Heather Wilkinson Rojo of Nutfield Genealogy is once again asking
bloggers to transcribe their local veteran monuments and list the names
on their blog. It's called the Military Honor Roll Project and I wanted to
take part this year. I headed over to the memorial here in Abington
which is located right next to the building shared by the American Legion
and VFW Posts. It's a beautiful spot and there's quite a few names on it for
such a small town. They start with World War 1 and run up to the present
day.
It was a bright sunny day and I thought perfect for taking the pictures I needed
to work with for the transcription, but it turned out to be it was less than ideal.
The nearby trees were casting shadows over most of the monument and the wind
moving the leaves would cause the shadows to shift around.
DEDICATED
IN LASTING MEMORY OF
ABINGTON'S MEN AND WOMEN WHO
SERVED AND SACRIFICED IN
THEIR COUNTRY'S WARS
KILLED IN ACTION
World War I
Edgar D. Bascomb
Chester W. Belcher
Walter W. Coleman
Charles Cook
Lloyd Crossman
Lewis V. Dorsey
Robert B. English
George H. Gillespie
Henry C. Hurst
John J. Mahoney
Joseph D. Martin
Charles E. Murphy
Charles S. Myers
Myron Stewart
Harold L. Taylor
Shirley S. Thayer
George L. Whore
World War II
Charles H. Bellows Jr.
Wendell E Chamberlin
Lloyd R. Clapp
John Colburn
George W. Coleman
Edmund G. Crossley
Elton E. Eckstrom
George S. Forsyth
Roy E. Hjelm
Wellington Jamieson
John R. Keeley
Clifford Kimber
Richard L. McCue
Harold R. McGeoch
John F. Monahan
John Rice
Frank D. Warner Jr.
Korea
Viet-Nam
Dennis K. Holly
Peter D. Christianson DFC
Richard F. Gliniewicz
Glenn R. Gordon
Ralph G. Hamlin
Ernest H Laidler
Richard A. Fitts
Afghanistan
Daniel Vasellian
Never forget.
2 comments:
Thank you for taking the time to honor these heroes. Roy E. Hjelm (USMC) was KIA at Iwo Jima in 1945. He was awarded a Silver Star and posthumously promoted to Captain. He was twenty-four years old at the time of his death. My father (Ted), his brother (Paul) and their cousin Roy all served in World War II. Ted and Paul made it home, Roy did not. My father chose Roy for my middle name in honor of Roy E. Hjelm. My two teenage sons are aware of Roy's sacrifice and the importance of it. Sincerely, Jeff Olander
On the side of the memorial is a list of the people who were on the committee responsible for the project, Bill. Dad is one of them.
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