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Brick's Fallen Heroes To Be Honored Saturday In Special Program
In addition to Monday's Memorial Day parade, this program by a Brick Township veteran honors 16 residents who gave their lives for the US.
BRICK, NJ — A Brick Township man will give a special presentation on Saturday, May 26, honoring and recounting the 16 military members who have given their lives in service to the United States.
The research by William J. Duffy, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8867, has turned up 16 names of soldiers who died who hailed from Brick, going back to the Civil War.
The program, called "Brick's Fallen Heroes," is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday at the VFW, 373 Adamston Road in Brick.
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Some of their names are memorialized at the township's War Memorial at the municipal complex on Chambersbridge Road, but through his research Duffy has found more, he said.
Here are the soldiers from Brick Township who will be honored during Duffy's presentation:
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Civil War
U.S. Army Pvt. John Curtis
U.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Elmer
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Henry C. Havens
U.S. Army Pvt. Peter Layton
World War I
U.S. Army Pvt. Charles Miller
World War II
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert H. Folsom
Vietnam
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Crouter
U.S. Army Spc. 4th Class Raymond Dege
U.S. Army Warrant Officer Don R. Harger
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Carl Lamberson Jr.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Lospinuso
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Marshall
U.S. Marine Pfc. James Nash
U.S. Marine Maj. Cornelius Ram
U.S. Army Pfc. Thomas Yohn
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Christopher Duffy (Duffy said he is not related to Christopher Duffy but has become friends with Duffy's father, Brenden.)
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