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Veterans Memorial

 
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 7, 2026
1. Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
In memory of those who served in the armed forces

World War I
PVT Martin J Bailey • PVT Edward Christensen • PVT Thomas T Kerr • PVT Otto Kusknekti • PVT Luke A Lovely • PVT Ignatius Oleniczak • PVT John H Render • PVT Daniel Sharkey • PVT Charles Smith Jr • PVT P Charles Walczyk

World War II
PVT Harold E Anderson • CAPT William J Briggs • CPL John A Connors • SN 1st Francis J Fazio • PVT Stanley Fisher • SSGT Eugene P Gatz • SGT Howard B Inman • SGT Walter J Jaje • 2nd Lt Vincent T Jakowiak • Lt Walter F Keenan • PVT Stanley W Kielkowski • SSGT Frank Kuligowski • SSGT Frank Kuligowski • Lt Howard Littel Jr • PFC Max Nebus

SGT Louis Nelson • PFC Verlyn F Ordonoff • PFC Thomas L Pizzillo • CPL Chester F Pupek • PFC Edmund M Pupek • SGT Denis C Quinlan • SGT Harold J Render • PFC Charles H Skowronski • SN 2nd Walter Springel • SGT William P Thompson • CAPT William D Weber MD • SGT Alfred E Wood Jr

Korea
CPL John M Barrett

Vietnam
PFC Charles P Brown Jr • PFC Robert Hughes • PFC Michael Nemeth

Iraq
SGT 1st Class Benjamin L Sebban

Dedication
Veterans Day
November 11, 2022

Fred
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A. Henry - Mayor
City Council
Michael "Mickey" Gross • Zusette Dato • Brian McLaughlin • Christine Noble • Thomas Reilly

The City of South Amboy extends its grateful thanks to the estate of Lillian Applegate for its generous donation of the property upon which this memorial is built and to the Gamarekian family for providing the materials to construct this space for our cherished veterans
 
Erected 2022 by City of South Amboy, New Jersey.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical date for this entry is November 11, 2022.
 
Location. 40° 28.697′ N, 74° 16.915′ W. Memorial is in South Amboy, New Jersey, in Middlesex County. It is in the Laurence Harbor. It is on Bordentown Avenue (County Road 615) east of South Pine Avenue (County Road 688), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 331 Bordentown Ave, South Amboy NJ 08879, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in New Jersey’s Central Jersey, in Greater Princeton, and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. 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 walking distance of this marker: Old St. Mary’s High School (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Air Mail Delivery Flight in New Jersey (approx. 0.3 miles away); Independence Engine and Hose Company (approx. 0.4 miles away); Camden & Amboy Railroad (approx. 0.4 miles away); City of South Amboy
Veterans Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 7, 2026
2. Veterans Memorial Marker
(approx. 0.4 miles away); Alfred Aloysius "Allie" Clark (1923-2012) (approx. half a mile away); 1950 South Amboy Explosion (approx. 0.7 miles away); Middlesex County Victims of Terrorism Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in South Amboy.
 
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 7, 2026
3. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 7, 2026
4. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 7, 2026
5. Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 7, 2026
6. Veterans Memorial Dedication
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 29 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 8, 2026, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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