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 120 veterans from Union (62), Passaic
(44) and Essex (11) 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, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m.
WHERE:
Jersey Gardens Mall, 651 Kapowski Road, Elizabeth
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 Jersey Gardens Mall center court from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. each
day through Oct. 22. 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, Nov. 9 at the Woodbridge Center Mall in Woodbridge.
List
of Recipients – Jersey Gardens Mall – Oct. 20, 2009
Rank
|
First
Name |
Last
Name |
War
|
City
|
Sergeant
|
Eddie
|
Aikens
|
Vietnam
|
Plainfield
|
Specialist
|
Folashade
|
Amusan
|
O.I.F.
|
Belleville
|
Specialist
4 |
Lawrence
|
Andrews
|
Vietnam
|
Kearny
|
Sergeant
|
Christian
|
Argudo
|
O.I.F.
|
North
Bergen |
Specialist
|
Katuscia
|
Aristyl
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Specialist
|
Andres
|
Arroyave
|
O.I.F.
|
Elizabeth
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Donald
|
Ashworth
|
WWII
|
Scotch
Plains |
Private
2nd Class |
Charles
|
Avery
|
Vietnam
|
Rahway
|
Sergeant
|
George
|
Becker
|
Korean
|
Scotch
Plains |
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Warren
|
Beckerman
|
Vietnam
|
Linden
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Joseph
|
Bernasky
|
WWII
|
Clark
|
Specialist
5 |
Bruce
|
Blakeslee
|
Vietnam
|
Fanwood
|
Corporal
|
Joseph
|
Bogdanowich
|
Korean
|
Union
|
Tech
Sergeant |
Charles
|
Bradley
|
Vietnam
|
Bayonne
|
Private
1st Class |
Jae
|
Bryant
|
O.I.F.
|
Elizabeth
|
Specialist
4 |
Thomas
|
Buchanan
|
Vietnam
|
Bayonne
|
Technician
3rd Class |
Lawrence
|
Burns
|
WWII
|
Springfield
|
Private
|
Salvatore
|
Carbone
|
WWII
|
Jersey
City |
Private
|
Grady
|
Carpenter
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Sergeant
|
John
|
Casiano
|
O.E.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Specialist
5 |
Michael
|
Chmiel
|
Vietnam
|
Cranford
|
Private
1st Class |
Edward
|
Ciborowski
|
WWII
|
Jersey
City |
Command
Sergeant Major |
Thomas
|
Clark
|
O.I.F.
|
Linden
|
Airman
1st Class |
James
|
Coby
|
Vietnam
|
Bayonne
|
Sergeant
|
Pasquale
|
D'alessio
|
O.I.F.
|
Springfield
|
Specialist
4 |
Martin
|
Danielson
Jr |
Vietnam
|
Linden
|
Sergeant
|
James
|
D'Arcy
Jr |
Vietnam
|
Cranford
|
Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
James
|
Davitt
Jr |
Korean
|
Union
|
Private
1st Class |
William
|
Deleonard
|
WWII
|
Springfield
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Paulo
|
Deoliveira
|
O.I.F.
|
Hillside
|
Specialist
4 |
David
|
Di
Fiore |
Vietnam
|
Scotch
Plains |
Corporal
|
Ray
|
Disant
|
Desert
Storm |
Jersey
City |
Private
|
George
|
Douglas
|
WWII
|
Summit
|
Specialist
5 |
Andrew
|
Dues
|
Vietnam
|
Plainfield
|
Corporal
|
Vincent
|
Elliott
|
Vietnam
|
Elizabeth
|
Corporal
|
Miguel
|
Eusse
|
O.E.F.
|
Linden
|
Fireman
2nd Class |
John
|
Evers
|
WWII
|
Union
|
Technical
Sergeant |
Frank
|
Falcone
|
WWII
|
Nutley
|
Sergeant
|
Peter
|
Fekete
|
Vietnam
|
Cranford
|
Specialist
|
Seneca
|
Flores
|
O.I.F.
|
Cliffside
Park |
Sergeant
|
William
|
Frazier
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Sergeant
|
Eugene
|
Frisco
Jr. |
O.I.F.
|
Bayonne
|
Sergeant
|
Robert
|
Garcia
|
O.I.F.
|
North
Bergen |
Specialist
4 |
Lee
|
George
Jr |
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Captain
|
Robert
|
Gilmartin
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Private
1st Class |
Phillip
|
Gluck
|
WWII
|
Rahway
|
Sergeant
|
Adriel
|
Gonzalez
|
O.I.F.
|
Elizabeth
|
Private
|
Marcos
|
Gonzalez
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Staff
Sergeant |
William
|
Gundrum
|
WWII
& Korean |
Scotch
Plains |
Sergeant
|
Francisco
|
Guzman
|
O.I.F.
|
Linden
|
Specialist
4 |
Julio
|
Guzman
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Private
1st Class |
Willie
|
Harmon
|
WWII
|
Jersey
City |
Specialist
5 |
Clifford
|
Harrison
|
Vietnam
|
Cape
May C.H. |
Specialist
4 |
Russell
|
Hawn
|
Vietnam
|
Bayonne
|
First
Lieutenant |
Michael
|
Henehan
|
Vietnam
|
Cranford
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Eduardo
|
Hernandez
|
O.I.F.
|
Scotch
Plains |
Private
1st Class |
Earl
|
Holloway
|
VIETNAM
|
East
Orange |
Specialist
4 |
Mckinley
|
Huggins
|
VIETNAM
|
Jersey
City |
First
Sergeant |
Arthur
|
Jennings
|
WWII
|
Westfield
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Tall
|
Johnson
|
VIETNAM
|
Jersey
City |
Technician
5 |
Seth
|
Jones
|
WWII
|
Plainfield
|
Specialist
|
Jermaine
|
Kelly
|
O.I.F.
|
Elizabeth
|
Technician
5 |
John
|
Klandt
|
WWII
|
Rahway
|
Seaman
|
Robert
|
Kowalewski
|
Vietnam
|
Secaucas
|
Sergeant
|
William
|
Kukan
|
Vietnam
|
Garwood
|
Specialist
4 |
Floyd
|
Lang
Jr. |
Vietnam
|
Irvington
|
Private
1st Class |
Ozzie
|
Laurie
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Specialist
|
Josen
|
Llave
|
O.I.F.
|
Bayonne
|
Corporal
|
John
|
Lozito
|
Vietnam
|
Union
|
Specialist
5 |
Joseph
|
Lucchese
|
Vietnam
|
Nutley
|
Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Arregis
|
Martin
|
Vietnam
|
Elizabeth
|
Specialist
4 |
Arnold
|
Matthews
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Sergeant
|
Kenneth
|
Matz
|
O.I.F.
|
Bayonne
|
Lance
Corporal |
Ricardo
|
Mazard
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Petty
Officer 2nd Class |
Harold
|
McCormack
Jr |
Vietnam
|
Secaucus
|
Private
|
Bernard
|
McGuire
|
WWII
|
Lyndhurst
|
Petty
Officer 3rd Class |
Paola
|
Mena
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Sergeant
|
Joseph
|
Mendez
|
O.I.F.
|
Weehawken
|
Sergeant
|
Clarence
|
Meyers,
Jr |
WWII
|
Westfield
|
Specialist
|
Julio
|
Monsanto
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
First
Lieutenant |
Patrick
|
Moore
|
O.I.F.
|
Fanwood
|
Corporal
|
Andrew
|
Mulligan
|
Desert
Storm |
Scotch
Plains |
Staff
Sergeant |
James
|
Murphy
|
O.I.F.
|
Cranford
|
Sergeant
|
John
|
Neilson
|
Korean
|
Scotch
Plains |
Sergeant
|
Theodore
|
Oglesby
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Lance
Corporal |
Jordon
|
Orta
|
O.I.F.
|
Kearny
|
Private
1st Class |
Henry
|
Oxley
|
Korean
|
Cranford
|
Sergeant
|
Jose
|
Padin,
Jr |
O.E.F.
|
Paterson
|
Private
1st Class |
Riarkas
|
Peacock
|
Desert
Storm |
Newark
|
Sergeant
|
Nicolas
|
Pimienta
|
O.I.F.
|
Union
|
Aviation
Ordnanceman 3rd Class |
Mariano
|
Profita
|
WWII
|
Union
|
Sergeant
|
Michael
|
Reuben
|
O.E.F.
|
Roselle
|
Specialist
4 |
Jesse
|
Reynolds
|
Vietnam
|
Linden
|
Sergeant
|
Ahmad
|
Richardson
|
O.E.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Sergeant
|
Ramon
|
Rivera
|
O.I.F.
|
Harrison
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Carlos
|
Rodriguez
|
O.I.F.
|
Elizabeth
|
Specialist
|
Doris
|
Rodriguez
|
O.I.F.
|
Elizabeth
|
Sergeant
|
Frederick
|
Rojek
|
Korean
|
Scotch
Plains |
Private
1st Class |
Patsy
|
Rotola
|
WWII
|
Cranford
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Frank
|
Rossi
|
O.E.F.
|
Newark
|
Specialist
4 |
John
|
Sakowski
|
Vietnam
|
Bayonne
|
Corporal
|
Adam
|
Samiec
|
Korean
|
Hillside
|
Yeoman
1st Class |
Stanley
|
Sawicki
|
WWII
|
Cranford
|
Sergeant
|
Dominick
|
Secatello
|
Korean
|
Linden
|
Master
Sergeant |
Harold
|
Seymour,
Jr |
Korean
|
Cranford
|
Sergeant
|
Alan
|
Sherwood
|
Vietnam
|
Roselle
|
Sergeant
|
William
|
Shiel
|
Vietnam
|
Clark
|
Sergeant
|
Muhammed
|
Shonibare
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Specialist
4 |
Carl
|
Sicola
|
Vietnam
|
Scotch
Plains |
Specialist
4 |
Herbert
|
Silvestri
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Corporal
|
Allen
|
Smith
|
Vietnam
|
Newark
|
Specialist
4 |
Thomas
|
Strawberry
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
Specialist
|
Michael
|
Sullivan
|
O.I.F.
|
Union
|
Technician
5 |
Russell
|
Tagliareni
|
WWII
|
Kearny
|
Electricians
Mate 3rd Class |
George
|
Tirpak
|
WWII
|
Hillside
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Joseph
|
Torre
|
WWII
|
Fairfield
|
Corporal
|
Richard
|
Ventura
|
Korean
|
Fanwood
|
First
Lieutenant |
George
|
Walsh
|
Vietnam
|
Livingston
|
Sergeant
|
Albert
|
Webb
|
Vietnam
|
Newark
|
Senior
Master Sergeant |
Herman
|
White
|
Korean/Vietnam
|
Hillside
|
Sergeant
|
Phillip
|
Zahlten
|
O.I.F.
|
Jersey
City |
Sergeant
|
Edmund
|
Zakrzewski
|
Vietnam
|
Jersey
City |
