SENATOR GREG BALL’S 40th DISTRICT VETERANS’ HALL OF FAME
Senator Greg Ball (R, C – Patterson) hosted an Inaugural 40th District Veterans’ Hall of Fame ceremony, which took place Thursday, November 10th at the Putnam County Emergency Services Building.
Created and hosted by Senator Ball, the Veterans’ Hall of Fame was designed to honor outstanding veterans from throughout the 40th Senate District. Each city, town and village within the Senator’s district has been asked to nominate a veteran to be honored at the event, which cumulated with a district-wide Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Below is a list of nominees from communities throughout the district:
- Amenia, Retired Master Sergeant Joseph Piantino [3]
- Bedford, Retired Electrician’s Mate Second Class James Thorne [4]
- Beekman, Retired Technical Sergeant Kenneth H. Mallen [5]
- Brewster, Retired Specialist E-4 Arthur L. Hanley [6]
- Buchanan, Retired Shipfitter Third Class Russ Harrison [7]
- Carmel, Retired Corporal Joseph Tschinkel [8]
- Philipstown and Cold Springs, Retired Sergeant Joseph Etta [9]
- Cortlandt, Retired Sergeant Squad Leader Frank L. Campanaro [10]
- Croton, Retired Specialist 4 Eugene Parrotta [11]
- Dover, Lance Corporal John Curtin [12]
- Kent, Specialist Fifth Class Gilbert W. Tarbox [13]
- Lewisboro, Retired Private First Class Robert Williams [14]
- Milan, Retired Private First Class Stanley Zatwarnicki [15]
- Mount Kisco, Retired First Lieutenant Flavio Benini, posthumously [16]
- North Salem, Retired Corporal Herbert F. Geller [17]
- North East, Retired Corpsman Herbert D. Day, Jr. [18]
- Patterson, Retired Sergeant Joseph J. Morrissey [19]
- Pawling (Town), Retired E-4 Firefighter Gerard Christiansen [20]
- Pawling (Village), Retired Sergeant John Claudet [21]
- Peekskill, Retired Specialist 4 Duke A. Searles [22]
- Pine Plains, Retired Sergeant Allan Blackmar [23]
- Pound Ridge, Captain Eric A Jones, posthumously [24]
- Putnam Valley, Retired Technical Sergeant Robert J. Ulrich, Sr. [25]
- Somers, Retired Technical Sergeant Stephen M. Moravick, Sr. [26]
- Southeast, Retired Captain James Ryan [27]
- Yorktown, Retired Sergeant John T. McQuillan [28]
- Senator Ball Nominee, Retired Staff Sergeant Bert Gonci [29]
