This past Sunday, November 10, 2019, I contributed to the 2019 call for additions to the Honor Roll project of Heather Rojo. My contribution for Veterans Day 2019 continued the process of transcribing the hundreds of men and women from the Wallingford, Connecticut area who served their country during World War II (my father being among them).
As the above photograph of the WWII memorial on the grounds of the Wallingford Town Hall illustrates, there are seven panels each with triple columns of the names of those who served. My 2016 Veterans Day post covered many, but nowhere near all, of the names listed on the first panel. The surnames are in alphabetical order across the entire seven panels.
My post of November 10th, 2016 transcribed and listed all the names on the first panel from George C. Abbott, Jr. to Joseph E. Buza -- 244 names altogether. My Memorial Day 2017 post listed all the surnames on the Wallingford WWII memorial that begin with C through E -- 298 names in all. My Veterans Day post of November 8, 2017 transcribed an additional 317 surnames covering those beginning with F through I and my Veterans Day 2019 post earlier this week added 242 more names covering surnames beginning with J through L. In keeping with my intent to also post close-ups of the panels containing names I have transcribed and listed, this is the post of panel close-ups to provide photographs of all the surnames that begin with J through L. This is the process that will be followed for the remaining panels over time in order to keep the transcription posts to a manageable size. The transcribed names will be posted first and photographs of the panel close-ups covering the posted names will follow shortly thereafter.
In past posts of the panel close-ups I think I have neglected to mention that some of the names have a star preceding the inscribed name. This means that the starred person gave the ultimate sacrifice and died in service during the war.
I am very indebted to my cousin, Bruce Marquardt of Wallingford, for so willingly photographing the panels in close-up for me after my efforts to do so failed. Thank you Bruce!
The following six panel close-ups cover the names on the Wallingford WWII memorial from Joseph P. Jacob through Harold O. Lynch. Please note that in order to be sure all names were photographed, the photos overlap and some names are therefore shown twice. The repeated names can thus be used to orient the precise order of the names from Jacob to Lynch. The alphabetical order flows down the first column and then up to the top of the second column and finally up to the top of third column on each of the panels. The surnames starting with J begin in the third column of the first close-up Photo No. 1 below. The surnames starting with K begin in the first column of Photo No. 2 and continue down the first column in Photos 3 - 6 before ending in the second column of Photo No. 3. Surnames starting with L begin in the second column of Photo No. 3 and continue down the second column in Photos 4 - 6 before ending in the third column of Photo No. 3 where the surnames beginning with M start with Allen A. Macfarlane. The next transcritions for the Honor Roll Project with begin with Allen A. Macfarlane and continue through all the M surnames and onto N and O surnames.
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All close-up photographs of the panels of the WWII memorial are by Bruce Marquardt of Wallingford, Connecticut.
Photo of the entire memorial is by the author.
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Copyright 2019, John D. Tew
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