WHO/WHAT:
Raymond Zawacki, Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs, New Jersey
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, will present state military
awards to more than 70 veterans from Hudson, Essex, Middlesex and Somerset
County. Veterans will be honored at the mall for service in Korea, Vietnam,
Operation Desert Storm, Lebanon Peace Keeping, and Operations Iraqi
and Enduring Freedom.
WHEN:
Tuesday, February 21 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Newport Centre Mall, 30 Mall Drive, Jersey City, NJ 07310 (Hudson County)
– in the Mall's “Centre Court”
DETAILS:
The medal ceremony will mark the start of a three-day visit of the veterans
outreach kiosk where veterans and their family members can learn more
about benefits or entitlements that they could be eligible to receive.
The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will bring
benefits information to ‘those who served' as part of the Veterans Outreach
Program to the Newport Centre Mall's “Centre Court” from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m., each day beginning on Feb. 21 through Feb. 23. Veterans who
miss the opportunity to visit the mall kiosk can call the NJ DMAVA's
Division of Veterans Program's toll-free benefits information line at
1-888-8NJ VETS (1-888-865-8387) at any time.
The
veterans receiving awards are as follows:
Rank
|
First
Name |
MI
|
Last
Name |
Suffix
|
War
|
City
|
County
|
Specialist
Four |
Robert
|
L.
|
Artificio
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
Lawrence
|
|
Baker
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Joseph
|
W.
|
Ballon
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Third Class |
Thomas
|
|
Blankenship
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Dennis
|
M.
|
Bonacci
|
|
Vietnam
War |
North
Bergen |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Lewis
|
A.
|
Bonaccolta
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
Leandro
|
D.
|
Bonaldi
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Kearny
|
Hudson
|
Airman
First Class |
Edward
|
|
Borowik
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
Donald
|
J.
|
Brandon
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Irvington
|
Essex
|
Captain
|
Neil
|
E.
|
Carman
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
John
|
V.
|
Castellitto
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Hoboken
|
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Third Class |
Roy
|
|
Christopher
|
|
Lebanon
Peacekeeping Mission |
Lebanon
|
Hudson
|
Corporal
|
Henry
|
|
Clay
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Jared
|
A.
|
Costanzo
|
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Seaman
|
William
|
|
Croskey
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Third Class |
Joseph
|
|
Czapla
|
|
Desert
Storm |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Alphonso
|
|
Davis
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Corporal
|
Maurizio
|
|
DeNichilo
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Technician
Fourth Class |
Carmine
|
|
DeRusso
|
Jr.
|
World
War II |
Hillsborough
|
Somerset
|
Master
Sergeant |
Felix
|
A.
|
Dimaya
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Seaman
|
Alexander
|
E.
|
Figueroa
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Union
City |
Hudson
|
Captain
|
William
|
E.
|
Fisher
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Edgewater
|
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Robert
|
|
Flucker
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Technician
Fifth Class |
Joseph
|
|
Forgione
|
|
World
War II |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
James
|
E.
|
Gaynor
|
Jr.
|
Korean
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Lance
Corporal |
Marcelo
|
|
Gomez
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Guttenberg
|
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Second Class |
Robert
|
E.
|
Gonyou
|
|
Korean
War |
North
Bergen |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Five |
Tony
|
A.
|
Goodson
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Chief
Warrant Officer 2 |
Michael
|
|
Grieco
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Hoboken
|
Hudson
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Edward
|
A.
|
Haddock
|
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Thomas
|
|
Hunter
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Rahway
|
Middlesex
|
Corporal
|
William
|
C.
|
Hurley
|
|
Korean
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
William
|
V.
|
Hyland
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Peter
|
K.
|
Kahikina
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Guttenberg
|
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
Jeffrey
|
M.
|
Kaiser
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Paul
|
A.
|
Karabinos
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Corporal
|
Oliver
|
|
King
|
|
Korean
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Seaman
|
Stanley
|
P.
|
Kita
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Captain
|
Walter
|
B.
|
Koszyk
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Alfred
|
|
Koval
|
|
World
War II |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
Edward
|
B.
|
Kowalski
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Five |
Thomas
|
V.
|
LaSalle
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Hoboken
|
Hudson
|
Corporal
|
Andrew
|
|
Liga
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Private
First Class |
Carlos
|
L.
|
Lobaina
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Second Class |
Noberio
|
L.
|
Lucero
|
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Joseph
|
|
Lupo
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Hoboken
|
Hudson
|
Lieutenant
Commander |
William
|
M.
|
Lynch
|
|
Desert
Storm |
Secaucus
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
|
Darwin
|
A.
|
Martinez
|
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Guttenberg
|
Hudson
|
Captain
|
John
|
W.
|
McKee
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Charles
|
W.
|
McKenney
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Donald
|
|
Mennella
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Kearny
|
Hudson
|
Corporal
|
Robert
|
|
Menzel
|
|
Vietnam
War |
North
Bergen |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
David
|
A.
|
Miller
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Second Class |
Robert
|
|
Nagy
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Kearny
|
Hudson
|
Technician
Fourth Class |
Walter
|
R.
|
Niedzinski
|
|
World
War II |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
John
|
K.
|
Olander
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Omar
|
|
Ortiz
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Third Class |
Jimmie
|
|
Pittman
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
|
Michael
|
S.
|
Pungsujarit
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Petty
Officer Third Class |
Wilson
|
A.
|
Ramos
|
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Jim
|
E.
|
Robinson
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Staff
Sergeant |
Gerald
|
|
Rodriguez
|
|
Enduring
Freedom |
Union
City |
Hudson
|
Sergeant
|
Juan
|
M.
|
Rosado
|
|
Desert
Storm |
Dover
|
Morris
|
Corporal
|
Cesar
|
A.
|
Sabio
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Corporal
|
Jose
|
L.
|
Sanchez
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Felix
|
|
Santiago
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Hoboken
|
Hudson
|
Major
|
John
|
J.
|
Smith
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Lance
Corporal |
Joziph
|
|
Soliman
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Harold
|
|
Spann
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Bayonne
|
Hudson
|
Private
Second Class |
Edward
|
A.
|
Tatum
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Irvington
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
|
Leopoldo
|
A.
|
Tiankee
|
Jr.
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Pablo
|
|
Torres
|
|
Vietnam
War |
York
|
Essex
|
Lance
Corporal |
Christopher
|
R.
|
Viera
|
|
Iraqi
Freedom |
Secaucus
|
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
James
|
L.
|
Williams
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Specialist
Four |
Robert
|
B.
|
Williams
|
Jr.
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
Lance
Corporal |
Richard
|
N.
|
Wilson
|
|
Vietnam
War |
Jersey
City |
Hudson
|
