Three Chaplains Monuments on Chaplains Hill (Section
2, Grant and McClellan Drives):
Catholic
Chaplains in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam (left)
"Chaplains" in World
War I (center)
Protestant Chaplains in World
Wars I and II (right)
Cathlolic
Chaplains Monument
The monument is an unpolished granite stone with a bronze
plaque. The stone stands 6 feet 10 inches tall and is 42 inches wide
and 10 inches thick. The plaque is 50 inches by 30 inches. It lists
the names of the chaplains alphabetically for World War II, Korea, and
Vietnam.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS WHO
DIED SERVING THEIR
COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II
AND IN THE KOREAN
AND VIETNAM CONFLICTS
| WORLD WAR
II |
ANTONUCCI, RALPH A.
BABST, JULIUS J.
BACIGALUPO, ANDREW
BARRETT, THOMAS J.
BARTLEY, EDWARD L.
BINA, ELWIN J.
BONNER, PETER L.
BRADLEY, EDWARD F.
BRADY, THOMAS T.
BUTTERBACH, HERBERT
CALLAHAN, JOHN L.
CARBERRY, RICHARD E.
COLGAN, AQUINAS T.
CONTINO, WILLIAM S.
CONWAY, ANTHONY J.
CUMMINGS, WILLIAM T.
CZUBAK, ANTHONY E.
DOYLE, NEIL J.
DUFFY, WILLIAM P. F.
DUNLEAVY, JAMES P.
EDELEN, PHILIP B.
FALTER, CLEMENT M.
FELIX, WALTER J. |
FLAHERTY, PATRICK X.
FLYNN, JAMES P.
FOLEY, JOHN E.
GILLESPIE, DOMINIC F.
GILMORE, JOSEPH A.
GOUGH, LAWRENCE A.
GUILFOYLE, WILLIAM
HAGAN, CLARENCE J.
HAUSMAN, CARL W.
HUGHES, JOHN P.
IRWIN, WILLIAM A.
JOHNSON, ALFRED W.
KERR, JAMES P.
KILSDONK, JOHN W.
KNOX, THOMAS J.
KOBEL, JEROME
LAFLEUR, JOSEPH V.
LENAGHAN, ARTHUR C.
LISTON, JAMES M.
LYMCH, LAWRENCE E.
MALONY, PATRICK J.
MATERNOWSKI, IGNATIUS
MONAGHAN, OWEN T.
MONAHAN, JOHN F. |
MCDONNELL, JOHN J.
MCGARRITY, JOHN J.
MCMANUS, FRANCIS J.
O'BRIEN, JAMES W.
O'GRADY, EUGENE P.
O'TOOLE, MYLES F.
POLEWSKI, LADISLUS A.
POLHEMUS, EUGENE
RECHSTEINER, LEO G.
ROBINSON, JOHN F.
RYAN, JOHN A.
SAVIGNAC, FALMORE G.
SCECINA, THOMAS J.
SCHMITT, ALOYSIUS
SHARP, CURTIS J.
STOBER, HENRY
TERNAN, DOMINIC
VANDERHEIDEN, JOSEPH
VERRET, JOHN J.
VINCENT, CLARENCE A.
WASHINGTON, JOHN P.
WEILAND, FIDELIS M.
ZERFAS, MATHIAS E. |
|
KOREAN CONFLICT |
BRUNNERT, LAWRENCE F.
COPPENS, FRANCIS X. |
CRAIG, LEO P.
FELHOELTER, HERMAN G. |
KAPAUN, EMIL J.
MAHER, WILLIAM E. |
| VIETNAM CONFLICT |
BARRAGY, WILLIAM J.
BRETT, ROBERT R. |
CAPODANNO, VINCENT R.
GARRITY, WILLIAM J.
MCGONIGAL, ALOYSIUS P. |
QUEALY, MICHAEL J.
WATTERS, CHARLES J. |
MAY GOD GRANT PEACE TO THEM AND
TO THE NATIONAL THEY SERVED SO WELL.
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"Chaplains"
in World War I
This cenotaph was erected in honor of the 23 chaplains
who lost their lives in World War I, by the World War I Chaplains. The
inscription on the front of the monument on a bronze plate with raised
letters:
THESE CHAPLAINS OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR
APRIL 6, 1917 - NOVEMBER 11, 1919
ALBERT BELL
JOHN G. BOONE
JOHN G. BREDEN
THOMAS M. BULLA
PATRICK P. CAREY
HORACE A. CHOUINARD
WILLIAM B. CORNISH
WALTON S. DANKER
WILLIAM F. DAVITT
JOHN A. DEAVER
HARRY DAIMAN |
HERBERT F. DOYLE
AMENUS T. HOWARD
MICHAEL W. KEITH
JOHN C. KERR
JOHN F. McCARTHY
ARTHUR H. MARSH
TIMOTHY A. MURPHY
COLMAN E. O'FLAHERTY
CHARLES D. PRIEST
WILBUR S. SEWELL
DANIEL S. SMART |
| WILLIAM H. J. WILLBY |
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
"TO YOU FROM FAILING HANDS WE THROW
THE TORCH - BE YOURS TO HOLD IT HIGH"
The inscription carved on the rear of the
monument reads:
CHAPLAINS
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Protestant
Chaplains Monument
The inscription on top of monument reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE MEMORY OF THE CHAPLAINS
WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
+ WORLD WAR I AND II +
The bottom of the monument reads:
THIS PLAQUE HONORING 134 PROTESTANT
CHAPLAINS KILLED IN TWO WORLD WARS
WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL
OF THE GENERAL COMMISSION ON CHAPLAINS
AND ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL BULDING
IN WASHINGTON D.C. PLACED IN THIS
CEMETERY ON OCTOBER 26, 1981
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