Groton in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Groton Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2026

1. Groton Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. In Memory of These Groton Men Who
Made the Supreme Sacrifice in
World War II, Korea, and Vietnam

Terrence G. Graves Congressional Medal of Honor
Charles W. Adams • Hollis J. Adams • Morris A. Arnold • Ricardo M. Bernard • Hugh T. Brooks • Albert J. Brown, Jr. • Charles S. Doyle • Russell A. Enton • Robert J. Harrington • Paul R. Hester • Dwight G. Howard • Reed W. Jones • Philip J. Karlson • Gerald G. Kirk • Roy W. Langdon • John B. Mugrey • Charles R. Niemi • Robert D. Rogers • Bryant B. Stickles • Robert K. Stone • Arthur G. Rounseville • Richard J. Tanner
Re-dedicated November 11, 1988
By Carrington - Fuller Post BOD,
American Legion

Erected 1988.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.

Location. 42° 35.161′ N, 76° 21.952′ W. Memorial is in Groton, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Main Street (New York State Route 38), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this

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postal address: 307 Main Street, Groton NY 13073, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Memorial Carillonic Tower Bells (here, next to this marker); Town of Groton (approx. 0.3 miles away); Terrence C. Graves Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Groton Vietnam Veterans Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Slyvester Pennoyer (approx. 0.6 miles away); Groton Rural Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Civil War Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Indian Village (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Groton.

Also see . . . Terrence C. Graves (Wikipedia). Overview:

Terrence
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2026

2. Groton Veterans Memorial
Collinson Graves (6 July 1945 – 16 February 1968) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his "outstanding courage, superb leadership and indomitable fighting spirit" on 16 February 1968, during the Vietnam War.

(Submitted on April 17, 2026.)

Groton Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2026

3. Groton Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 8, 2026

4. Groton Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 12, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.