Military Service
The men and women of Cuyahoga Heights answered the call to arms. During World War I, many of the men volunteered and responded to the draft to serve. Many who were immigrants were given citizenship upon entering the service. In 1947, the first veterans organization, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6566 was organized and given quarters at the village-owned facility at 4646 E. 71st St., which was the old Willow House, which is now gone and but a memory.
The marble memorial at the Village Hall was dedicated in 1948 in tribute to all village men and women who served in the military. It is the scene of the annual Memorial Day services.
Those who served were:
Elmer Accorsini - WWII
Cleri M. Adorni - WWII
Geremia Iacopo Algimiro Adorni - WWI
Umero Adorni - WWII
Albert J. Aguzzi - WWII
Raymond Amari - WWII
Joseph F. Anderson
Joseph F. Andrews - WWII
Iacopo Angiocchi - WWI
Lydio Angiocchi - Korea
Robert Angiocchi - Peacetime
Lucian Anielski - WWII
Raymo Antognozzi - WWI
Wayne Arndt - Vietnam
George Attewell - WWII
Louis Bacci - WWII
Vincenzo Gemignano Bacci - WWI
Brian Baciak - Peacetime
Albert Baracz - WWII
Henry Baracz - WWII
Raymond Baracz - WWII
Steve J. Baracz - WWII
Aloysius. Bartczak - WWII
Florence Bartczak - WWII
Leonard Bartczak - WWII - Died in the line of duty
Simon Bartczak - WWII
John Bartkiewicz - WWII
Joseph Bartkiewicz - WWII
Anna Mae Bass - WWII
William Baur Sr. - WWII
William Richard Baur Jr. - Korea
Peter Beak - WWI
Leo N. Billi - WWII
Lee Billi - Vietnam
Ottavio Billi - WWI
James Bloam - WWII
Ralph H. Bloom Jr. - WWII
Bruce Blue - Vietnam
John F. Bohdan - WWII
Nick Bohdan - WWII
Joseph E. Boing - WWI
Jeff Borowy - Desert Shield, Iraqi Freedom
John Borowy - WWII
Harry G. Bricker - WWII
James William Bricker - Vietnam
Frank Brom - WWI
Stewart Brown
Frances Byrne - WWII
Richard Carse - WWII
Carl Casavecchia Sr. - Korea
Dominic Casavecchia - WWI
Ferdinand Casavecchia - WWII
Tony Casavecchia - WWII
Andy Cash - Iraq
Howard Cash - WWII
Neil Cash - Vietnam
Edward Cejka - WWII
Norman Cerha - Peacetime
Norbert Chase - WWII
Robert Chase - WWII
Stanley B. Chase - WWI
Thomas Chase - Vietnam
William Christy - WWII
Richard Cockrell - Vietnam
Andrew Coffee - WWII
Joseph Peter Coffee - WWII
Howard Combs Jr.
Charles Connors - WWI
Joseph Conte - Korea
Elia Contipelli - WWI
Ralph Contipelli - Peacetime
Edward Crombine - WWII
Eugene Crombine - WWII
Frank J. Crooks - WWII
James Crooks - Vietnam
Joseph L. Crooks - WWII
Joseph Allen Cye - WWII
Stefan Czekalski - WWII
Egidio Danti - WWII
Alonzo Darling - WWI
Hubert Darling - WWI
Lester G. Davis - WWII
Ralph L. Davis - WWII
Ryan Dawes
Ralph DeSantis - WWII
Joseph Dolezal - WWII
David Domzalski - Vietnam
Edmund Stephen Domzalski - WWII
Edward I. Domzalski - WWII
Frank Joseph Domzalski Sr. - WWII
James Domzalski - Vietnam
Ronald Dorris - Vietnam
Donald Benjamin Doskey - WWII
Victor H, Duber - Korea
Casimir Dunajski - WWII
Harold F. Dunham
Martin Dzuro - WWII
Joseph Evans - WWII
Walter Evans - WWII
Albert Ezzo - WWII
Ralph Faragone - Vietnam
Howard L. Farrar - WWII
Kenneth L. Farrar - WWII
Rudolph Fess - WWII
Guido J. Fontana - WWII
Edward Gaida - WWI
Albert Gallitz - Peacetime
Frank Gallitz - WWI
George A. Gallitz - WWII
Jacob Gallitz - WWI
William R. Gerdon - WWII
Edward Golembiewski - WWII
Henry Golembiewski - WWII
Charles Gorney - WWI
Chester Grzelecki - WWII
Bruno Guidotti - WWII
Vincent Guidotti - WWII
Edmund D. Guilfoyle - WWII
Edward C. Guilfoyle - Vietnam
Chester Stanley Gutkowski - WWII
John Francis Hanousek - WWI
John Leroy Hanousek - WWII
Robert Harris - WWII
Robert F. Heinz - WWII - died in the line of duty
Ronald Louis Heinz - Korea
Russell Curt Heinz - WWII
Eugene J. Henry - Korea
Robert Austin Hine - WWII
Henry P. Humphrey - WWII
Renato Iacopucci - WWII
Robert John Jackson - Vietnam
Dean Thomas James - Korea
Donald Arthur James - Korea
Noreen James
Richard Walter James - Peacetime
Bernard Kaczmarek - WWII
Raymond Kalfas - WWII
Donald Kaminski - Korea
Theodore Kaminski - WWI
Ronald Kimmel - Vietnam
Ernest Klaas - WWI
Ignatius Klanchnik - WWII
Joseph Klir - Vietnam
Richard Michael Kloss - WWII
Ernest Knaack - WWI
Robert Bruce Knowlton -
Theodore Koren - WWII
Henry Kosicki - WWII
Tim Krenisky - Vietnam
Hunter Krenisky - Afghanistan
Donald Krusinski
Harry Robert Kruzel - WWII
Kenneth J. Kruzel - WWII - died in the line of duty
Robert Kruzel - WWII
Joseph Langa - WWI
Robert Larkin - WWII
John Laseke - Vietnam
Joe Laskowsky - WWI
Anthony Gerald Leciejewski - WWII
Joseph Lipiec - WWII
Albert Lucarelli - WWII
John Lynch - WWII
Florian Mack - Vietnam
Lawrence Walerian Mack - Korea
Joseph Mantell - WWII
James Masek - WWII
Gerald L. McCandless - WWII
Jeffrey McCandless - Vietnam
Edmund Milczewski - WWII - died in the line of duty
Joe Miller - WWI
John Miller - WWI
Ralph Mayer Miner
Guy Mitchell - Vietnam
Thomas Hunt Morrill - Vietnam
Daniel Movens - WWII
William Mycoski - WWII
Joseph Nagy - WWII
Elmer J. Newness - WWII
Emilio Nobili - WWI
Henry Nobili - WWII
Michael C. Nowak - WWII
Michael R. Nowak - Vietnam
Ralph Nowak - WWII
Stanley Owens - WWII
Casimiro Pallini - WWI
Christopher Pavlik - Vietnam
Michael Pavlik - WWII
Alio Pellini - WWII
Harry Pellini - WWII
Larry N. Pellini - Peacetime
Arthur Perry - WWI
F.E. Peterson - WWI
Frank Anthony Piasecki
Joseph Piasecki - WWII
Charles Podolski - WWII
Edward Pritchard - Peacetime
Frank Przyborski - WWI
John Pytl - WWI
Edward (Joe) Robert Ranch - WWII
Peter Reali - WWI
Reno Reali - WWII
John Reiger - Peacetime
Peter J. Rhome - Vietnam
Robert T. Ryan
Thomas Sample - Vietnam
Steve Sandusky - WWII
Reno A. Santini - WWII
Julius Schmidt - WWI
Harry J. Schuman Sr. - WWI
Harry Melvin Schuman Jr. - WWII
Ray D. Schuman - WWII
Frank P. Schuschu - WWI
Robert D. Schuschu Sr. - WWII
Robert Schuschu Jr. - Vietnam
Victor Seskes - WWII
Roy Kingsbury Shatto - WWI
Otto William Shimerka - WWII
William Simer - WWII
Frank Slipota - WWII
Stanley Smith - WWII
Henry S. Smodich - WWII
Stanley Smolira - WWII
Anthony Smosarski - Korea
Raymond Smosarski Jr. - Cold War
Stanley Smosarski - WWII
Toji Sonoda - WWII
Mike Sroczynski - WWI
William Edward Stahlnecker - WWII
Clarence J. Stalzkowski - WWII
Joseph Stankiewicz - WWII
Edward F. Stawicki - WWII
Allen Paul Steiger - WWII
Arthur Steiger - WWI
Lewis C. Steiger - WWII
Chester Suchocki - WWII
Dennis Suhy - Vietnam
George A. Suhy - WWII
George M. Suhy - Vietnam
Charles D. Sweeney - WWI
Emigio Talani - WWI
Frank C. Talani - Vietnam
Frank P. Talani - Korea
Arthur Tallon - WWII
Jerome Traffis - WWII
John Harold Traverse - WWI
Luigi Trevisani - WWI
Victor P. Trevisani - WWII
Frank Trusso Sr. - Korea
Frank Trusso Jr. - Iraq
Vincent Trusso
Terrance M. Tyna - Vietnam
Brad Unger - Desert Strike
Robert Uridel - WWII
Ludi Vaccher - WWII
Marco Jerry Vaccher - WWII
Attilio Vincenti -
William Vokac - Vietnam
Eric R. Waldemarson - Vietnam
Richard Wallace - Vietnam
Raymond Wasky - Vietnam
Max Wawrzyniak - WWI
Theodore Wawrzyniak - WWI
Harvey Weidner - WWI
Royal E. Weidner - WWI
Tony S. Wencke - WWII
Melvin Westhoven - WWII
Robert Wey - Vietnam
Terry Lee White - Vietnam
Charles F. Williams - WWII
Tony Wiskoff - WWI
William Wiskoff - WWII
Carl Wlotzko - WWI
Joseph Woltman - WWII
Fred Fritz Woodrick - WWII
Louis V. Woodrick - Korea
Joseph Zgrabik - WWI
Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the
United States
By the Authority of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States:
Be it Known, that Comrades (see below)
Having served honorably in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States of America in foreign wars
of the United States of America, are hereby authorized to organize and are constituted a Post in the
City of Cuyahoga Heights in the State of Ohio to be known as
Cuyahoga Heights Post NO. 6566 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
In Witness Whereof, we have hereto set our hands and official seal of
the association this 26th day of April 1946
R M Haudy Jr. - Adjutant General Joseph M. Stack - Commander in Chief
Cleri M. Adorni
Albert J. Aguzzi
Raymo Antognozzi
Steve J. Baracz
Charles P. Berka
Leo N. Billi
James G. Bloam
John F. Bohdan
Joseph F. Boing
Harry G. Bricker
Ferdinand L. Casavecchia
Eugene R. Crombine
Frank J. Crooks
Joseph L. Crooks
Lester G. Davis
Ralph L. Davis
Edward I. Domzalski
Harold F. Dunham
Howard L. Farrar
Kenneth L. Farrar
Guido J. Fontana
George A. Gallitz
Bruno Guidotti
Chester L. Gutkowski
John L. Hanousek
Harold H. Heckman
Ernest Knaack
Gerald L. McCandless
Elmer J. Newness
Steve N. Lesiak
Henry Nobili
Reno A. Santini
Ray D. Schuman
Harry J. Schuman Sr.
Harry M. Schuman Jr.
Frank P. Schuschu
Robert D. Schuschu
Roy K. Shatto
Charles D. Sweeney
Victor P. Trevisani
Tony L. Wencke
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THE FIRST HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL
THE SECOND HONOR ROLL MEMORIAL
