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.