One hundred and five years after the United States entered World War I to fight on the side of the Allies, I visited the war memorial in Oxford, Connecticut, to photograph and transcribe the names for Heather Wilkinson Rojo's Honor Roll Project. This honors their service and makes the names searchable for descendants.
Mounted on a boulder and visible from a winding state road, the memorial says:
Erected in honor of those from Oxford who served their country
in the World War, 1917-1919
Albert E. Arnold
Maurice C. Barry
Carl Benson
Frank W. Carlson
Ole S. Christensen
Albert G. Dahinden
Ralph E. Davis
Thomas F. Derry
Alfred S. Donahue
Henry D. Field
Albert H. Graf
Albert G. Hansen
William R. Houlihan
Reid P. Hubbell
Frederick Knapp
Maurice Levy
Samuel Levy
Arthur Lundin
Frank D. Marshall
*Thomas Marshall
Clarence McConnie
Walter J. Mitchell
Albert J. Mitchell
*Homer Olmsted
Edgar C. Palmer
Frederick W. Pfeiffer
Clarence F. Roberts
Herbert Roberts
Ben Salvesen
Chauncey B. Sanford
Clifford H. Smith
Herman Sonnenstuhl
August J. Tilquist
Frank Trevelin
John H. Townsend
James F. Townsend
Edward N. Williams
* = Lost their lives in World War I
So glad these men are memorialized for their valor.
ReplyDeleteNice to see them memoralized and to make their names searchable for their descendants :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your blog Marian.
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