Oceanside in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Oceanside Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 11, 2025

1. Oceanside Veterans Memorial

Inscription. For God
and Country

We Dedicate
This Symbol
To Keep
Forever Living
The Freedom
For Which
They Gave
Their Lives

1956
Erected in
Grateful Tribute
by the
Citizens of
Oceanside (left monument:))
Always Remembered
They Made the Supreme Sacrifice
World War II Howard O. Abrams • Charles Aubert • Bertram Audley • Guido Batteri • Harold Baylis • Ray D. Briney • Ray Brower • Joseph Buckley • Richard A. Burke • Milton Chwatsky • Harry Corbett • John Daly, Jr. • George S. Dewey • Harry R. Dixon • Robert Dowling • Hubbel A. Fellows • William R. Graham • Alexander Grant, Jr. • Earl K. Griffen • Lewis H. Gritman • Edward Grohs • Robert Haig • Richard Hill • Edwin F. Hirsch • Wilbur T. Horsecraft • Gene C. Isaac • John A. Kissell • Frederick E. Kneipp • Bert Lang • Frank P. Lanzo • Carl Lindberg • Carman A. Magistro • Hugo A. Maiorana • George R. McNamee • Edmund S. Mitchell • William Mount • Leon Neamon • Frank A. Neu • Lendeth Noon • Jan Lier Oktavec • Lewis E. Oldmixon, Jr. • Robert Rachofsky • Edwin E. Reilly • Robert D. Ridgeway • Russell W. Roach • Ralph Sankin • George E. Schaeffer • Harry J. Schneider

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• Nelson Sperling • George S. Story • William Trenz • Harold Tyers • George Vogel • Larry Wilson
Korea
Richard N. D’Errico
VietnamHarold J. Canan • Stephen B. Carlin • Dennis DeMichael • Russell J. Fauser, Jr. • Roy A. Graham • Richard A. Hueffner • Adam D. Knecht • Ronald V. Maiorana • Raymond P. Meehan • Peter A. Penfold • John M. Rizzo, Jr.
The Unknown and M.I.A. Oceanside Servicemen of All Our Wars
(reverse side) Always Remembered
They Made the Supreme Sacrifice Vietnam
Donald Balsan
Iraq
Ronald D. Winchester • Julian M. Arechaga
Afghanistan
Greg Buckley, Jr. • Kevin Lipari
In Service
John Lee (right monument)
Forever Grateful
With everlasting appreciation and thanks to all Oceanside veterans who answered our nations call to arms during wartime.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
— George Santanyana (reverse side) Erected by the
Oceanside Veterans Memorial Foundation Inc • American Legion, Oceanside Memorial Post 1246 • Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A., PFC Milton Chwatsky / Sgt Wallace Farber Post 717 • Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sgt. John A. Kissell Post 5199
With contributions

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 11, 2025

2. Oceanside Veterans Memorial

from caring citizens, businesses and Oceanside community organizations
Memorial Day
1998

Erected 1998 by Oceanside Veterans Memorial Foundation Inc.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 40° 38.288′ N, 73° 37.744′ W. Memorial is in Oceanside, New York, in Nassau County. It is at the intersection of Skillman Avenue and Brower Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Skillman Avenue. Located next to Oceanside High School. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3160 Skillman Ave, Oceanside NY 11572, 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,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one

Oceanside High School<br> and the Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 11, 2025

3. Oceanside High School
and the Veterans Memorial

mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial Plaza (approx. 0.6 miles away); Liberty Lighthouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lt. Bernard James Ray, C. M. H. (approx. 1.1 miles away); Baldwin Korean War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sp.5 John J. Kedenburg C.M.H. (approx. 1.1 miles away); Baldwin World War II Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Baldwin Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Operation Desert Storm (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oceanside.

Regarding Oceanside Veterans Memorial. The original monument was erected in 1956. The other monuments were completed in 1988, with later additions from subsequent wars.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 11, 2025

4. Oceanside Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 11, 2025

5. Oceanside Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 11, 2025

6. Oceanside Veterans Memorial

On the reverse side is a list of sponsors and benefactors.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 77 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 17, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.