Heather's Honor Roll Project (Veterans Day 2017) -- Wallingford, CT World War II Memorial Part 3 -- Surnames F through I

Wallingford, Connecticut Town Hall

Saturday, November 11,  2017, is Veterans Day. 

Among the military Honor Roll memorials located in Wallingford, Connecticut on the grounds of the Town Hall is one for those who served (and in some cases died) in World War II. It is by far the most extensive memorial listing of veterans of war who lived in Wallingford.  The list contains hundreds of names -- in fact so many that it will take several posts to get them all transcribed and published. This is the third post of names from the Wallingford WWII Memorial. It will cover all the surnames names in alphabetical order from F through I . . . and that comprises 317 names for this post. [For the first post listing the 244 surnames from this memorial that begin with A or B, please see the earlier post here.  The second post listing the 298 surnames that begin with C through E can be viewed here. ]  

I know that finding a database of transcribed names is one thing for those who are searching for ancestors and relatives, but for those who cannot make a trip to see the actual memorial, a photograph of their family member's name would be a very useful gift for inclusion in family genealogies; therefore, it is my intention to do a blog post shortly after posting each list of transcribed names to publish the photographs from which I worked to do the transcriptions. Please check back here periodically after you see a listed name of an ancestor or relative in a post and you will then be able to get a photograph of the name in a close-up of the memorial panel containing your family member's name. [UPDATE: The close-up photos for surnames F through I on this memorial were published on November 8, 2017. You can view the close-up photographs here.]

For readers who take the time to scan the names, you will notice that unlike memorials for earlier wars there are a significant number of women listed on this memorial. Also, apart from the sheer number of names on the World War II memorial, one will note the wonderful ethnic diversity of the names in the list. And there are a number of obvious family members listed so that it appears several possible brother, father/son, and cousin combinations are listed.

My father is listed on the World War II memorial in Wallingford since he briefly attended a year of post-high school education at Lyman Hall in Wallingford before he entered Kings Point, the United States Merchant Marine Academy.  Prior to 1957 what is the present Town Hall was the Lyman Hall High School. [1]  I previously posted a close-up of the section of names containing my father's listing here. This post continues the transcription of the hundreds of other names that are honored on the World War II memorial. The transcription posts will be submitted as part of Heather Rojo's wonderful Honor Roll project to create a searchable listing of all U.S. war veterans on memorials erected in this country.

One other point to make on this Veterans Day regarding memorials to World War Two veterans .  .  .

The names on this and other WWII memorials around the country list members of what has often been called "The Greatest Generation."  The names on these memorials recognize the hundreds of thousands of men and women who sacrificed years of their youth or middle age -- and in many cases their very lives -- to combat an undeniable evil. My father will turn 95 years old on the 28th of this month. He turned 19 years old at the very end of November, 1941 and the United States declared war on Japan and Germany on December 8th and December 11th, 1941, respectively.  Before my father turned 20 years old he was attending the United States Merchant Marine Academy and shortly thereafter was making voyages to deliver supplies and materiel in the war effort. Today as we commemorate those members of the greatest generation who served and died in WWII, it is important to pause and realize -- with respect to this particular memorial and so many others like it -- that almost all of the men and women enumerated on WWII memorials are no longer with us. If they survived the war, the great majority have lived their lives and passed on. Very, very few remain with us today. Lift a glass today to all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to those who served!   

The World War II memorial on the grounds of the Wallingford Town Hall

The names of the men and women honored on the Wallingford World War II memorial with surnames beginning with F through I are as follows . . .

Bernard Factor                        Irving S. Factor                         Martin H. Factor

Frank L. Fagan                       Robert J. Fagan                         Frank J. Fahey
Anthony Falcigno, Jr.             Arthur Falcigno                        James Falcigno
Thomas B. Falcigno               Nicholas E. Falconieri             Francis J. Fanning
Thomas E. Fanning                Julius E. Fappiano                    Walter F. Fare
Charles J. Farkas                    George J. Farkas                       Ellwin O. Farnsworth
Nicholas Farone, Jr.               Charles B. Farrow                     Armand A. Fassino
James V. Fazzino                    Ernest W. Fekete                      George Fekete
Peter Fellegy                          Adam L. Fengler, Jr.                 Adolph A. Fengler
Andrew J. Fenick                   Charles A. Fenn                        Donald T. Ferguson
Abel J. Fernandes                   Americo J. Fernandes               Andrew Fernandes
Anthony T. Ferrari                  Frank J. Ferrari                         Thomas F. Ferrari
James J. Ferraro                      Ralph J. Ferraro                        Joseph F. Ferreira
Libero Ferri                             Ubaldo G. Ferri                        Edward J. Ferriere
James G. Ferriere                    Floyd J. Ferry                           Frank P. Ferry
Theodore J. Ferry                    Walter F. Ferry                         Alfred J. Fields
Charles L Fields, Jr.                Kenneth J. Fields                      Louis R. Flippo
William R. Fischer                  Morris Fishbein                        Curtis H. Fitcher
Russell E. Fitcher                    Samuel H. Fitcher                    John E. Fitzgerald
William H. Fitzgerald             William J. Fleischauer, Jr.        Vincent J. Fleming
Walter J. Fleming                    Anthony Flis                             George J. Flis
Jacob Flis                                 Francis J. Flynn                        James T. Flynn, Jr.
Raymond Flynn                       James D. Foran                         Robert W. Ford
William Ford, Jr.                     John T. Fordan                           Harold A. Foresto
Robert L. Foresto                    Stanley F. Fornal                       Charles H. Fosdick
Joseph F. Foster                      Paul E. Foucault                         Francis P. Fountaine
Lawrence E. Fox                    James Francesconi                      Daniel P. Francis
Charles R. Frauham                Victor I. Freeman                       Peter J. Fresina
James E. Fritz                          Raymond L. Fritz                      Clarence F. Frobel
Andrew Fucci                          Frank Fucci                               Edwin F. Fuller
Richard T. Gadd                      Wesley P. Gadd                         William E. Gadd
Emil Gaetano                           Joseph Galko                             Bernard Gallagher
Daniel G. Gallagher                 Patricia F. Gallagher                 Donald C. Galvin
Charles E. Gammerino            Charles W. Gammons               Francis H. Gannon
William C. Gannon                  Edgar E. Gardner, Jr.                Francis A. Gargaly
William J. Gargaly                   Francis R. Gariepy                   Roderick A. Garrand, Jr.
Robert M. Gavette                   Walter Gawlowicz                    Miller Gay
Raymond A. Gay                     Charles F. Gayer                       John J. Gayer
Joseph A. Gehue                      Morris Gelblum                        John S. Geleta
Anthony Gello                         Maurice J. Gello                       Salvatore Gello
Dominic J. Gelo                       Frank J. Gelt                             Ernest V. Gendron
Alphonse D. Gentile                Louis A. Gentile                       Americo Gerace
Charles Gerace                         Ernest Gere                              Lester Gere
John J. Geremia                       Leo F. Geremia                         Michael C. Geremia
Philip E. Germain                    Robert A. Germain                   Max Gershberg
Frank E. Gestay                       John F. Gestay                          Fred P. Ghidini
John J. Ghidini                        Ernest Gianotti                          Howard Gianotti
Louis F. Gianotti                     Peter Gianotti                            Bruno Giapponi
Reno Giapponi                        Charles C. Gibson                     Irmelda T. Gillooly
Zoltan J. Gindel                      Richard H. Gingras                    Robert E. Gingras
Doris A. Girard                       Andrew J. Giret                         David Giret
Anthony J. Glaviano               George Glaviano                       Joseph J. Glaviano
Salvatore Glaviano                 Alfred Gnudi                             Gideon J. Gober
David M. Goddard                  Stanton H. Goddard                  John J. Godo
David M. Goldman                 Stanley Goldman                       Leonard Golub
Alex S. Gombita                     John Gomes                               Joseph Gomes
Manuel Gomes                       John F. Gomez                           Edwin F. Goodrich
Frank E. Goodrich                 Harold J. Goodrich                     John J. Goodrich
Quentin J. Goodrich              Roy T. Goodrich                         Michael J. Gorman
Warren J. Grace                     Vincent W. Graham                    Henry J. Gralton
Harrold M. Granucci              Henry T. Granucci                     Robert F. Granucci
Warren J. Granucci                Carl A. Grasser                          Joseph J. Green, Jr.
Robert W. Greene                   Edwin J. Greenwood                Russell W. Greenwood
Francis B. Griffen                  Robert T. Griffen                      Chester H. Griggs
Raymond R. Grinold             Adam S. Groncheski                 Benjamin Groncheski, Jr.
Frank J. Gross                        Harry Haberman                       Ralph D. Habersang
Andrew Hacku                       Daniel Hacku                            John F. Hacku
Aladar M. Haczku                 William P. Haggerty                  Paul Hajnal
John H. Hall                           John J. Hall, Jr.                         Marcus E. Hall
Russell A. Hall                      William R. Hall                         Herbert L. Halladay
Robert R. Haller                     Martin Hamasian                      Richard Hamasian
James Hamelin                       Norman O. Hamelin                 William F. Hamelin
Allen E. Hancock                   Vernon P. Hancock                   John Hanisko
Joseph Hanisko                      Samuel W. Hanisko                  Stephen Hanisko
Andrew C. Harduby              John A. Harkawik                     Arthur E. Harrington
Raymond T. Harrington        Robert J. Harrington                 Spencer K. Harrington
Vincent O. Harrington          Wesley M. Harris                      Sidney Harrison
George E. Hart                      William R. Hartline                  Earl J. Hartman
Francis A. Hartman               George R. Hartman                  Henry R. Hartman
Joseph W. Hartman               Willis B. Harwood                    Edwin W. Havens
Maurice J. Hayden                 Vincent J. Hayden                   John Hayes
John R. Hayes                         John B. Heald                         Thomas D. Healy
Edward J. Hearon                   James E. Hearon                     John M. Heath
Mary B. Heath                        Robert M. Heath                     James A. Heilman
Norman C. Heilman, Jr.         George A. Hellemann              Roger W. Hellemann
Richard C. Henson                 Walter P. Hentz                        Charles K. Hewitt
Alvin R. Highers                    George E. Hill                          Hazel Hill
Joel B. Hill                             William B. Hill                        Gerald B. Hines
Henry G. Hintz                       Walter P. Hintz                        Richard C. Hiob
Gerald T. Hirbour                   Edward J. Hoffman                 Edward O. Hoffman
Frank T. Hoffman                   James J. Hoffman                    John J. Hoffman
Robert J. Hoffman                  Thomas H. Hoffman               Warren W. Hoffman
Edward J. Holda                      Christopher Holloway            Eugene W. Holloway
Hazel M. Holloway                 Donald H. Holmes                  Robert L. Holmes
William C. Holroyd, Jr.           John L. Horan                         Ambrose Horbock
Eugene J. Horbock                  Phillip Horbock                      Jacob J. Horkavy
John Horkavy                          Stephen E. Hornyak               John J. Horvath
Howard M. Hotchkiss             John L. Hotchkiss                  Margaret C. Hotchkiss
Robert A. Hotchkiss                Alice M. Houlihan                 Herbert J. Houson
Robert J. Howe                        John R. Hrehowsik                John D. Hubbard
Edward P. Hubbell                   Frank Hubert                         Felix Hulicki
Frank Hulicky                          Daniel A. Hurley                  Margaret M. Hurley
Arthur R. Huskes                     Richard W. Huskes               Alton B. Hyde
Lawrence G. Hyland                Mary C. Hyland                    Carl Isakson
Rolf Isakson                             Andrew Ivan                         Donaled W. Ivan
John Clark Ives                        Peter P. Ives, Jr.                      

                                  

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[1]  Lyman Hall (1724 - 1790) was born in Wallingford and served as a representative to the Continental Congress from Georgia.  He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and later served as a Governor of Georgia.

Photographs of the extensive list of names on the World War II memorial in Wallingford, Connecticut were provided to me for transcription by my cousin, Bruce O. Marquardt, of Wallingford.  This transcription contribution would not have been possible without Bruce's very kind and willing efforts to make sure I had legible photos from which to do the transcriptions.  THANK YOU BRUCE!
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