Avon in Capitol Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Avon Veterans Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 7, 2010

1. Avon Veterans Monument

center panel

Inscription.
[ center panel ]
Avon Remembers
"No Greater Gift"
Mexican War
Sperry, Orrin
Civil War Beman, Job • Booth, Austin C • Brewer, Gilbert F • Buckley, Frederick O • Calkins, Obed H • Clark, Henry W • Evans, Henry D • Evans, Newton J • Fra, John M • Hawley, Robert A • Hurd, Btron W • McArthur, Henry • Parsons, Norton D • Porter, Henry C • Rice, Eli • Rogers, Chauncey • Rogers, William H • Opson, Charles • Willard, James S • Willard, John L • Woodford, Edgar M • Woodford, Sheldon S • Woodford, Wallace C • Woodruff, Alston T • Woodruff, Dwight
World War II Bryant, Gertrude L • Buttles, Warner H • Christensen, Chris D • Consolini, Gildo T • Dubiel, Michael • Fournier, George L • Howard, Elmer • Lattizori, Lawrence L • Lock, John H., Jr • Pellegrini, John D • Scanlon, Wilbert D • Tetreault. Gordon H • Veronesi, Zeno B
Vietnam War
Doud, Norman • Norbert, Craig R MIA
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Mexican War
13 May 1846 – 10 Feb 1848
Goodhue, James • Kilborn, Theodore
Civil War
12 Apr 1861 – 9 Apr 1865 Aldrich, John C • Alford, Franklin M • Austerbury, Frederick • Bell, Charles • Bishop, John B • Bonville, Charles •

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Bowen, William E • Brown, Lyman T • Buck, George D • Burns, George • Butler, George • Case, John W • Clark, David • Cowles, Albert A • Davis, Franklin B • Deming, Lewins • Fanning, Lucius • Ferris, Abel • Gillette, Henry C • Gladding, Adrey B • Hale, Jasper • Hart, Austin A • Hart, Charles L • Hart, Eli A • Hart, Elmer • Hawley, Charles A • Hawley, Eugene • Hitchcock, John L • Holden, Leverett • Holt, Nelson C • Hosford, Lorenzo W • Jenkins, William G • Judd, Martin L • Kellogg, Charles A • Kellogg, Edward W • Leonard, Lucius D • Lusk, George V • Lusk, James E • McCall, Bernard • Mallory, Anthony I • Miller, George W • Miller, Jeffrey • Morrian, James • Olmstead, Charles E • Parker, Charles W • Patience, George W • Porter, Charles G • Ryan, Dennis • Ryan, John • Ryan, Timothy • Scantlin, John • Sebrey, Frank • Sharp, Thomas • Smith, Joseph M • Sperry, Edward • Squire, William G • Thompson, George W • Walker, Thomas • Walsh, Michael • Weatherby, Emerson • Weatherby, George B • Welames, John • White, James • White, William • Wilcox, Freeman M • Williams, George • Williams, Henry M • Wilson, George • Wolcott, Frederick O • Woodford, Asahel

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2. Avon Veterans Monument

far left panel

[ mid left panel ]
Woodford, Clayton • Woodford, Edward E • Woodford, Harrison
War With Spain 12 Apr 1898 – 4 Jul 1902 Hardy, Edward F • Oberly, Aaron S • Woodford, C Frederick World War I 6 Apr 1917 – 11 Nov 1918 Alcott, George B • Avigne, Andrew C • Bailey, Charles A • Barker, Leon W • Battistoni, Harry J • Bilain, Sam • Bonesio, Frank • Bonesio, Peter • Buell, Clarence G • Byrne, George I • Byrne, Patrick A • Casey, Louis B • Collins, William J • Dickman, Herman R • Donahue, John L • Droskocy, Julius E • Dupree, William T • Eddy, John S • Ehrhardt, Anton J • Fournier, Edmard • Fournier, Louis • Froidevaux, Bertram C • Froidevaux, Norman • Hardy, James E • Hardy, Maurice • Hodge, Ernest M • Hutchins, Fred R • Jakubiak, Leon • Knaple, Adolf C • Knaple, August J • Kopcyk, Anthony • Korda, Jack • Lefebvre, Joseph, Jr • Lignelli, Thomas • Manion, John S • Martin, Jesse • Martin, Judson • McNally, Thomas • Miller, Arnold L • Miller, Reuben P • Montressor, Guiseppi • Moore, John • Myers, Rawdon W • Nikstad, Frederick A • Nuzinski, Alexander • Nuzinski, Joseph • Nuzinski, Stanley • O'Leary, Daniel F • O'Leary, John, Jr • O'Leary,

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3. Avon Veterans Monument

mid left panel

Robert • Olsen, George G • O"Neill, John H • Paine, Albert I • Pennola, Alexander • Rosetti, Angelo • Roy, Eugene W • Roy, Joseph L • Schuman, William K, Jr • Shimeld, Thomas E • Simonelli, Carlo • Smith, Joseph L • Stilwell, Howard A • Volovski, Anthony A • Washington, Eugene • Watson, Arthur B • Whitney, Raymond W • Whittemore, Elmer A • Whittemore, Harold T • Wilcox, Harry • Wilcox, Irving R • Wollschlager, Albert F • Woodford, C Frederic • Worth, John F • Zakozewski, Woziek • Zaugg, Edward • Zaugg, Fritz J • Zaugg, William A
World War II
7 Dec 1941 – 31 Dec 1946 Adams, Edward E • Aliski, Walter • Alsop, John deK • Alsop, Joseph W, Jr • Alsop, Stewart J O • Anderson, Arthur C • Anderson, C Redwood • Anderson, Donald P • Anderson, George R • Arnold, Charles F • August, Fred R, Jr • August, Robert B • Babcock, Gerald A • Beck, William M • Bentley, Randall A • Bentley, Wendall A • Bergeron, Clayton D • Betti, John J, Jr • Bialicki, Felix • Blanchard, Bernard R • Bloomquist, J Clifford

[ left panel ]
Bogino, Jack J • Bonesio, Albert O • Bonesio, Frank, Jr • Bonesio, Harold A • Bonesio, Josephine R • Bonetti, John D • Borawski,

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4. Avon Veterans Monument

left panel

John E • Borawski, Joseph F • Borawski, Raymond M • Brighenti, John C • Brighenti, Percy J • Brighenti, Robert J • Brighenti, Stephen • Brith, Carlton E • Brown, Arthur H • Brown, Robert A, Jr • Brown, William H • Brownell, Clifford I • Brunoli, Albert E • Brunoli, Fred, Jr • Brunoli, Modesto • Bryant, Albert H • Bussolini, Joseph E • Bussolini, Peter J • Butmon, George • Byrne, Keron W • Caldwell, Gordon T • Caldwell, Richard F • Canivari, David • Carini, Earl P • Carini, Henry J • Carreer, I Gordon • Carreer, Burton W • Carter, Richard F • Carville, Roland O • Cavallari, Steve J • Ceder, David M • Church, Oliver K, Jr • Clausen, Robert F • Conklin, Curtis • Conran, Robert W • Consolini, Cino • Cote, Roland • Cowles, James H • Crowley, Andrew B • Crowley, Everett M • Crowley, George L • Crowley, John J • Crowley, Lester V • Crowley, Richard J • Custer, Edwin C • Davis, John M K • Dawson, Edward L • Dawson, Morton H • Delbon, Julio F • Deming, Jedediah • Deming, Marvin E • Demski, Rudolph R • Devaux, James • Devaux, Robert A • Dewey, Howard F • Dewey, Wells L • Dickman, Doris M • Dimock, Edward T • Dineberg, John F • Domler, Leonard

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5. Avon Veterans Monument

right panel

O • Drezek, Edward M • Drezek, George R • Drezek, Louis • Dubiel, Frank • Dubiel, John • Eddy, Bernard B • Emilio Charles C • Enders, Ostrom • Esok, William C • Evans, Joseph C • Fabrykewicz, Stella • Fahr, Ralph W • Farken, Paul F • Ferland, Andrew J • Formaggioni, Nicola • Franconi, Michael J • French, Gordon • Frey, Edwin J • Frey, Henry R • Fuller, Edward N • Gaioni, Domenic • Gaioni, Hugo • Gaioni, John M • Gaioni, Silvio G • Galley, Eugene • Garrett, Frederick W • Gerchman, Frank L • Gerchman, Mary E • Gilbert, Bennet N • Gilbert, Robert L • Gold, Myron C • Gold, William • Goodwin, H Sage • Goralski, Henry E • Goralski, Raymond I • Grant, Frederick • Grunewald, William F, Jr • Guarnieri, Emilio M • Haberern, Samuel, Jr • Hackbarth, Henry • Hall, Edward V • Hall, Howard E • Hamilton, William J • Hammons, Bernard R • Hanelius, Norman A • Hanelius, Otto A • Hanelius, Ralph B • Hewes, Philip • Hodnett, Edward • Hoffmann, Arthur • Horan, Edward B • Huggins, Gordon • Hunter, Harold O D • Hutchins, Russell G • Hutchins, Walter H • Jacoby, Henry J • Jarvis, Fred G, Jr • Jensen, Rudolph • Johnson, Charles E • Johnson, Hiram F • Johnson,

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6. Avon Veterans Monument

mid right panel

Justus G • Johnson, Silas • Keenan, John C • King, John P • Koch, Charles F, Jr • Koch, George S • Kruse, Albert O • Kruse, Herman E • Kruse, Paul • Kubik, Francis J, Jr • Kilikowski, Joseph I • Labbe, Joseph I • LaMonica, Leonard • LaMonica, Sebastian • LaRock, Robert L • Lattizori, Louis A • LeBelle, adrian • Lomnicky, Albert • Longhi, Alexander • Longhi, Anna • Lubwicz, John • Madison, John H, Jr • Magnuson, Dorothy • Magnuson, K Arne • Marchetine, Leonard • Martel, Joseph A • Martel, Levi A • McIntyre, Herbert S • McIntyre, Sterling • Mellen, William G • Mereschuk, John • Migli, Arthur • Migli, Egidio • Migli, Louis • Miller, Earl J • Miller, Edward • Miller, Sheldon • Morelli, Charles G • Morelli, Raymond H • Morelli, Steven E

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World War II Morris, James • Myketyn, Joseph P • Nascimbeni, Constantino • Nelson, Nick • Nelson, Robert H • Neriani, Arthur C • Nikstad, Clinton Sr • Nikstad, Clinton J, Jr • Northway, James • O'Brien, Donald F • Olander, Carl R • Pavelcak, Joseph J • Pavelcak, Mary B • Peck, Frank F • Pennala, Albert J • Pennala, Elmer A • Piascik, Adam C • Pilitowski, Casimir • Plona, Frank • Plona,

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7. Avon Veterans Monument

far right panel

Paul F • Plona, Peter • Pomaski, Robert C • Poulsen, Robert E • Prokopec, John, Jr • Pulver, Charles • Quarello, Aurelio H • Rhoades, Clarence A • Rhoades, Joseph A • Roberts, Ralph W • Robertson, Raymond L • Robinson, Joseph G • Rodgers, Clifford • Rogers, John M • Rossing, Charles R • Rotondo, Aldo R • Rotondo, Alfred A • Rotondo, Anthony L • Rotondo, Louis A • Rowell, Harry G • Rubenstahl, Albert C • Ryan, Dennis • Ryan, Thomas M • Ryder, George H • Salvadori, Gino • Scanlon, Henry R • Scanlon, Sherwood E, Jr • Scoville, Jack • Seger, Harvey B • Silver, Alfred • Silver, Francis J • Silver, Harry P • Silver, John F • Simonelli, Albert C • Simonelli, John C • Smith, Charles L • Smith, Harold G • Smith, Phyllis J • Smith, William F, Jr • Solari, Mario L • Solari, Peter A • Speath, Ellis H • Sperry, I Victor • Starr, Robert H • Steben, Gerald T • Steben, Leo A • Stewart, John E • Stoll, Harold J • Strunk, Russell F • Stuart, Edgar D • St. Peter, Norman R • Sunne, Gustav A. • Tallmadge, Edward F, Jr • Tallmadge, Ralph H • Tallmadge, Walter I • Tarckini, Ernest J • Thimoth, Norman J • Thompson, Ruth A • Tillson, Robert S • Turner, Marvin

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8. The Podium

Dedicated To
Veterans
Of All Wars

Erected By
VFW Post 3272
1986
1996

A • Vernesoni, Armando A • Viti, Lino A • Wallace, Frederic W • Welch, Martin J • Westerberg, Carl V • Westerling, Victor L • Wiepert, William M • Wiesneski, Stanley • Wilcox, Earl C • Wilcox, Robert O • Wilde, Harold L • Wilde, Reginald G • Williams, H Beaumont • Woodruff, Elizabeth • Zacchera, Raymond J • Zanolli, John M
Korean War
27 Jun 1950 – 31 Jan 1955 Aramini, Julio D • Baranowski, Richard L • Bentley, Arnold H • Berger, Robert A • Bittel, Philip W • Brighenti, Julio G • Brighenti, Marcello, Jr • Brighenti, Silvio J • Brunoli, Joseph C • Brunoli, Lawrence J • Candels, Lothar R • Carter, George A • Case, Royce W • Case, Russell W • Castellani, Anthony J • Ceder, Robert • Chilcoat, Theodore • Clark, Lester F, Jr • Conran, James I • Consolini, Joseph L • Dalbon, Bruno E • Dalbon, George P • Erickson, S • Gold, Murray • Goralski, Joseph • Griswold, Donald • Hackbarth, Otto A • Jakubiak, Michael • Jadovich, Edward I • Johnson, Darius R • Knaple, Kenneth H • Kilgore, Charles F • Kinley, Chester R, Jr • Klapprodt, Warner • Mehl, Harold I • Meredith, Leslie A • Mutch, Terence M • Nascimbeni, Benedito T • Nelson, Harold A • Olson,

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9. Avon Veterans Monument

Paul A, Jr • Ostrowski, Edwin I • Reichler, Eldon H • Rotondo, Severino J • Smith, Lawrence E, Jr • Svetz, Vincent G • Tarca, Ernest, Jr • Valbona, Bruno M • Valbona, Joseph • Vernesoni, Aldo M • Williams, William E • Wynne, Franklyn C, Jr • Gold, Bernard M • Bussolini, Raymond P • Commins, Charles L

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Vietnam
22 Dec 1961 – 1 Jul 1975 Almori, John • August, Norman F • Bailey, David D • Barnett, Ronald W • Bogino, Robert J • Brault, Lionel R • Bridges, Albert B • Breitkreutz, Donald R • Brucker, Lynn L • Burnham, Peter D • Busha, Warren M • Bussolini, Peter L • Cambridge, L • Carney, William P • Chester, K • Church, Barbara A • Church, Hollis F, III • Church, Mark S • Connors, W • Conover, Glenn H • Conran, Edward V • Conran, Paul L • Conran, Philip J • Cory, G • Cory, M • Crawford, Clifton W • Crawford, Kenneth O • Delbon, Charles L • Desimoni, Daniel Z • Desouza, Philip J • Dewey, Thomas F • Doud, Fred K • Doud, William A • Eacott, James H, II • Eastwood, Richard M • Evans, Ross S • Fearing, David P • Ferris, Alan K • Ferris, David R • Fetzer, Gary F • Fioretti, Lawrence M • Fish, Peter • Franconi, Jeffrey

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10. Avon Veterans Monument

J • Franconi, Michael • Frattini, Ronald • French, Horace W, Jr • Fuller, Stanley J • Gamber, John F • Granger, Gary • Green, Perry T • Griffin, James D, Jr • Grigerik, Joseph J • Hackbarth, Michael T • Hammond, Bruce C • Hammond, Leighton R • Hart, Colin C • Hayes, Thomas, Jr • Heath, Dennis W • Heyl, Robert E • Heyl, Russell C • Holloway, Richard F • Holmes, John D • Hurley, Thomas P • Jacques, W • Jadovich, William J • Jones, Horace W • Katzung, James A • Kelly, Richard L • Kes, Peter A • Kes, William B • King, David J • Kinley, Chester R, III • Klapprodt, Robert P • Konold, Sandra G • Lachance, Joseph B • LaMonica, John T • Lee, Ronald • LePage, Edward D • Lomnicky, William G • Macdonald, Phillip G • Machia, Robert • Macmahon, Martin • Marquis, Michael J • Mayott, Clarence W, Jr • McCormick, Leo H • McCormick, Patrick A, Jr • Mckinstry, Raymond P • Meredith, Leslie A • Merkle, Alan R • Molodeski, Larry E • Moore, Robert J • Nascimbeni, Louis, Jr • Neff, William E, III • Nelson, George N • Nettlebladt, Thomas E • Newberg, Russell A • Niemiroski, Ronald S • Nobert, Gary F • Nobert, Keith M • Noble, John R • Oechslin, Donald T • Olson,

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Thomas M • Palmer, Keith A • Pawlirzyn, Chester E • Piccola, Philip A, Jr • Pilitowski, Charles R • Pilon, Edward • Pinkham, Richard W • Plude, Kenneth E • Potanka, Joseph A, Jr • Reber, Michael • Rembock, Joseph J, Jr • Rhoades, Joseph A, Jr • Rhoades, William T • Romani, William D • Rosen, Morris • Rotondo, Anthony L, Jr • Roy John A • Roy, Roland I

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Safcak, George • St. Pierre, Barry J • Salwocki, Peter P • Sartori, Victor P • Schinkel, Thomas E • Schmid, David U • Schroeder, Peter T • Severni, Frederick P • Smith, Paul T • Smith, Ronald J • Smulski, James M • Sorensen, Peter • Speath, Richard T • Starr, David M • Thomas, John M • Thompson, Edward A • Thompson, Marian E • Tierney, Kevin • Tims, William H • Toyen, Martin • Truax, Keith J • Tuller, Russell A • Urban, James R, Jr • Vernesoni, Robert C • Vernon, Lawrence P • Wasuck, Nicholas P, III • Wells, Franklin A, III • Wilcox, Allen R • Wilcox, Howard W • Wilde, Clair R • Woodford, Joseph C • Woods, Bryan W • Yung, Eric • Roy, John E • Kutz, Robin K • Franconi, Louis C
Persian Gulf War
7 Aug 1990 – 30 Jun 1994 Ahlstrom, Eric C • Atkins, Henry P • Battistoni, Joel C • Battistoni, Mark • Blacker, Roderick, Jr • Bombara, Christopher • Bowman, Mark S • Braganza, Dev A • Clark, Brian J • Emery, Brian • Englehart, David C • Estes, Daniel P • Fedorich, Claudia J • Garrett, James R • Garrett, Janet L • Gilbert, Paul D • Hunt, Stephen E • Joyce, John G • Lee, Ronald • leMay, Jeffrey T • Milewski, Michael M • Neff, William E, IV • Peacock, Robert S • Petersen, Michael R • Schenck, Philip K, Jr • Seney, Joshua R • Snyder, Martin L • Whitehead, Douglas L • Wilcox, Kathleen A • Wills, Brenda • Wills, Samuel T, II • Wills, Sendi

Erected 1986 by VFW Post 3272.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 41° 48.659′ N, 72° 50.055′ W. Monument is in Avon in Capitol Region, Connecticut. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 202) and Ensign Drive, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Avon CT 06001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Connecticut River Valley,

in Greater Hartford,

and in the Knowledge Corridor.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Hartford County

and also 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: Avon (within shouting distance of this marker); Charter Oak descendant (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Constitution Oak (approx. ¼ mile away); The Farmington Canal in Avon (approx. ¼ mile away); 1st Company Governor's Horse Guards (approx. 1.4 miles away); Nike Missile Site (approx. 1.8 miles away); Birthplace of Wilford Woodruff (approx. 2.6 miles away); Roderick A. White M.D. (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avon.

Additional commentary.
1. Charles E Parker's Civil War letters.
When James W. Peckham was near death and too ill to write, his tent mate, Charles E. Parker (who is mentioned on this marker), wrote several letters describing James' death to James' wife, Katie Peckham. Charles and Katie continued to correspond for quite a while.

— Submitted August 29, 2010, by Priscilla Davis of Washington, District of Columbia.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 6,686 times since then and 136 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on July 17, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.