Honor Hazlet Heroes
Veterans Park is spectacularly decorated with patriotic banners honoring our township men and women who are actively serving in the military, who have served honorably and who have given their lives in service.
The colorful "Honor Hazlet Heroes" display will be installed in time for our annual Memorial Day ceremony. Each banner lists the names of the individual and years they served in the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines (WWII) or Women Air Force Service Pilots (WWII). They are all members of the Hazlet family, past and present, and we are proud to salute them. The banners will remain in place through Veterans Day.
On November 11, 2021, Hazlet Township was awarded the Governor's "We Value Our Veterans" award for efforts to honor veterans.
The park is open every day, and the banners may be visited on foot or by car. Veterans Park is located at 1776 Union Avenue. It is accessible from Union Avenue and also Middle Road, via Green Acres Drive.
We thank Provident Bank, Hazlet PBA 189 and the Hazlet VFW 4303 for supporting the Honor Hazlet Heroes display, and we are grateful to Hazlet Dept. of Public Works for the installation and care of the banners. Honor Hazlet Heroes was launched in 2021 by former Navy Seal Skip McKay, Hazlet Township Committeeman. For questions about the program, please contact the Office of Public Information.
Location: At the Monument Circle (on the Side of James J. Cullen Center)
Hazlet’s “All In, For All Time” list. Hazlet citizens who perished in the service of our country.
Donald Christie - Staff Sergeant, US Army. Died 6/13/1969. Vietnam War. Purple Heart recipient.
Glen Bates - Lance Corporal, US Marines. Died 11/2/1967. Vietnam War. Purple Heart recipient.
Edward Fanning - PFC, US Army. Died 6/15/1969. Vietnam War. Purple Heart recipient.
Thomas Bailey Aumack - 87th New York Infantry, Died 10/13/1862. US Civil War
Gilman McKay - Lance Corporal, US Marines. Died 11/2/1966. Vietnam War. Purple Heart recipient
Tom Kiley - US Navy. Died 6/3/1972. Vietnam War.
Dennis Cama - Specialist Four, US Army. Died 4/19/1969. Vietnam War. Purple Heart recipient.
Michael F. McGreevy - Capt., US Marines. Died 3/16/1989.
Location: Town Hall/Cullen Center Parking Lots
Michael Bossert - US Air Force. Joined 2022
Devin Roman - US Air Force. Joined 2019
Joseph Wittmer - US Army. Joined 2009
Luke Pesci - US Marines. Joined 2016
Michael C. Chiappone - PFC, US Army. Joined 2021.
Michael A. Natoli Jr. - Specialist, US Army. Joined 2019.
Corey J. Saxe - Staff Sgt, US Army. Joined 2007.
Michael Manfredi - Senior Master Sgt, Air Force
Rashaun M. Jett - US Marines, Iraq 2009-2011 / 1996-2001
Michael J. Malley - Petty Officer, US Navy. Joined 2019.
Sam Giove, US Navy. Joined 2022
Gabriel Roman, US Air Force. Joined 2022
Shane Collyer - US Navy
James Susino - US Navy (2014 to present)
Kevin W. Schneider - US Navy. Joined 2006.
Edward Pullis -US Navy. Joined 2017.
Kevin Whalen - US Marines
Michael Christopher - US Air Force
Robert Mulligan - US Air Force. 1966-1970 Vietnam
Logan Mirkov - US Army
Location: Swim Club Entrance & Fence Area
Nicholas Polischuk - US Navy, WWII Korean War
James McKay Jr. - US Navy, WWII
Vincent Raine - US Navy, Korean War
Peter Volpe - US Army, WWII (Japan)
Hank Kiley - US Army 1942-1945
Frank Kiley - US Army 1963-1966
Francis T. Brock Jr. - US Marines, 2012-2016
Valentinas Raugas - US Marines. 1959-1975
Andrew Soto, US Army, 2004-2014
Alan David Reed, US Navy, 1972-1976
Ronald Belotti - US Army, 1965-1967
Harold John Werner - US Army, 1975-1977
Rudy Tumminelli, US Coast Guard, WW!!
Frank Daniels, US Army, WWII
Donald L. Bennett, Sr, - US Army, Vietnam War
John Ahlers, US Army 1984-2014
Ole Kvalheim, US Navy, 1968-1972 Vietnam War
John Mioduszewski, US Army 1960-1963
Charles F Chuva, WWII and Korean War
Jose G. Marchena, US Marine Corps, 1983-1990
Fred W. Turner, 1942 - 1945
Robert Bergstrom, US Army 1965-1967
Philip A. Traina, US Army, WWII
Matthew Roman, US Army 2018-2021
Dennis W Gilgannon, US Army 1968-1970 Vietnam War
Martin J. Marino, US Army Combat Medic European Tour, WWII
Thomas A. Gargan - US Army, Vietnam War
Vincent Murphy - US Air Force. Served 1967-1971.
Location: Swim Club Parking Lot
Theodore J. Dec - US Army, 1966-1968, Vietnam First Calvary Division
William Bechtoldt - US Navy, Vietnam War.
Richard Wagner - US Army, Korean War
William T. Eschner - US Army, Korean War
Richard F. Barney - US Air Force, 1955-1959
William Dennehy - US Army, 1965-1967
Paul A. Dello Stritto - US Army, 1966-1968
Paul N. May - US Coast Guard, Korean War
Joseph Jerome Keegan - US Navy, 1942-1946
Frank W. Ogonowski Jr. - US Navy, 1970-1974
Margaret D. O’Connor - US Navy, 1945-1946, WWII
Victor Cedeno - US Army, 1966-1968, Vietnam
Nicholas Faro - US Marines, 2012-2016
Vincent J. Hermanns - US Marines, Vietnam War
Kevin M. Lavan - US Army 1962-1964
Vincent Solomeno - US Army & National Guard, 2006 to present
Gia Marie Mazza - US Army National Guard. Joined 2012
Frank Mazza - US Marines, 1999-2003
Sherel (Ryan) Beslanovitz - US Marines, 1997-2017
James Beslanovitz - US Marines, 1992-1998
William Roy Torres - US Marines, 1976-1980
Thomas Stansfield Jr. - US Army 1947-1951
Dominick L. Amodeo - US Air Force
Dominick Carinha - US Army, 1954-1956
George Christopher, US Navy, 1943-1946, WWII
Donald Hutson - US Navy, Vietnam War
Location: Green Acres Drive
(from Tennis Courts to Middle Road)
Thomas Carhart – Pvt, US Army. Wounded in Battle of Monmouth, also in the capture of HMS Brig Brittania. Purple Heart recipient.
William Henry Aumack - 1st Regiment Monmouth County Militia, Revolutionary War
Sabino “Sam” Beatrice - US Army, 1951-1953, Korean War
Sean P. Lane, US Army, 1991-1994
Albert J. Sacco - US Army, Vietnam War
Alessandro Mautone, US Marines, 1975-1980
Angelo Donatiello, US Army, 1953-1955
Anthony E. Recco, US Army, 1968-1970
Garret Aumack-3rd NJ Detailed Militia, War of 1812
Leonard Aumack 3rd NJ Detailed Militia, War of 1812
Location: Green Acres Drive
(from Tennis Courts to Town Hall)
Bobby Bailey, US Air Force, 1966-1968
David C. Thibaut, US Army, 1985-1988
Steven Spinelli - US Marine Corps 1980-1984
Steven Spinelli Jr. - US Marine Corps, 2014-2021
David Opatosky, US Air Force, Vietnam
John T. Devane - US Navy, 1953-1957
Anthony Citro - US Army, Korean War
William T Gilgannon, US Navy 1942-1945 / USNR 1952-1954
Jonathan Leszewski - US Air Force, 2007-2011
William Dolly, US Marines. 1970-1972
Justin T. Dalhamer - US Marines, 2005-2009
Jonathan Schultes - US Marines, 2004-2010
Matthew J. Facendo - US Army. 1955-1956, Reserves
Joseph J. Bialkowski - US Army, 1944-1945 WWII
Shawn Louis Werthwein - US Army, 2010-2017, Afghanistan
James Krause Jr. - US Marines, 2000-2004, Purple Heart recipient.
Liam P. Powers - US Marines. 1988-1990
Collin M. Powers - US Army. Joined 2018.
Thomas M. Hackett - US Marines, Vietnam War, Purple Heart recipient.
John H. Conti - US Army 1958-1961
Robert Robinson - US Navy, 1968-1973
Robert W. Gaughran Sr. - US Army, Vietnam War
Joseph J. Szutyanyi - US Air Force, 1982-1986
Joseph J. Szutyanyi Jr. - US Air Force, 2021 - present
Howard Benedict - Air Force, Vietnam War
Robert Boudakian - US Army, 1958-1961
Russell P. Surdi Jr. - US Marines, 2009-2015, Purple Heart recipient.
Louis Joseph Dispenza - US Marines, 1948-1954, Korean War
James McKay III - US Navy, Navy SEAL
Terra Flynn - US Navy, Navy SEAL
For More Information
For questions about the Honor Hazlet Heroes program, please contact project organizer Township Committeeman James "Skip" McKay, former Navy Seal, by using this form.