Behind the Banners
Port Richmond Strong Civic and the Historic Port Richmond Preservation Association invite you to meet the veterans we featured on Port Richmond Ave.
John T. Brown
U.S. Army
1968
KIA - Vietnam
Sponsored by James Smith & Nancy Smith Graebe Family
Edward Fanuzzi
U.S. Army Signal Corps
1953-1956
Korean War
Sponsored by Congregation of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church on Staten Island.
George Kokell
U.S. Air Force
1962-1966
Vietnam
Protestant Dutch Church Congregant Family Since 1665
Joseph A. Librizzi
U.S. Army
1966-1969
Vietnam
Sponsored by Loving wife, children and grandchildren
Richard C. Perrigo
1937 - 1944
WW II | KIA
Battles of the Pacific
Sponsored by The Perrigo Family
Salvatore J. Ricca
U.S. Army
1951-1953
Sponsored by Raymond, Linda and Jimmy, James and Melissa Ricca
Father Vincent R. Capodanno
U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps
1966-1967
KIA Vietnam
Sponsored by OSDIA - Father Capodanno Lodge #212
Frank D’Agostino
U.S. Marine Corps
1941-1945
Battles of the Pacific: Saipan, Tinian, Marianna Islands and Iwo Jima
Sponsored by Mary Ann D'Agostino & Paul Stallone
Vincent J. Kechner
U.S. Army Air Corps
World War II | KIA
Pearl Harbor
Sponsored by Joanne Nolemi
Ralph Michael Maviglia
U.S. Army 925 Engineers Aviation Regiment
1942-1945
WWII
Sponsored by Joanne Maviglia
Jerome X. "Jay" O'Donovan
U.S. Marine Corps
1968 to 1973
Vietnam
Sponsored by South Beach Civic & Friends of Mount Manresa
Michael R Petrizzo
U.S. Army
1943-1945
D-Day | WWII
Sponsored by The Petrizzo and Tierney Families
Anthony M. Tuff
U.S. Navy
2000-2015
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sponsored by Tuff/Holmes/Bushman Family
Leon J. Wallace
Air Force/NYS Army National Guard
1957 -1961 |1976-2001
Sponsored by Hanane Dbajat
Richard Gust Blomquist
U.S. Marine Corps
2008 - 2019
Afghanistan War
Sponsored by Elizabeth & Arturo Roldan Jr.
George W. Brown Jr.
U.S. Navy
World War II and Korea
Sponsored by Brownie’s Pro & Sport Hobbies
Richard R. Carreras
U.S. Army
1983 to 2006
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sponsored by Brenda Carerras
James L. Mulligan
U.S. Army Air Corps
1942-1946
WWII
Sponsored by The Family of James Mulligan
Joseph M. Skinner, Sr.
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
1967-1969
Sponsored by Assembly Member Michael Reilly
John Tighe
U.S. Army
1943-1945
WWII
Battles of the Pacific
Sponsored by The Tighe Children and Grandchildren