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

Floral Park Roll of Honor

1917–1919

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 16, 2025

1. Floral Park Roll of Honor Marker

Inscription.

Floral Park Roll of Honor. 1917–1919. Roll of Honor , 1917–1919, Dedicated to the Men of Floral Park who answered their country’s call in the Great World War, Army , Col. John F. Klein . Capt. Thos. F. Davies . 1st. Lt. Frank R. Field . 1st. Lt. A. S. Katzman . 1st. Lt. E. D. Purcell . 2nd. Lt. R. W. Frost . 2nd. Lt. Geo. Kitts Jr. . 2nd. Lt. W. R. Klein . 2nd. Lt. J. Murtaugh Jr. . 2nd. Lt. Wm. L. Purcell . Master Gunner L. J. Day . 1st. Sgt. J. Bickelhaupt . Sgt. 1Cl. V. G. Childs . Sgt. 1Cl. W. B. Simpson . Sgt. Philip Allen . Sgt. D. Antonnachio . Sgt. Paul Diard . Sgt. A. B. Hendrickson . Sgt. James Logan . Sgt. Wm. R. Maxwell . Sgt. Walter K. Pike . Sgt. Alfred C. Swenson . Sgt. A. Whitehouse . Sgt. Fred L. Zoeller . Corp. Jas. M. Cassidy . Corp. Wm. E. Diard . Corp. K. D. Jamieson . Corp. Frank Krug . Corp. Fred A. Newell . Corp. N. Romanelli . Corp. G. J. Rosenblath . Corp. Geo. W. Wells, Charles Abramofsky . Edwin V. Banta . J. Arthur Baumgartner . Frank P. Baylis . Harold B. Benedict . Joseph F. Biancardi . Norman I. Bird . Eugene Z. Cassidy . Vincent T. Cassidy . John Covert . Joseph L. Domalewski . Gabriel A. Fensterer . J. Bernard Fensterer . George Filaski . Thomas Fleming . Herbert E. Frost . Herman M. Fuldner . Olaf. G. Gerdin . Joseph Glemboski . George Godesky . John Grygo . Paul Grygo . Theodore W. Hawkinson . Howard C. Hayden . Robert M. Hinds . Christian A. Holderer . Herluf Holm . Anthony Di C. Huber . J. Burgess Jamieson . Carl Jensen . John W. Jones . Carl Jorgensen . Walter Kane, Vincent T. Kenney . J. Shorkley Klein . Olaf B. Knudsen . John Laskowski . Chas. A. P. Lohmuller . Eugene J. Loughery . Ernest Lyons . Thomas W. Lyons . Alfred Marciano . Alpidio Merola . David Mulcahy . Irving L. O’Halleran . James O’Keefe . Robert R. Pearson . Otto I. Peterson . Harold S. Pike . Harold C. Purcell . Harry Roseen . J. George Ruf . Philip F. Stattel . August Swenson . William H. Tagg . Charles Thiemsen . Harry Thiemsen . William T. Thompson . Vernon D. Tuttle . E. D. Van Nostrand . Henry J. Wells . Joseph J. Wells . Harry H. Wiggins . George Wilson . John W. Wilson . Robert Wright, Died in Service , Sergt. Byron M. Thurston ★ Mortimer C. Lyons ★ Harry Homeyer, Navy , Lt. Anthony Sawacki . Gunner Robert S. Kirk . Cox. Ward L. Hoffman . Anthony Auer . Elliot I. Baylis . Leon N. Bissell . Roscoe Crawford . Michael Gozley . George M. Hart . Charles G. Hinds . William H. Hinds . John Hummell . Frank Julien . John Keithley . Alfred J. Loew . George T. Lyes . Frank R. Mullin . John Mumford . August A. Odermatt . Joseph A. Odermatt . William Scherrer . Harold Williams . William J. Wissbach

Roll of Honor
1917–1919

Dedicated to the Men of Floral Park who answered their country’s call in the Great World War

Army
Col. John F. Klein • Capt. Thos. F. Davies • 1st. Lt. Frank R. Field • 1st. Lt. A. S. Katzman • 1st. Lt. E. D. Purcell • 2nd. Lt. R. W. Frost • 2nd. Lt. Geo. Kitts Jr. • 2nd. Lt. W. R. Klein • 2nd. Lt. J. Murtaugh Jr. • 2nd. Lt. Wm. L. Purcell • Master Gunner L. J. Day • 1st. Sgt. J. Bickelhaupt • Sgt. 1Cl. V. G. Childs • Sgt. 1Cl. W. B. Simpson • Sgt. Philip Allen • Sgt. D. Antonnachio • Sgt. Paul Diard • Sgt. A. B. Hendrickson • Sgt. James Logan • Sgt. Wm. R. Maxwell • Sgt. Walter K. Pike • Sgt. Alfred C. Swenson • Sgt. A. Whitehouse • Sgt. Fred L. Zoeller • Corp. Jas. M. Cassidy • Corp. Wm. E. Diard • Corp. K. D. Jamieson • Corp. Frank Krug • Corp. Fred A. Newell • Corp. N. Romanelli • Corp. G. J. Rosenblath • Corp. Geo. W. Wells

Charles Abramofsky • Edwin V. Banta • J. Arthur Baumgartner • Frank P. Baylis • Harold B. Benedict • Joseph F. Biancardi • Norman I. Bird • Eugene Z. Cassidy • Vincent T. Cassidy • John Covert • Joseph L. Domalewski • Gabriel A. Fensterer • J. Bernard Fensterer • George Filaski

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• Thomas Fleming • Herbert E. Frost • Herman M. Fuldner • Olaf. G. Gerdin • Joseph Glemboski • George Godesky • John Grygo • Paul Grygo • Theodore W. Hawkinson • Howard C. Hayden • Robert M. Hinds • Christian A. Holderer • Herluf Holm • Anthony Di C. Huber • J. Burgess Jamieson • Carl Jensen • John W. Jones • Carl Jorgensen • Walter Kane

Vincent T. Kenney • J. Shorkley Klein • Olaf B. Knudsen • John Laskowski • Chas. A. P. Lohmuller • Eugene J. Loughery • Ernest Lyons • Thomas W. Lyons • Alfred Marciano • Alpidio Merola • David Mulcahy • Irving L. O’Halleran • James O’Keefe • Robert R. Pearson • Otto I. Peterson • Harold S. Pike • Harold C. Purcell • Harry Roseen • J. George Ruf • Philip F. Stattel • August Swenson • William H. Tagg • Charles Thiemsen • Harry Thiemsen • William T. Thompson • Vernon D. Tuttle • E. D. Van Nostrand • Henry J. Wells • Joseph J. Wells • Harry H. Wiggins • George Wilson • John W. Wilson • Robert Wright

Died in Service
Sergt. Byron M. Thurston ★ Mortimer C. Lyons ★ Harry Homeyer

Navy
Lt. Anthony Sawacki • Gunner Robert S. Kirk • Cox. Ward L. Hoffman • Anthony Auer • Elliot I. Baylis • Leon N. Bissell

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Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 16, 2025

2. Floral Park Roll of Honor

Floral Park's honor roll is separated from other memorials within Veterans Memorial Park.

• Roscoe Crawford • Michael Gozley • George M. Hart • Charles G. Hinds • William H. Hinds • John Hummell • Frank Julien • John Keithley • Alfred J. Loew • George T. Lyes • Frank R. Mullin • John Mumford • August A. Odermatt • Joseph A. Odermatt • William Scherrer • Harold Williams • William J. Wissbach

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.

Location. 40° 43.406′ N, 73° 42.127′ W. Memorial is in Floral Park, New York, in Nassau County. It can be reached from Floral Parkway near Tulip Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 21 Floral Parkway, Floral Park NY 11001, 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

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, November 16, 2025

3. Floral Park Roll of Honor Marker

A closeup of the service members engraved on the Roll of Honor who died in combat.

8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: In Memory Of the Men Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice in World Wars I and II (here, next to this marker); Floral Park Korean War Memorial (here, next to this marker); In Honor of All Veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq (here, next to this marker); Floral Park Servicemen's Monument (here, next to this marker); Gen. Kazimierz Pulaski (here, next to this marker); Gen. Tadeusz Kosciuszko (here, next to this marker); Floral Park Vietnam War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Floral Park Bicentennial (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Floral Park.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 48 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 20, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.