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Levittown Veterans Memorial

 
 
Levittown Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
1. Levittown Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
This wall is dedicated to those who answered the nation's patriotic call to duty for God and country

L/Cpl. Micky Johns: September 20, 1966, Vietnam • Lt. Stephen F. Karopczyc: March 12, 1967, Vietnam • S/2C. John Ferrara: August 23, 1967, Vietnam • PFC. Donald Hollenbach: November 22, 1967, Vietnam • Sgt. Robert Sanzone: May 18, 1967, Vietnam • PFC. Salvatore Polizzi: July 12, 1967, Vietnam • PFC. Charles Molano: Oct. 8, 1967, Vietnam • Cpl. Edward T. Murphy: May 22, 1967, Vietnam • Cpl. Kerry Geddes: January 18, 1968, Vietnam • PFC. Stephen Palazolla: March 6, 1968, Vietnam • S/Sgt. Kellum W. Grant: May 4, 1968, Vietnam • PFC. Wayne S. Crandall: December 20, 1968, Vietnam

Cpl. Patrick Murphy: May 15, 1968, Vietnam • Cpl. Adam Knecht: May 7, 1968, Vietnam • S/Sgt. Gerald Cohen: April 21, 1968, Vietnam • Spec. 4 Steven Anderson: February 19, 1968, Vietnam • L/Cpl. Terence Jordan: January 7, 1968, Vietnam • Sgt. Kenneth Johnson: November 28, 1968, Vietnam • Lt. Gary Fernandez: January 7, 1968, Vietnam • PFC. John F. Kitson: July 23, 1969, Vietnam • L/Cpl. Robert R. Schmidt: May 28, 1969, Vietnam • PFC. Daniel McGrath: July 20, 1969, Vietnam • PFC. Ronald A. Klingman: October 8, 1969, Vietnam • Pvt. Edward F. Glenn Jr.: July 24, 1970, Vietnam

Spec 4 Richard A. Patterson: May 13, 1970, Vietnam • Cpl. Robert E.
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Cain: May 20, 1970, Vietnam • PFC. Raymond Inslee: March 29, 1970, Vietnam • Spec. 4 William J. Hammer: March 12, 1971, Vietnam • Spec. 4 William Henaghan: May 10, 1972, Vietnam • M/Sgt. Charlie Burton: November 1, 1952, Korea • Cpt. William R. Fisher: February 28, 1954, Korea • Cpl. John A. Maciac: September 2, 1951, Korea • Spc. Daniel A. Fuentes: Apr. 6, 2002, Iraq • Spec 5 Gerald W. McCaffery: February 26, 1968, Vietnam

(reverse side)
Medal of Honor
First Lieutenant Stephen F. Karopczyc
United States Army
March 12, 1967 Vietnam

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 1st Iraq & Desert StormWar, KoreanWar, Vietnam.
 
Location. 40° 43.435′ N, 73° 31.797′ W. Memorial is in Levittown, New York, in Nassau County. It is at the intersection of Shelter Lane and Ridge Lane, on the right when traveling north on Shelter Lane. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Levittown NY 11756, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: GMG3 (SW) Peter Edward Bopp (here, next to this marker); In Memory 9-11-2001 (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Levittown Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Weber House
Levittown Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
2. Levittown Veterans Memorial
(approx. 0.7 miles away); Site of the Grandstand (approx. 0.9 miles away); Vanderbilt Motor Parkway Grandstand (approx. 0.9 miles away); Long Island Motor Parkway (approx. 1.6 miles away); St. John of Jerusalem Chapel (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Levittown.
 
Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
3. Memorial Dedication
Town of Hempstead Supervisor
Kate Murray
Town Councilman
Gary Hudes
Devoted project of
Jack Stein VFW 9592
Project funded by
Dalton Funeral Home
Beth and Timothy Dalton
Erected by
Wellwood Memorials
Levittown Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
4. Levittown Veterans Memorial
Levittown Veterans Memorial Park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 9, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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