Glen Cove Salutes
The Glen Cove Salutes Program is a joint endeavor of the Glen Cove Public Library and the City of Glen Cove’s Veterans Services to honor our residents’ beloved Veterans, Active-Duty, Reserve, and National Guard members with beautiful military banners displayed in Morgan Memorial Park in Glen Cove. This is our way of saying "Thank You" to the brave men and women of our great United States military.
CAPS for HOPE
CAPS for HOPE is a community-based art project sponsored by Glen Cove Salutes to honor Glen Cove veterans through the power of art. Amanda Fisk, the Library's Artist in Residence and Michael Danchalski, local architect and veteran, were commissioned to design and build the artwork in commemoration of the program's third anniversary. Neighbors and friends came together to create a four-panel “HOPE” mural using recycled plastic caps and lids collected by Glen Cove residents of all ages. This exhibition not only showcases the remarkable artwork produced through this collaborative effort but also emphasizes the importance of environmental stewardship and community engagement. By highlighting the intersection of art, recycling, and veteran support, we aim to inspire hope and ignite positive change within our community and beyond. The mural was displayed at the Glen Cove Public Library in March and is at the Glen Cove Senior Center in April. It is slated to travel to various locations throughout the city in the coming months.
Morgan Memorial Park
Below, you will find: a banner display map, a benefactor list, and a link to the Glen Cove Salutes virtual exhibit at the Glen Cove Public Library.
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Acocella, Valentino
Honored by Councilwoman Danielle Fugazy-Scagliola
United States Army 1944 - 1945
World War II ★ Corporal
Albergo, Vito
Honored by Janice Albergo
United States Navy 1952 - 1954
Korean War ★ Fireman
Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal
Albin, Donald J.
Honored by Mattie Albin
United States Marine Corps 1968 - 1969
United States Army 1979 - 1987
Vietnam War ★ Captain
Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal
Albin, Robert J.
Honored by Julie Albin
United States Navy 1950 - 1954
Korean War ★ Seabees
Amendolara, Joseph N.
Honored by Joseph Amendolara
United States Army 1957 - 1962
Cold War ★ Sergeant
Bartley, Lewis “Buzzy”
Honored by Lisa Forgione
United States Marine Corps 1951-1954
Korean War ★ Private First Class
Boyd, Dennis W.
Honored by Glen Cove Public Library
United States Marine Corps 1965 - 1971
Vietnam War ★ Corporal
Vietnam Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal
Brooks, William
Honored by Louise Brooks
United States Army 1962 - 1968
Vietnam War
Buffa, Joseph
Honored by Andrew Buffa
United States Army 1943 -1946
World War II ★ Staff Sergeant
WWII Victory Medal, EAME Campaign Medal
Campbell, William
Honored by Herb Schierhorst
United States Marine Corps 1967 - 1969
Vietnam War ★ Corporal
Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal
Cervasio, Angelo
Honored by Virginia Cervasio
United States Air Force 2000 - 2002
Iraq ★ Operation Southern Watch
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Christie, David
Honored by Victoria Christie
United States Navy 1967 - 1971
Vietnam War ★ Signalman 3rd Class
Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal
Coles, Eric Alan
Honored by Eileen Coles
United States Marine Corps 1975 - 1979
Sergeant
Comitino, Salvatore F.
Honored by the Comitino Family
United States Army 1945 - 1946
World War II ★ Private
Daly, Daniel J.
Honored by Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck
United States Marine Corps 1899 - 1929
World War I ★ Sergeant Major
Medal of Honor (2), Navy Cross
David, Emil
Honored by David Thomas
United States Army 2022 - Present
Specialist
DeThomasis, John
Honored by Lori Donahue and Family
United States Army 1945 - 1946
World War II ★ Sergeant
DiChiara, Raymond N.
Honored by the Retoske Family
United States Army 1952 - 1954
Korean War ★ Private
Purple Heart
DiLeo, Philip F.
Honored by Philip DiLeo
United States Army Air Corps 1942 - 1945
World War II Era ★ Staff Sergeant
DiLeo, Rocco
Honored by Michael DiLeo
United States Army 1942 - 1945
World War II ★ Sergeant
Prisoner of War Medal
Conspicuous Service Cross
DiRosso, Louis D.
Honored by Louis DiRosso
United States Army 1942 -1945
World War II ★ Sergeant
Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal
Donohue, James E.
Honored by VFW Post 347 - Glen Cove
United States Army 1917 - 1918
World War I ★ Corporal
Killed in Action
Doran, James D.
Honored by Nancy Loenfeldt
United States Navy 1945 - 1951
World War II ★ Petty Officer Third Class
American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal
Doxey, John Henry
Honored by Captain Maryellen Vogt Wetmore
United States Army 1943 - 1945
World War II ★ Staff Sergeant
Silver Star, Purple Heart
Killed in Action
Dzakonski, Justin
Honored by Stanley Dzakonski
United States Army 2004 - 2009
Iraq ★ Captain
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Ferrante, John F.
Honored by Fran Koehler
United States Army Air Corps 1941 - 1945
World War II ★ Sergeant
Gonder, Charles W.
Honored by Dorothy Gonder
United States Marine Corps 1966 - 1968
Vietnam War ★ Corporal
National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
Graziose, Larry
Honored by Dorothy Gonder
United States Army 1942 - 1945
World War II ★ Technician 5th Grade
Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal
Grindstaff, Wayne J.
Honored by Charles Parisi
United States Army 1967 - 1969
Vietnam War ★ Sergeant
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Harlem Hellfighters
Honored by The Glen Cove Public Library
United States Army 1918 - 1919
World War I ★ Croix de Guerre - France
Johnson, William Joe
Honored by Phyllis Burnett
United States Army Air Forces 1943 - 1945
World War II ★ Tuskegee Airmen
Congressional Gold Medal
Kandel, Evelyn
Honored by Jim and Gaitely Stevenson-Matthews
United States Marine Corps 1951 - 1953
Korean War ★ Sergeant
Korean Service Medal
Kandel, Robert
Honored by Evelyn Kandel
United States Army 1952 - 1954
Korean War ★ Corporal
Army Commendation Ribbon
Lovaglio, Joseph
Honored by Charles Parisi
United States Marine Corps 1980 - 1984
Private
Mackewicz, Eugene
Honored by Diane Schneider
United States Navy 1946 - 1952
World War II, Korean War ★ Petty Officer First Class
Mancusi, Daniel A.
Honored by Jack Mancusi
United States Army 1955 - 1957
Private First Class
Good Conduct Medal
Manning, Tiffany “Tip”
Honored by Tip Henderson
United States Navy 1943 - 1944
World War II ★ Lieutenant Junior Grade
Killed in Action
Martinez, Anthony
Honored by the Martinez Family
United States Navy 1955 - 1959
Cold War Era ★ Seaman
Martinez, Aurelio "Chiefy"
Honored by the Martinez Family
United States Navy 1954 - 1957
Seaman
Martinez, Felix
Honored by the Martinez Family
United States Army 1953 - 1955
Korean War ★ Corporal
Martinez, Vincent
Honored by the Martinez Family
United States Navy 1953 - 1957
Korean War ★ Petty Officer Third Class
Meyer, Walter J.
Honored by The Regency at Glen Cove
United States Navy 1943 - 1946
World War II ★ QM1
European -African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Middleton Jr., James B.
Honored by American Legion Post 1765
United States Army Air Corps 1944 - 1946
World War II ★ Sergeant
American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal
Miller, Frank J.
Honored by Tina Miller
United States Marine Corps 1941 - 1945
World War II ★ Captain
Navy Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Neillands, James D.
Honored by John Gary Neillands
United States Army Air Corps 1942 - 1946
World War II ★ Sergeant
Flight Engineer B-29 874th Bomb Sq.
Neillands, Richard G.
Honored by John Gary Neillands
United States Air Corps & United States Air Force 1942 - 1951
World War II & Korean War ★ First Lieutenant
Purple Heart, Air Medal
Killed in Action
Nelson, Jessie Maria
Honored by Toni Petrash
United States Air Force 1958 - 1961
Airman Second Class
Nieri, Silvio
Honored by Dave Nieri
United States Army Air Corps 1939 - 1941
World War II ★ Private First Class
O'Connor, Ryan
Honored by Peter O'Connor
United States Army 2013 - 2022
Kuwait ★ Staff Sergeant
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
O'Grady Jr., Joseph E.
Honored by Councilwoman Danielle Fugazy-Scagliola
United States Army Air Forces 1943 - 1945
World War II ★ Air Medal w/Oak Leaf Clusters
Parisi, Edward C.
Honored by Charles Parisi
United States Army ★ First Lieutenant
World War II 1942 - 1944
Korean War 1950 - 1952
Pascucci, Ernest J.
Honored by Ron Pascucci
United States Army 1942 - 1945
World War II ★ Corporal
Pascucci, John
Honored by Joanne Wall
United States Army 1942 - 1946
World War II ★ Staff Sergeant
WWII Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal
Pascucci, Michael
Honored by Rose Pascucci Renaldo
United States Army 1940 - 1943
World War II ★ Colonel
Penn, H Richard
Honored by Caryn Penn
United States Navy 1949 -1953
Korean War ★ Lieutenant
Navy Fighter Pilot
Pergola, Michael
Honored by the Pergola Family
United States Army 1965 - 1967
Vietnam ★ Specialist
Aircrew Badge
Petkanas, Ernest
Honored by Kelly Quinn
United States Navy 1944 - 1945
World War II
Petrella, Anthony
Honored by Doris Petrella
United States Navy 1951 - 1959
Korean War ★ Petty Officer 3rd Class
National Defense Service Medal
Pierce, Chester M.
Honored by Gloria Repress-Churchwell and the Pierce Family
United States Navy 1954 - 1956
Commander
Quinn, John Robert
Honored by Kelly Quinn
United States Navy 1955 - 1959
Renaghan, Joseph F.
Honored by Cheryl Renaghan
United States Marine Corps 1967 - 1971
Vietnam War ★ Captain
Renaldo, John
Honored by Rose Pascucci Renaldo
United States Navy 1969 - 1970
Vietnam War ★ Fireman Apprentice
National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal
Renaldo, Joseph
Honored by Rose Pascucci Renaldo
United States Navy
World War II ★ Seaman
Reynolds, Edwin L.
Honored by Richard Reynolds
United States Army 1942 - 1946
World War II ★ Private First Class
Silver Star, Purple Heart
Reynolds, Howard T.
Honored by Richard Reynolds
United States Navy 1941 - 1944
World War II ★ Petty Officer 1st Class
Reynolds, John J.
Honored by Richard Reynolds
United States Navy 1952 - 1972
Vietnam War ★ Petty Officer 1st Class
Good Conduct Medal
Rocco, Pasquale D.
Honored by Dominick Rocco
United States Army 1944 - 1946
World War II ★ Sergeant
Purple Heart (2), EAME Campaign Medal
Rodgers, Michael P
Honored by the Rodgers Family
United States Navy 1983 - 1987
Petty Officer 2nd Class, Good Conduct Medal
Santana, Ruben
Honored by Christine Santana
United States Army 1985 - 1993
Private First Class
Army Service Ribbon
Slater, John "Duke"
Honored by John Gary Neillands
United States Coast Guard 1942 -1945
World War II ★ Petty Officer First Class
Coast Guard Cutter "Campbell"
Sparks, Harold A.
Honored by Michael Sparks
United States Coast Guard 1943 - 1946
World War II ★ Petty Office Second Class
Sparks, Michael
Honored by Michael Sparks
United States Navy 1968 - 1972
Vietnam War ★ Petty Officer Second Class
Steck, Kenneth
Honored by the Seda Steck
United States Marine Corps 1981 - 1989
Sergeant
Stillwagon, Howard M.
Honored by the Stillwagon Family
United States Army 1968 - 1970
Vietnam War ★ Private First Class
Combat Infantryman Badge, Vietnam Service Medal
Suozzi, Joseph A.
Honored by Former Congressman Tom Suozzi
United States Army Air Forces 1943 - 1945
World War II ★ First Lieutenant
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster (3)
Suozzi, Vincent A.
Honored by Ralph Suozzi
United States Army 1944 - 1945
World War II ★ Military Police
Tolbert Jr., Joseph W.
Honored by American Legion Post 1765
United States Marine Corps 1968 - 1971
Vietnam ★ Corporal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Venturino, Albert
Honored by Frank Venturino
United States Army 1951 - 1952
Korean War ★ Sergeant First Class
Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal
Vogt, John J.
Honored by Captain Maryellen Vogt Wetmore
United States Army 1951 - 1953
Korean War ★ First Lieutenant
Korean Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars
Wansor, Thomas E.
Honored by Wendy Wansor and Family
United States Army 1957 - 1959
Specialist
Wetmore, Maryellen Vogt
Honored by Bernadette Loeffler
United States Navy 1991 - Present ★ Captain
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
Wieck, Christian J.
Honored by Councilwoman Danielle Fugazy Scagliola
United States Army 2003 - 2006
Iraq ★ Sergeant
Army Commendation Medal with Valor
Williams, Christopher
Honored by Ana Camargo
United States Navy 2022 - present
E2
Willson, David Lee
Honored by Carolyn Willson
United States Army 1990 - 2010
Gulf War ★ Major
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Willson, Thomas L.
Honored by Carolyn Willson
United States Air Force 1962 - 1967
Vietnam War ★ Captain
Air & Space Longevity Service Award
Young, Ralph W.
Honored by Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck
United States Army Air Corps 1943 -1945
World War II ★ Sergeant
Killed in Action
Zammett, John J.
Honored by Donna McNaughton and Family
United States Army Air Corps 1942 - 1945
World War II ★ First Lieutenant
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal
Zuccala, Tony
Honored by Philip Zuccala
United States Navy 1942 - 1947
World War II ★ Petty Officer First Class
