Newington Veterans Memorial - Newington, CT
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The Newington Veterans Memorial is located in front of the Town Hall at 200 Garfield Street in Newington, CT.
Waymark Code: WM17DHA
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2023
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The Newington Veterans Memorial is a three part granite monument honoring the residents of Newington who died during World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. It was donated to the Town of Newington by the Kiwanis Club of Newington and the citizens of Newington.
The center panel of the monument has the emblems of the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard as well as a Eagle with spread wings perched on laurel leaves with five arrows on each side of the eagle and the inscription:
OUR NEWINGTON VETERANS
FOREVER LOVED
FOREVER MOURNED
{Emblem of the Kiwanis Club}
PRESENTED BY THE KIWANIS CLUB
OF NEWINGTON AND CARING COMMUNITY
CITIZENS
19 {Seal of the Town of Newington} 86
1986
The panel on the left is inscribed:
WORLD WAR I
HOWARD G. DAVIS
FRANK A. STOTZER
CLIFFORD E. MAY
WORLD WAR II
RUSSELL AHLGREN
MERRILL ATWELL JR.
ROGER E. ATWOOD
FRANK E. BENSON JR.
WILLIAM H. BOLLES
MALCOLM CARLSON
HILTON W. COUSER
CHARLES DZIOB
HILLARY GRABOWSKI
THOMAS H. KANE
JOHN J. KORNAK
JULIAN RUDEK
HOWARD P. RYDER
FRANCIS TRACY
HERBERT WUNSCH
JACOB F. ZAPATKA
The panel on the right is inscribed:
KOREA
ROBERT BLACK
JOHN DUNNE
VIETNAM
THOMAS GEORGE CROWLEY
CROSLEY J. FITTON
ROBERT EDWARD KASPER
NATALE SEBASTIANO LENTINI
GLENN R. MANNING
PAUL K. MOSER
ELIAS B. PEALER JR.
PETER GIBNEY MORIARTY
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