The Honor Roll Project - Oceanside, New York

As part of Heather Wilkinson Rojo's Honor Roll Project, I have transcribed these Rolls of Honor in Oceanside, NY to make the names visible to search engines so that family researchers can find them. Please consider finding the Honor Roll(s) in your town or village and transcribing them on your blog or website. Some rolls are long and some are short but there's no deadline, you can take as long as you need to transcribe an honor roll.  I've learned so much about local history through this project and when someone finds the name of an ancestor in one of my posts they are grateful and excited! And even if you don't have a blog or website, you can ask me or another participating blogger. I would be happy to create a post to share your photos and transcription!

Although Oceanside is right next door to me, I had no idea where to find their memorial and rolls of honor until I Googled for information about their Memorial Day parade. Articles in local papers told me that the parade would end at Oceanside High School. I have found that Memorial Day and Veteran's Day parades usually end at the local memorial unless they stop along the way somewhere for a wreath-laying, which is usually mentioned in the article.

The Patriot's Club at the high school also creates this Field of Honor every year for Memorial Day.

This field is on the side of the school, on Skillman Avenue, where it will get the most exposure.

This is the Veterans Memorial in front of the school, to the right of the main entrance.

On the left is the Honor Roll, remembering those who "made the supreme sacrifice" in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan; one soldier is listed as dying "In Service."

WORLD WAR II
Howard O. Abrams
Charles Aubert
Bertram Audley
Guido Batteri
Harold Baylis
Ray D. Briney
Ray Brower
Joseph Buckley
Richard A. Burke
Milton Chwatsky
Harry Corbett
John Daly, Jr.
George S. Dewey
Harry R. Dixon
Robert Dowling
Hubbel A. Fellows
William R. Graham
Alexander Grant, Jr.
Earl K. Griffen
Lewis H. Gritman
Edward Grohs
Robert Haig
Richard Hill
Edwin F. Hirsch
Wilbur T. Horsecraft
Gene C. Isaac
John A. Kissell
Frederick E. Kneipp
Bert Lang
Frank P. Lanzo
Carl Lindberg
Carman A. Magistro
Hugo A. Maiorana
George R. McNamee
Edmund S. Mitchell
William Mount
Leon Neamon
Frank A. Neu
Lendeth Noon
Jan Lier Oktavec
Lewis E. Oldmixon, Jr.
Robert Rachofsky
Edwin E. Reilly
Robert D. Ridgeway
Russell W. Roach
Ralph Sankin
George E. Schaeffer
Harry J Schneider
Nelson Sperling
George S. Story
William Trenz
Harold Tyers
George Vogel
Larry Wilson

KOREA
Richard N. D'Errico

VIETNAM
Harold J. Canan
Stephen B. Carlin
Dennis DeMichael
Russel J. Fauser, Jr.
Roy A. Graham
Richard A. Hueffner
Adam D. Knecht
Ronald V. Maiorana
Raymond P. Meehan
Peter A. Penfold
John M. Rizzo, Jr.

VIETNAM
Donald Balsan

IRAQ
Ronald D. Winchester
Julian M. Arechaga

AFGHANISTAN
Greg Buckley, Jr.
Kevin Lipari

IN SERVICE
John Lee

The monument at the center is dedicated

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

WE DEDICATE THIS SYMBOL TO KEEP FOREVER LIVING THE FREEDOM FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES

1956

ERECTED IN GRATEFUL TRIBUTE BY THE CITIZENS OF OCEANSIDE

FOREVER GRATEFUL

WITH EVERLASTING APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO ALL OCEANSIDE VETERANS WHO ANSWERED OUR NATIONS CALL TO ARMS DURING WARTIME.

"THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT."

-GEORGE SANTANYANA

ERECTED BY THE OCEANSIDE VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC.

AMERICAN LEGION OCEANSIDE POST 1246

JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE U.S.A. PFC MILTON CHWATSKY/SGT WALLACE FARBER POST 717

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS SGT JOHN A KISSELL POST 51999

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CARING CITIZENS, BUSINESSES, AND OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

MEMORIAL DAY 1998