WHO/WHAT:
Retired Army Col. Stephen G. Abel, Deputy Commissioner for Veterans
Affairs, New Jew Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
will present state military awards to more than 100 veterans from Passaic,
Morris and Sussex counties. Veterans will be honored at the mall's center
court for service in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Operation Desert
Storm/Desert Shield and Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
WHEN:
Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Rockaway Town Square Mall, 301 Mount Hope Ave., Rockaway
DETAILS:
This ceremony marks the start of a three-day visit of the veterans outreach
kiosk where veterans and their family members can learn more about benefits
or entitlements that they could be eligible to receive. The New Jersey
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will be bringing benefit
information to ‘those who served' as part of the Veterans Outreach Program
to the Rockaway Town Square Mall center court from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
each day through Sept. 24. Veterans who miss the opportunity to visit
the mall kiosk can call the department's toll free benefits information
line any time at 1-888-8NJ VETS. For additional information visit: www.nj.gov/military/veterans/awards/distinguished_service/index.html
The
next presentation of the New Jersey
Distinguished Service Medal and other state service medals will take
place on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth.
FIRST
NAME |
LAST
NAME |
WAR
|
CITY
|
COUNTY
|
WILLIAM
|
ADAMS
|
WWII
|
DOVER
|
MORRIS
|
BRUCE
|
ANDERSON
|
VIETNAM
|
NETCONG
|
MORRIS
|
WILLIAM
|
ANDERSON
|
VIETNAM
|
WEST
MILFORD |
PASSAIC
|
DONALD
|
BARNES
|
VIETNAM
|
ROCKAWAY
|
MORRIS
|
JOSEPH
|
BAUM
|
WWII
|
POMPTON
PLAINS |
MORRIS
|
BRANDON
|
BENNETT
|
O.I.F.
|
BRANCHVILLE
|
SUSSEX
|
RAY
|
BRAWN
|
WWII
|
WAYNE
|
PASSAIC
|
JORDAN
|
BREHOVE
|
O.I.F.
|
SUCCASUNNA
|
MORRIS
|
KENNETH
|
BROWN
|
VIETNAM
|
MORRIS
PLAINS |
MORRIS
|
WILLIAM
|
BROWNLEE
|
O.I.F.
|
BUDD
LAKE |
MORRIS
|
THOMAS
|
BRUCE
|
KOREAN
|
WEST
MILFORD |
PASSAIC
|
JOSEPH
|
CAPROLA
|
VIETNAM
|
CHATHAM
|
MORRIS
|
FRANCIS
|
COSTANZO
|
VIETNAM
|
KENVIL
|
MORRIS
|
FERNANDO
|
COVA
GOMEZ |
O.E.F.
& I.F. |
SUSSEX
|
SUSSEX
|
WARREN
|
CURD
|
VIETNAM
|
OAK
RIDGE |
MORRIS
|
JOHN
|
CURRAN
|
VIETNAM
|
ANDOVER
|
SUSSEX
|
GULIA
|
DALE
|
O.E.F.
|
NEWTON
|
SUSSEX
|
CHARLES
|
DAUCHERT,
JR |
VIETNAM
|
LONG
VALLEY |
MORRIS
|
PETER
|
DELANEY
|
VIETNAM
|
WEST
MILFORD |
PASSAIC
|
LOUIS
|
DeMATTHEIS
|
VIETNAM
|
VERONA
|
ESSEX
|
JOHN
|
DOREMUS
|
VIETNAM
|
SUSSEX
|
SUSSEX
|
HARRY
|
EDWARDS
|
VIETNAM
|
HOPATCONG
|
SUSSEX
|
RICHARD
|
EVA
|
VIETNAM
|
LANDING
|
MORRIS
|
MICHAEL
|
FECANIN
|
WWII
|
CLIFTON
|
PASSAIC
|
PETER
|
FIELD
|
VIETNAM
|
SANDYSTON
|
SUSSEX
|
CHARLES
|
FOLEY,
JR |
VIETNAM
|
WEST
MILFORD |
PASSAIC
|
FRANK
|
FORTUNA
|
VIETNAM
|
LONG
VALLEY |
MORRIS
|
DAVID
|
FOX
|
O.I.F.
|
MENDHAM
|
MORRIS
|
JOSEPH
|
FRANCOMACARO
|
VIETNAM
|
HOPATCONG
|
SUSSEX
|
LORENZ
|
FRANK
|
WWII
|
SANDYSTON
|
SUSSEX
|
WILLIAM
|
GASSMAN
|
VIETNAM
|
MORRISTOWN
|
MORRIS
|
BRUCE
|
GOUGH
|
VIETNAM
|
BUDD
LAKE |
MORRIS
|
KENNETH
|
GREEN
|
KOREAN
|
LITTLE
FALLS |
PASSAIC
|
FLOYD
|
HARDICK,
III |
VIETNAM
|
MONTAGUE
|
SUSSEX
|
DEAN
|
HARDISH
|
VIETNAM
|
WAYNE
|
PASSAIC
|
SEAN
|
HARRIGAN
|
O.I.F.
|
HAMBURG
|
PASSAIC
|
WAYNE
|
HENSEN
|
VIETNAM
|
FRANKFORD
|
SUSSEX
|
RONALD
|
HOGAN
|
VIETNAM
|
WAYNE
|
PASSAIC
|
JULIUS
|
HOLCZER
|
WWII
|
MANAHAWKIN
|
PASSAIC
|
ROBERT
|
HOSKEN
|
VIETNAM
|
MORRIS
PLAINS |
MORRIS
|
ROBERT
|
JAEGER
|
WWII
|
STANHOPE
|
SUSSEX
|
ROBERT
|
KALEMBA
|
VIETNAM
|
SUSSEX
|
SUSSEX
|
HARRY
|
KAYS
|
VIETNAM
|
NEWTON
|
SUSSEX
|
JOSEPH
|
LALIKER
|
VIETNAM
|
HAMBURG
|
SUSSEX
|
EDWARD
|
LAMPERTI
|
KOREAN
|
RANDOLPH
|
MORRIS
|
CHRISTOPHER
|
LAVER
|
O.I.F.
|
STANHOPE
|
SUSSEX
|
PAUL
|
LICITRA
|
VIETNAM
|
FLANDERS
|
MORRIS
|
AMAURY
|
LOPEZ
|
O.I.F.
|
DOVER
|
MORRIS
|
GEORGE
|
LOUIS
|
WWII
|
RIVERDALE
|
MORRIS
|
OWEN
|
MARTIN
|
VIETNAM
|
HIGHLAND
LAKES |
SUSSEX
|
ROBERT
|
MARTIN
|
VIETNAM
|
LONG
VALLEY |
MORRIS
|
JOSEPH
|
MATUSKA
SR |
WWII
|
ANDOVER
|
SUSSEX
|
HERBERT
|
MAURO
|
VIETNAM
|
NEWTON
|
SUSSEX
|
RICHARD
|
McCORMICK
|
VIETNAM
|
CLIFTON
|
PASSAIC
|
THOMAS
|
McGIVERN
|
VIETNAM
|
PASSAIC
|
PASSAIC
|
EDWARD
|
McGUIRK
|
VIETNAM
|
HAWTHORNE
|
PASSAIC
|
RANDALL
|
MIHALIK
|
O.I.F.
|
CLIFTON
|
PASSAIC
|
DONALD
|
MILLER
|
VIETNAM
|
MINE
HILL |
MORRIS
|
JOHN
|
MONTEIRO
|
VIETNAM
|
STANHOPE
|
SUSSEX
|
JOHN
|
NASH
|
VIETNAM
|
KENVIL
|
MORRIS
|
JOSEPH
|
NEVATINSKI
|
VIETNAM
|
WAYNE
|
PASSAIC
|
LUCAS
|
NOOTER
|
O.I.F.
|
HAMBURG
|
SUSSEX
|
WILLIAM
|
O'BRIEN
|
VIETNAM
|
DOVER
|
MORRIS
|
DAVID
|
OROZCO
|
O.I.F.
|
PATERSON
|
PASSAIC
|
VINCENT
|
PALUMBO
|
WWII
|
WAYNE
|
PASSAIC
|
EMERY
|
PEINE
|
O.E.F.
|
NEWTON
|
SUSSEX
|
WILLIAM
|
POHLMANN
|
VIETNAM
|
STOCKHOLM
|
SUSSEX
|
YANDRI
|
POZOGAIBOR
|
O.I.F.
|
DOVER
|
MORRIS
|
OWEN
|
PRIMAVERA
|
VIETNAM
|
STILLWATER
|
SUSSEX
|
LUDWIG
|
PUSZKARCZUK
|
VIETNAM
|
ROCKAWAY
|
MORRIS
|
MICHAEL
|
RAHILL
|
VIETNAM
|
HOPATCONG
|
MORRIS
|
RAYMOND
|
RICCIARDI
|
VIETNAM
|
HOPATCONG
|
MORRIS
|
JOSHUA
|
RIOS
|
O.I.F.
|
PATERSON
|
PASSAIC
|
JON
|
ROBERTS
|
VIETNAM
|
HOPATCONG
|
MORRIS
|
THOMAS
|
ROSA
|
DESERT
STORM |
SUCCASUNNA
|
MORRIS
|
DAVID
|
ROSENBAUM
|
VIETNAM
|
DOVER
|
MORRIS
|
GUS
|
ROYAL
|
VIETNAM
|
PASSAIC
|
PASSAIC
|
WILLIAM
|
RUCCI
|
WWII
|
WANAQUE
|
PASSAIC
|
WESLEY
|
RUDE
|
WWII
|
VERNON
|
SUSSEX
|
ELLIOTT
|
RUDENSEY
|
WWII
|
ROCKAWAY
|
MORRIS
|
THOMAS
|
RUSSOMANO
|
VIETNAM
|
CEDAR
KNOLLS |
MORRIS
|
PATRICK
|
RYAN
|
DESERT
STORM |
JERSEY
CITY |
HUDSON
|
WILLIAM
|
RYAN
|
VIETNAM
|
LANDINGS
|
MORRIS
|
RYAN
|
SAALMAN
|
O.I.F.
|
OGDENSBURG
|
SUSSEX
|
LOUIS
|
SCACHETTI
|
VIETNAM
|
STANHOPE
|
SUSSEX
|
FRED
|
SCHROEDER
|
VIETNAM
|
WHARTON
|
MORRIS
|
EUGENE
|
SCHULTZ
|
VIETNAM
|
OGDENSBURG
|
SUSSEX
|
ANGELO
|
SCILLA
|
VIETNAM
|
MEYERSVILLE
|
MORRIS
|
ROBERT
|
SEELY,
JR. |
O.I.F.
|
CLIFTON
|
PASSAIC
|
PETER
|
SIENICKI
|
VIETNAM
|
CLIFTON
|
PASSAIC
|
SUZANNA
|
SMALDONE
|
O.I.F.
|
HARDYSTON
|
SUSSEX
|
ALAN
|
SMITH
|
VIETNAM
|
DENVILLE
|
MORRIS
|
ROY
|
SMITH
|
VIETNAM
|
NEWTON
|
SUSSEX
|
GARY
|
STEER
|
VIETNAM
|
HARDWICK
|
WARREN
|
THEODORE
|
STONE
|
VIETNAM
|
NEWTON
|
SUSSEX
|
FRANK
|
STURM
|
KOREAN
|
HOPATCONG
|
SUSSEX
|
JOHNNY
|
SWORDS,
JR |
O.I.F.
& O.E.F. |
OGDENSBURG
|
SUSSEX
|
NICHOLAS
|
TEDESCHI,
JR |
VIETNAM
|
BUTLER
|
MORRIS
|
DeMOND
|
TIMMONS
|
O.I.F.
|
CHATHAM
|
MORRIS
|
FRANK
|
VALVANO
|
WWII
|
E.
HANOVER |
MORRIS
|
JASON
|
VAUGHAN
|
O.I.F
|
BRANCHVILLE
|
SUSSEX
|
LAURENCE
|
WAYMAN
|
O.I.F.
|
MONTAGUE
|
SUSSEX
|
J.
WADDELL |
WEBBER
|
VIETNAM
|
DOVER
|
MORRIS
|
GILBERT
|
WHITE
|
KOREAN
|
SUCCASUNNA
|
MORRIS
|
ALLEN
|
WOOD
|
O.I.F.
|
WANTAGE
|
SUSSEX
|
JOSEPH
|
ZACCARO
|
VIETNAM
|
WEST
MILFORD |
PASSAIC
|
NEBOJSA
|
ZLATANOVIC
|
O.I.F.
|
HALEDON
|
PASSAIC
|
