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Thompson KIA Memorial

 
 
Thompson KIA Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 11, 2022
1. Thompson KIA Memorial
Inscription.
In Remembrance to the Men of Thompson
Killed In Action in Defense of Our Country
World War I
William Adams · Eldi Morin · Forest E. Young · William Broughton · Oscar W. Swanson
World War II
Theodore Angelo · Paul Auger · Frank Bednarz · Holman Bell · Michael Bibek · Thenasi Celia · Vangel Constantine · Roland A. Blain · Rocco Defillippo · Charles Lada · Armand Lafleur · James Magnan · James Molinaro · John Pietluck · Oakley Rayland · Roger Roy · Thomas Ryan · Henry Wagner · James E. Waldron · Anthony Witkowski · John Zabka · Chester Zmitrukiewicz
Korean War
Raoul Blanchette
Vietnam War
David M. Freeman · David Provost · Geoffrey Rowson
Dedicated July 4, 1976

 
Erected 1976.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 59.147′ N, 71° 53.951′ W. Memorial is in Thompson in Northeastern Region, Connecticut. It is in North Grosvenor Dale. It is at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Riverside Drive. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Thompson CT 06277, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Windham County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Thompson World War I Monument (here, next to this marker); Thompson Veterans Monument (here, next to this marker); Enduring Freedom Iraq Freedom (approx. 0.2 miles away); Operation Desert Storm (approx. 0.2 miles away); V.F.W. Post 10088 Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Thompson War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oscar Walfrid Swanson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Thompson (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Thompson.
 
Thompson KIA Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 11, 2022
2. Thompson KIA Memorial
Thompson Veterans Monuments image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 11, 2022
3. Thompson Veterans Monuments
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 254 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Jun. 29, 2026