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Posted on: September 23, 2021

[ARCHIVED] Gloucester County Military Service Medal Ceremony scheduled for September 25

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(West Deptford, NJ) – The Gloucester County Military Service Medal Ceremony will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. at the auditorium at RiverWinds in West Deptford.

 This year 37 veterans will be honored at the Gloucester County Military Service Medal Ceremony.  

Commissioner Director Robert M. Damminger said, “The men and women who answer the call to serve and defend our nation deserve the utmost respect and recognition. We are privileged to have presented these veterans with their federal medals. 

Commissioner Dan Christy, liaison to the office of Veterans Affairs said, “The Gloucester County Office of Veterans Affairs has worked with the veterans themselves, or their families, and each branch of service to find the medals, ribbons and honors they have earned.  It’s quite detailed work, but worth every moment.  It is important that our veterans know that we are behind them and we are here to provide support they need on the home front.”

The Ceremony is open to the public and will be approximately an hour long.

This year’s veterans include:

STEPHEN APPELBAUM

TRENT W. BANKS

BARRY R. BILLMAN

MILTON CUEVAS

*ERNEST V. D'AMICO

JESSICA L. DEHART

JOSEPH DIGGS, III

*JOHN J. DOUGHERTY

*JAMES FUNCHES SR.

WILLIAM J. GILLAN

*JOSEPH M. GIORDANO SR.

JAY V. GOFF

PATRICK M. HALL

THOMAS J. HARRIS

*GEORGE J. HENDERSON

*ROY E. JONES SR

FREDERICK G. KOENIG JR.

FRANK P. LEIS

MATTHEW P. LEIS

HOWARD T. LEONE

MORRIS C. MACKLIN SR.

MORRIS C. MACKLIN JR.

WILLIAM J. MAHLMAN

RAYMOND J. MANCINELLI

LEROY A. MARINO

DALE E. MATTHEWS

THOMAS J. MILO

TIMOTHY REESE

*RAYMOND V. RICE

JOSEPH M. ROBINSON SR.

VERNON L. STOMS JR.

LEON R. STRUZINSKI

*WILLIAM J. TAYLOR JR

WILLIAM M. THOMAS

THOMAS J. TRAUTNER

ROBERT T. WEBB

JOHN J. WOOD

*POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED


For more information on the Office of Veterans Affairs, please visit https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/267/Veterans-Affairs or call our offices at (856) 401-7660.

 

 

 

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