Middletown Township near Red Bank in Monmouth County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument
Photographed By Nelo Esteves, November 19, 2005
1. Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument Marker
Note the airplane on this side of the marker is identified as a B-26. It appears more like the silhouette of a C-47.
Inscription.
Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument. . [Front]:
In honor of those who served their country. [Back]:
Cpl Horace M Thorne "Bud" World War II Troop D 89th Cav Sqd 9th Armd Div Died In Service Of His Country. [When facing the back, just to the right]:
Brig Gen Peter E. Genovese Jr. US Army (Ret) 1937-2002 "Can Do Let's Go". [Around the base of the memorial are engraved 310 names (as of March 1, 2008)], [Panel 1:] Fred J. Aichele . John F. Cuffari . William P. Burke Jr. . Victor A. Lupo . Thomas F. Condon . George Charles Boyce . George Jenks Beaman . John T. Durnin . Frederick A. Eldridge . Neil R. Liotti . Joseph E. Blewitt . Ed Von Kattengell . Willard O. Aumack . Francis L. Mullins . Francisco A. Santalla . George F. Goerl . James T. Cox . Robert S. Girling III . William M. Setrin Jr. . Kenneth Rugg . John T. Beshada . Raymond C. Schwarz . Samuel G. Vanleet . Fred A. Mannillo . Ralph J. Silva . Richard G. Smith . Richard P. Smithson Sr. . Burton A. Rochelle . Brian F. McCrudden . Richard Levesque Sr. . Samual Frake Jr. . Chester O. Frake . William R. Frake . Robert J. Frake . William C. Johnson Jr. . Joseph Azzolina Sr. . Raymond W. Brower . William E. Parsells II . Joseph J. De Faria . Eugene J. OBrien . James Gervase Sr. . Leo T. Foster . Harry L. Andrews Jr. . John Van Kirk Jr. . George F. Stetson . Clifford Grear . Joseph Romeo Sr. . Robert E. Terrill . Raymond G. Toynbee . Richard B. Davis . A. Mike Schmidt . John W. Ransley . Roy E. Bullock Sr. . William J. Gerhardt . John W. Stumpf . James F. Gormally . Kenneth G. Maughler . John M. Monson . Millard F. Aumack Jr. . Everett A, Luker . Michael T. Della Fave . Lawrence P. Quinn . John A. Millar Sr. . Richard L. Okerbloom . George B. Hart Sr. . Vincent K. Nirella . David L. Gilligan . George Chapman Henry . Joseph F. Janowski . James A. Fagan . William T. Oliver Sr. . Phillip McCabe . James J. Gettings Jr. . Joseph W. Linhart . Stanley A. Hallam . Kenneth J. Hallam . Robert D. Hallam . Philip S. Hallam . James S. Hallam II . Scott E. Smith . Scott A. Smith . Harry J. Burdge . Joseph Romeo Jr. . Bernard R. Hover . Michael J. McLoughlin . Raymond K. Wolchak, [Panel 2:] Mark Alvarez – Gesek . William Beards . Josepj J. Beards Jr . Joseph R. Dinnen . Gregory J. Duckers . Howard E. Foxworth . Robert T. Pirro . Murray W. Abt . Norman K. Abt . Tomas J. Clause . William D. Boettger . Robert L. Armour . Julius C. Bosakowski . Samuel W. Myers . Harold N. De Groat . Michael Di Terlizzi . Joseph T. Dorland . George L. Rigney . Ernest F. Perina Jr. . Manuel M. Silva Jr. . Edward T. Healy . James M. Busch . Nicholas Barbato . Jack Tornik . Kenneth M. Felci . Walter W. Bujalski Jr. . Alfred B. Pellington . Raymond K. Wolchak . Thomas P. Dinnen . Bernal C. Sell . Evelyn F. Sell . Walter A. De Voe . Daniel P. Higgins . Morris “Jim” Helfer . Harold MacLeod . Jean A. MacLeod . Irving V. Vanduyne . Thomas F. Fallon . William D. Fallon Sr. . Richard T. Bezanson . Anthony Recco . Francis J. Donnelly . John F. Driscoll . Joseph C. LeRose . Jack D. Duncan . Donald E. Dubrosky . Walter M. Barrett . William P. OBrien . Arthur W. Rechten . James A. Scanlon , [Panel 3:] Edna F. Fagan . Harold R. Abel . Leslie “Bud” Neiman . Robert J. Apel . Anthony S. Salerno . James D. Cummings Jr. . Gerald B. Layton . Douglas S. Walther . George W. McMillan . Raymond Colon . Phillip Rayner . S. Fred Stockham . Milton C. Brown Jacob M.J. Bjornholm . Raymond M. Sniffen . Dallas Rash Jr . Benjamin A. Parker . Adrian J. Woodward . Matthew J. Pietro . Robert C. Royce . Garry C. Fink . Frank W. Ziegler . Joseph A. Dorney . George Poosikian . Tom H. Collier . William Miller . Harry A. Nielson . James A. Fagan . Robert R. Spering . Roy R. Wagner . D. Chris McGuire . Nicholas J. Griffin . John A. Conroy . Paul H. Sniffen . Carmen F. Dente . Lorraine M. Charron . Dalls Rash Jr. . Walter Day Swartzel Jr. . Charles E. Silvers . George A. Rinker . Carl Rinker . William Saggan . Frederick W. Saggau . Harry T. Minall . Frank Vollaro . Michael J. McLoughlin . Edward T. Perkins . August A. Barsalona . James F. Bradley . Woodrow L. Hilliard . Stepfhahn J. Kowalski . Ronald e. Kowalski , [Panel 4:] J. Francis Rauch . Myron Morford Golden . Rudolph D. Lupien Jr . Bruce L. Peterson . Donald W. Dries . Thomas F. Morford Sr. . Ralph G. Barto . Harold B. Soule . Vincent James Castellano . Charles Robert Conte . Harold E. Smith . Edward J. Halse Jr. . Louis A. Baran . Hubert C. Lingo . Dennis M. Lingo . George J. Pistey Jr. . James Gervase . Raymond Kilroy . Michael P. Kilroy . Walter E. Sturges . James B. Burke . Steve A. Grabowski . Edward J. McGuire . Roberto J. Rodriguez . Orlando [A.L.] Lanni . Edward J. Bunting . Harold H. Fahrer . Michael S. Kelemen . Donald E. Luker Sr. . Frank C. Lepore . John Miso Jr. . Michael J. Santaly . Herbert Applegate . Ermine Lombardi . R. Esther Roscher . Peter S. Mancuso . Albert Kotala . Vincent D. La Bianca . John Wm. Tarne . Robert Brant , [Panel 5:] Donald L. Bennett Sr. . Donald L. Bennett Jr. . Charles Cesar . Guy G. Di Pietro . John K. Harris . Robert James Hunter . Vernon F. Loud Sr. . Thomas Makowka . Howard W. Busz . Anthony M. Senk Sr. . William J. Bischoff . Ruth R. Cesar . Charles C. Cesar . David Kennedy . John H. Foster . Innocenzo J. Natale . Amos M. Powers . Calvin E. Quinton . Alex M. Tihanyi . Patrick R. Robinson . William G. Wall . Arthur F. Borchert . Michael F. Viola . John K. Bennett . Kenneth Letts . Arthur J. Newman . Michael J. Ricci . James F. Sullivan . W. Robert Van Brunt . Vernon F. Loud Jr. . Sam L. Galano . George Dosil . Herman J. Bistritz . Carmen P. Quatrone . Raymond J. McGovern . Francesco Coviello . William F. Coviello . Vito Coviello . Carl Coviello . Paul Latona . Leslie F. Savage Sr. . Peter N. Check . Andrew C. Scala . John J. Golden . John E. Kramer Jr. . Alton S. Duncan, , [Panel 6:] Bruno J. Startari . John G. Teske . Leonard S. Cramer . Edwin H. Eldridge . Albert Chianese . Richard E, Calloway . Christy Giannino . Robert T. Manley . Henry J. Herrmann . Peter W. Panagakos . Joseph R. Long . Louis Corcione . Frederick R. Bennett . William J. Eagan . Edward P. Gillespie . Daniel P. Moran . Amos M. Powers . Edward Stogoski . Harry E. Hopkins . James M. Pease Sr. . James M. Pease Jr. . Richard Beshada . Michael F. Spaulding . David H. Garvin . Harvey L. Bloodgood . Anthony Salerno . Kenneth L. Colemorgan . Charles E. Widmaier . Kevin C. Lang . Thomas F. Rinaldi . Ralph A. Malcheski . Wilbur F. Schneider . George H. Minnuies . Robert F. Schneider . Christopher N. Blagdan . George J. Grega . Peter J. McGowan . Charles H. Root . Werner F. Milson . Robert G. Schiemann . Joseph P. Lisa . John A. Lentz Jr. , Frederick Standler . Ralphael Santangelo . Einar G. Hansen . Claude King
[Front]:
In honor of those who served their country
[Back]:
Cpl Horace M Thorne
"Bud"
World War II
Troop D 89th Cav Sqd 9th Armd Div
Died In Service Of His Country
[When facing the back, just to the right]:
Brig Gen Peter E. Genovese Jr.
US Army (Ret)
1937-2002
"Can Do Let's Go"
[Around the base of the memorial are engraved 310 names (as of March 1, 2008)]
[Panel 1:]
Fred J. Aichele John F. Cuffari William P. Burke Jr. Victor A. Lupo Thomas F. Condon George Charles Boyce George Jenks Beaman John T. Durnin Frederick A. Eldridge Neil R. Liotti Joseph E. Blewitt Ed Von Kattengell Willard O. Aumack Francis L. Mullins Francisco A. Santalla George F. Goerl James T. Cox Robert S. Girling III William M. Setrin Jr. Kenneth Rugg John T. Beshada Raymond C. Schwarz Samuel G. Vanleet Fred A. Mannillo Ralph J. Silva Richard G. Smith Richard P. Smithson Sr. Burton A. Rochelle Brian F. McCrudden Richard Levesque Sr. Samual Frake Jr. Chester O. Frake William R. Frake Robert J. Frake William C. Johnson Jr. Joseph Azzolina Sr. Raymond W. Brower William E. Parsells II Joseph J. De Faria Eugene J. OBrien James Gervase Sr. Leo T. Foster Harry L. Andrews Jr. John Van Kirk Jr. George F. Stetson Clifford Grear Joseph Romeo Sr. Robert E. Terrill Raymond G. Toynbee Richard B. Davis A. Mike
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Schmidt John W. Ransley Roy E. Bullock Sr. William J. Gerhardt John W. Stumpf James F. Gormally Kenneth G. Maughler John M. Monson Millard F. Aumack Jr. Everett A, Luker Michael T. Della Fave Lawrence P. Quinn John A. Millar Sr. Richard L. Okerbloom George B. Hart Sr. Vincent K. Nirella David L. Gilligan George Chapman Henry Joseph F. Janowski James A. Fagan William T. Oliver Sr. Phillip McCabe James J. Gettings Jr. Joseph W. Linhart Stanley A. Hallam Kenneth J. Hallam Robert D. Hallam Philip S. Hallam James S. Hallam II Scott E. Smith Scott A. Smith Harry J. Burdge Joseph Romeo Jr. Bernard R. Hover Michael J. McLoughlin Raymond K. Wolchak
[Panel 2:]
Mark Alvarez – Gesek William Beards Josepj J. Beards Jr Joseph R. Dinnen Gregory J. Duckers Howard E. Foxworth Robert T. Pirro Murray W. Abt Norman K. Abt Tomas J. Clause William D. Boettger Robert L. Armour Julius C. Bosakowski Samuel W. Myers Harold N. De Groat Michael Di Terlizzi Joseph T. Dorland George L. Rigney Ernest F. Perina Jr. Manuel M. Silva Jr. Edward T. Healy James M. Busch Nicholas Barbato Jack Tornik Kenneth M. Felci Walter W. Bujalski Jr. Alfred B. Pellington Raymond K. Wolchak Thomas P. Dinnen Bernal C. Sell Evelyn F. Sell Walter A. De Voe Daniel P. Higgins Morris “Jim” Helfer Harold MacLeod Jean A. MacLeod Irving V. Vanduyne Thomas F. Fallon William D. Fallon Sr. Richard T. Bezanson Anthony Recco Francis J. Donnelly
Photographed By Edmund T. Tognola, April 2, 2011
2. Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument - Panel 1
John F. Driscoll Joseph C. LeRose Jack D. Duncan Donald E. Dubrosky Walter M. Barrett William P. OBrien Arthur W. Rechten James A. Scanlon
[Panel 3:]
Edna F. Fagan Harold R. Abel Leslie “Bud” Neiman Robert J. Apel Anthony S. Salerno James D. Cummings Jr. Gerald B. Layton Douglas S. Walther George W. McMillan Raymond Colon Phillip Rayner S. Fred Stockham Milton C. Brown Jacob M.J. Bjornholm Raymond M. Sniffen Dallas Rash Jr Benjamin A. Parker Adrian J. Woodward Matthew J. Pietro Robert C. Royce Garry C. Fink Frank W. Ziegler Joseph A. Dorney George Poosikian Tom H. Collier William Miller Harry A. Nielson James A. Fagan Robert R. Spering Roy R. Wagner D. Chris McGuire Nicholas J. Griffin John A. Conroy Paul H. Sniffen Carmen F. Dente Lorraine M. Charron Dalls Rash Jr. Walter Day Swartzel Jr. Charles E. Silvers George A. Rinker Carl Rinker William Saggan Frederick W. Saggau Harry T. Minall Frank Vollaro Michael J. McLoughlin Edward T. Perkins August A. Barsalona James F. Bradley Woodrow L. Hilliard Stepfhahn J. Kowalski Ronald e. Kowalski
[Panel 4:]
J. Francis Rauch Myron Morford Golden Rudolph D. Lupien Jr Bruce L. Peterson Donald W. Dries Thomas F. Morford Sr. Ralph G. Barto Harold B. Soule Vincent James Castellano Charles Robert Conte Harold E. Smith Edward J. Halse Jr. Louis A. Baran Hubert C. Lingo Dennis M. Lingo George J. Pistey Jr. James Gervase Raymond Kilroy
Photographed By Edmund T. Tognola, April 2, 2011
3. Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument - Panel 2
Michael P. Kilroy Walter E. Sturges James B. Burke Steve A. Grabowski Edward J. McGuire Roberto J. Rodriguez Orlando [A.L.] Lanni Edward J. Bunting Harold H. Fahrer Michael S. Kelemen Donald E. Luker Sr. Frank C. Lepore John Miso Jr. Michael J. Santaly Herbert Applegate Ermine Lombardi R. Esther Roscher Peter S. Mancuso Albert Kotala Vincent D. La Bianca John Wm. Tarne Robert Brant
[Panel 5:]
Donald L. Bennett Sr. Donald L. Bennett Jr. Charles Cesar Guy G. Di Pietro John K. Harris Robert James Hunter Vernon F. Loud Sr. Thomas Makowka Howard W. Busz Anthony M. Senk Sr. William J. Bischoff Ruth R. Cesar Charles C. Cesar David Kennedy John H. Foster Innocenzo J. Natale Amos M. Powers Calvin E. Quinton Alex M. Tihanyi Patrick R. Robinson William G. Wall Arthur F. Borchert Michael F. Viola John K. Bennett Kenneth Letts Arthur J. Newman Michael J. Ricci James F. Sullivan W. Robert Van Brunt Vernon F. Loud Jr. Sam L. Galano George Dosil Herman J. Bistritz Carmen P. Quatrone Raymond J. McGovern Francesco Coviello William F. Coviello Vito Coviello Carl Coviello Paul Latona Leslie F. Savage Sr. Peter N. Check Andrew C. Scala John J. Golden John E. Kramer Jr. Alton S. Duncan
[Panel 6:]
Bruno J. Startari John G. Teske Leonard S. Cramer Edwin H. Eldridge Albert Chianese Richard E, Calloway Christy Giannino Robert T. Manley Henry J. Herrmann Peter W. Panagakos Joseph R. Long
Photographed By Paul Sniffen, circa 2000
4. Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument - Panel 2
Brig Gen Peter E. Genovese Jr.
US Army (Ret)
1937-2002
"Can Do Let's Go"
Louis Corcione Frederick R. Bennett William J. Eagan Edward P. Gillespie Daniel P. Moran Amos M. Powers Edward Stogoski Harry E. Hopkins James M. Pease Sr. James M. Pease Jr. Richard Beshada Michael F. Spaulding David H. Garvin Harvey L. Bloodgood Anthony Salerno Kenneth L. Colemorgan Charles E. Widmaier Kevin C. Lang Thomas F. Rinaldi Ralph A. Malcheski Wilbur F. Schneider George H. Minnuies Robert F. Schneider Christopher N. Blagdan George J. Grega Peter J. McGowan Charles H. Root Werner F. Milson Robert G. Schiemann Joseph P. Lisa John A. Lentz Jr.
Frederick Standler Ralphael Santangelo Einar G. Hansen Claude King
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 22.556′ N, 74° 5.472′ W. Marker is near Red Bank, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. It is in Middletown Township. Memorial can be reached from Minnesink Boulevard (New Jersey Route 35). Memorial is in the Service members section of Fairview Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 456 State Route 35, Middletown NJ 07748, United States of America. Touch for directions.
9. Horace M Thorne-World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Plot GG. He was Killed in Action. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: *THORNE, HORACE M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Troop D, 89th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Armored Division
Place and date: Near Grufflingen, Belgium, 21 December 1944
Entered service at: Keyport, N.J.
G.O. No.: 80, 19 September 1945
Citation. He was the leader of a combat patrol on 21 December 1944 near Grufflingen, Belgium, with the mission of driving German forces from dug-in positions in a heavily wooded area. As he advanced his light machinegun, a German Mark Ill tank emerged from the enemy position and was quickly immobilized by fire from American light tanks supporting the patrol. Two of the enemy tankmen attempted to abandon their vehicle but were killed by Cpl. Thorne's shots before they could jump to the ground. To complete the destruction of the tank and its crew, Cpl. Thorne left his covered position and crept forward alone through intense machinegun fire until close enough to toss 2 grenades into the tank's open turret, killing 2 more Germans. He returned across the same fire-beaten zone as heavy mortar fire began falling in the area, seized his machinegun and, without help, dragged it to the knocked-out tank and set it up on the vehicle's rear deck. He fired short rapid bursts into the enemy positions from his advantageous but exposed location, killing or wounding 8. Two enemy machinegun crews abandoned their positions and retreated in confusion. His gun Jammed; but rather than leave his self-chosen post he attempted to clear the stoppage; enemy small-arms fire, concentrated on the tank, killed him instantly. Cpl. Thorne, displaying heroic initiative and intrepid fighting qualities, inflicted costly casualties on the enemy and insured the success of his patrol's mission by the sacrifice of his life.
Photographed By Edmund T. Tognola, April 2, 2011
10. Fairview Cemetery Veterans Monument - Panel 6
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