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Veterans Honored in Attleboro

Names are added to the monuments at Attleboro's Veterans Memorial Common.

Local veterans of World War II as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars were honored Sunday morning at Veterans Memorial Common in Attleboro. The names of 82 people who served in those wars were added to the monuments honoring local veterans.

Friends and family of the honorees as well as local leaders attended the event, which was emceed by Veterans Agent Carl Bradshaw. 

"Today, we're adding the names of additional service men and women from Attleboro who responded when our nation called and went off to foreign lands, in some cases seeing horrors that none of us can hardly imagine, to provide for us the liberty and freedom that we enjoy today," said City Council President Frank Cook. "We owe these people a great debt of gratitude.

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The names of the veterans were read out loud. They are:

 

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World War II Korean War Vietnam War

Ralph G. Allen

William W. Allen John N. Armstrong William W. Allen George F. Almeida Kenneth E. Benoit Kenneth R. Allgrove James S. Almeida Charles E. Bristow Jr. Albert Angelo Raymond N. Bradshaw Robert E. Bruckner Ronald A. Angelo Richard E. Bradshaw Roy M. Cabral John Armstrong Hugh D. Buchanan Joseph F. Caron Jr. Lorraine H. Bennett Henry B. Burgess Ronald O. Chamberlain George E. Day Joseph O. Castro Donald R. Cloutier Joseph G. Fernandes Francis D. Danue Steven H. Cutler
Joseph M. Griffin Donald Governo James A. Ferreira
Gertrude Harrington Irene M. Governo William J. Gledhill
Elliot Hayden Harold T. Harrop David M. Gowen
Robert A. Heap Gerard L. Jeannotte Francis R. Gylnn
Gerard L. Lacombe Everett W. Johnson Fernand J. Herbert
Omer R. Lacombe Normand Kellm Lawrence R. Johnson
Edward Lee James J. Kerr Robert T. McCarthy
Edward J. Marcoux Louis McCluskey Jr. Scott R. Perry Russell G. Moore Edward D. Rose Gary A. Pouliot
John O'Donnell Jr. Alan R. Semple  Frederick V. Saunders Norman Perreault Richard J. Stanton John J. Shockro Oscar L. Pouliot Robert E. St. Pierre Raymond A. Simas Ronald G. Provost Donald J. Stewart Paul C. St. Germain
Edward H. Roth Harold L. Sumner Edward G. Thibault Paul J. Silva Dennis A. Turcotte Wallace A. Simmons Ronnie H. Tyler Kai Ong Sluhu Albert J. Viau Kenneth E. Strigham Louis P. Vine John J. Sullivan Robert T. Walsh Ovila Viau Steven J. Walsh Robert E. Whitis

 



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