Bennington Veterans Group Plans Memorial Day War Records
The Veterans Historical Records Committee forms to compile biographical data on Bennington’s World War I II and Korean War service. It seeks community support, aims to publish volumes, and appeals for veterans to return questionnaires. Members and sponsors include the Bennington Museum, Allen D Hill, and The Bennington Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Historical Records Committee
Bennington
Bennington Museum
Allen D. Hill
Leonard W. Morrison
Henry Walbridge
Hill. &. Joseph Business College
Bennington Banner
American Legion
Edward Rood
Bennington Post
Hugh E. Clark
William Horst
American Legion Women’s Auxiliary
William E. Dailey
Bennington Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Louis Ross
V.F.W. Women’s Auxiliary
Helen Hall
Hugh H. Vance
Hazel Sweet
Gold Star Mothers
Richard C. Barret
Norton Barber
The Sinking of the Coolidge Near Espiritu Santo 1942
On Oct 26 1942 the USAT President Coolidge struck two mines near Legon Channel Espiritu Santo New Hebrides. Troops scrambled to shore while Capt Elwood J Euart of Pawtucket Rhode Island saved several trapped artillerymen before the ship sank in Ewart Passage named for the fallen rescuer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Navy
USS Coolidge
Bennington Company
USAT
Coolidge
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
172Nd
Legond Channel
Guadalcanal
Henry Nelson
103Rd Field Artillery Battalion
Elwood J. Euart
FA Bn
Pawtucket
R.I
Ewart Passage
Bennington Area Men Who Served On the Coolidge
List of Bennington area veterans who served on the ship Coolidge with many names and notes of those killed in action in the Pacific theater including Espiritu Santo Luzon Munda Atape New Guinea and other locations. Additional entries include Readborough Wilmington White Creek N Y and Readboro likewise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Coolidge
Joseph P. Allard
Edward W. Baker
Raymond D. Baker
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Richard J. Bellemare
Otto R. Bennett III
Fred A. Bevis
Jules J. Boutin
Louis A. Boutin
Ralph A. Brown
Robert Brown
David E. Bushee
Lewis T. Butler
John F. Carrigan
Luzon
P.I
Francis E. Clark
James N. Cook
Ernest Coonradt
Albert B. Cushing
George Cushing
Patrick J. Devlin
Winfield P. Gates
Richard D. Gerkin
Theodore E. Green
Avon J. Gregory
Floyd M. Hall
Alfred L. Hazelton
Glen W. Hebert
Robert E. Hill
Munda
New Georgia
Charles J. Hogan
Michael J. Hogan Jr
James S. Holden
Lewis C. Holton
Stephen H. Jacobs
Dwight Frank Leonard
U.S. Army
Far East Command
Korea
Dwight F. Leonard Sr
Kate Kelley Leonard
Dewey Street
Ralph E. Boullais
France
Robert Henry Robinson
Battle
Mary E. Buzzell
Beech Street
Roger J. Robinson
Main St
Selective Service
James Holden Vermont Justice and WWII Veteran Leader
James Holden of North Bennington, now a Vermont Supreme Court justice, is a former national commander of the 4th Infantry Division Veterans Association. He rose to major during World War II in the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 8. Holden
North Bennington
Vermont Supreme Court
4Ird Infantry Division Veterans Association
Veterans Historical Records Committee
Viola M. Conley
Selective Service Board
Alma Langlois
Selectman’s
Board of Selectmen
Mary Hodeck
Bennington
Veterans Organization
Maj
James S. Holden
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Company I
USS Coolidge
Keith T. Murray
Veterans Affairs
Vermont Adjutant General
Memorial Day tribute notes Bennington WWI WWII losses
Veterans records officials compiled Bennington war dead lists from WWI WWII Korea and Cold War eras noting incomplete records and urging families to help. The piece lists several individuals with service details and burial places and calls for information on missing Korean War veterans. It memorializes Irving A Bent and others while stressing ongoing effort to finish veteran service records.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By James S. Holden
Fort Ord
Alfred C. Sorenson
Edward R. Sweet
John J. Thomayer
Berne
Vallie
Charles H. Wheeler
Atape
New Guinea
Joseph A. Wilson Jr
Arlington
Carl H. Grover, John J. Hannan
Herman A. Webb
Gilbert E. Wilcox
Pownal
Francis T. Bowman
Lawrence Chaffee
James E. Meacham
David C. Niles
Kenneth R. Purdy
Richard A. Stockwell
Manchester
Frederick E. Allen, John L. Kelleher and
Thomas Smith
Readsboro
Gerardo C. Eccher and
Robert B. Keith
Wilmington
Gordon W. Hescock
White Creek, N.Y
Ralph E. LeBarron
Irving Andrew Bent
Devens
Mass
Earl Bishop
Res
Woodford
Searsburg
Fort Ethan Allen
Co. E
Vt. Inf
Athol
Harold E. Dow
Albany
N.Y
Troy
Serv
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Lanesboro
Richard,c. Hollister
Fort Myer
5Th Cavalry
Park Lawn Cemetery
Frederick C. Horst
New York
Co. L
South Pacific Area
Alfred E. Barschdorf
Donald Francis Malone
U.S. Air Force
2Nd Bombardment Wing
Hunter Afb
Savannah
Hunter Ga
John H. Malone
Marie Bertha Malone
Cross Street
Edwin J. Brougham
Saipan
Clarence J. Bruneau
Burma
Frederick Seale
10Th Air Rescue Squadron
Snag
Alaska
Chauncey W. Seale
Mildred Beecher Seale
Silk Road
The
Navy
Continental
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Air Force
G.I
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