Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial UPDATE

 

Fund Raising:  Donations reached $8,340 in August, a $1,340 gain over July, against our goal of $25,000.

The total number of donors has now increased to 71.

Momentum towards the $25,000 goal continues and the goal remains very achievable, if every reader can spare as little as $10 for this worthy cause.

If you have not yet donated, please do it now and remember your donations are tax deductible.  Just follow the simple instructions below.  Your generosity will be very much appreciated.

Donation checks should be made out to:  

Hicksville Vietnam Era Memorial Project

And should  be mailed to:

Hicksville Vietnam Era Memorial Project
c/o William Walden
245 West 9th Street
Deer Park, NY 11729

An alphabetical list of current donors appears at the end of this monthly update.  Many of the donations have been accompanied by notes thanking the Project Team for its efforts to build the Memorial.  Such notes make our work  even more gratifying and are very much appreciated.  More of these notes appear at the end of this update.

There were no new entries to the Confirmed List in August, but some missing information was gained.  The Confirmed List remains at a total of 1,897 names.   There has been no change in the Unconfirmed List of Names for some time now.  We continue to need the help of all our readers here!! 

As a HixNews reader, please help us by reviewing both lists when you select the "click here" options near the bottom of this update.  To save you time, just look for names from your class year and other years you may be familiar with, as a reference and see if you have a new name or some missing data on existing names to email to us.  Class years, where known, are specifically shown and missing data is marked in red, to make it easy for readers to see what's needed.

The Unconfirmed List was created to specifically insure we don't leave anyone behind from earlier class years (the 1940's and 50's) who served during the Vietnam War Era and deserve recognition.  Please see if you can help us establish if these folks served during the Vietnam Era (Vietnam Era dates are shown in the "Memorial Qualifications" section below).

Memorial Qualifications and Project Team:  These have been displayed in this report monthly for a long time now and have not changed.  If you are a new reader, please check a past issue of HixNews for qualifications and the list of Project Team members.

Here's what we continue to need from each person reading this to do:

Please click on the following link to review the Confirmed List of Names:  Click here

Please click on the following link to review the UNCONFIRMED List of Names:  Click here

If you know of someone who is not listed, or if you have information we are still missing, please email what you have to Joe Carfora at jcar4a@aol.com.    Please use the information contained on the current list as a guide for the data needed to complete a name's listing.

Alphabetical List of Current Donors

A hearty Thank You to all of our donors!!  As noted earlier, 71 donors have enabled us to achieve a current total of $8,340.  Following is the list of current donors:

Ackerman, Dr. Helen R.

Annucci, Dianne C.

Babenzien, Suzon (Cohen)

Boris, Joan & Joseph

Brophy, Donald R.

Brophy, Michael (In Memory)

Burke, John & Lois

Calandrillo, Anthony

Callejas, Ruben & Aramilda

Carfora, Joe & Sharon Ann

Casale, Robert

Castagna, Denise & Anthony

Davis, Cheryl (Proffe) & William

Degnan, Walter & Karen

Dethlefsen, Barbara

Dolan, James & Maryann

Dunne, Patrick & Barbara

Fischer, Frederick & Barbara

Galke, Douglas & Mary

Gallo, Francis & Frances

Germain, Joseph & L. Diane

Gill, Thomas & Margaret

Gordon, Eve

HFD Hook & Ladder Company 1

Hicksville Veterans Memorial Committee

Hoffer, Richard & Patricia

Huber, Gene & Jo Ann

Imbrie, Carolyn

Ingino, Joe

Koziuk, Francis & Kathleen

Lake, Robert & Robin

Lehmann, Ethel & George L.

Lembke, Arthur & Dorothea

Levitt, Samuel J.

Libert, Elaine M.

Listort, Dennis

Lynn, Sidney

Maas, Brian

Maniec, John

Masone, Robert & Marleen

McIsaac, Rev. Robert M. & Margaret

Mucchiari, Jean

Neely, Judith

Oehler, Robert A.

Olsen, Glen & Maureen

Osborne, Edward A.

Otten, Robert & Leslie

Peluso, Robert J., Jr.

Pietras, Robert & Victoria

Pohl, Kenneth & Rosemary

Polit, Robert & Mary Ellen

Plonski, Anthony J., Jr.

Probst, Carl

Quinn, Kevin & Kathleen

Reid, Maureen & George

Rivoire, Edward & Patricia

Rocek, Ron

Roth, Doris & Julie

Rozos, Michael & Sharon

Schilling, Leona & Cliff

Smith, Stephen & Lenore

Starpoli, Joseph & Janet

Steedman, Thomas & Margaret

Strafer, Kenneth J.

Thurer, Robert & Shari

Van Buren, Carolyn (Fischer)

Walden, William

Wallace, Terence K.

Warshawsky, Peter W.

Weiss, Harvey & Shirley

Woods Realty (Harold Woods)

Thank you!

Following are some more of the many thank you notes we have received from our donors as pdfs:

Note 1

Note 2

Note 3

Note 4