A special award ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 20, 1997, at 10:30 a.m. at the Mount Holly Interactive Community Resource Center (formerly known as the Mount Holly Armory) which is located at 1670 Route 38 in Mount Holly, New Jersey.

 Major General Paul J. Glazar, the Adjutant General of New Jersey, will present the Distinguished Service Medal, the state’s top military award, to 26 New Jersey residents who are veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Desert Storm.  Family members and friends, as well as the general public, are expected to attend.

 In order to be eligible for this award, recipients must currently be a resident of New Jersey and also have been a resident of the state at the time they entered into military service, been honorably discharged, and must have received at least the equivalent of the Air Medal while on Active Duty.

 Anyone interested in applying for the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal should send a written request together with copies of all pertinent documentation, e.g. DD 214 (Discharge Document), award citation, honorable discharge, etc. to:

WAR	RECIPIENT	CITY
II	MASTER TECHNICAL SERGEANT GEORGE BOBB	BLACKWOOD
II	STAFF SERGEANT REMO G. BUDASSI	BORDENTOWN
K	CORPORAL THOMAS CORONA	EGG HARBOR TWP
V	MAJOR ALFRED C. FISHER	VOORHEES
II	STAFF SERGEANT IVAN E. GEHMAN JR.	ERIAL
II	CORPORAL WILLIAM R. GERKENS	MAPLE SHADE
II	TECHNICAL SERGEANT LEONARD V. GLOVER	TRENTON
V	SERGEANT THOMAS P. IRVIN JR.	LAUREL SPRINGS
II	CAPTAIN ROY LIPOTI	MEDFORD LAKES
II	TECHNICAL SERGEANT MYRON T. MALESKI	MANTUA
II	TECHNICAL SERGEANT ADAM J. MARUT	TRENTON
V	SERGEANT RODGER MC CORRISTON	SOMERS POINT
V	FIRST SERGEANT FRANKLIN G. MURPHY	GLOUCESTER CITY
II	SERGEANT ROBERT J. PALMER	WENONAH
II	PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS THOMAS G. PIERSON	ROEBLING
V	STAFF SERGEANT PERCY RAINER JR.	TRENTON
DS	MAJOR RAYMOND T. RALETZ	SICKLERVILLE
II	CORPORAL ANTHONY RITONDO	BRIDGETON
II	TECHNICIAN 4TH GRADE WILLIAM E. SHARP	OCEAN CITY
II	FIRST LIEUTENANT WILBERT S. SHEA	MULLICA HILL
K	CORPORAL EDWARD W. SIMPSON	BURLINGTON
DS	SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT TERRY W. SMITH	BORDENTOWN
V	CORPORAL RICHARD F. SNYDER JR.	BURLINGTON
K	STAFF SERGEANT JACK P. STOCKTON III	LAWRENCEVILLE
V	CAPTAIN STEPHEN W. THOMPSON	HADDONFIELD
II	TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE NICHOLAS V. VENTURA	TRENTON