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Dedication of Veterans Monument
East Chelmsford Monument
EAST CHELMSFORD VETERANS MONUMENT
Carlisle Street, East Chelmsford MA
Rededication Memorial Day May 25, 1998
Initially Dedicated on November 11, 1943
The East Chelmsford Monument, which 0consists of a bronze plaque on a 97 inch tall granite stone, was designed as an Honor Roll for those who served in World War II and the Korean Campaign, as stated at the top of the granite.
TO THOSE WHO ANSWERED THE CHALLENGE
AGAINST OUR FREEDOM
TO LIVE IN PEACE
The metal plaque on the center of the granite monument states:
EAST CHELMSFORD
HONOR ROLL
WORLD WAR II – KOREAN CAMPAIGN
Directly below those words five individuals who lost their lives are honored:
IN SOLEMN TRIBUTE
WE PLACE TOGETHER THE NAMES OF THOSE
WHO HAVE PAID THE GREATEST PRICE OF ALL
THAT OF LIFE ITSELF
THOMAS F ARNOLD ALLEN LEMIRE NORMAN S SMITH
AMERICO C CAIRES HARRY R POPE
Originally dedicated in November of 1943, the granite plaque listed 139 men’s names in three columns under which a section was included for WOMEN WHO SERVED, which listed five names. In preparation for the rededication in May 1998, an additional male name was added to the plaque, Edward B. Williams, who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Names originally listed on the East Chelmsford Honor Roll include:
William A Anderson | Joseph Z Goes | Arthur Norrell |
Richard C Archibald | George W Hand | Thomas J Muldoon |
Robert W Harris JR | Timothy J Harrington | Bayliss Newhall |
Florence Blanco | Albert R Hedlund | James P Nickles |
James W Birtwell | Clarence W Hefler | Arthur Nobrega |
John J Birtwell | John Hubbard | Peter Nobrega |
Joseph E Borden JR | James J Hill | Charles J O’Neil JR |
Phillip Bradbury | William O Hill | George H O’Neil |
James Brooks JR | Bernard R Hunt | Joseph F O’Neil |
Albert E Brown | Gerald F Hunt | William F O’Neil |
Bernard R Brown | Gerald A Ivers | Ralph J Pedersen |
Charles F Buckley | Joseph V Jason | Birger Petterson JR |
Herman T Buckley | Albert M Jones | George R Pope |
John G Buckley | Franklin L Jones | Edward G Quinn |
John Bujnowski | Robert K Jones | John P Quinn |
Mitchel B Bujnowski | Benjamin Kaoinkas | Arthur F Riopelle |
Stanley K Bujnowski | Frederick A Kinney | Leo J Riopelle |
Hobart M Burroughs | Bernard Krol | Raymond J Riobelle |
Robert B Burroughs | Stanley Krol | Donald F Robertson |
Manuel Caires | Walter J Krol | Richard G Robertson |
Francis Carrick | Wilfred Lambert | David E Rooney |
Edward A Chambers | Edward B Lantagne | Roy G Rose |
Robert H Chambers | Harold J Lantagne | Raymond Ross |
Grayson Coles | Joseph G Lantagne | Joseph Santos JR |
Thomas F Collinge | Raymond Lantagne | Raymond D Saunders |
Edward F Comer | Vincent B Lantagne | Wallace H Soobie |
Joseph Comier | Donald D Larooque | William H Shedd |
Henry C Comier | Russell N Lavallee | Harold O Shinkwin |
Robert F Comier | Manuel H Lawrence | John E Shinkwin |
John E Desmond | Richard P Leaver | Frank J Silva |
William Desmond | Armand Lebourdais | Jeff C Silva |
Bernard E Drauch | Donald E Lemay | Seraphine M Silva |
John Dulgarian | Ward Letteney | John A Smith |
Gilbert V Dunstan | George M MacNichols | Albert J Sousa |
Edward J Farrell | Roland E Marr | Alfred A Sousa |
John C Ferreira | Richard E McClure | Anthony L Sousa |
Manuel C Ferreira | William J McClure JR | John B Sousa |
Leo F Finnegan | Edward F McNulty | Manuel F Sousa |
Paul N Finnegan | George McNulty | Edward A Thurber |
Clifford B Firth | John J McNulty | Ernest R Thurber |
Harold F Firth | John J Meagher JR | Francis N Towle |
Robert A Firth | Richard F Meagher | Edward L Valentine |
Thomas E Firth JR | Chester J Millman | Napoleon J Valentine |
Edward J Gagnon | Frederick C Millman | Roger K Wilkins |
Francis D Gaudette | James Molloy | Ellsworth A Winnette |
James L Gaudette | Kenneth R Millman | Warren Wylie |
The five names of Woman Who Served include:
Pauline Abrahamson Mabelle Morrell Josephine Plein Mabelle B Birtwell Mildred E Pope
Shown below is the program for the rededication of the monument:
Please Note: The image of the monument was taken by Fred Merriam in September 2004. It is with Mr. Merriam's permission that it is included in this document.