Oradell in Bergen County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Oradell Veterans Memorial

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 2, 2009

1. Oradell Veterans Memorial

Inscription. 1969
In Honored Memory of the
Men and Women of Oradell
Who by their Devotion to
Peace and Freedom for All
Mankind Gave Their Lives
In the Service of Their Country.
World War II Hugh D. Black • Thomas H. Cordes • Paul A. DeMarrais • Henry W. Genther • W. Everett Hennigar • Robert W. Hoffman • Mort L. O’Connell, Jr. • Arthur W. Richardson • Philip G. Schaefer • Daniel K. Van Antwerp • Paul Wanamaker • Leonard M. Young

Vietnam Charles P. Ellis • Anthony B. Battel • Benjamin Lee Tebault • Craig D. Duncan • William C. Kross, Jr.

Persian Gulf War Marie T. Rossi

Erected 1969.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Vietnam • War, World II.

Location. 40° 57.135′ N, 74° 2.173′ W. Marker is in Oradell, New Jersey, in Bergen County. Memorial is at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Park Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Prospect Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oradell NJ 07649, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Oradell World War II Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Hagler’s Diner

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(approx. ¼ mile away); Oradell (approx. 0.3 miles away); Richard T. Cooper House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Van Buskirk-Oakley House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Soldier Hill (approx. 0.6 miles away); Water at the Hackensack Water Works (approx. 0.7 miles away); Ecology Along the Hackensack River (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oradell.

Regarding Oradell Veterans Memorial. Major Marie T. Rossi Cayton served in the United States Army. She was the first woman in U.S. history to serve as an Aviation Commander during combat, and the first woman pilot in U.S. history to fly in combat. She died when the CH-47 Chinook she was piloting crashed in Saudi Arabia, on 1 March 1991.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 2, 2009

2. Oradell Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,318 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.