Valley Stream in Nassau County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Valley Stream War Memorial
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 18, 2025
1. Valley Stream War Memorial Marker
Those who gave their lives for their country
World War I
George P. Butler • George A. Dahlbender • Robert F. Dibble • Andrew Fatscher • Otto Fatscher • Charles Hennig • Edward V. Ruppel • William F. Schmidt • Harold Van Buskirk
World War II
John Aitkin • Frank Balducci • Thomas P. Barnwell • Leslie M. Braren • Robert T. Bishop • George Boyne • James J. Cahill • Harold J. Carlson • Wendell P. Carolan • Fred Carroll • James F. Cashin • Donald M. Combs • Richard F. Combs • Walter G. Critchley • Henry V. Damm, Jr. • Edward T. Davidson • Dominick J. DiStasio • John F. Dolin • Frederick D. Doscher • Marvin W. Douberly • James C. Dilling • James J. Fitzpatrick • Francis P. Flynn, Jr. • Elwood P. Fosset • Harold M. Frederick • Frederick A. Gear • Charles F. Gallant • Karl H. Haglund • Joseph L. Huelster • Norman Jackson • Thomas F. Kearney • Arthur K. Kersten • John J. Knapp • George Krasa • Thomas Leanza • Maurice G. Mackey • Tiffany V. Manning • Joseph B. McConigle • John J. McLaughlin • Ernest C. Mejo • John J. Motley • Chester Murphy • George Murray • Francis J. McDermott • William J. McQueeney • William D. Nally • Howard L. Nitterhouse • Robert H. O'Loughlin • Edward P. Pearsall • Robert G. Pupke • Karl E. Prinz • George M. Reardon • Ernest S. Reckmann • Jacob M. Reisert • Frank J. Robertson • Maynard J. Rogg • Owen H. Salvage • John M. Savery • John Schaefer • Ralph L. Schurmann • Raymond T. Slezak • Carl S. Uhlyk • C. Maxwell Wellman • Walter Wittendorf • Joseph J. Wujcik • John P. Zelvis
Korea
Michael W. Dill, Jr. • Thomas Shields • Donald Spence • Eugene F. Voss • Edward C. Wahlgren • Robert Whitney
Vietnam
Michael J. Abruzzesa, Jr. • Herbert Dilger • Richard E. Gideon • Andrew Giordano • Albert F.
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Erected by the citizens of Valley Stream
May 30, 1955
Rededicated May 25, 1998
Erected 1955.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
Location. 40° 39.804′ N, 73° 42.256′ W. Memorial is in Valley Stream, New York, in Nassau County. It is at the intersection of Hicks Street and West Valley Stream Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Hicks Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 62-78 Hicks Street, Valley Stream NY 11580, 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
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 18, 2025
2. Valley Stream War Memorial
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lynbrook 9/11 Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Lynbrook Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Lynbrook World War I Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Jeffrey L. Wiener HM2, USN (approx. 1.6 miles away); Village of Lynbrook World War II Wall of Honor (approx. 1.6 miles away); Lynbrook World War II Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); In Memory (approx. 1.6 miles away); Lynbrook Korean War Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away).
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 18, 2025
3. Village Green
The memorial is located in the northeast corner of Valley Stream's Village Green Park.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 107 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 2, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
