Pomfret World War I Honor Roll - Pomfret, CT
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The Pomfret World War I Honor Roll is located at the intersection of West Rd. (SR Route 97) and Pomfret Street (US Route 44) in Pomfret, CT.
Waymark Code: WM146HX
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2021
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A large boulder at the southwest corner of Routes 97 and 44 contains two plaques honoring the citizens of Pomfret who served in United States wars. The smaller upper plaque is inscribed:
IN HONOR OF
THE MEN OF POMFRET
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN ITS STRUGGLES FOR
LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY
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ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF POMFRET
1921
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| 1775 REVOLUTIONARY WAR | 1783 |
| 1812 WAR OF 1812 | 1814 |
| 1848 WAR WITH MEXICO | 1848 |
| 1961 CIVIL WAR | 1865 |
| 1898 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR | 1898 |
| 1917 WORLD WAR | 1919 |
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The much larger lower plaque is the honor roll with the names of 102 Pomfret citizens who served in World War I. Three names are marker with a * indicating that they died in while in service. The plaque is inscribed:
A TRIBUTE TO
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF
1917 POMFRET CONNECTICUT 1919
WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR
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| EDWARD PRATT ALLEN |
ARTHUR M. GALLUP |
FREDERICK N OLMSTED |
| ARTHUR ANSANI |
ALBERT A. GARIEPY |
WILLIAM B. OLMSTED JR. |
| FRANK ARNOLD |
ROY S. GEISSLER |
JOHN O'NEIL |
| ALLEN AVERILL |
FREDERIC C. GOODRIDCE | WILLIAM PAINE
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| ARNOLD H. BAKER
| CHARLES GRIMES |
WALTER B. PARISH
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| ROLAND E. BAKER | OWEN A. HANLEY
| LAWRENCE PERKINS
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| WINIFRED BAKER | J
AMES HANLEY |
RUSSELL PERKINS
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| ALPHONSE BARRON | FREDERICK M. HILDRETH
| ANDREW E. PETERSON
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| BRACE BENNITT |
JAMES JACKSON |
CLARENCE E. PIKE |
| ERNEST BICKFORD |
ELWIN JACQUITH |
JAMES N. PLATT |
| MELVIN E. BICKFORD | HARRY F JOHNSON
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ALBERT SPENCER PRATT
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| ARTHUR E. BLACKMORE | LAWRENCE KEMFT
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CHARLES A. RHOADES
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| JOHN BRADLEY |
ARTHUR E. KIMBALL | HENRY RICH
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| JAMES J. BYRNES | DAY KIMBALL |
WILLIAM
H. ROBBINS |
| WALTER CHAMPAIGN | EARL KIMBALL |
JAMES B. RYAN |
| GEORGE E. CHENEY |
LAWRENCE KIMBALL | LAWRENCE J. RYAN
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| ARTHUR L.CLAPP |
CHESTER KITSON
| WALLACE SALISBURY
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| THERON E. CLAPP | GEORCE LACHAPELLE
| ELOF N. SELIN |
| DR. JOHN D. CLARK |
CARL LINDGREN
| JAMES SHEA
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| EARL L. COLBURN |
MAURICE LINGREN |
ELISHA A SHERMAN
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| *HENRY F. COLLINS |
EDMUND LOWNEY |
ALFRED C. SKENE |
| WALTER J. COONEY | ROBERT LOWRY |
CHARLES E SWAIN
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| ELLSWORTH L. COVELL | GEORCE F. MAHER
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LEONARD
SWAIN
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| *HERMON B. COVELL |
JAMES W. MAHER |
ROBERT B. SWAIN |
| ARTHUR J. DANIELSON | JOHN J. MAHER, JR
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JOHN F. TAYLOR
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| HENRY J. DANIELSON | THOMAS MALLEY
| ELIZABETH W. THOMPSON
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| *JAMES DAVIDSON
| ALFRED E. MANN
| FREDERICK WATSON
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| ARCHIE O. DAWSON |
STANLEY MARCINKIEWICZ | LEONARD WATSON
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| ALBERT E DAY |
RAYMOND E. MEDBURY | KENNETH WETHERBEE
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| PATRICK J. DONLON | DANIEL MELIA
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RAYMOND WETHERBEE
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| WALTER F. EATON |
ANDREW MURDOCK | ALFRED A. WEST
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| BERNARD F FARRELL | EUGENE MURDOCK
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STANTON D WICKS
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| EDWARD F. FARRELL | HAROLD J. NELSON
| JOHN G. WIGGINS
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| VINTON FREEDLEY | RICHARD C. NEWTON
| GEORGE M. WILCOX |
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1921
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Town of Pomfret, CT
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument:
West Rd. (SR Route 97) and Pomfret Street (US Route 44)
Pomfret, CT United States
06258
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