A Tribute To Our POW/MIA's





TWO THOUSAND FORTY-SEVEN MEN AND WOMEN STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR -
ABANDONED SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Fight for our nation in a foreign land and be left behind -
Is THIS the message we want our youth to learn?

How very sad. . .and the "powers that be" should be ashamed.
These are REAL people. . .people with families STILL waiting. . .
and we need to do everything within our power to BRING THEM HOME.



These are the names of the POW/MIA's I've adopted from my homestate of NY
and they are but a few of those that STILL REMAIN ABANDONED. . .

HEINZ AHLMEYER,JR. 2/6/44 Pearl River, NY USMC PAUL A. AVOLESE 6/12/32 East Meadow,NY USAF KENNETH F. BACKUS 8/15/38 Pyrites, NY USAF MICHAEL D. BALAMONTI 6/30/33 Glen Falls,NY USAF JOHN E. BARTOCCI 2/19/34 New York, NY USN DAVID F. BITTENBENDER 7/27/40 Niagara Falls, NY USAF HERNDON A. BIVENS 1/1/51 Jamaica, NY ARMY JOSEPH C. BORS 4/20/35 Binghampton, NY USAF PETER R. BOSSMAN 12/3/44 West Seneca, NY USN DONALD C. BREUER 10/26/46 New York, NY USMC JACK W.BRUNSON 3/14/49 Sinclairville, NY ARMY CHARLES W. BURKART 5/17/31 Selkirk, NY USAF WALTER F.BURKE 8/19/40 Flushing, NY USAF ANTHONY FRANK CAVALLI 2/24/42 New York, NY USAF JOSEPH ANGELO CESTARE 11/4/42 New York, NY USMC GARY A.CHAVEZ 9/23/43 New York, NY USAF WILLIAM CHOMYK 4/3/43 Hicksville, NY USAF JOSEPH CHRISTIANO 4/11/22 Rochester, NY USAF RICHARD M. COLE, JR. 7/20/40 Uniondale, NY USAF ARNOLD COLLINS 1/26/49 New York, NY USMC WILLIAM K. COLWELL 6/1/21 Glen Cove, NY USAF DONALD G. COOK 8/9/34 New York, NY USMC HENRY A. COONS 11/25/33 Germantown, NY USN BARTON S. CREED 4/3/45 Peekskill, NY USN BRUCE A.CROSBY,JR. 12/26/51 Springville, NY ARMY GERALD J. CROSSON 3/12/44 New York,NY USAF JOHN E. CROWLEY 9/25/49 Williamson, NY ARMY WILLIAM J. CRUMM 3/20/19 Scarsdale, NY USAF RAYMOND V. DE BLASIO 8/15/46 West Hempstead, NY USN JAMES R. DENNISON 2/28/34 Rochester, NY USN REXFORD J.De WISPELAERE 9/09/45 Penfield, NY USAF MORRIS F.DIBBLE 8/18/44 Corning, NY ARMY HERBERT H.DILGER 1/21/43 Valley Stream, NY USN JOHN F. DINGWALL 2/28/21 Troy, NY USMC ROBERT J. DI TOMMASO 8/7/41 Buffalo, NY USAF




ROBERT R. DYCZKOWSKI 6/23/32 Buffalo, NY USAF RAYMOND L.ECHEVARRIA 9/16/33 New York, NY ARMY JOSEPH P. FANNING 6/25/44 Long Island City, NY USAF RONALD J. FEGAN 2/11/41 Brockport, NY USN SANFORD I. FINGER 8/19/42 New York, NY ARMY BRENDAN P. FOLEY 3/27/32 New York,NY USAF ROBERT E. FOSTER 3/28/28 Lockport, NY USAF IAN J. FRANKS 9/28/46 New York, NY ARMY PETER J. FREDERICK 8/30/24 Long Island City, NY USAF ALBERT H. GATES, JR. 9/1/43 East Greenbush, NY USMC VINCENT F. GIAMMERINO 4/13/47 New York, NY ARMY GEORGE G. GIERAK,JR. 7/25/40 Springfield, NY USN DOUGLAS J. GLOVER 5/2/43 Cortland, NY ARMY FRANK A. GOULD 5/22/33 New York, NY USAF JOSE A.GRANIELA, JR. 6/22/44 Brentwood, NY ARMY HANS H. GRAUERT 8/31/42 Rochester, NY USN HAROLD EDWIN GRAY,JR. 10/6/30 New York, NY USN FRANCIS G. GRAZIOSI 1/10/51 Rochester, NY ARMY EARL WILFRE GRENZEBACH,JR. 2/20/32 Worchester, NY USAF PETER A. GRUBB 9/27/42 Southampton, NY USAF STEPHEN H. HAIGHT 5/22/49 Cazenovia, NY ARMY DAVID P. HALPIN 6/5/48 Watertown, NY USN GREGORY J. HARRIS 10/1/45 Syracuse, NY USMC ROY ELBERT HAVILAND 4/19/48 New York, NY USN RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNE 11/12/33 Troy, NY USMC RICHARD W. HEROLD 12/3/44 Plattsburgh, NY USAF VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMAN 3/20/33 New York, NY USAF JOHN A. HOUSE,II 4/16/39 Pelham, NY USMC RICHARD HERMAN JOHNSON 10/18/48 Wolcott, NY USMC THOMAS P. JONES 1/2/43 Buffalo, NY USN BRUCE E. KANE 7/7/49 Deer Park, NY USMC FREDDIE KEMP 11/15/44 New York, NY ARMY RICHARD A. KIBBEY 6/2/34 Delmar, NY USAF FREDRIC W. KNAPP 7/29/43 Huntington, NY USN JONATHAN P. KMETYK 8/17/47 Niagara Falls, NY
USMC




DONALD P. KNUTSEN 9/25/49 Buffalo, NY ARMY THEODORE E. KRYSZAK 9/23/32 Buffalo, NY USAF ISMAEL LAUREANO-LOPEZ 8/16/45 New York, NY ARMY LEONARD C. LEESER 1/24/35 Floral Park, NY USAF DAVID E. LEMCKE 7/28/47 Hilton, NY ARMY LEONARDO C. LEONOR 9/22/40 Astoria, NY USAF ASHTON N. LONEY 6/18/54 Albany, NY USMC CHARLES MACKO 1/15/31 Endicott, NY USAF RICHARD M. MANCINI 2/17/37 Amsterdam, NY USN JAMES A. MARSHALL 9/12/40 Newark, NY USAF EDWIN J. MARTINEZ-MERCADO 12/7/46 New York, NY ARMY JOSEPH MATEJOV 02/02/52 East Meadow, NY USAF JERRY McCONNELL 1/4/47 Jamaica, NY ARMY JOSEPH W. McDONALD 12/17/46 Wappinger Falls, NY USMC JOHN L. McELROY 5/29/32 Schenectady,NY USAF ARTHUR E. McLEOD 8/17/46 Bay Shore, NY ARMY RICHARD A. MILLER 7/1/39 New York, NY USMC ALBERT C. MITCHELL 12/15/28 New York, NY USAF JAMES RODNEY MOORE 8/16/47 Ontario, NY USMC RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEY 3/27/39 Uniondale, NY USMC HARRY S. MOSSMAN 6/30/43 Manhasset, NY USN TERENCE M. MURPHY 7/3/39 New York, NY USN MICHAEL T. NEWELL 6/13/40 Ellenville, NY USN DANIEL R. NIDDS 8/23/48 West Islip, NY ARMY KEVIN O'BRIEN 8/30/46 Farmingville, NY ARMY ROBERT OCHAB 10/19/42 Hollis, NY USAF JOHN F. O'GRADY 8/31/29 New Hyde Park, NY USAF BETTY ANN OLSON 10/22/34 New York, NY CIV TIMOTHY S. OWEN 11/25/46 Rochester, NY ARMY EUGENE M.PABST 10/13/42 New York,K NY USAF ALEXANDER J. PALENSCAR, III 10/20/41 New York, NY USN DON B. PARSONS 11/15/40 Freeport, NY USN ELTON L. PERRINE 1/6/35 Pittsford, NY USAF WILLIAM PHELPS 12/27/47 Cortland, NY USAF PETER X. PIKE 6/15/43 New York, NY USAF





ALBERT PITT 11/30/34 Hempstead, NY USMC KENNETH L. PLUMADORE 1/28/49 Syracuse, NY USMC ROBERT E. RAUSCH 5/22/38 Hicksville, NY USAF PAUL D.RAYMOND 1/10/43 Deposit, NY USAF GOMER D. REESE,III 7/24/42 Scarsdale, NY USAF DAVID R. REYNOLDS 2/28/49 Buffalo, NY ARMY LEONARD ROBERTSON 1/12/45 Northport, NY USMC KENNETH M. RORABACK 2/9/32 Baldwin, NY ARMY RICHARD J. ROSSANO 7/23/50 New York, NY ARMY JAMES M. ROZO 10/18/48 Buffalo, NY ARMY PETER J. RUSSELL 10/2/46 New York, NY ARMY JOSE R. SANCHEZ 3/15/49 New York, NY USMC WALTER R. SCHMIDT,JR. 11/18/45 Nassau, NY USMC ROBERT H. SCHULER,JR. 12/14/35 Wellsburg, NY USAF JAMES LEE SHANKS 4/13/30 Oyster Point, NY USAF GEOFREY RAYMOND SHUMWAY 10/22/42 Skaneateles, NY USN ROBERT E. SIMMONS 11/25/51 De Ruyter, NY USAF THOMAS W. SITEK 8/3/35 Niagara Falls, NY USN CARL ARTHUR SMITH 4/5/46 Attica, NY USMC PHILIP B. TERRILL 9/24/47 Hartford, NY ARMY RONALD T. TERRY 4/30/37 Niagara Falls, NY ARMY DONALD E. THOMPSON 2/17/40 Wellsville, NY USN WILLIAM D. THORNTON 8/19/46 Terrytown, NY ARMY PAUL DOUGLAS TICE 4/28/46 Buffalo, NY USMC FRANCIS E. VISCONTI 10/16/34 Syracuse, NY USMC JAMES E. WIDENER 11/12/48 Churchville, NY USMC PETER J. WILSON 8/23/38 Pulaski, NY ARMY ROBERT C. WISTRAND 8/12/30 New York, NY USAF WILLIAM M. WOGAN 10/15/47 Glen Oaks, NY ARMY JACK WOLPE 1/15/42 Newburgh, NY USMC CHARLES L. YOUNG 6/6/46 New York, NY ARMY JERRY ALLEN ZIMMER 5/5/44 Maine, NY USMC ANDREW G. ZISSU 12/2/40 New York, NY USN

My utmost thanks and admiration go out to MG at

for supplying me with the names of the POW/MIA's from New York State
and whose site offers a wealth of information on our POW/MIA's
Please go there to see what YOU can do bring them home.

to "Doc" at

for the use of his graphics AND his moral support

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