Sunday, November 25, 2018

Baldwin Veterans Memorial Plaza - Long Island, NY Part I

Baldwin is a village or hamlet on the south shore of Nassau County on Long Island, NY and is next to the village where I live. It also has a lovely veterans memorial, part of a larger park with a pond that is especially pretty in the fall. I had been meaning for months to get over there and take photos for an Honor Roll post. If I had any idea of the number of names on the WWII veterans memorial, I would have made a better effort!

If you would like a close-up photo of a name on any of these monuments, please let me know, I live very close.








The two men mentioned on this sign also have memorial plaques.



To the Memory of Lt. Bernard James Ray, C.M.H.


In Honor and Memory of Sp. 5 John J. Kedenburg, C.M.H.

Behind these stones are the memorials to those from Baldwin who were killed in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.


Robert T. Hansen
Donald W. Gallagher
Joseph Levison


Donald R. Baxter
Raymond A. Becker
Stanley Bedell
W. Cartwright Celler
Edward A. Clark, Jr.
William I. Deacon
Melford Elderd
Milton L. Emery
Carman J. Fasanella
Frank Fasanella
Raymond T. Foley
Alfred S. Forsyth
Arthur C. Forsyth
Joseph D. Harper
John R. Hale
Alfred W. Hale, Jr.
John F. Harbrecht
Edward N. Harrison
Joseph L. Heim
Leonard D. Hosford
Robert C. Kunz
William J. Lang
Frederick W. Lobenstein
John w. MacLachlan
Robert C. Marius
Theophile P. Masterson
Caswell A. Mayo III
Harold T. McDermott
Thomas F. McKeon
Alexander McKinley
Bernard F. McSorley
William N. Mitchell
George C. Mohr
Ernest A. Naumann
David H. Newbery
John Nierengarden
Daniel J. O'Leary
Samuel Olsen
John Pobeschein
George W. Pratt
Bernard J. Ray
Charles T. Reed
Willard E. Rozelle
John E. Russell
Lawrence Russell, Jr.
Philip K. Scott
Timothy J. Shea
David A. Teale
Otto Viegelmann
Walter G. Vogel
Charles J. Weigand
Clifford F. Wick
Robert F. Winberg


Charles Garity
Anthony A. Giretti
Arthur Gliden
Richard W. Harper
James S. Hay
Peter H. Heissenbuttel
John J. Ludecker
George W. Mainardi
Charles M. Reed
Kenneth M. Roraback

Just to the right of these monuments is a plaque dedicated to "those from Baldwin who served in the Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf" ; there are no names on this plaque.




All the way to the right is a monument to those who lost their lives in WWI.





Oliver M. Bedell
Louise E. Byrne
Omar Lawrence
Harvey Miller
Charles J. Smith
Walter R. Stenzel

Then in the middle is the largest monument in the park; another larger WWII monument recognizing all the men and women from Baldwin who served in WWII, in addition to those killed. The list is quite long, over 2,200 names by my estimation. I'll be publishing those names in another post.

I am transcribing these names as part of Heather Wilkinson Rojo's Honor Roll Project. Please consider transcribing the names from memorials in your town or from a memorial where one of your ancestors is listed. It's a great way to help your fellow genealogists and a great way to honor the service of your ancestors and all veterans, by helping their descendants find them.

In 2016 I transcribed the names on the monuments in Rockville Centre, NY, where I live. On Veterans Day of 2017, a woman found her grandfather's name in my post through a Google search and let me know. She and her mother were very excited and were planning a trip to RVC to visit the memorial. It's that easy to make a difference.

4 comments:

  1. Wonderful to have these names added to the Honor Roll Project. I hope even more descendants find their loved ones on these transcribed memorial pages!

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  2. Extremely nice web page.
    My great uncle is Harvey Miller, I have been trying for 20 years to obtain more info on him, and the vfw post named in his honor.
    with no luck
    kristina
    nyvagenealogy@yahoo.com

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  3. My Grandfather Otto Viegelmann is listed. Thank you so much for posting this. I have added a must see to my future travels. Thank you so very much

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  4. These photos give me a better idea what the plaza looks like! Well done, Baldwin!

    Remembering “Jack” - 2LT John Edmund Russell (1943 US Air Corps, 1942-1943 RAF, 1941 RCAF) on the 80th anniversary of the B-17 crash on November 10, 1943, in Brome, Suffolk, England. This crash from a fire in the cockpit killed him (the copilot), Arthur Joseph Reynolds (the pilot), the crew, two H2S radar mechanic passengers and four civilian workers on the ground with their horse. This November 10, 2023, there will be an 80th anniversary permanent memorial in honor of their service and sacrifice. Newsday published a front page story and video about him. Newsday TV YouTube channel has the video interview on the subscription only online paper. Baldwin Herald will be putting their story online on Sunday June 4, 2023, with great photos and a link to donate to this effort on B-17 Crash Memorial Go Fund Me page by Clive Stevens. Clive is on the UK part of our memorial team.

    Look for John Edmund Russell’s new Baldwin Chamber veteran banner flying near the library on Grand Avenue almost across from the fire station. It turned out so good. He was a close friend of my father and grandfather in Baldwin, Long Island.
    Respectfully,
    Wendy Rust

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