In Honor of Chesterfield Veterans
In 1926, A Congressional Resolution declared November 11 as “Armistice Day”. This gave the date official recognition for celebrating the end of the fighting in WWI that happened at 11AM, on Nov. 11, 1918 (the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month). Twelve years later, it became a National Holiday. But, shortly afterward, war broke out again in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Of these 470,000 died in service with more than 292,000 killed in action (KIA). This resulted in some parts of the country dedicating Armistice Day to all veterans. The first celebration using the term Veterans Day, was in Birmingham, AL in 1947. In 1954, Congress passed a bill that officially changed the date to Veterans Day.
Throughout its history, Chesterfield has contributed men to the military. It is unknown how many fought in the French and Indian Wars. Oran Randall's 1882 “History of Chesterfield”, gives a list of some Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers. Four town monuments recognize those who officially enlisted as a Chesterfield resident during several wars. But there are many more that have served.
We Salute Them All!
With the exception of the Civil War, those with stars and bolded are our
Gold Star Soldiers and Sailors
Their stores appear in Noted Citizens
Residents Who Have Served
(If you or your loved one has served and wishes to be recognized by CHS in our Annual Roll Call, contact us with the name, dates and branch of service. Being a Chesterfield resident at the time of enlistment is not necessary. We like to recognize all our residents for their service. )
Albert G. Bradstreet, Army: WWII - 69th Naval Construction Battalion
Henry Edison Merrill - WWII
Charles G. Street III, Navy: 1941 - 1946
George Oaks, USAF: 1950 -1954
Leslie J. Nicholas, USAF: 1951 – 1955:
Sgt. Harry V. Ericson, USAF: 1947 - 1951
William M.McCarty, U.S.Marine Corps: Aug 1956 - Aug. 1960.
SGT. Raymond William Egan, Jr., USMC: 8 September 1955 to July 18, 1958
John White, USMC: 1953 – 1957
Donald J. Skiba, Air Force: 1954 - 1962
Michael A. Leclaire, Coast Guard: 1969 – 1973
Richard Damon Aldrich, US Navy: 1961 – 1967
Robert F. Fleming, U.S. Navy: 1969-1981
Capt. Robert E. Tortolani, Army Medical Corps: 1968 - 1970
Jeffrey W. Scott, U.S. Army: 1968-1969
Lt. Bayard Tracy, Marine Corps: 1969 to 1972
Scott Riddlemoser, Operations Specialist Senior Chief US Navy: 1972 - 1997
1LT Stephen E. Brooks, US Army: 1985-1990
Logan James Hormor: Army Ranger Medic: 2010-2014
Dr. Robert E. Tortolani, U.S. Army Medical Corps: 1968 - 1970
Sgt. Norman W. VanCor, U.S. Marine Corps: 1968-1971
Capt. Robert Vita, US Navy (retired): 1984 - 2021 - Desert Storm & Enduring Freedom
Vietnam
Allen, Thomas W.
Bevis, David E.
Bills, George J.
Brown, Ralph E.
Cameron, Ewen W.
Carpenter, John H. III
Carpenter, Robert e.
Champney, Alan M.
Chickering, Arthur B.
Clayton, Justin R.
Clough, Earl W.
Curdie, Robert H. Jr.
Davis, Robert E.
Davis, Thomas R.
Dietrich, Robert W.
Dudek, John J. III
Farr, David A.
Foster, Brian E.
Foster, Douglas B.
Fuller, Gordon C.
Gale, Rocky J.
Garland, Raymond E.
Garland, Sherry W.
Gleason, Kendall L.
Gleason, Philip D.
Grimes, Frank L.
Guyette, Stuart A.
Herrick, John P.
Johnson, Edwin R.
Johnson, Robert E.
Kaiser, H. Walker *
Kaiser, Peter M.
Kaiser, Sharon A.
Knickerbocker, Jay H.
Koch, Larry F.
Korradi, Clifford F.
LaClair, Lewis W.
Lane, Bruce m.
Lane, Stephen j.
Laskowski, Stephen L.
Macie, Chester A.
Morse, David L.
Morse. William F.
Mosbaugh, Robert S.
Mowry, Stephen L.
O’Neil, James L.
O’Neil, William W. *
Patmos, Ray M. Jr.
Rudolph, Richard D.
Scileppi, Edward M.
Sanville, Eugene *
Smith, David N.
Shaw, Robert G.
Thompson, Lawrence I.
Wall, Douglas C.
Willette, John A.
Korea
Atkins, Alfred W.
Amidon, Ralph C
Bevis, George S.
Bevis, Harry N
Bills, Edmund H.
Bills, Neil C.
Cameron, Ewen W.
Chase, Charles I.
Chickering, Glenn G.
Chickering, Henry C. Jr.
Chickering, Lester C.
Cleveland, John L. Jr.
Cobb, Winston D.
Cooper, Joseph H.
Cutler, Alton L.
Dean, John C.
Dietrich, Robert W.
Fuller, Donald G.
Gauthier, Bruce W.
Goodell, Robert L.
Hall, Bernard W.
Hall, Frederick R.
Hall, Francis L.
Hellus, Anthony F.
Humphrey, James E.
Howell, James R.
Johnson, Russell E.
Laskowski, Raymond I.
Nurse, John P.
Orr, Dorothy L.
Parker, V. Joyce
Post, Arthur H. III
Prentiss, William H.
Rogers, Alan E.
Robertson, Edwin W.
Riendeau, Burton E.
Schollar, Charles W.
Shippee, Robert A.
Stoddard, Russell
Thompson, Lawrence I.
World War II
Aldrich, Basil H.
Aldrich, Edward R.
Amidon, Bruce R. *
Amidon, Mary A.
Atema, James T.
Barnes, Peggy Belle
Ball, William F. *
Bevis, Chester S.
Bevis, Shirley G.
Bernstein, Morris L.
Bills, Allen H.
Bills, Neil C.
Blake, Lyle P.
Blake, James f.
Callahan, John t.
Cantliff, Laurence R. Jr.
Carey, Richard
Chickering, Bernard A.
Chickering, Lester M.
Chickering, Ralph C.
Chickering, Russell C.
Chickering, Winford l.
Cobb, Charles W.
Cobb, Norman D.
Darling, Newton E.
Davis, Clinton A.
Delamater, Charles H.
Dort, Wakefield Jr.
Dunbar, Kenneth F.
Eager, Forrest J.
Flaes, Kenneth L
Fisher, Frank G.
Foley, Merwin P.
Foley, Ronald W.
Foster, Harold E. Jr.
Foster, Stuart F.
Foster, Wallace W.
Fowle, Leslie W.
Furlone Warren G.
Gover, Floyd L.
Guyette, Ronald T.
Hewett, Kenneth A.
Hills, Charles C.
Hood, Richard S.
Horrocks, Frank
Humphrey, Fred C. Jr.
Jacobson, Simon E.
Jacobson, Victor E.
Jorgenson, John e.
Kingsbury, Thayer
Kingsbury, Thayer Jr.
LaClaire, Guy
Lane, Clayton N.
Laskowski, Leonard A.
Lawton, Paul W.
Lee, George W. *
Lewis, Emily E.
Lewis, Floyd L.
Lyle, Cornelius R. II
Merrifield, Cecil A. *
Merrifield, Kenneth L.
Henry E. Merrill
Michaud, Claude R.
Morrison, Frank J.
Neilson, Harold W.
O’Kelly, Lawrence W.
Orr, Dorothy E.
Orr, John C.
Pame, Gilbert M.
Paine, Raymond E. Jr.
Pearson, Arvid W.
Pierce, Harry M.
Plante, Gordon P.
Polhemus, Oscar M.
Post, Arthur N. III
Post, Jane J.
Potter, Frederick S.
Putnam, Richard I.
Rawson, Harold L.
Rawson, Shirley P.
Rowe, Raymond N.
Sargent, Freeman E.
Schlichting, Daniel P.
Shippee, Clarence L. Jr.
Snow, Julian H.
Spaulding, Stanley L.
Smith, robert D.
Tuttle, Deane S.
Twombly, Maynard E.
Underwood, Chester D. *
Underwood, Raymond e.
Watts, Ralph C.
Watts, Silas H.
West, Melvin C.
Weddell, Robert W.
Wiggin, Kenneth R.
Willette, Edward J.
Wilson, Edwin H.
Wilson, Harper H.
Winn, Hadley W.
World War I
Amidon, A.N.
Barcome, W.N.
Butler, E.R.
Chase, N.C.
Cripps, A.C.
Davis, R.M.
Dearing, E.E.
Foster, F.H.
Foster, R.P.
Furlone, G. C.
Guyette, Frank
Johnson, C.E.
Kimball, Vernon
Kuhlke, J. R.
Lane, Harold
Marshall, J.E.
Post, A.L.
Post, C.O. *
Putnam, D.L.
Putnam, M.
Robbins, E.A.
Robbins, P.P.
Simmonds, Ray
Wilson, A.L. Jr.
Some facts about our WWI Veterans (who don't appear on the monument)
- Henry Elbridge Knight (disabled from gas on Oct 10, 1918; a “Lost Battalion” survivor. They were surrounded and besieged for five days (Oct. 2-7, 1918) only 194 of 600 survived. Awarded Purple Heart and Distinguished Service Cross
- John T. Prout – 5 battle stars, Croix & Guerre; a citation from Marshall Petain of France
- Carl A. Castle - Army private in the 31 Company, 20th Engineers - worked in Scotland with his brother
- John Liberty Castle – Army Private also in the 31 Company, 20th Engineers - worked in Scotland, part of 350 civilians in 10 sawmill units sent by U.S. government.
- Frank Bedford Fowke - Naturalized citizen (Canadian) served in Maine
- Paul Jakob Schlichting - Naturalized citizen (Germany), US Army served from Sept 20, 1917 - Dec. 13, 1918
- Claude B. Rice
- Fred J. Bassett/Barrett
- Elmer Burt Chamberlain
Spanish American War
Franklin, Edson
Stoddard, Leslie R.
Civil War
Ball, Nelson
Bancroft, Clinton A.
Bancroft, Norris e.
Britton, Bradford
Britton, George S.
Brown, B
Butler, Roswell
Butler, John F.
Butterworth, Samual
Clark, Charles A.
Cobbs, Richard T.
Colburn, Warren *
Coverse, Julius C.
Crouch, Nelson s.
Darling, Calvin G.
Davis, Murray
Davis, Noyes J.
Day, John
Eaton, Loring
Eddy, George P.
Farnum, John M.
Farr, Charles M.
Farr, Charles R.
Farr, Dennis
Farr, Ransom C.
Farr, Bradford C.
Farr. Wesley O.
Farr, Larkin D.
Farr, Chancey S.
Farwell, Maj. James
Faulkner, Stephen P.
Field, James C.
Field, Francis A.
Fisk, Harrison F.
Ford, Fred
Frink, Oscar T.
Gilson, Calvin P.
Glizer, Walter W.
Goodrich, James W.
Goodrich, John F.
Goodwin, John H.
Harvey, Charles L.
Harvey, John
Hastings, Foster W.
Hasting, Herbert r.
Hastings, Eugene
Henry, Hubbard W. *
Herrick, Dwight L.
Higgins, Sidney b.
Hildreth, John W.
Hildreth, George L.
Hill, Taylor e.
Holt, Frank J.
Holt, Joseph
Hopkins, George
Hosley, Wayland N.
Howe, Henry H.
Howe, Barton Jr.
Jackson, Robert
Joslin, John E.
Lewis, Charles B.
Lewis, Reuben A.
Lincoln, Lucian O.
Lincoln, Horace S.
Martin, James M.*
Marsh, George
McClenning, Henry J.*
Richardson, J. Milo
Robbins, Daniel E.
Safford, Otis
Safford, Norman D.
Safford, Leavitt W.
Scott, Otis H.
Scott, George D.
Snow, Henry H.
Squires, George
Stoddard, James S.
Streeter, Edwin H.
Streeter, Albert W. *
Streeter, Herbert N.*
Streeter, Marshall S. **
Stuart, Fred
Tarbell, Capt. Frank
Titus, Herbert B.
Tyrrel, David B.
Tyrrel, Everett C.
Walton, David S. Jr.
Warren, Lyman H.
Wheeler, Alonzo W.
York, John W.
None died in battle,
1 died of wounds received in Battle**
6 died of disease *
10 were wounded and survived
(Appearing in the Vermont Phoenix Newspaper in the 1800s: John Langdon Britton, a native of Chesterfield, NH went up to the front during the Civil was as a drummer, although he was over 55 years old. He may have enlisted in Springfield, VT)
Revolutionary War
Albee, Abner
Albee, Nathan V.
Amiden, Ephraim
Aris, William
Bacon, Nathaniel
Baldwin, Daniel
Baldwin, Ephraim
Bingham, Elisha
Bingham, Gustavus
Bingham, Nathaniel
Bingham, Stephen
Bingham, Theodorus
Bishop, John
Bishop, Nathan
Brown, Blimey
Brown, Oliver
Carlton, Kimball
Chamberlain, Ithamar
Cheney, Col. Clark
Cheney, Ebenezer
Cobleigh, Dan
Cobleigh, Eleazer
Cobleigh, Jonathan
Cobleigh, Oliver
Colburn, Amasa
Colburn, Amos
Colburn, Benjamin
Colburn, Daniel
Converse, George
Converse, Joseph
Converse, Josiah
Converse, Samuel Davis
Coughlan, Richard
Crafford, William
Crane, Francis
Cressey, Aaron
Cressey, Henry
Cressey, Jonathan
Cressey, Jonathan Jr.
Cressey, Michael
Daby, Thomas
David, Jonathan
Davis, Amos
Davis, Ezekiel
Davis, Isaac
Davis, Jacob
Davis, Jonathan
Davis, Samuel
Davis, Simon
Davison, John
Day, William
Daniels, Increase
Dodge, Nathan
Ellis, John
Ellis, Moses
Emmons, Noah
Evans, Ebzy
Evans, Zur
Fairbanks, James
Fairbanks, Levi
Fairbanks, Samuel
Fairbanks, Zenas
Farr, Aaron
Farr, Abraham
Farr, Charles
Farr, Daniel
Farr, David
Farr, Ebenezer
Farr, Ephraim
Farr, Isaac
Farr, Jacob
Farr, Jacob Jr.
Farr, John
Farr, Jonathan
Farr, Jonathan Jr.
Farr, Jonathan III
Farr, Joshua
Farr, Samuel
Farr, Samuel, Jr.
Farr, Thomas
Farr, William
Farr, William Jr.
Farwell, Jonathan
Farwell, Oliver
Farwell, William
Fisk, Aaron
Fletcher, Ebenezer
Fletcher, Samuel
Gale, Asa
Gale, Ebenezer
Gillette, L.
Grandy, John
Grandy, John Jr.
Gray, Nathan
Graves, Reuben
Hamilton, Ara
Hamilton, Samuel
Harris, Thomas
Hartwell, Josiah
Hastings, Andrew
Hastings, Josiah
Hemenway, Phineas
Henry, William
Higgins, Joseph
Higgins, Joseph Jr.
Hildreth, Jonathan Jr.
Hildreth, Isaac
Hildreth, Jesse
Hildreth, Martin
Hildreth, Reuben
Hildreth, Samuel
Hildreth, William
Hinds, Jacob
Hollava, Merrill
Hubbard, Amos
Hubbard, Ephriam
Hubbard, Oliver
Hudson, Benjamin
Johnson, Abner
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Caleb
Jordan, Eleazer
Joslin, Benjamin
Kennison, Daniel
Kingsbury, Abijah
Lee, William
Lamb, Josiah
Marner, Martin (sic)
Mansfield, James
Marsh, Ruben
McMichel, Patrick
Mead, Levi
Merrill, John
Merrill, Hallwill
Merrill, Martin
Merrill, Obadiah
Metcalf, Asa
Metcalf, Joseph
Metcalf, Joseph Jr.
Metcalf, Michael
Metcalf, Nathan
Metcalf, Thomas
Nichols, William
Partridge, Ames
Partridge, Eli
Peacock, John
Peacock, Samuel
Pierce, David
Pierce, John
Pierce, Simon
Porter, Ebenezer
Powers, Ezekiel
Pratt, John
Putnam, John
Reed, James
Richardson, John
Richardson, William
Richardson, Silas
Robbins, David
Robinson (Robertson), James Robertson, Archibald
Rockwood, Elisha
Safford, Ebenezer
Sanderson, John
Sanger, Nathaniel
Saurtilli, Jonathan
Simmonds, William
Smith, Amos
Smith, Aaron
Smith, Benjamin
Smith, Joseph
Smith, Josiah
Smith, Moses
Smith, Moses, Jr
Snow, John
Snow, Warren
Stearns, Abijah
Stearns, James
Stearns, Samuel
Still, David
Still, Reuben
Stoddard, David Sr.
Stoddard, David
Stoddard, Eleazer
Stoddard, Lemuel
Stone, David
Streeter, Amos
Streeter, Benjamin
Streeter, Ebenezer
Streeter, Josiah
Taft, Ebenezer
Thomas, Nathan
Thomas, William
Thompson, Silas
Walker, Samuel
Walton, Elijah
Walton, Elisha
Walton, Lawrence
Walton, Nathaniel
Warner, Martin
Wetherbee, Joel
Wheeler, Benjamin
Wheeler, Ephraim
Wheeler, James
Wheeler, Joseph
Whitcomb, Michael
Whitcomb, Thomas
Whitney, Joel
Whitney, Ephraim
Wood, Abraham
Wood, Cornelius
Wooley, Thomas
Waldo, David
These are the names that appear in "History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, NH.," by Oran E. Randall, 1882.
With additional names added from "Batches (sic) State Papers - Chesterfield" and research done years ago and found in the archives 2026. Transcribing this names was difficult due to the handwriting of the researcher.
