Rockville Centre in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rockville Centre Honor Roll
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1. Rockville Centre Honor Roll
Inscription.
Rockville Centre Honor Roll. .
Rockville Centre Honor Roll Dedicated in Honor of Those from This Village Who Answered the Call of Their Country in the World War 1917-1919. Walter J. Abrams . Frank Amorosino . Milton J. Ayers . Charles G. Back . William Back . Stuart Badeau . Harold E. Baer . John Bahr . Fred C. Bailey . Wm. S. Bailey . Theo A. Baldwin . J. Arthur Ball . Edward L. Bartholdt . Harold Bedell . Thomas H. Beeson, Jr. . Walter T. Behrens . Edward M. Bennett . Samuel E. Bennett . Wm. Roy Bennett . Chas. Bettles, Jr. . Charles C. Bichterman . Franklin H. Bird . John A. Bittner, Jr. . Harry Blumenthal . Henry L. Brill . Audley Brindley . Daniel Brodie . Peter Brodie . Joseph A. Brower . Harold L. Bucken . James Buckley . F.A. Buermeyer . Harry F. Burroughs . Lorenzo Cammarano . James E. Carty . Constantino Chiusano . Harry R. Coe . Harold B. Cohen . Ray M. Cochran . Geo. A. Colligan . Robert B. Combs . Frank Comstock . Lindley W. Cook . Rupert G. Cooke . Chas. Cooper . Robert G. Cornell . Everett P. Corwith . William H. Corwith . John Cox . Charles Cozine . Theodore Cozine . W. H. Creighton, Jr. . Wm. P. Curley . Charles Dalton . Chas. L. Day . Andrew Deangelus . Arthur E. Dehnert . Peter Dempsey . Harry Dillmeier . Chas. Dimaio . ★ James Donato . Herbert M. Downing . John P. Dunne . Edward J. Fagan . Jos. T. Eldrich . Myron Elias . Bonney Elliott . Sam'l W. Ellis . Amillo Esposito . Francesca Esposito . Geo. Farr, Howard Farrell . George C. Fennikoh . Victor Ferris . Randall M. Field . John Fischetto . ★ Harold L. Fiske . Douglass Fortun . Franklin M. French . Alfred Gallagher . Francis W. Gallagher . Wm. F. Gallagher, Jr. . Fred Gerhold . Lawrence Glacy . Wm. Glacy . Clarence Goldberg . Arthur T. Goodwin . Geo. B. Granger, Jr. . John C. Gray . Henrietta A. Grim . Wm. H. Grim, Jr. . James C. Hannon . Herman Harms . Harry F. Heins . Henry J. Heisler . August Helfenberg . Sam'l. Helfenberg . Archie E. Henderson . Cartright Henderson . J.M. Hendrickson . Herbert E. Herlihy . Milton E. Heyward . Austin M. Hill . John E. Hogan . Edward Holly . John C. Holmes . Bennem Hopkins . Wm. R. Hunt . Le Roy Husser . George F. Irish . Harry Jaeger . Claude Jenkins . Nolan Jenkins . ★ Daniel Johnson . Kenneth M. Johnson . Wiley Jones . Chas. Kane . Wm. V. Kane . Clarence H. Keckeissen . Geo. W. Keckeissen . Henry A. Keegan . Leon Kelley . Herbert J. Kinscherf . Bertram C. Kirschbaum . J. William Klaess . Louis J. Klaess . Edward M. Klein . John E. Kleinfeller . Nicholes Knapmeyer . John Kneale . Arthur Knoblauch . John Henry Koehler . Harry B. Koopman, Jr. . Jos. B. Langdon . ★ Louis E. Langdon . Edw. J. Lapp . ★ C.M. Lawson, Jr. . Harold Lawson . Hamilton L. Leder . Frank S. Lee . Valentine Loesch, David R. Longenecker . Alvin P. Loskamp . Andrew J. MacElroy . Clifford MacEvoy . Henry B. Magee . Herbert W. Mannering . Alfonso Mansolillo . Lewis W. Martin . ★ Winona C. Martin . Harry P. Marvin . Edward Marz . Joseph McManus . Ananias McPhatter . Fred'k. W. Merdes . Albert E. Merry . Chas. P. Messenger . Herbert R. Metcalfe . Clarence H. Meyer . Edgar Miller . ★ Edwin W. Miller . Herbert H. Miller . Wilbur Miller . Walter S. Moen . Harold Moffitt . ★ Frank Molisse . Wm. J. Mott . Wm. Moyer . Leland J. Muir . Joseph M. Murphy . M. Raymond Murphy . Thomas B. Murphy . James H. Myles . J. Louis Neff . Irving Nelson . Everett Newton . Geo. C. Nixon . John H. Nelle . Frank O'Callaghan . Geo. O'Callaghan . ★ D. Herbert O'Dowd . Wm. Oliver . Remsen B. Ostrander . Clifford D. Palmer . Olcott H. Parker . Vincent Patel . Aubrey D. Pearsall . Daniel S. Pearsall . James Pent . Joseph K. Petry . Raymond Petry . Augustus Peterson . William Pettit . Chas. W. Phelan . Raymond B. Phillips . Roscoe Powleson . Jos. Proctor, Jr. . Alfred Rathheim . Frank Raspanti . Lucian P. Raynor . Eugene J. Reed . Katherine Reilly . Roland M. Richensteen . Royal Richensteen . Wm. T. Richensteen . Edwin H. Richmond . Wm. Robbins . Edward Roberts . Harold B. Robinson . Frank Robustello, Ernest W. Ruestow . Chas. Samis . Jos. Saunders . Frederic Schley . Edward A. Schneider . Louis Schroeher . Benjamin W. Seaman . Bryant W. Seaman . Everett W. Seaman . Robert N. Seaman . Milton B. Seinsoth . John Simpson . Myron Simpson . Joseph Smidt . Clarence E. Smith . John Smith . ★ Lewis H. Smith . Tredwell D. Smith . Luciano Sorrentino . Howard R. Spelman . Nelson H. Sperling . James Spiers . Chas. C. Spittler . Percy Sprague . H. E. Standish . William Stalter . ★ Warren W. Stein . Edwin Stephenson . Geo. E. Stewart . Lemuel Straus . Milton Straus . Edward Taylor . Albert F. Thomas . Frank S. Thorp . Karl A. Thum . Emma B. Van Deusen . Roscoe Van Deusen . Frank J. Veritzan . Jos. E. Viault . Clinton S. Vogt . Jos S. Wagner . Edwin W. Wallace . Harry C. Walters . Rob't. Walters . Arthur Watts . Alfred R. Weber . August F. Weber . Edwin S. Weber . Lionel E. Weeks . Edward L. Werner . Chas. S. Westlake . James F. White . Roy L. Whitney . Alan Wiedersum . Roy Wiedersum . Ferdinand W. Wisner . Geo. A. Wolf . Geo. R. Wood . John F. Wood . Harrison P. Wright . Robert Wright . Harold F. Woodcock . Joseph F. Woodcock . Howard A. Young . Jos. M. Young . Jerome Zaccaria . Michel Zaccaria . Edward F. Zimmerman . Louis J. Zimmerman . Joseph E. Zoeller, Jr., George H. Schwartz
Rockville Centre
Honor Roll
Dedicated in Honor of Those from This
Village Who Answered the Call of Their
Country in the World War 1917-1919
Walter J. Abrams Frank Amorosino Milton J. Ayers Charles G. Back William Back Stuart Badeau Harold E. Baer John Bahr Fred C. Bailey Wm. S. Bailey Theo A. Baldwin J. Arthur Ball Edward L. Bartholdt Harold Bedell Thomas H. Beeson, Jr. Walter T. Behrens Edward M. Bennett Samuel E. Bennett Wm. Roy Bennett Chas. Bettles, Jr. Charles C. Bichterman Franklin H. Bird John A. Bittner, Jr. Harry Blumenthal Henry L. Brill Audley Brindley Daniel Brodie Peter Brodie Joseph A. Brower Harold L. Bucken James Buckley F.A. Buermeyer Harry F. Burroughs Lorenzo Cammarano James E. Carty Constantino Chiusano Harry R. Coe Harold B. Cohen Ray M. Cochran Geo. A. Colligan Robert B. Combs Frank Comstock Lindley W. Cook Rupert G. Cooke Chas. Cooper Robert G. Cornell Everett P. Corwith William H. Corwith John Cox Charles Cozine Theodore Cozine W. H. Creighton, Jr. Wm. P. Curley Charles Dalton Chas. L. Day Andrew Deangelus Arthur E. Dehnert Peter Dempsey Harry Dillmeier Chas. Dimaio ★ James Donato Herbert M. Downing John P. Dunne Edward J. Fagan Jos. T. Eldrich
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Myron Elias Bonney Elliott Sam'l W. Ellis Amillo Esposito Francesca Esposito Geo. Farr
Howard Farrell George C. Fennikoh Victor Ferris Randall M. Field John Fischetto ★ Harold L. Fiske Douglass Fortun Franklin M. French Alfred Gallagher Francis W. Gallagher Wm. F. Gallagher, Jr. Fred Gerhold Lawrence Glacy Wm. Glacy Clarence Goldberg Arthur T. Goodwin Geo. B. Granger, Jr. John C. Gray Henrietta A. Grim Wm. H. Grim, Jr. James C. Hannon Herman Harms Harry F. Heins Henry J. Heisler August Helfenberg Sam'l. Helfenberg Archie E. Henderson Cartright Henderson J.M. Hendrickson Herbert E. Herlihy Milton E. Heyward Austin M. Hill John E. Hogan Edward Holly John C. Holmes Bennem Hopkins Wm. R. Hunt Le Roy Husser George F. Irish Harry Jaeger Claude Jenkins Nolan Jenkins ★ Daniel Johnson Kenneth M. Johnson Wiley Jones Chas. Kane Wm. V. Kane Clarence H. Keckeissen Geo. W. Keckeissen Henry A. Keegan Leon Kelley Herbert J. Kinscherf Bertram C. Kirschbaum J. William Klaess Louis J. Klaess Edward M. Klein John E. Kleinfeller Nicholes Knapmeyer John Kneale Arthur Knoblauch John Henry Koehler Harry B. Koopman, Jr. Jos. B. Langdon ★ Louis E. Langdon Edw. J. Lapp ★ C.M. Lawson, Jr. Harold Lawson Hamilton L. Leder Frank
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2. Rockville Centre Honor Roll and World War I Memorial
Honoring Village Residents who died during World War I.
S. Lee Valentine Loesch
David R. Longenecker Alvin P. Loskamp Andrew J. MacElroy Clifford MacEvoy Henry B. Magee Herbert W. Mannering Alfonso Mansolillo Lewis W. Martin ★ Winona C. Martin Harry P. Marvin Edward Marz Joseph McManus Ananias McPhatter Fred'k. W. Merdes Albert E. Merry Chas. P. Messenger Herbert R. Metcalfe Clarence H. Meyer Edgar Miller ★ Edwin W. Miller Herbert H. Miller Wilbur Miller Walter S. Moen Harold Moffitt ★ Frank Molisse Wm. J. Mott Wm. Moyer Leland J. Muir Joseph M. Murphy M. Raymond Murphy Thomas B. Murphy James H. Myles J. Louis Neff Irving Nelson Everett Newton Geo. C. Nixon John H. Nelle Frank O'Callaghan Geo. O'Callaghan ★ D. Herbert O'Dowd Wm. Oliver Remsen B. Ostrander Clifford D. Palmer Olcott H. Parker Vincent Patel Aubrey D. Pearsall Daniel S. Pearsall James Pent Joseph K. Petry Raymond Petry Augustus Peterson William Pettit Chas. W. Phelan Raymond B. Phillips Roscoe Powleson Jos. Proctor, Jr. Alfred Rathheim Frank Raspanti Lucian P. Raynor Eugene J. Reed Katherine Reilly Roland M. Richensteen Royal Richensteen Wm. T. Richensteen Edwin H. Richmond Wm. Robbins Edward Roberts Harold B. Robinson Frank Robustello
Ernest W. Ruestow Chas. Samis Jos. Saunders Frederic
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3. Rockville Centre Honor Roll
Veterans Memorials in Veterans Park
Schley Edward A. Schneider Louis Schroeher Benjamin W. Seaman Bryant W. Seaman Everett W. Seaman Robert N. Seaman Milton B. Seinsoth John Simpson Myron Simpson Joseph Smidt Clarence E. Smith John Smith ★ Lewis H. Smith Tredwell D. Smith Luciano Sorrentino Howard R. Spelman Nelson H. Sperling James Spiers Chas. C. Spittler Percy Sprague H. E. Standish William Stalter ★ Warren W. Stein Edwin Stephenson Geo. E. Stewart Lemuel Straus Milton Straus Edward Taylor Albert F. Thomas Frank S. Thorp Karl A. Thum Emma B. Van Deusen Roscoe Van Deusen Frank J. Veritzan Jos. E. Viault Clinton S. Vogt Jos S. Wagner Edwin W. Wallace Harry C. Walters Rob't. Walters Arthur Watts Alfred R. Weber August F. Weber Edwin S. Weber Lionel E. Weeks Edward L. Werner Chas. S. Westlake James F. White Roy L. Whitney Alan Wiedersum Roy Wiedersum Ferdinand W. Wisner Geo. A. Wolf Geo. R. Wood John F. Wood Harrison P. Wright Robert Wright Harold F. Woodcock Joseph F. Woodcock Howard A. Young Jos. M. Young Jerome Zaccaria Michel Zaccaria Edward F. Zimmerman Louis J. Zimmerman Joseph E. Zoeller, Jr.
George H. Schwartz
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 40° 39.528′
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4. Quotation from Abraham Lincoln
. . . . that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave their last full measure of devotion.
N, 73° 37.784′ W. Memorial is in Rockville Centre, New York, in Nassau County. It is on Oceanside Road north of Sunrise Highway (New York State Route 27), on the right when traveling north. Located next to the Rockville Centre Recreation Center. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 111 Oceanside Road, Rockville Centre NY 11570, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Veterans Park is located next to the John A. Anderson Recreation Center.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 23, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
