Stoughton's Fallen Soldiers
A list of those Stoughton residents killed in action while serving this country in war.
The following is a list of Stoughton residents killed while serving in the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict.
The Civil War claimed the most Stoughton soldiers (84), while 28 from Stoughton died while serving during World War II.
The names of these residents are on a monument at Faxon Park. There are about 150 names on the monument.
The names of those killed from World War I to the present are read aloud during the Veterans' Day and Memorial Day ceremonies.
American Revolution (4)
| Joseph Jordan |
William Patrick |
| Lemuel Jordan | Ebenezer Taunt |
American Civil War (84)
| Daniel E. Alger | Charles H. Gibson | Thomas Nally |
| John F. Atkinson | Reuben Gould | James O'Brien |
| James H. Austin | Stephen W. Green | Hugh O'Donnell |
| James H. Bancroft | John D. Harris | Hugh O'Hare |
| Joseph P. Bisbee | Massena B. Hawes | William B. Oliver |
| Daniel Bowler | James Hayes | Charles E. Packard |
|
Loring R. Brackett |
James S. Hayward | Albert Parker |
|
Isaac Burnham |
George P. Henry | Rufus A. Peck |
|
William A. Burnell |
Jerome K. Hodge | James M. Penniman |
| Avery A. Capen | Randall J. Holbrook | Alden Reckards |
| Timothy Carrol | Leonard B. Holmes | Philo Reckards |
| Heber Chase | Everett Jernegan | Benjamin Rideout |
| Alonzo H. Clark | Charles E. Johnson | Daniel Riordan |
| Arthur Clifford | Patrick Kelleher | John Ripley |
| Daniel Connery | Thomas King | John Scannell |
| William Currivan | David Kinnet | Lucian O. Scofield |
| Harvey A. Darling | Sanford P. Lane | Robert Scott |
| John Darney | Charles Lawler | James T. F. Smith |
| Thomas F. C. Dean | William S. Leach | Frank M. Stoddard |
| Barton H. DeCoster | John J. Madden | Vinton F. Swallow |
| John DeCoster | Edward Maher | Charles Taylor |
| Patrick Dennison | James Massey | Samuel J. B. Taylor |
| Patrick Dermody | James McKee | James A. Thompson |
| Charles H. Dwinnell | Thomas McLaughlin | John Toomey |
| Joseph Ford | Michael McMarra | Alfred E. Waldo |
| Thomas B. Foster | Henry McVay | William G. Warren |
| William B. Foster | Thomas Murray | Hiram H. White |
| Seth M. White | George H. Whitney | George I. Young |
World War I (19)
| William J. Buckley | Frederick Larson | Burton L. Minzy |
| Herbert L. Connell | Ralph R. Malcolm | Michael P. Nicon |
| Cornelius E. Corbett | John E. Mara | Michael Romanuk |
| George E. Flynn | Ray Marden | George C. Smith |
| James Fraser | James F. Marron | Nicholas Spallas |
| Joseph R. Green | John McGarvey | Lester A. Whitten |
| Frank W. Kennedy |
World War II (28)
| Daniel Bento | Kenneth P. Donahue | Henry V. Laarhoven |
| William Bissett | Thomas S. Esten | Earl B. Leathers |
| Karl W. Buschenfeldt | Anthony J. Gonsalves | Daniel Mahoney, Jr. |
| Francis R. Cabral | Samuel Gregerman | Zigman Poskus |
| Gerald H. Chapman | Edward J. Gusciora | Joseph E. Smith |
| Herbert J. Chipman | Edgar A. Halliden | Francis J. Taxiera |
| Robert E. Chisholm | John J. Halloran | Herbert Trowbridge |
| Walter E. Davis | William P. Horan | Sidney B. Viele |
| Michael F. Dean | Alphonse Kwedar | John J. Winfisky |
| William L. Deady |
Korean War (4)
| Philip C. Farnham | John A. Lelland |
| Richard G. King | Christie E. Murphy |
Vietnam Conflict (10)
| Simeon J.A. Bergon | William Joyce |
| Kevin Clancy | Paul McEachron |
| Paul Czerwonka | Peter Mears |
| Gary Guest | Michael Shuman |
| George Evans |
James G. Signett |
* List of fallen soldiers from the Revolution and Civil War are from StoughtonHistory.com and list of fallen soldiers from World War I to the present are from the office of Veterans' Agent Mike Pazyra.
Fiscal Conservative
1:34 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012
To each of them, Thank You for the ultimate sacrifice so we may live in freedom. I know that I will never forget the true meaning of Memorial Day. Its not just a day off from work. I commend EVERY person who has served for our country. Again, Thank You!!