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Cornwall World War I – World War II Veterans Monument

 
 
Cornwall World War I – World War II Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 15, 2011
1. Cornwall World War I – World War II Veterans Monument
Inscription.
[ upper plaque ]
Cornwall Honor Roll
1914 World War 1918
Peter L. Barrett • Fred J. Bate • William L. Behn • Harry W. Breen • R. William Carlson • Abraham B. Cohen • Benjamin J. Cole • Francis P. Cole • Robert T. Davison • Stanley P. Drobish • Frederick W. Ench • Walter J. Engisch • Edward M. Foote • Lloyd B. Gale • Louis F. Gekeler • R.J. Grand-Lienard • Burnham C. Hart • Charles E. Hart • C. Whittlesey Hart • Frank L. Hart • Donald S. Hedden • Vincent Z. Hotchkiss • Allyn H. Hurlburt • R. Leete Ives • Mitchell Keselow • J. Keith Mallinson • Frank R. Millard • Robert J. Monroe • Frank J. Murphy • Edwin C. Odell • Wm. J. O'Donnell • Frederick L. Preston • Geo. H. Roraback • Jos. E. Rubenwolf • John R. Sanford • Peter Stalina • Ellery A. Wilcox • Harry A. Yutzler

[ lower plaque ]
Cornwall Honor Roll
1941 World War II 1945
Adams, Alden R. • Andregg, Howard J. • Bailey, Frederick K. • Bailey, Gilbert B. • Bailey, Harvey • Bailey, Lee A. • Bailey, Ralph • Bailey, Robert • Bailey, Thomas M. • Bate, Frederick J. Jr. • Behn, Donald C. • Bennett, Archibald C. • Blake, William F. • Bouteiller, Julian A. • Braman, Douglas C. • Brown, George F. • Brown, John B. • Carlson, John W. • Carlson, Walter D. • Cartwright, Lewis E. • * Clark, Ernest D. Jr. • Clark, Helen
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M. • Clarke, Stephen C. • Cole, Francis R. • * Cole, William F. • Cooke, John S. • Corban, Earle W. • Day, Lee C. • * Desker, Calvin • Degreenia, Isaac L. • Degreenia, Ovel • Dinneen, Henry S. • Dinneen, William A. • Emmons, Charles A. • Emmons, Clark W. • Emmons, Winthrop G. • Evans, Christopher • Fenn, Roland S. • Flint, John S. • Fowler, Royal • Gacnier, Alfred W. • Gold, Benjamin C. • * Grove, George W. • Hart, Oliver M. • Hepprich, Gunther C. • Higginson, Francis L. Jr. • Horner, George E. • Horner, John R. • Hotchkiss, Claude V. • Hotchkiss, Laurence R. • Hubbard, Thomas J. • Hubbard, Gordon H. • Hubbard, Lydia • Hall, Percy W. • Halloway, Eleanor • Kenniston, Ernest H. • * LaFarge, Thomas • Lane, Robert J. • Locke, Lindor C. • Mansfield, John • Manson, Frederick T. • Marcou, Roland • * Marcou, Reynold P. • Marcou, William A. • Matyas, Joseph Jr. • Matyas, Robert E. • McCarthy, Everitt W. • McGlasson, John Jr. • Merz, Kenneth A. • Minnerly, Francis I. • Niver, Walter • Nides, Cecil L. • Niven, Mary • Odell, Robert C. • Oullette, Emory • Palmer, Lee • Palmer, Lorin • Patten, Charles R. • Powell, Neil • Prentice, T. Merrill • Rattee, Robert • Root, Harry C, • Richter, Erick • Salewski, Retford W. • Sandmeyer, Ralph W. • Schutte, Louis H. • Schutte, William M. • Schereschewsky, John R. • Scoville, Ralph I. • Simons, Harold • Simont, Marc • Smith, Frank D. • * Smith, Donald R.
World War I Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 15, 2011
2. World War I Honor Roll
upper plaque
• Smith, Ralph L. • Southwell, William • Starr, Norman W. • Swift, William E. Jr. • Swanson, John D. • Tankersley, Robert • Terhune, Sidney A. • Thompson, Laurence J. • Trowbridge, George F. • Walker, Edward B. • Walker, Robert • Whitney, Asa J. • Whitney, Warren A. • Wilcox, Rodney • Wood, Warren A. • Woodman, Robbeot Jr. • Tutzler, Carl
 
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: War, World IWar, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.
 
Location. 41° 50.622′ N, 73° 19.796′ W. Marker is in Cornwall in Northwest Hills Region, Connecticut. It is in Cornwall Bridge. It is at the intersection of Pine Street and Bolton Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Pine Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cornwall CT 06753, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in Connecticut’s Berkshire Foothills and in the Litchfield Hills. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. 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 Litchfield County and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Cornwall Korea – Vietnam Veterans Monument (here, next to this marker); Scion of the Charter Oak (a few steps from this marker); Cornwall (a few steps from this marker); This Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); First Foreign Mission School (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Francis L. Sheane Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away); Major General John Sedgwick
World War II Honor Roll image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 15, 2011
3. World War II Honor Roll
lower plaque
(approx. 4.4 miles away); Milton F. "Mike" Dusek Memorial (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cornwall.
 
Cornwall World War I – World War II Veterans Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 15, 2011
4. Cornwall World War I – World War II Veterans Monument
At the right is the Cornwall Korea – Vietnam Veterans Monument
Cornwall Veterans Monuments image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 15, 2011
5. Cornwall Veterans Monuments
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2011, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,819 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 19, 2011, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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