M. |
Checorski |
|
Army |
Edison |
08820 |
|
Specialist
Four |
John |
T. |
Clemenok |
|
Army |
Spotswood |
08884 |
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Barry |
N. |
Cooke |
|
Navy |
Sayreville |
08872 |
|
Specialist
Five |
Ralph |
|
Corno |
|
Army |
Edison |
08817 |
|
Sergeant |
Albert |
J. |
Cropanese |
|
Army |
Dayton |
08810 |
|
Corporal |
Ernest |
C. |
Custor |
|
Marine
Corps |
Edison |
08817 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Steve |
|
DiBenedetto |
|
Army |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Corporal |
John |
J. |
Dugan |
|
Marine
Corps |
Matawan |
07747 |
|
Private
1st Class |
William |
T. |
Dulany |
|
Army |
Old
Bridge |
08857 |
|
Sergeant |
Thomas |
R. |
Duryea |
|
Army |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Specialist
Five |
Hector |
|
Fernandez |
|
Army |
Perth
Amboy |
08861 |
|
Store
Keeper 3rd Class |
Kenneth |
|
Fowler |
|
Navy |
North
Brunswick |
08902 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Kevin |
F. |
Galvin |
|
Army |
South
River |
08882 |
|
Sergeant |
Frank |
J. |
Giglio |
|
Army |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Joseph |
A. |
Guchek |
|
Army |
Highland
Park |
08904 |
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Edward |
H. |
Herrmann |
|
Air
Force |
Edison |
08817 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Allan |
J. |
Homan |
|
Army |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Sergeant |
Douglas |
A. |
Hughes |
|
Air
Force |
Parlin |
08859 |
|
Lance
Corporal |
John |
A. |
Iwanski |
|
Marine
Corps |
Monroe
Twp |
08831 |
|
Sergeant |
Michael |
H. |
Jenkins |
|
Army |
Monmouth
Junction |
08852 |
|
Sergeant
1st Class |
John |
P. |
Johnson |
|
Marine
Corps |
Monroe
Twp |
08831 |
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Kenneth |
P. |
Kelly |
|
Air
Force |
Parlin |
08859 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Gerald |
P. |
Kemash |
|
Army |
Fords |
08863 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Dennis |
F. |
Kessler |
|
Army |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Specialist
Five |
Robert |
J. |
Klosek |
|
Army |
Edison |
08220 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Henry |
L. |
Krissoff |
|
Army |
Old
Bridge |
08857 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Theodore |
L. |
Krzyzanowski |
|
Army |
Beach
Haven |
08008 |
|
Seaman |
Walter |
|
Ksiazak |
|
Navy |
Sayreveille |
08872 |
|
Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Barry |
L. |
Kupper |
|
Navy |
Iselin |
08830 |
|
Private
1st Class |
Richard |
F. |
Lang |
|
Army |
Middlesex |
08846 |
|
Captain |
Carl |
G. |
Langbert |
|
Army |
East
Brunswick |
08816 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Alfred |
F. |
Leaman |
|
Army |
Laurence
Harbor |
08879 |
|
Corporal |
Stuart |
G. |
Long |
|
Marine
Corps |
Cranbury |
08512 |
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Gregory |
J. |
Lopazanski |
|
Navy |
North
Brunswick |
08902 |
|
Sergeant |
James |
B. |
Lynch |
|
Army |
Carteret |
07008 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Tracy |
|
Mack |
|
Army |
Old
Bridge |
08857 |
|
Sergeant |
John |
J. |
Marino |
|
Air
Force |
Metuchen |
08840 |
|
Corporal |
Ronald |
H. |
Marshall |
|
Marine
Corps |
No.
Brunswick |
08902 |
|
Lance
Corporal |
Melvyn |
|
Meszaros |
|
Marine
Corps |
Parlin |
08859 |
|
Sergeant |
Bernhard |
H. |
Muckelmann |
|
Air
Force |
North
Brunswick |
08902 |
|
Specialist
Four |
George |
R. |
Munzing |
|
Army |
North
Brunswick |
08902 |
|
Petty
Officer 1st Class |
Edward |
J. |
Namowicz |
|
Navy |
Monroe
Township |
08831 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Joseph |
N. |
Napurano |
|
Army |
E. Brunswick |
08816 |
|
Corporal |
Frank |
|
Noto |
|
Marine
Corps |
Laurence
Harbor |
08879 |
|
Airman
1st Class |
Michael |
M. |
Novak |
|
Air
Force |
Monroe
Township |
08831 |
|
Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Wayne |
G. |
Oliver |
|
Navy |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Sergeant |
Francis |
E. |
Olszewski |
|
Army |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Sergeant |
Robert |
J. |
Osowski |
|
Army |
Monroe
Township |
08831 |
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
James |
J. |
Paliani |
|
Navy |
Dunellen |
08812 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Anthony |
|
Palitto |
|
Army |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Leonard |
W. |
Panewicz |
Posthumous |
Army |
Dunellen |
08812 |
|
Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Albert |
J. |
Parlato |
|
Navy |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Captain |
Philip |
A. |
Pascarelli |
|
Army |
Kendall
Park |
08824 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Joseph |
J. |
Pavlik |
|
Army |
Morgan |
08879 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Inocencio |
|
Perez-Torres |
|
Army |
Edison |
08817 |
|
Sergeant |
Wayne |
L. |
Peterson |
|
Air
Force |
Edison |
08817 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Alan |
H. |
Peterson |
|
Army |
South
Plainfield |
07080 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Wayne |
C. |
Pisciotta |
Posthumous |
Army |
New
Brunswick |
08901 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Gary |
R. |
Poland |
|
Army |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Specialist
Four |
James |
W. |
Raab |
|
Army |
Laurence
Harbor |
08879 |
|
Sergeant |
Hector |
|
Ramos |
|
Air
Force |
Carteret |
07008 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Larry |
R. |
Randolph |
|
Army |
South
Plainfield |
07080 |
|
Seaman |
Michael |
L. |
Renwick |
|
Navy |
Sayreville |
08871 |
|
Corporal |
Bruce |
S. |
Rich |
|
Marine
Corps |
Iselin |
08830 |
|
Signalman
2nd Class |
James |
K. |
Ringwood |
|
Navy |
Woodbridge |
07095 |
|
Seaman |
John |
A. |
Ritchie |
|
Navy |
Phillipsburg |
08865 |
|
Specialist
Five |
Juan |
M. |
Rivera |
|
Army |
Colonia |
07067 |
|
Sergeant |
Robert |
W. |
Ryan |
|
Army |
South
Amboy |
08879 |
|
Sergeant
1st Class |
James |
V. |
Sacca |
|
Army |
Hillsborough |
08844 |
|
Specialist
Four |
AbuBakr |
|
Sadiq |
|
Army |
South
Plainfield |
07080 |
|
Sergeant |
Alan |
J. |
Schmidt |
Posthumous |
Air
Force |
South
Plainfield |
07080 |
|
Corporal |
Karl |
W. |
Schuetz |
|
Marine
Corps |
South
Plainfield |
07080 |
|
Corporal |
Anthony |
|
Silva |
|
Marine
Corps |
Fords |
08863 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Jeremiah |
J. |
Smith |
|
Army |
Iselin |
08830 |
|
Airman |
Paul |
R. |
Solt |
|
Navy |
Edison |
08837 |
|
Sergeant |
Albert |
S. |
Spencer |
|
Marine
Corps |
Old
Bridge |
07108 |
|
Seaman |
Howard |
J. |
Susan |
Posthumous |
Navy |
Monmouth
Junction |
08852 |
|
Sergeant |
Raymond |
H. |
Taylor |
|
Marine
Corps |
Iselin |
08830 |
|
Yeoman
2nd Class |
Robert |
|
Tum-Suden |
|
Navy |
Parlin |
08859 |
|
Sergeant |
Vincent |
|
Vito |
|
Marine
Corps |
Woodbridge |
07095 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Donald |
I. |
Walsky |
|
Army |
Dunellen |
08812 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Robert |
J. |
Wells |
|
Army |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Corporal |
Eugene |
|
Weresow |
|
Marine
Corps |
Edison |
08817 |
|
Corporal |
Calvin |
V. |
Wheeler |
|
Marine
Corps |
Woodbridge |
07095 |
|
Specialist
Five |
William |
|
White |
|
Army |
Perth
Amboy |
08861 |
|
Specialist
Four |
Edward |
L. |
Winters |
|
Army |
Middlesex |
08846 |
|
Corporal |
Gregory |
M. |
Witt |
|
Marine
Corps |
Iselin |
08830 |
|
Radarman
2nd Class |
Ronald |
E. |
Zaneto |
|
Navy |
Piscataway |
08854 |
|
Specialist
Five |
Donald |
P. |
Zsamba |
|
Army |
Woodbridge |
07095 |
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
George |
W. |
Zulin |
|
Navy |
Parlin |
08859 |
|
