EPVME EP Military Service Honor Roll

Route I-195 in East Providence, RI  is the East Providence Veterans' Memorial Expressway (EPVME). 

Dedicated to our veterans and military service members, some of their names are on the EP Military Service Honor Roll. 

 The latest EP Military Service Honor Roll (ver 10 copyrighted)  March 2025  is posted below as a pdf file.   

Please submit new submissions, corrections, and updates.

 in memory of (now dead) / in honor of (alive), last name, rank, first name, middle name or initial, service area, country/war, branch Includes active military service and National Guard members

 
Longer biographical information (battles served in, Ship names, info about what you did, awards/medals, etc.) and a military photo also can be submitted via  epvme @ hotmail. com anytime during the year.

Also collecting stories of personal memories of what EP was like, in the 1950s, before the EPVME and East Shore Expressway (ESE) were constructed. Where are the houses now that were moved to build the expressways? 

                                                                                                                                                           Use the right hand black outer side of the Honor Roll block to scroll down to the next page

It is tricky to see as the oval is inside the black slider tab. If not viewable, visit the public library and view it on a computer.

 2125 students of E P High School served in World War II

The 76 students killed in action, along with many, but not all, of the names on the 2125 list below, have been written into the current version of EP Military Service Honor Roll. Thank you East Providence Historical Society (ephist.org) for finding and sharing this list in 2020.

The left hand plaque beside the Pierce Memorial Stadium gates mentions that 2125 students of E P High School served in World War II. Who are they? At the request of the EPVMER 2021 Committee, a list of their names was found in the EP Historical Society Archives in early 2020.  The file was broken down into two sections: graduates and non-graduates. The names of female students follow at the end of each list of men's names. Two PDF files of the original scanned list are posted here. The non-graduate list has no G, Q, and X last names. Please submit their names if you know who is missing.

These names have been typed to make it easier to read. But some names and dates are illegible.  The committee is seeking readers of cursive handwriting to check the spellings.  Please inquire if interested.

Non-graduate list (37 pages) , then the graduate list (64 pages) are posted as pdf files.  Best to view using a computer vs. cell phone.

EPHS students who served in WWII     part of the 2125 students list of non-graduates

EPHS students who served in WWII     part of the 2125 students list of graduates

Last updated March 6, 2025