WHO/WHAT:
Raymond L. Zawacki, the Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs, and
local elected officials will present the New Jersey Distinguished Service
Medal and other state military awards to more than 75 Veterans, mostly
from Monmouth County. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12 th Dist.) will be the
guest speaker as the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation
will hold its annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day.
WHEN:
Saturday, May 7 at 11 a.m.
WHERE:
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, Holmdel (Garden State Parkway)
THE
STORY: This medal ceremony is held in conjunction with the
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation's (NJVVMF) annual New
Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day.
In
1991, the state legislature of New Jersey designated May 7 as New Jersey
Vietnam Veteran's Remembrance Day to honor those who served in the military
during the Vietnam Era, from 1959 to 1975. More than 200,000 New Jersey
residents served in the armed forces during that time.
Again
at this year's ceremony, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans
Affairs will be awarding a number of New Jersey State medals including
the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal,
Korean Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal.
The
N.J. Distinguished Service Medal (NJ DSM) was originally issued in 1858
for those who distinguished themselves in the New Jersey Militia, but
was used infrequently until re-authorized by Governor Kean in 1988.
The N.J. DSM was then authorized for that purpose. It is New Jersey's
highest military award. Since its re-authorization in 1988, more than
30,000 medals have been awarded to combat veterans from New Jersey.
In
order to be eligible for the Distinguished Service Medal you must meet
all the following criteria: currently be a resident of New Jersey, have
been a resident of New Jersey at the time you entered into military
service, have been honorably discharged, have proof of having served
in combat while on active duty during wartime. The DSM can be awarded
posthumously to the next-of-kin of a veteran who meets the criteria.
Anyone
interested in applying for the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal
should call 1-888-8NJ-VETS,
to request an application.
Veterans
invited to Vietnam Veterans' Remembrance Day May 7, 2011
Award
|
First
Name |
Last
Name |
War
|
Branch
|
City
|
County
|
DSM
|
Eugene
|
Allen
|
Desert
Storm |
Air
Force |
Allentown
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Forrest
|
Andrews
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
N.Brunswick
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
|
Travis
|
Boyce
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Marine
Corps |
Freehold
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Vincent
|
Breuel
|
World
War II |
Army
|
Monmouth
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
|
Raymond
|
Bucko
|
Lebanon
|
Marine
Corps |
Hazlet
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Thomas
|
Campagna
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Howell
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
David
|
Campos
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
South
River |
Middlesex
|
VSM
|
G.
Stephen |
Capasso
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Runnemede
|
Camden
|
DSM
& VSM |
John
|
Carney
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Matawan
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Peter
|
Celentano
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Freehold
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Nathaniel
|
Cooke
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Irvington
|
Essex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Michael
|
Corcoran
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Port
Monmouth |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Robert
|
Cutro
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Ocean
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Fred
|
DeLuca
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Millstone
Township |
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Carmine
|
DeLucia
|
World
War II |
Army
|
Hazlet
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Gary
|
DeSarno
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Wall
Township |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Thomas
|
Duffy
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Delran
|
Burlington
|
DSM
& VSM |
Dieter
|
Engelhardt
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
Matawan
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Richard
|
Engle
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
North
Brunswick |
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Martin
|
Estenes
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Freehold
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Peter
|
Fama
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Milltown
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Terrance
|
Fearon
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Brielle
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Edmund
|
Feger
|
Bosnia
|
Navy
|
Asbury
Park |
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Jarrett
|
Feldman
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Army
|
Ocean
Grove |
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
James
|
Fenlon
|
World
War II |
Army
|
Red
Bank |
Monmouth
|
DSM/C
&VSM |
Paul
|
Goubeaud
|
Vietnam
DS/DS |
Air
Force |
Mercer
|
Mercer
|
DSM
& VSM |
Joseph
|
Hammond
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Highlands
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& KSM |
Walter
|
Hobbs
|
Korean
War |
Army
|
Howell
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Christine
|
Hobbs-Russell
|
Desert
Storm |
Marine
Corps |
Howell
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Harvey
|
Hogan
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Spring
Lake Heights |
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Michael
|
Hrehowsik
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Army
|
Middletown
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
George
|
Huss
|
World
War II |
Navy
|
Brick
|
Ocean
|
DSM
|
Robert
|
Huss
|
World
War II |
Army
|
Spring
Lake |
Monmouth
|
DSM&VSM
|
James
|
Jefferson
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Camden
|
Camden
|
DSM
|
James
|
Jernigan
|
Desert
Storm |
Marine
Corps |
Hillsborough
|
Somerset
|
DSM
& VSM |
Harold
|
Jones
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
Rumson
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Julian
|
Knaster
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Red
Bank |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Marcel
|
Krater
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Brick
|
Ocean
|
DSM
& VSM |
Martin
|
Kuminski
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Red
Bank |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Kenneth
|
Lachowicz
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
Iselin
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Kenneth
|
Layne
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Freehold
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Norman
|
Long
|
World
War II |
Navy
|
Middletown
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Everett
|
Lucas
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Eatontown
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Roderick
|
MacKenzie
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Ocean
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Mario
|
Marino
|
World
War II |
Army
|
Ocean
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Ernest
|
McKay
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Newark
|
Essex
|
MSM
& VSM |
Ronald
|
Miller
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Robbinsville
|
Mercer
|
DSM&VSM
|
Harold
|
Murphy
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
South
Amboy |
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Joseph
|
Nagy
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Milltown
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Demarest
|
Newman
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Middletown
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Anthony
|
Niwore
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Air
Force |
Cream
Ridge |
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Joseph
|
O'Connor
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
Jackson
|
Ocean
|
DSM
& VSM |
Michael
|
Orlando
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
Metuchen
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Valentine
|
Ortense
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Saddle
Brook |
Bergen
|
DSM
& VSM |
James
|
Perrone
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Ridgewood
|
Passaic
|
DSM
& VSM |
James
|
Petillo
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
Brielle
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Joseph
|
Piacenti
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Rivervale
|
Bergen
|
DSM/C
&VSM |
Charles
|
Provini
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Red
Bank |
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Royal
|
Roberts
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Farmingdale
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Angel
|
Rodriguez
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Lincroft
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
John
|
Santiago
|
Desert
Storm |
Army
|
Trenton
|
Mercer
|
DSM
& VSM |
Anthony
|
Santoro
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Nutley
|
Essex
|
DSM
& VSM |
Stevan
|
Scarano
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Freehold
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
James
|
Sciallo
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
West
Long Beach |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Albert
|
Semmel
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Highlands
|
Monmouth
|
MSM
& VSM |
Morris
|
Sherak
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Freehold
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Daniel
|
Stump
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Marine
Corps |
Little
Silver |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Francis
|
Sullivan
|
Vietnam
War |
Marine
Corps |
Howell
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
|
Alan
|
Talarsky
|
Desert
Storm |
Navy
|
Monmouth
|
Middlesex
|
DSM
|
Jonathan
|
Tango
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Army
|
Tinton
Falls |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Edward
|
Thornton
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Little
Egg Horbor |
Ocean
|
DSM
& VSM |
Frederick
|
Tritthart
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Ocean
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Ernest
|
Vodarsik
|
Vietnam
War |
Navy
|
Colts
Neck |
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Edward
|
Wetmore
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Little
Egg Harbor |
Ocean
|
MSM&VSM
|
Richard
|
Williams
|
Vietnam
War |
Army
|
Belford
|
Monmouth
|
DSM
& VSM |
Robert
|
Woyciechowicz
|
Vietnam
War |
Air
Force |
South
River |
Middlesex
|
