MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS
NEWS RELEASE
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kryn P. Westhoven at 609-530-6942
(8 February, 2007)
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Media Advisory
Burlington And Camden Veterans To Receive Medals At Moorestown Mall
WHO: More than two-dozen veterans of Burlington and Camden counties will be awarded the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal during the Veterans Outreach kiosk visit. Brig. Gen. Frank R. Carlini, Director of Healthcare Services, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will present the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal.
New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal recipients:
Private First Class David Appenzeller, Army, Oaklyn Seaman Samuel Cerasi, Navy, Maple Shade Storekeeper Third Class Marlene Chang-Foster, Navy, Pemberton Specialist Maurice Cherry, Army, Burlington Private First Class Vincent Clavon, Army, Palmyra Specialist Julian Colon, Army, Pennsauken Captain Joseph Costabile, Navy, Marlton Lieutenant Colonel Jody Daniels, Army, Cherry Hill Specialist Winston Edwards, Army, Magnolia Private First Class Angela Marie Force, Marine Corps, Browns Mills Specialist Four Alexander Gavenda, Army, Erial Sergeant First Class Walter Goodwater, Army, Lindenwold Brigadier General Steven Hashem, Army, Moorestown Senior Master Sergeant Paul Kasica, Air Force, Mount Holly Sergeant Sheron Kee, Army, Camden First Sergeant Raymond Kirschenheuter, Army, Willingboro Corporal Carl Kurtz, Air Force, W. Collingswood Sergeant John Laurino, Army, Oaklyn Staff Sergeant Irvin Leonard, Army, Sicklerville Sergeant Sean McKay, Marine Corps, Oaklyn Private First Class Joseph Morelli, Army, Brooklawn Technical Sergeant Albert Otto, Air Force, Oaklyn Specialist Five Ralph Talbot, Army, Westmont First Lieutenant Amy Walder, Army, Bordentown Specialist Four Frank Williamson, Army, Sommerdale
WHEN: Friday, February 9 at 10: 30 a.m.
WHERE: Moorestown Mall, 400 Route 38 in Moorestown, the kiosk is located near the Lord and Taylor entrance
WHAT: The outreach is to inform veterans and their families of all the benefits that they may be eligible to receive from the state and federal governments
DETAILS:
This is great opportunity for veterans to find out more about benefits
or entitlements that they might not know are available to them.
The kiosk will be staffed by the New Jersey Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb. 8, 9 and 10. The
‘One Mall a Month' schedule for the Veterans Outreach Program is an effort
by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to talk
one-on-one with veterans or their family members about the wide variety
and scope of state and federal veterans benefits. Ten percent of
our nations Veterans receive compensation from the Veterans Administration
(VA) for a service-connected disability. Here in New Jersey that
number is only eight percent. With 600,000 Veterans in the Garden
State, that means that there are some 12,000 who should be receiving compensation
but who are not. The Veterans Outreach Program wants to find these
Veterans and assist them in filing their claims if they choose to do so.
To find out more about this program or you Veteran benefits call 1-888-8NJ-VETS. |
