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Shelton Veterans Monument

 
 
Shelton Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
1. Shelton Veterans Monument
Inscription.
A Victory Denied
Vietnam War 1961 – 1975

The Forgotten War
Korean War
1950 – 1953

Freedom is not free
World War II
1941 – 1945

The War to End
All Wars
World War I
1917 – 1918

World War I
Charles W. Sutter   USA • Thomas Arena   USA • Joseph Bernabeo   USA • Chester A. Burke   USMC • John Dudginsky   USA • Edward Gardner   USA • William R. Dunn   USA • John McKay   USA • William H. Vonwerder   USA • Andrew Konyez   USA • Peter Gibbons   USA • Frank Lowensky   USA • William Stilman   USA • Chester A. Gade   USMC • Theodore F. Haussler   USA • Raymond Scranton   USA • John N. Wadsworth   USA

World War II
Angelo Terlizzi   USN • George Amaral   USA • Louis J. Beatrice   USA • Anthony Billotto   USA • Dante H. Buccelly   USAAF • John J. Donovan, Jr.   USA • Francis D. Frazer   USA • Thomas Geoghan   USA • George H. Keller   USA • Michael J. Kudej   USA • Rudolph F. Lesko   USA • Harold J. Lynch   USAAF • Alphonse A. Maziuk   USN • James F. McCloskey, Jr.   USN • James J. McElroy, Jr.   USA • Joseph Kondash   USA • Louis A. Reznick   USN • Bernard W. McGoldrick   USA • Carmen L. Minolaio   USA • Vincent Nadal   USA • John S. Nedavaska   USA • George H. Ogden   USA
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• Joseph Sleshinski   USA • William A. Smarth   USA • Henry A. Smith   USA • Murray L. Steinman   USA • Paul M. Thompson   USA • Patrick J. Tisi   USA • John E. Whitham   USA • Leopold J. Pero   USA • Paul Marino   USA

Korean War
Alphonso D’Onofrio   USA • William E. Hames   USA • Ernest W. Ledger, Jr.

Vietnam War
John L. Schmecker   USA • Gerald H. Forgue   USA • David Sheehy   USA • James G. Smith   USMC • Robert A. Elia   USA • Francis J. Lilley   USA • James D. Chambers   USA • Carl E. Packard   USMC
 
Erected 2002.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, KoreanWar, VietnamWar, World IWar, World II.
 
Location. 41° 18.993′ N, 73° 5.398′ W. Monument is in Shelton in Naugatuck Valley Region, Connecticut. It is in Huntington. It is at the intersection of Canal Street East and Cornell Street, on the right when traveling north on Canal Street East. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Shelton CT 06484, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is 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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Shelton World War I Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Freedom Tree (approx. 0.2 miles away); City of Shelton Emergency Services Memorial (approx. Ό mile away);
World War I Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
2. World War I Tablet
Commodore Isaac Hull Bridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Birmingham Iron Foundry Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Derby Veterans Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Derby Firemen’s Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Derby Korea – Vietnam Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shelton.
 
World War II Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
3. World War II Tablet
Korean War Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
4. Korean War Tablet
Vietnam War Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
5. Vietnam War Tablet
World War I Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
6. World War I Tablet
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World War II Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
7. World War II Tablet
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Korean War Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
8. Korean War Tablet
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Vietnam War Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, December 8, 2009
9. Vietnam War Tablet
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Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 2,075 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on December 18, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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