O Lord, you have showed us that death is but the gateway to a more glorious life, and that we must not fear its coming; and we know, also, that neither life nor death can separate us from your love. Assure us yet again that our departed comrades are not lost to us, but sharing new life with you in the kingdom of our Father, where we shall in your good time be reunited. We know them to be with you forever. Amen. 
Name | Continuous Years | Service Branch | War Era | Departed | Sabatino A. Agostinelli | 43 Years | U. S. Army | WW2 | 11/18/2010 | Walter L Allen | 41 Years | | Korea | | Edward E. Bisnett | 11 Years | U. S. Army | WW2 | 03/06/2008 | William S Barry | 12 Years | | WW 2 | | Louis Benkert | 41 Years | U. S. Army | Vietnam | 03/31/2012 | Vernon R Berlin | 18 Years | U. S. Army | WW 2 | | Warren C Bloom | 11 Years | Air Force | Korea | 07/01/2007 | George J Boheen | 22 Years | U.S Army | WW 2 | 02/19/2009 | Francis S. Bourcy | 48 Years | Navy | Korea | 04/17/2005 | Herbert L Bowden | 41 Years | | WW 2 | | Robert Brickler | 50 Years | | WW 2 | | Herbert W Brigham | 16 Years | | WW 2 | 12/09/2011 | John R Broderick | 20 Years | | WW 2 | | Robert E Brown | 2 Years | | Korea | | Maurice T Brunner | 10 Years | | WW 2 | | Robert Cenzi | 15 Years | USMC | Vietnam | 07/11/2011 | Philip V Ciaccia | 3 Years | | WW 2 | | Robert J. Camman Sr. | 14 Years | Air Force | Korea | 03/03/2007 | Vincent E Clayton | 27 Years | U. S. Army | Korea | 10/14/2006 | Robert W Conner | 33 Years | | | | Robert Cordy | 18 Years | | Vietnam | | Charles K Crayton | 17 Years | | WW 2 | | Edward J Davis | 42 Years | | WW 2 | | Luther Dickinson | 16 Years | | | | Peter P DiMatteo | 39 Years | Navy | Korea | 11/17/2005 | John S Doyle | 16 Years | | WW 2 | | Richard J Driscoll | 44 Years | Navy | Vietnam | 10/08/2006 | Carl H Dyer | 20 Years | | WW 2 | | Alton F Eber | 12 Years | Navy | WW 2 | 09/30/2007 | John J Felber | 2 Years | | WW 2 | | Terrance E Findley | 3 Years | | Vietnam | | Robert M Fischer | 7 Years | | Korea | | Mathew C Gac | 57 Years | U. S. Army Air Corps | WW2 | 02/07/2007 | Samuel F. Gaudino | 42 Years | U.S. Marines | Korea | 01/15/2007 | James A Gibeault | 11 Years | | Korea | | Bruce D Gillis | 10 Years | | WW 2 | | Alfred C Grantham | 60 Yeard | U.S. Army | WW2 | 07/20/2011 | Kenneth G Groetsch | 20 Years | | WW2 | 08/07/2008 | John C Hayes | 6 Years | | WW 2 | | John Hildock | 18 Years | U. S. Army | Vietnam | 01/31/2007 | Theodore T Ives | 3 Years | | Vietnam | | Edward J Irving | | Navy | | 07/25/2006 | McKinley Jackson | 9 Years | | Korea | | Edmond J Kaiser | 14 Years | | Korea | | Joseph L Kelly | 17 Years | | Korea | | Gerald E Kimble | 4 Years | | Korea | | James W. Koch | 5 Years | U. S. Army | Korea | 02/27/2007 | Stephen Kozolowski | 42 years | | WW2 | 02/13/2008 | Norbert S Kuchman | 16 Years | U. S. Army | WW 2 | 01/08/2006 | Thomas H Lain | 18 Years | | WW 2 | | William Leake | | | | | Albert LePore | 2 Years | | WW 2 | | George T Lindsay | 58 Years | U. S. Army | WW2 | 10/04/2009 | William Long | 8 Years | | WW 2 | | James T Mannings | 1 Year | | | | Gerald Mart | 15 Years | | Vietnam | | Michael G McCarthy | 38 Years | U.S Army | Vietnam | 04/10/2008 | William Mc Gillicudy | 43 Years | | Korea | 06/30/2011 | Charles L McKenna | 26 Years | | Korea | 05/19/2008 | Joseph F Mc Nulty | 59 Years | | WW 2 | | Richard M McKain | 7 Years | | Korea | | Frederick Meeh | 18 Years | Air Force | WW2 | 03/25/2007 | L Wesley Messenger | 4 Years | | WW 2 | | Thomas J Millett | 1 Year | | WW 2 | | Robert Moody | 16 Years | | Korea | 04/28/2004 | Eugene W Nagel | 6 Years | | WW 2 | | James Nighan | | | | 12/04/2005 | Edwin L Oliver | 27 Years | | WW2 | | Robert L Parina | 2 Years | | Korea | | Raymond Peacock | 17 Years | Navy | WW2 | 06/29/2008 | Thomas G. Petix Sr. | 1 Year | Navy | Vietnam | 07/26/2008 | Jonas A Pitcher | 12 Years | | WW 2 | | Michael Purpi | 3 Years | U. S. Army | Vietnam | 09/01/2007 | Ralph Quinn | 18 Years | U. S. Army Air Corps | WW2 | 02/15/2006 | Victor P Sabatini | 19 Years | | WW 2 | | Edward W Schipper | 16 Years | | WW 2 | | Leo Schmitz | 4 Years | | WW 2 | | Robert E Seager | 5 Years | | Korea | | William R Spears | 28 Years | | Korea | | Robert L. Stoddard | 2 Years | Navy | WW2 | 12/17/2006 | Richard J P Taylor | 58 Years | U. S. Army | WW2 | 07/04/2006 | Gordon Trendell | 3 Years | U.S. Army | WW2 | 11/27/2010 | John B Tripp | 19 Years | Navy | WW2 | 04/27/2008 | Justin R Tubbs Jr | 50 Years | | Korea | 12/09/2009 | Nicholas Tymkin | 5 Years | | WW 2 | | Paige Van Buren | 9 Years | | Korea | | Jackie D Vickers | 46 Years | | Korea | 01/02/2009 | Raymond L Wallner | 34 Years | | WW 2 | 02/13/2005 | Helen P Wantke | 34 Years | Navy | WW 2 | 06/20/2004 | Michael C Webster | 3 Years | | Korea | | Richard Williams | 30 Years | U. S. Army | Korea | 07/25/2006 | James Wood | 6 Years | | WW 2 | | Joseph Zabitchuck | 44 Years | U. S. Army | WW2 | 030/2/2007 | Lyle Zenkel | 1 Years | | Vietnam | |
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Taps
The bugle call "Taps" had its origins on a battlefield of the Civil War. After the union suffered a large number of casualties in a battle near Richmond, Virginia, Brigade Commander Colonel Daniel Butterfield reflected with sadness upon the men he hand lost. Unable to compose music, he hummed a melody which his aid wrote down in musical notation. The company bugler played it that night to honor their dead comrades. Taps was officially recognized by the United States U. S. Army in 1874. Accompanied by the drumbeat, Muffled Ruffles, it is the highest honor given to those who have died in service to our country.
Updated April 6, 2012
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