Quinebaug Valley Community College will celebrate Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11 with a virtual ceremony, highlighting the addition and dedication of 18 new bricks to the Veterans Garden. The virtual ceremony will also include greetings from QVCC’s Dr. Rose R. Ellis and several local legislators.
Over 400 bricks already lie in QVCC’s Veterans Garden, which was built in 2010 with the goal of having a place where local veterans could be honored and remembered for their service. The new bricks added this year honor the following servicemen and servicewomen:
SPC5 Bruce Allen Waterman
US Army, Vietnam
SGT Paul A. LaJeunesse
US Army
Joseph Dziki
USMC, World War II
James L. Ayers
US Army, World War II
SP5 John W. Warner
US Army, Vietnam
George J. Thivierge
US Army, Korea
SPC5 VJ Ward
US Army, 1966-1968
Lester E. Day
US Army, World War II
SGT E. Spooner
Operation Freedom, 2012-2013
Dennis J. Matteau
US Army, Vietnam
Ray Porier
US Air Force AMISTCL, AF12501599
Darrell E. Stevens
US Navy, Vietnam, 1970
David A. Griffiths
USAF, THS, 1965-1970
George E. Marczac
US Coast Guard, Vietnam
ENCM John D. Lord
US Navy, Vietnam
Al Orlomoski
US Army, 1946-1949
11 AB, JAPAN
Steven F. Orlomoski
US Air Force, 1979-2013
Floyd R. Merriman
US Army, 75 INF, World War II