WPRI 12 is helping Southern New Englanders honor our local veterans. So many in our community have shared photos and info to honor a vet that we’ve included in this lasting tribute gallery here on WPRI.com. Thanks to all who submitted so we can salute these local veterans and heroes.
Tribute Gallery: Salute our Local Vets
Kevin Donnell – Woonsocket, RI – Air Force 
Myles Kalf – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Tania Olsen – North Providence, RI -US RI Army National Guard, Captain 
Marvin Robinson – North Kingstown, RI – US Army, Specialist 
DuJuan Price – Providence, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Kody Nordby – Cumberland, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Carlos Lopes – Warwick, RI – US Army, Command Sgt. Major 
Michelle Tellier – Randolf, MA – US Army, Private First Class 
Salvatore Loporchio – Providence, RI – Air Force, Staff Sgt. 
Kory Nordby – Cumberland, RI – Air Force, Sgt. 
Fred Altieri – Warwick, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Scott Monahan – Coventry, RI – Air Force, Master Sgt. 
Fred Trahan – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, Corporal 
Roger Bernier – East Providence, RI – US Army, F1 
Leroy McMahon – Riverside. MA – US Army, Specialist 4 
Kyle Smith – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Peter Ricci – West Warwick, RI – Navy, MM3 
Manny Sousa – East Providence, RI – US Army 
William Mann – Warwick, RI – US Army, PVT 
Frank Picillo – Warwick, RI – US Army, Drill Sgt. 
Brandon McLemore – Cumberland, RI – Marines, Corporal 
Francisca McGrady – Scituate, RI – US Army, Specialist 
Ryan McGrady – Scituate, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Kristopher Nordby – Cumberland, RI – US Army 
Richard Abel – Elmira, NY – Air Force & US Army, E7 
John Kalf – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Claudette Kalf – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Captain 
Wilbrod Tellier – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Captain 
Philip Kalf – Cumberland, RI – Air Force, Technical Sgt. 
Steven Harrop Sr. & Jr. – Norton, MA- US Army, Sgt. & Staff Sgt. 
David Walker – Seekonk, MA – Navy, Senior Chief 
Howard Dorrance Sr. – Pawtucket, RI – Marines, Lance Corporal 
Michael Ellis-Macera – Coventry, RI – US Army, Private First Class 
Robert Nixon – Norton, MA – Marines, Corporal 
Harold Ball Jr. – Coventry, RI – US Army 
Caroline Barletta – Scituate, RI – Coast Guard, Specialist 
Dave Humphrey – Seekonk, MA – US Army 
Daniel Clancy – Mapleville, RI – Navy, Chief Petty Officer 
Albert Detonnancourt – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Specialist 4 
Lisa Church – Cumberland, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Connor Haley – Warwick, RI – US Army, Corporal 
Chris Chambers – Taunton, MA – US Army 
Andrea Ryder – Warwick, RI – Marines, Lance Corporal 
April Kujawski – Lincoln, RI – Air Force, E9 
Anthony Cardellio – Warwick, RI – Marines, Sgt. 
Paul Descoteaux Jr. – Lincoln, RI – US Army, E3 
Robert Audette – Cumberland, RI – Air Force, PVT 
Eric Tift – Coventry, RI – Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. 
Joseph Roberts – Warwick, RI – Navy, Petty Officer 
Reginald Centracchio – West Warwick, RI – US Army National Guard, Lt. General 
Raymond Soares – West Warwick, RI – Navy 
Elwood Perkins – Pascoag, RI – Air Force, Staff Sgt. 
Angelo Padula – West Warwick, RI – US Army, PVT 
Walter Whalen – Central Falls, RI – Navy, Seaman 
Domenic Pignatelli – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, Corporal 
David Williams – Providence, RI – US Army, Specialist 4 
Ryan Pelletier – Cranston, RI – Navy, Petty Officer First Class 
Raymond Garlick – Wakefield, RI – Air Force, Sgt. 
Mario Pallotto – Johnston, RI – Air Force, Staff Sgt. 
Russell Howard – Warwick, RI – US Army, Sgt. First Class 
James Cawley – Westport, MA – Navy. Petty Officer First Class 
Raymond LaPlante – Providence, RI – US Army 
Laurice Desmarais – North Smithfield, RI – US Army, E5 
Lise Desmarais – North Smithfield, RI – Navy, E4 
Robert Notardonato – RI/Tampa, FL – US Army, E5 
John Paquin – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, SPC4 
Lucien Paquin Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Private First Class 
Alexander Paquin – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Specialist 
Matthew Paquin – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Specialist 
Joseph Lenihan – Central Falls, RI – US Army, Staff Sgt. 
Patrick Lenihan – Coventry, RI – Navy, Petty Officer Third Class 
Gordon Dorrance – Pawtucket, RI – Air Force, Airman Second Class 
Kenneth Grisko – Evans, GA – US Army, Command Sgt. Major 
Lou Genks – Anchorage, AK – Air Force, Master Sgt. 
Oscar LaPlante – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, Private First Class/Lt. Colonel 
Joseph Beaumier – Providence, RI – Air Force 
Paul Dyjak Sr. & Jr. – Middletown, RI – Navy, SPCO & PO1 
Fernand Dutremble – North Smithfield, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Madison Jamack – North Providence, RI – Air Force, Sgt. 
Mel Robb – East Greenwich, RI – US Army 
James McDonald – New Bedford, MA – Air Force, Airman 
Eugene Aubin – Swansea, MA – US Army, Sgt. E5 
Joseph Salum – Pawtucket, RI – Air Force, Airman Staff Sgt. 
Ethan McGregor – New Bedford, MA – Navy, Petty Officer Second Class 
Jason Noel – West Warwick, RI – Navy, Lt. Commander 
Henry Jensen – Woonsocket, RI – Navy, PO2 
William Battison – Attleboro, MA – US Army, Private First Class 
Thomas Vandal – North Kingstown, RI – US Army, Lt. General 
Susan Luz – North Scituate, RI – US Army, Colonel 
Normand Ouellet – New Bedford, MA – US Army 
Thomas Shipp – Woonsocket, RI – Marines, CPL 
Peter Malloy – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, Medic 
Dave Mann – Hope Valley, RI – US Army 
Grimaldo Parravano – Cranston, RI – US Army 
Walter Neary – Warwick, RI – Air Force, Master Sgt. E7 
Jonathan Toler – Riverside, RI – US Army, Specialist 4 
Raymond Pingitore – Johnston, RI – US Army, Corporal 
John Plakias – Providence, RI – US Army, Chief Warrant Officer 4 
Normand Salois Jr. – Burriville, RI – US Army 
Bernard Murriel – Pawtucket, RI – Marines 
Pasquale Sbardella – New Bedford, MA – US Army, Sgt. 
Daniel Violet – Barrington, RI – Air Force, Master Sgt. 
John Contarino – Providence. RI – Air Force 
Curtis Cary – Providence, RI – Navy, Second Class Radio Man 
Jessica Mann – Jamestown, RI – Air Force, TSGT 
Eric Hall – Portsmouth, RI – Air Force, Master Sgt. 
Arthur Prisco – Warwick, RI – Navy, Petty Officer First Class 
Daniel Campagna – Charlestown, RI – Navy, PO2 
Robert Pepin – Pawtucket, RI – US Army National Guard, Sgt. 
James Thomson Jr. – Newport, RI – Navy, Senior Chief Petty Officer 
Steven Pinksaw – Newport, RI – US Army, PVT First Class 
James Murray-Thomson III – Coventry, RI – Navy 
Bridget Bilodeau-Baydal – East Providence, RI – Air Force, Master Sgt. 
Gloria Vignone – Johnston, RI – US Army, Colonel 
Kenneth Perry – Woonsocket, RI – Marines, Sgt. 
James Bonn – Providence, RI – Air Force, Sgt. 
Henry Cipriano Jr. – Smithfield, RI – Marines, Sgt. 
Anthony Simeone Sr. – Cranston, RI – US Army, PVT First Class 
Alexander Vilandre – Woonsocket, RI – Marines, Lance Corporal 
Anthony Poirier – Cumberland, RI – US Army 
Marcel Tellier – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Michael Murphy – Middletown, RI – Marines, Coporal 
Al & Ralph Gaulien – Coventry, RI – US Army & Navy 
Jean Tellier – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Edward Leeming – Narragansett, RI – US Army, PFC 
James Flores – East Freetown, MA – Marines, Corporal 
Craig Haddad – Pascoag, RI – Marines, Lanc Corporal 
George Dresselhouse – East Greenwich, RI – Navy 
Denis Canton – Smithfield, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Travis Webb – West Enfield, ME – US Coast Guard, E6 
Theophile Dubois – Cumberland, RI – Navy 
Michael Pinelli – Warwick, RI – US Army 
Brian Clancy – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, E5 
William McMahon Sr. – East Providence, RI – US Army 
Mark Anthony Simonson – East Providence, RI – US Army 
Edward Lorello – Warwick, RI – Sgt. First Class 
Francis Dolan – Coventry, RI – Marines, Master Sgt. 
Robert Taylor – Shelton, CT – US Army, Sgt. 
Raymond Blanda Sr. – Westerly, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Raymond Blanda Jr. – Westerly, RI – US Army, CPL 
Erika Gonthier – Mancheter, NH – US Army, Sgt. 
Michael Simas – Warwick, RI – US Army, SPC 
David Barksdale – Newport, RI – US Army, E3 
James Coelho – Fairhaven, MA – US Army, Master Sgt. 
Johnny Vargas – Riverside, RI – US Army National Guard, SFC 
Michael Wagner – Seekonk, MA – Navy, Petty Officer First Class 
Ralph Cirillo – Bristol, RI – Marines, CPL 
Gabriel Andrade – Rhode Island – Marines 
George Wilkins Sr. – North Smithfield, RI – US Army 
Manuel Pimental – East Providence, RI – US Army 
Joseph Joel – Cranston, RI – US Army, CPL 
John Antonucci – Warwick, RI – Army Air Corp./Air National Guard, Chief Master Sgt. 
David Ducharme – Woonsocket, RI – US Army National Guard, SFC 
Jose Heredia – Providence, RI – US Army, SPC 
Lenny Doeg – Coventry, RI – US Army 
Mike Buco & Dan Acciardo – North Providence, RI – US Army 
Mike Masi – Providence, RI – US Army 
Aime San Souci – Bristol, RI – US Army 
Adrian Matthews – Hopkinton, RI – US Army, Specialist E4 
Walter & Dorothy Weidman – Providence, RI – US Army 
William Smith – Pawtucket, RI – Air Force, A2C E3 
Thomas & Nancy Pirnie – Hope Valley, RI – USMC & RI Air NG 
Raymond Sanchas – Warren, RI – US Army 
Andrew Robertson – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, PVT 
Thomas Dilorio – Providence, RI – US Army 
Bernard Brennan – Warwick, RI – Navy 
Clifford Wheeler – Providence, RI – US Army National Guard 
Frank Rei – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, E5 
Andrew Pion – Cranston, RI – US Army, Staff Sgt. 
Matthew Pion – Cranston, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Prentiss McBride – Cranston, RI – Marines, Lance Corporal 
Scott Chase – Warwick, RI – US Army, E4 
Jose Costa – Cumberland, RI – US Army, SPC 4 
Gloria Clkark – Rhode Island – Air Force, Senior Master Sgt. 
Sergio DeSousarosa – Providence, RI – US Army, Sgt. First Class 
Anthony Nappa – East Greenwich, RI – US Army, E4 
William Iannotti – Warwick, RI – Air Force, Sgt. 
Carl Iannotti – Warwick, RI – US Army, CPL 
Gerald Rebone – Rhode Island – US Army, Sgt. 
Clarence James Johnson – Rhode Island – Navy, Master Chief Quartermaster 
Kristin Williams – Warwick, RI – US Army, CPL 
Earl Slade – Pawtucket, RI – Navy, Seaman Second Class 
Gary Rodenbaugh – Pawtucket, RI – Marines, Sgt. 
Anthony Gonzalez – Pawtucket, RI – Navy, E4 
Manuel Silvia – Fall River, MA – Navy 
Ivan Perez – Central Falls, RI – US Army, CPL 
Christopher Oldham – Riverside, RI – US Army, PFC 
Normand Parent – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, PFC 
Anthony D’Andrea – Providence, RI – US Army, CPL 
Leo Fortin – Pascoag, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Tom Reubel – Seekonk, MA – US Army 
Julie Von Der Heyde – Cumberland, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Russell Fontaine – Pawtucket, RI – US Army, Sgt. E5 
Bruce Payton – Chepachet, RI – Coast Guard, E3 
Albino Tavares – Bristol, RI – Navy, Seaman Second Class 
Kenneth Johnson – Providence, RI – Navy, E5 
Mackenzie Richards – Jamestown, RI – Marines, CPL 
Nathan Lind – Woonsocket, RI – Marines, Staff Sgt. 
Shannon McCusker Durango – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, E5 
Michael Kopeski Sr. – Chepachet, RI – Navy 
John Mainella – East Providence, RI – Coast Guard, PO1 
James Purcell Sr. – Lincoln, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
James Purcell Jr. – Lincoln, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Frank Aldrich – Westerly, RI – US Army, SP4 
Robert & Michael Clancy – Riverside, RI – Navy & US Army, PO & Sgt. 
Robert Clancy Sr. – Riverside, RI – US Army, CPL 
Cresenzo Recchia – Providence, RI – Navy 
Rose Sherburne-Clancy – Providence, RI – Navy 
Raymond Germershausen – Barrington, RI – Navy, Gunners Mate 3C 
Charles McCann – Providence, RI – Navy, Seaman 
Matthew Silva – Barrington, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Jamaal Ross – North Providence, RI -Marines, Lance Corporal 
Anthony Avila Jr. – Bristol, RI – US Army, T5 
William Spano – North Smithfield, RI – US Army 
Fortunato Perrotti – Providence, RI – US Army, PVT First Class 
Leon Tessier – Woonsocket, RI – US Army, Paratrooper 
Jim Brown – Johnston, RI – US Army, Staff Sgt. 
Jim Williams – Warwick, RI – US Army, Lt. Colonel 
Joseph Cormier – North Kingstown, RI – Navy 
Robert Gity – Coventry, RI – US Army National Guard, SPC E4 
Kenneth Montague – Providence, RI – US Army, SPC E4 
Philippe Lefebvre – Providence, RI – Marines 
Ernest Daniels – Cranston, RI – US Army, Major 
Terris Peavy – Providence, RI – Navy 
Trevor & William Perry Jr. – New Bedford, MA – Navy, E5 
Bob Richardson – Dedham, MA – US Army, Sgt. E5 
Larry Connell – Middletown, RI – US Army 
Mike Magee – Warren, RI – Navy, Seaman 
Kevin Price – Providence, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Neal Bowman – Cranston, RI – Navy, PO1 
James Oakland – North Smithfield, RI – Air Force, Sgt. 
Melissa Paiva Haworth – Rhode Island – Navy 
Joseph Joel – Cranston, RI – US Army 
John Rock – Cranston, RI – US Army 
Roger Emery – Smithfield, RI – US Army, Sgt. 
Pamela Gonsalves – Woonsocket, RI – Marines, Staff Sgt. 
John Wilson – Cumberland, RI – US Army, E4
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