List of 84 veterans featured on banners in Barre
Photos by Tom Rivers: These banners on Route 98 near the former Barre Deli show Charles Partway Jr., who was in the Army from 1961 to 1962, and Chuck Prentice, who was in the Army from 1983 to 1991 and was deployed in Desert Storm.
These banners highlight Robert Hickman who served with the Navy during the Vietnam War and Albert Sabo, who was in the Army from 1945 to 1947.
BARRE – There are 84 banners of veterans from Barre now proudly displayed on utility poles along Route 98 in an effort coordinated by the Barre Betterment Committee.
The committee raised funding for the abnners and hardware. The veterans and their families didn’t need to pay to be included.
The Town Highway Department installed the banners last week. They stretch from West Barre Road to just past the town park.
The committee welcomes more names of local veterans, going back to the Civil War. To submit a name or for more information, send a message through the Barre Betterment Committee’s Facebook page.
Veterans featured on the banners include:
- William Basinait, US Air Force – Vietnam
- Charles Batchellor, Army – World War II
- Donald Batchellor, Navy – World War II
- Dorothy Batchellor, Army – World War II
- George Batchellor, Army – World War II
- John “Jack” Batchellor, Army – Vietnam
- John K. Batchellor, Navy – World War II
- Charles Beach, Army – 1950-53
- Arthur Bennett, Army – World War II
- Walter Bentley, Army – World War II
- William Bias, Air Force – 1964-71
- Kenneth Blank, Navy – 1976-79
- Chad A. Brooks, Air Force – 2009 to current
- Nicole Shiel Brooks, Coast Guard – 2008 to current
- Craig C. Brown, Marines – 1991-1999
- Scott Burnside, Marines – Gulf War & Iraq
- Walter LaVerne Carr, Army – World War II
- Charles Arthur Carr, Army – 1945
- Ronald Carr, Army – Vietnam
- Ralph Clute Jr., Navy – 1969-73
- Steven Coville Jr., Army – Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia
- Fred Daniels, Army – Vietnam
- Edward C. Davis, Army – 1938-46
- Paul Davis, Army – Korea
- Dennis Drought Jr., Marines – Vietnam
- James Drought, Army – World War II
- Richard Engle, Army – Vietnam (killed in action)
- William Ferris, Navy – World War II
- Frank Fite, Air Force/Army – World War II/Korea
- Daniel Fritz, Navy – Cold War
- Carl Gavenda, Navy – World War II
- Elizebeth (Gaylard) Marat, Air Force – Iraq
- James Gaylard, Army – World War II
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These banners on Route 98 near the Barre Town Park show Eugene Haines and Scott Burnside. Haines was in the Navy during the Korean War and Burnside was in the Marine Corps and Army, during the Gulf War and then Iraq.
Peter Gaylard, Air Force – Kuwait
- Paul Gaylord, Army – Korea
- Harold Germeo Jr., Army – Vietnam
- Harold Germeo Sr., Army – World War II
- Eugene Haines, Navy – Korea
- Laurence Hamilton, Army – World War II
- Charles Hartway Jr., Army – 1961-62
- Robert Hickman, Navy – Vietnam
- John Hucknall, Army – 1966-68
- Donald Joslyn, National Guard – 1958-64
- James Keeler, Army – 1956-58
- David Kelley, Air Force – Vietnam
- John Kris, Army – Vietnam
- Christopher Landis, Navy – Current
- Al Long, Army – Vietnam
- Herbert Lowman, Army
- Christopher Markle, Air Force – Iraq 2003-04
- Daniel Markle, Army – Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia
- Lee Markle Sr., Army – 1966-68
- Shannon Markle, Army – 1997-2000
- Harold Miller, Army – World War II
- Olin Miller, Army
- Richard Frederick Miller, Navy – 1943-45
- Steven Moore, Marines – 1980-84
- Adam Mufford, Air Force – 1996-2016
- Calvin Richard (Pete) Nesbitt, Navy – Korea
- Charles Nesbitt, Army – Vietnam
- Harold Nesbitt, Navy – World War II, Korea
- Robert Nesbitt, Navy – World War II
- David Newbould, Army – Korea
- Donald Newbould, Army – Korea
- Richard C. Newbould, Marines for 8 years
- Richard H. Newbould, Army – 1952-54
- Robert Newbould, Marines
- Roger Newbould, Air Force – 1980-84
- Scott Papponetti, Air Force – 1998-2018
- Alvin Peglow, Army – World War II
- Harold Perfitt, Navy – World War II
- Charles (Chuck) Prentice Jr., Army – Desert Storm
- Charles R. Prentice, Army – 1959-61
- Thomas Prentice, Navy –Persian Gulf
- Bob Preston, Army – Vietnam
- Mathew Root, Army Ranger – Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia
- Albert Sabo, Army – 1945-47
- Arthur Spencer, National Guard – 1961-65
- Robert Stirk, Army – 1955-57
- John E. Swabb, Army – Korea
- Clair Swan, Army – World War II
- Earl Thiel, Army – Korea
- Larie Vagg, Air Force – 1953-93
- George Webster, Army – Korea
- Steven Webster, Navy Seabees – 1973-77
- Gerald Wells, Army – World War II
- Elisha Wright Sr., Army – Civil War
- Wilford Wraight, Navy
These “Hometown Heroes” includes Thomas Prentice who was deployed in the Persian Gulf and Charles R. Prentice who served in the Army from 1958 to 1960.
