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Remembering Our Veterans - World War I
Saturday, July 29, 2017
100th Anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I


Carmen Abatamarco (U.S. Army)
(Submitted by Erin Guire)
William Andrews
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
George Beatty (U.S. Army)
(Submitted by Dallas Beatty Grove)
Henry Bennett
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Lester Bennett
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Clarence Bennett *
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Willard Bishop
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Norman Bloodgood *
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Arthur Brown
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Charles Brown
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Elmer Brown
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Walter P Brown
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Dominick Bruno (U.S. Army) **
(Submitted by Don Bruno)
Charles Cohen
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Herbert Cohen
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Jerome Cohen
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Henry Jadwin Comegys
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
William S. Conklin (WWI PFC, WWII Major)
(Submitted by Robert Conklin)
John J Connors
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
John Conover
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Norman Conover
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Lehman Cranmer
(Submitted by Arthur Green)
John Dangler
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Lester Dangler
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Orien Davison
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Walter DeBruin
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Richard Duane
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Max Duze (U.S. Army, Silver Star Recipient) **
(Submitted by Beth Woolley)
Samuel Edelson (U.S. Navy)
(Submitted by Paul Edelson)
Edward Eisele
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Joseph Eisele
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Harry Fay
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Edward A. Fitzmaurice
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
Emil C Gardell
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Walter A Gardell
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
James Girgin (U.S. Army)
(Submitted by Frank Tomaino)
Kingdon Gould (U.S. Army) **
(Submitted by Peggy Dellinger)
Charles Harvey
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
George Harvey
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Joe Hastings
(Submitted by Joe Bove)
Oliver Herbert
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
William Hibbetts
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Lofton Horner
(Submitted by Anita Nelson)
Howard Jeffrey
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Leroy Jeffries (U.S. Army) **
(Submitted by Peggy Dellinger)
Paul Johnson
(Submitted by Mary Hill and Sue Mathis)
Chester A King
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
John G. Kurkjian (U.S. Army)
(Submitted by Janet Sexton)
James Lake
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Howard Layton
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Hugh Lackey
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Lawrence Lehy
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Howard C Lehy *
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Earnest Lohman
(Submitted by Arthur Green)
Giuseppe Marinaccio (Italian Army) **(Submitted by Rose Marino Frick)
James William McCulloch 
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
Clifford Gunther Miller, Jr. (U.S. Army)
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
Wilber Nelson
(Submitted by Jess Nelson)
G. Carroll Noonan (Army Pilot) **
(Submitted by Dallas Grove)
John O'Day
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Peter Page
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Joseph Higgins Parisen
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
George Washington Patterson (U.S. Army)
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
Harry Patterson (PFC U.S. Army)
(Submitted by Harry Patterson)
Gaddis Plum
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Harry J Postel
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Otto Richter
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Needham Roberts (Harlem Hellfighters, French Army) **
(Submitted by Peggy Dellinger)
Spencer Rogers
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
George St. Germaine
(Submitted by Arthur Green)
Homer St. Germaine
(Submitted by Arthur Green)
Horace Saks
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Harold Steiner
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Frank Smith
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
William Talman
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Albert Taylor
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
William J. Trythall (Canadian Army)
(Submitted by Virginia Richmond)
Walter Valentine
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Harold Van Note
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Horace Van Note
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
William Harold Warren (Company D, U.S. Marines)
(Wanamassa Fire Company)
Herman Wesch
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Lester G White
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Frank Woolley
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)
Ernest Worth
(Township of Ocean World War I Memorial)


* Killed in action
** Stories featured in the "NJ and the Great War" exhibit


2017-07-29 - World War I Program (PDF)

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In conjunction with the new exhibit, “New Jersey and the Great War,” the Museum is honoring deceased local World War I veterans with a flag-raising ceremony 

Special thanks to: Speaker, Lou Parisi, WWlI Marine Veteran; Color Guard, Boy Scout Troop 71, Scout Master Don. Patterson; Amazing Grace, Piper Boyd Moore
The Township of Ocean Historical Museum, founded in 1984, is a member-supported, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Its headquarters, the Eden Woolley House, is one of the few 18th-century structures still in existence in the Township. The museum serves as the ancestral home to every citizen of the Township of Ocean. PLEASE NOTE: At the present time, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Museum will only be open on all  Sunday afternoons, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, or request a tour anytime by Calling 732-531-2136 or e-mailing at OceanMuseum@yahoo.com. We will be adding days in the future and will continue to keep you advised. The Township of Ocean Historical Museum offers exhibits on the history of coastal Monmouth County and a full calendar of events. The Museum is also 100% volunteer supported, with no paid staff. The Museum maintains a library and archive, which houses manuscripts, books and photographs of historical and genealogical interest. For more information, please call 732-531-2136 or visit our website at

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