Veterans’ Stories
We are in the process of collecting stories of those Stratford men and women who have honorably served in our country’s Armed Forces. We will continue to add to this page as we are able to record the accounts of more of our veterans, so please be sure to visit frequently.
If you have information you want to share with us on your service, or about the service of someone in your family or that you know, please visit us between 10 am and 2 pm on Saturdays, 1 to 3 pm on Sundays and Wednesdays, or email us at [email protected]
You can print out and use this form (feel free to send us a hard copy or email a scan) when providing your story.
Below you will find the stories of our veterans, the story of our Gold Star Veterans who died in service to our country, and our veteran of the month honorees.
Our Veterans
- Agapito, John
- Ahlberg, H. Manton
- Alberti Joseph
- Alessi, Anthony
- Aloi, Michael
- Altieri, Robert
- Anderson, David
- Anderson, Joseph
- Andriso, Stephen J.
- Angelicola, Nic
- Antonini, Frank
- Bagley, Tom
- Baker, Curtis F.
- Baker, Howard
- Baldwin, Lucian
- Baldwin, Raymond
- Baldwin, Tyler
- Bales, Joseph
- Balis, Michael J.
- Bango, Richard
- Banick, William
- Barber, Orrie
- Barrett, Dorothy
- Barsky, Nate
- Beardsley, John A.
- Becchetti, Sestilo
- Belmonte, Robert
- Benjamin, Aaron
- Berke, Fred
- Bevans, Mark E.
- Bibbins, Winthop
- Biesadecki, Chester
- Bigda, Bill
- Bitsco, Edward
- Blackhall, Brett
- Blackwell, Robert
- Bolack, George
- Bonitatebus, Joseph A.
- Botta, Richard
- Bova, Samuel
- Boynton, Theodore
- Bracci, Robert
- Brazzelli, Robert
- Bredice, T. VIDEO INTERVIEW
- Brennan, Joseph
- Brennan, Raymond
- Bridgeforth, Frank
- Briones, Pascual
- Brown, Doris
- Bryk, Thomas
- Budnick, Craig
- Budnick, Randy
- Bruno, Carmen
- Bruno, Charles
- Bruno, Jack
- Bruno, Kenneth
- Buckley, Jeremiah
- Budnick, Ronald R.
- Burghart, Ferdinand
- Burghart, Peter
- Burns, Martha
- Burritt, Elihu W.
- Burritt, Roger
- Butler, Edwin
- Buynovsky, Charles
- Buzgo, Florence
- Byron, Gerald
- Cabral, Bill
- Cacavollia, Anthony
- Camarra, John J.
- Cannon, Lawrence
- Capasso, Harold
- Carbone, Tony
- Caro, Gene
- Carroll, Charles
- Carroll, William
- Casey, Daniel J.
- Casey, Donald
- Castle, Richard
- Catalano, Joseph
- Caterson, Raymond
- Cervone, Robert
- Chambers, Chuck
- Chapman, Richard
- Chaqares, Gus
- Chonka, Andrew
- Chonka, Robert
- Ciacci, Larry
- Clabby, Joseph, Jr.
- Clabby, Joseph, Sr.
- Coe, Ebenezer
- Connor, Christopher
- Connor, James
- Coppola, James
- Costa, Joseph
- Costa, Vincent
- Courtney, John
- Cowan, John
- Culley, Francis E.
- Dancho, Al
- Danila, Hernan
- Daponte, Timothy
- Dapp, Fred W.
- Dean, Edward
- Dean, Edward Jr.
- Debrosky, Jerald
- DeCilio, Louis N.
- Dedrick, Frank
- DeGregorio, Francis Joseph
- DeLuca, Frank
- Demchak Jr., George M.
- Del Vecchio, John
- DePeano, Gary
- DeTar, Rick
- DeVitto, Lebro
- Dias, Albert
- Dias, Armando
- Dias, Herculano G.
- DiLulio, Dennis
- Diiulio, John
- Dinihanian, Nelson Jr.
- Dlugos, Evelyn
- Dobosz, Greg
- DoFresne, Dan
- Dolan, Joe
- Dolyak, John
- Dolyak, Raymond
- Dubord, Edward A.
- Duguay, Bob
- Dunbar, Walter Jr.
- Dunbar, Walter B. Sr.
- Durica, Joseph
- Durkin, William
- Dwyer, William VIDEO INTERVIEW
- Dziewulski, Michael
- Eannotti, Frank
- Eannotti, Joseph
- Eannotti, M.R.
- Easley, George
- Egirt, Christopher Carl
- Esposito, Felix F.
- Elwood, John
- Englehardt, Edward J.
- Evagilista, Steve
- Evers, Brian
- Evers, Ed
- Evers, John
- Evers, Terry
- Faggella, Vincent
- Farley, Nathaniel Jr.
- Faust, Robert
- Faustine, Peter
- Feda, Joseph
- Fedorko, John
- Fedorko, W. A
- Feher, Richard A.
- Ferrara, Vittario
- Ferry, Patricia Louise
- Fodur, Robert
- Foiw, Allen
- Foley, Dennis P.
- Fowler, Raymond
- Fowler, Roger
- Fox, Nellie
- Franklin, Robert
- Frawley, Michael
- Freeman, Susan
- Friedman, Roy
- Friot, Kenneth E.
- Galatie, Joseph Jr.
- Gallagher, Sean VIDEO INTERVIEW
- Garlick, Muriel
- Genga, Adam
- Genga, Ammando
- German, Family
- Giammatei, James
- Giammatei, Ralph
- Giannini, Michael
- Giordano, Bryan
- Goetz, Robert
- Goetz, Samuel
- Goetz, Timothy
- Gough, Albert
- Gough, Christopher
- Grahn, Gary
- Grahman, Albert and Richard
- Grahman, Kenneth
- Grahn Rainville, Robin
- Grahn, Ross
- Graswaldi, Dick
- Greenberger, Bill
- Grega, Method
- Grega, Robert
- Gresko, Joseph Sr.
- Grom, Boss
- Grom, George
- Haight, Roy
- Hampel, Robert
- Hangos, George
- Harrington, Joe
- Harris, William
- Haskins, Donald R.
- Hauser, Jack
- Hawley, Bruce
- Hawley, David
- Hawley, Gordon
- Hawley, Harry
- Hawley, James
- Hawley, Robert W.
- Haydusky, Julius Andrew
- Haydusky, Stephen
- Hayduk, John
- Headford, Stuart
- Hefferon, Edward J.
- Higgs, Garry L.
- Hinchcliffe, Barbara
- Hodges, Adele
- Hofbauer, Mike
- Holm, Robert B.
- Homan, Raymond C.
- Horne, Joseph
- Hritz, Michael "Lefty"
- Hromjak, Joseph
- Hromjak, Robert H.
- Hudak, Steve
- Hylen, Fred
- Hylen, Harold Ernest
- Hylen, Karl J.
- Iannucci, Joe
- Ianonne, Thomas
- Ives, Frank
- Jennings, Gary
- Jerdo, Leroy
- Jerzyk, Theodore
- Jones, Anne
- Kachmar, George F.
- Kaminski, Donald
- Kaminski, Francis
- Kaminski, Norman Kenneth
- Kaminski, Raymond
- Kaolian, Morgan
- Kasey, John
- Kaza, Raymond J.
- Kepchar, John
- Kish, Louis J.
- Knapp, Harold
- Knight, James William Jr.
- Kochiss, William Bill
- Koripsky, Joseph
- Koripsky, Joseph G.
- Koripsky, Robert
- Korponai, David A.
- Kovalik, Al
- Knox, Ruth
- Krause, John
- Krebbs, Justin
- Kristiansen, Cliff
- Kubik, Joseph
- Kupec, Edward
- Kupec, John
- Kupec, Nicholas
- Kupec, Robert
- Kupec, Robert F.
- Kupec, William
- Kwoka, Daniel Jr.
- Laekups, Joseph
- Lamson, Robert J.
- Lamson, William
- Lance, Norman
- Lareau, Emile
- Lasecki, Edward
- Law, Richard
- Lazaro, Ernest T.
- Lazaro, David
- Lazaro, Goncalo
- Lazaro, Lawrence
- Lazaro, Robert
- Leko, John
- Lenoce, Alton J.
- Leto, Leonard
- Libertino, Daniel
- Lindberg, Charles (addtional photos)
- Lindberg, John
- Lisari, Victor
- Loban, Louis A.
- Long, Santna
- Lounsbury , Wilton A.
- Lown, Arthur
- Lutian, Michael
- Macchiaverna, Gregory Nicholas
- MacDonald, John
- Madden, James
- Madero, Joe
- Maholich, Philip
- Mahood, Robert
- Makara, John
- Mandeville, Norm
- Manfredi, Frank
- Maraglino, Thomas F.
- Marcone, Fred
- Marranzino, Alex
- Martin, Russell W. Sr.
- Martino, Joseph
- Mary, Margaret
- Marzik, Robert
- Maslar, Joe and Ron
- Masso, Frank
- Mastroianni, Antonio
- Mastroni, George
- Mastroni, Robert
- Matthews, Grant
- Mauzerall, Gerard
- Matulionis, Ed
- McCarthy, Eugene J.
- McFarland, Dan VIDEO INTERVIEW
- McGuire, James
- McNamera, Brian
- Meehan, Elizabeth Gill
- Meehan, Christopher
- Meehan, Frank G.
- Meehan, Lawrence
- Melli, Michael
- Michaud, Edward
- Michaud, George
- Miholich, Philip
- Mingolello brothers
- Mitchell, Joseph
- Mokyde, Leonard
- Mongillo, Nick
- Monroe, Ed
- Morgia, James
- Morrisey, Allen
- Morrissey, Jack
- Morrissey, Robert
- Moser, John J. Jr.
- Mudre, Edward
- Mudre, John
- Murray, Thomas
- Nelson, Don
- Nelson, Irving G.
- Nelsen, Peter
- Nelson, Richard
- Newman, Frank
- O'Brien, Earle J.
- O'Brien, James
- O'Brien, William
- O'Brien, William Sr.
- O'Brien, Seth
- O'Connell, John F.
- O'Connor, William A.
- Odice, John S.
- Olha, John
- Orrell, Fred
- Ortoli, James
- Ortoli, Neil
- Ozinsky, Joseph
- Palazzo, Ralph
- Palumbo, Peter
- Palumbo, Tony
- Paternoster, Lewis M.
- Paternostro, Mike
- Perillo, Bill
- Perry, Gordie
- Peterna, Tom
- Petersen, Harold
- Petriello, Sal
- Pfeiffer, Ken
- Piccinino, Dom
- Piccirillo, John J.
- Pike, Christopher
- Piretti, Louis
- Pirozzoli, Robert
- Pisano, Frank
- Pistey, Ed
- Plude, Robert
- Poinelli, Joseph
- Poisson, Francis
- Polizzo, Frank
- Porto, Joe
- Powell, Walt
- Preto-Rodas, Robert
- Pudims, Albert
- Pulaski, Raymond
- Recupido, Sal
- Richard, Margaret E.
- Richardson, James
- Richardson, Laura
- Rivera, Alexi
- Roberts, Walter
- Romaniello, Rocco
- Ross, Priscilla Joan
- Ross, Tony
- Rourick, John
- Roy, Peter P.
- Roy, Thomas III
- Roy, Thomas Jr.
- Ruppe, Louis
- Ryan, Daniel
- Ryan, James
- Ryan, Scott
- Ryan, Thomas H.
- Sadowski, Alexander
- Sadowski, Robert
- Sala, Charles
- Saladino, Joe
- Salerno, Albert
- Salvaggio, Steve
- Sanches, Diana
- Sanetti, Stephen
- Sanford, Edward
- Saracino, Frank
- Saranich, Mike
- Sarnecky, Arthur M.
- Savko, Michael
- Secskas, Edward
- Secskas, Julius
- Secskas, Kenneth
- Schirillo, William
- Schock, Richard
- Schoop, Marlene
- Schrader-Pratt, Norma
- Scnolfi, Guy
- Seirug, Annette
- Sennello, William Sr.
- Serrano, Herrnan
- Sharma, Herman
- Shaw, William Richard
- Sheridan, Tom
- Shostack, Walter
- Siavrakas, Michael L.
- Siccardi, Jerry
- Siconolfi, Pete
- Sied, Joe
- Silhavey, Roger
- Sinanian, Jerry and Rand
- Sisbarro, Patsy
- Skirkanich, Peter
- Smith, Benjamin
- Smith, Francis
- Smith, Jean
- Smith, Ken
- Solemene, Michael A.
- Sperling, Gregory Allen VIDEO INTERVIEW
- Sperling, Ronald A.
- Sportini, Angelo
- Steele, Richard
- Stock, Richard C.
- Stratford, Frank (additional photos)
- Suich, Douglas
- Sulik, Ed
- Sullivan, Joseph T.
- Sullivan, Thomas
- Sulzicki, Julie
- Sulzicki, Peter
- Sumple, Michael Jr. VIDEO INTERVIEW
- Swanhall, Annette
- Swatt, Andrew J.
- Sweeney, Michael
- Swenson, Thomas
- Swirsky, Robert
- Szabo, James
- Szturma, William M.
- Tabak, John
- Tibor, John
- Timpanelli, Carmin A.
- Toce, Angela
- Tomasko, David
- Tomasko, John R.
- Tomlinson, Olive
- Tortorello Sr., Vincent (additional photos)
- Trimble, Frances
- Turner, John
- Turro, Peter M.
- Ugolik, Joe
- Ugolik, Stanly
- Ugolik, Stanly Jr.
- Unwin, Edwin
- Vagasky, George
- Valentine, Carl
- Valko, Joseph M.
- Valko, William
- Velasquez, Neil Sr.
- Vezina, Gerald
- Vitka, Edward
- Volipcella, Joe
- Voytek, Frederick J.
- Walker, Lawrence Albert
- Waller, Lewis E.
- Walsh, Eugene Jr.
- Walsh, Robert
- Waterbury, Gilbert
- Weaver, Kenneth Sr
- Weaver, Michael
- Weaver Sr., Robert (additional photos)
- Weaver, Roy C. Jr.
- Weaver, Roy, Sr.
- Wells, Barry
- Williams, John "Jack"
- Wojnarowski, John
- Woolfolk, David
- Wright, James
- Wyatt, Josephine
- Zamoyski, Leo J.
- Zelenak, Andrew
- Zinn, Michael
- Ziza Frank
- Zoeller, Beverly
- Zofcak, Raymond
- Zysk, Thomas
Gold Star Veterans
When a family displays a "gold star" in their window, it means that they had lost a service member who was killed in service to the country. The Stratford Veterans' Museum's "Gold Star Room" honors the men and women who died in service to their country.
Veteran of the Month
- May 2022 -- George Harris
- July 2022 -- Frank Stratford
- August 2022 -- Jerry Siccardi
- October 2022 -- Roy Friedman
- November 2022 -- James Morgia
- December 2022 -- Howard Baker
- January 2023 -- Ronald Sperling and Gregory Sperling