New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day Ceremony
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day Ceremony
Tuesday, May 7 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
The NJ Distinguished Service Medal was originally issued in 1858 for those who distinguished themselves in the New Jersey Militia, but was used infrequently until re-authorized by Governor Kean in 1988.
The NJ Meritorious Service Medal is awarded to those combat Veterans who were not residents of New Jersey when they entered the military service,
but who are current residents of New Jersey and have resided in the state for at least the last five years. All other qualifications are the same as for the
DSM.
The NJ Vietnam Service Medal was approved by the New Jersey Legislature on Nov. 13, 2000. To be eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal, Veterans must meet the following criteria:
- Be a current resident of New Jersey;
- Served in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia or the contiguous waters or
airspace thereof on or after Dec. 31, 1960 and on or before May 7, 1975; - Have an honorable discharge or be currently serving in the military
THE GOVERNOR AND THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW
PRESENT THE NJ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL AND THE NJ VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
TO THE FOLLOWING VETERANS THAT FOUGHT IN THE VIETNAM CONFLICT
IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIATIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS.
Specialist Five Ruggiero Abbatemarco, U.S. Army
Edison, New Jersey
Specialist Four John Elmer Aebi, U.S. Army
Jackson, New Jersey
Bronze Star Medal Recipient Major James Lincoln Badgley, U.S. Air Force
Columbus, New Jersey
Corporal Joseph George Ballentine, U.S. Marine Corps
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
Sergeant Edward John Baluta, U.S. Army
Englishtown, New Jersey
Sergeant John Boily Jr., U.S. Air Force
North Brunswick, New Jersey
Specialist Four Thaddeus Borkowski, U.S. Army
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Sergeant John Andrew Charowsky Jr., U.S. Army
Wallington, New Jersey
Purple Heart Recipient – Specialist Four Donald Thomas Corbin, U.S. Army
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Meritorious Service Medal Recipient – Master Sergeant Michael Joseph Cordero*, U.S. Army
Sparta, New Jersey
*Also received NJ Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Aircraft Electrician Second Class Albert Frank De Cosimo, U.S. Navy
Barnegat, New Jersey
Posthumous Award to Mrs. Maria Di Pisa for her late husband,
Specialist Four Philip Andrew DiPisa, U.S. Army
Barnegat, New Jersey
Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class David Philip Franzmathes, Jr., U.S. Navy
Manahawkin, New Jersey
Bronze Star Medal Recipient – Master Sergeant Noe Gonzalez, U.S. Army
Browns Mills, New Jersey
Posthumous Award to Mrs. Sandra Haines for her late husband,
Sergeant James Austin Haines, U.S. Marine Corps
Juliustown, New Jersey
Air Medal and Bronze Star Medal Recipient –
Master Sergeant Wesley Conrad Hardy, U.S. Army
Edgewater Park, New Jersey
Specialist Four Joseph Christopher Horner, U.S. Army
High Bridge, New Jersey
Specialist Four Thomas Lawrence Horsfield, U.S. Army
Layton, New Jersey
Sergeant Frank Otto Kaenrath, Jr., U.S. Air Force
Long Valley, New Jersey
Bronze Star Medal Recipient – First Lieutenant James Francis Maresca, U.S. Army
Toms River, New Jersey
Sergeant Robert John Moran, U.S. Marine Corps
Mays Landing, New Jersey
Petty Officer Third Class Michael John Pennell, U.S. Navy
Forked River, New Jersey
Sergeant Bernardino Joseph Primiano, Jr., U.S. Army
East Brunswick, New Jersey
Sergeant Alan Frank Shpak, U.S. Marine Corps
Princeton, New Jersey
Sergeant Richard Joseph Smith, U.S. Marine Corps
Collingswood, New Jersey
Sergeant Richard Martin Sofie, U.S. Air Force
Summit, New Jersey
Specialist Five Mark Charles Vukovich, U.S. Army
Sparta, New Jersey
Posthumous Award to Mrs. Darlene Washington for her late husband,
Private Second-Class Anthony “Big Wash” Washington, U.S. Army
Somers Point, NJ
Storekeeper Third Class Thomas Stephen Wyskowski, U.S. Navy
Carteret, New Jersey
