La Salle Monument

A memorial monument to honor former La Salle cadets who lost their lives while in military service was dedicated in Troy September 22, 2013

Among those named on it are Medal of Honor recipient William O'Brien, a lieutenant colonel who was killed in the Battle of Saipan during World War II; Army Maj. James O'Donovan, Class of 1928, who died in a World War II camp just after enduring the treacherous Bataan Death March; Phillip McGowan, a cadet killed in Korea; James Masotti, the first person from Troy to die in Vietnam; and William McNulty, the brother of former U.S. Congressman Michael McNulty, who was killed in Vietnam.

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