Foxborough Military

Foxborough residents have been involved in many of the wars and battles fought over our country's soil and overseas.

From the founding days of the colonies to now, the town's residents have never failed to step forward to serve.

Below, you will find a sampling of some of these people.

World War II Information


Natives and Residents of Foxborough
World War II Memorial


World War II U.S. Army Enlistments & Photos
Honoree Hometown Service Source  
Robert Emerson Snow Jr., Boston/Foxborough U.S. Navy
Charles H. Bryant Foxborough U.S. Coast Guard Family
Robert T. Dick Foxborough
Foxborough
Elizabeth W. "Betty" Friedmann Seal Harbor, ME/Foxborough WAC Family
William J. Attwood Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Terrill M. Johnson
John W. Ballou Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Walter H. Hackett
Ethel F. Boschen Foxboro, MA Ethel F. Boschen
Edward Maynard Caton, Jr. Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Charlotte Carman
James S. Cunningham Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Joanne Newell
Robert H. Doiron Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mr. Robert H. Doiron
Leslie D. Forrester Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Ms. Nancy Forrester Byrne
Bennet B. Fuller Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Otis M. Porter
Corodon S. Fuller, Jr. Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Dr. Corodon S. Fuller
Joseph Gramaglia Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Ms. Arlene Gramaglia
Newell F. Hicks Foxborough, MA Ms. Dorothy W. Hicks
Wallace A. Houghton, Jr. Foxborough, MA U.S. Navy Mrs. Ruth Houghton
David E. Jenney, Jr. Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Mr. David E. Jenney
Thomas A. McKay Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Family
Albert Tromara Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Mr. Albert Tromara
Byron Edwin Truax Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Dr. Byron Truax
Louis Alfred Truax Foxborough, MA U.S. Navy
Everett Farwell White Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Mrs. Maureen Markt Dearborn
Homer Mundell White Foxborough, MA U.S. Marine Corps Mrs. Maureen Markt Dearborn
William J. Attwood Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Terrill M. Johnson
John W. Ballou Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Walter H. Hackett
Ethel F. Boschen Foxboro, MA Ethel F. Boschen
Edward Maynard Caton, Jr. Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Charlotte Carman
James S. Cunningham Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Joanne Newell
Robert H. Doiron Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mr. Robert H. Doiron
Leslie D. Forrester Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Ms. Nancy Forrester Byrne
Bennet B. Fuller Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Otis M. Porter
Corodon S. Fuller, Jr. Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Dr. Corodon S. Fuller
Joseph Gramaglia Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Ms. Arlene Gramaglia
Jack W. Grigsby Foxborough, MA U.S. Navy J. W. Grigsby
Newell F. Hicks Foxborough, MA Ms. Dorothy W. Hicks
Warren Hindenlang Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Harold R. Spaans
Hilding A. Holmberg Foxboro, MA Hilding A. Holmberg
Wallace A. Houghton, Jr. Foxborough, MA U.S. Navy Mrs. Ruth Houghton
David E. Jenney, Jr. Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Mr. David E. Jenney
Joseph P. Keating Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mr. Frederick J. Keating
George Kelso Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Ms. Eleanor C. Legg
Oliver T. MacNeill, Jr. Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mrs. Gail Helton
Thomas A. McKay Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Family
Harold E. McKenzie, Jr. Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Mr. Harold E. Mckenzie
Edwin T. McNamara Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Mr. Edwin T. McNamara
Paul Joseph Monson Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mrs. Mildred E. Kolb
Theodore W. Mott Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Sfc. Glenn H. Mott USA (Ret)
Arthur L. Murphy Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Ms. Loretta Murphy
Domonic Narciso Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mr. Rudy Narciso
Gertrude May Newell Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Doret Newell Jenkins
Thomas J. Nicholson Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Thomas J. Nicholson
Manuel S. Oliveira Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mr. Mark H. Letsch
John M. Redman Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Frank J. Gross
Glen S. Sallie Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mrs. Karen Getman
Clarence R. Smith Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Cathy Gowen & Sandy Brallier
Lee N. Stanley Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Mr. & Mrs. Lee N. Stanley
Earle Whittier Steeves Foxboro, MA Virginia Payne Steeves
Ernest W. Sutherland Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Ms. Dorothy M. Sutherland
Albert Tromara Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Mr. Albert Tromara
Byron Edwin Truax Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Air Forces Dr. Byron Truax
Louis Alfred Truax Foxborough, MA U.S. Navy
Richard L. Welch Foxboro, MA U.S. Army James M. Keating
Arthur P. White Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Donald R. White
Donald R. P. White Foxboro, MA U.S. Navy Mr. Donald R. P. White
Everett Farwell White Foxborough, MA U.S. Army Mrs. Maureen Markt Dearborn
Homer Mundell White Foxborough, MA U.S. Marine Corps Mrs. Maureen Markt Dearborn
William Francis Young Foxboro, MA U.S. Army Kay Young

Bernice Berenson, WWII
Robert Snow, WWII
Mary Gibson, WWII
Robert Bothwell, WWII
Thomas McKay, WWII
William Kennedy, WWII
William Henderson Jr., WWII
Thomas Madden, WWII
Manuel Oliveria, WWII
Wesley Rochelle, WWII
William Briggs, WWII
Lawrence Dayer, WWII
John Antosca, WWII
David Decelle, WWII
William Glynn, WWII
Robert Neuman, WWII
David Jenny, WWII
Frederick Krug, WWII
Stanley Gilmour, WWII
John Casey, WWII
Fred Carlson, WWII
James Gorman, WWII
Frederick Curry, WWII
Virgil Ford, WWII
Francis Roche, WWII
John Meddaugh, WWII
John Pritchard, WWII.
Alice Sheehan, WWII
Edward Storer, WWII
Francis Cronin, WWII
Charles Clayton, WWII
Leroy Cottuli, WWII
John J. Ahern, WWII
Frederick Lane, WWII
James Crichton, WWII
Robert Baker, WWII
John Lawton, WWII
*incomplete lists

Military Monuments, Memorials, Veterans, and more in Foxborough 02035

Purple Heart Medal Recipients

Branch Of Service Abbreviations
  • Warren Abair - WWII - USMC (United States Marine Corps)
  • Harley Alden - WWII - USMC
  • Eric Anderson - Korea - USAF (United States Air Force)
  • Terry Baldwin - Vietmam - USA (United States Army)
  • Edwin Ballard - WWI
  • Eugene Battles - WWII - USA
  • David Bent - Vietnam - USA
  • Frederick Benttinen - WWII - USN (United States Navy)
  • Arthur Brown - Vietnam - USA
  • Lloyd Brown - WWII - USA
  • Francis Cahill - Vietnam - USA
  • Paul Callahan - Vietnam
  • Aldo Carbonetti - WWII - USA
  • Peter Connolly
  • Joseph Cook - Vietnam - USMC
  • Joseph Cook - WWII - USMC
  • William Cosh - Vietnam - USA
  • Shayne Cossett - Afghanistan
  • Robert Curry - Vietnam - USMC
  • Carl Dadman - WWII - USA
  • Philip Davis - WWII - USA
  • Clinton Davison - WWII
  • Joseph Dean - WWII
  • David Decelle - WWII - USA
  • Earl Dunlap - WWII - USMC
  • Ralph Dupree - WWII
  • John Edwards
  • William Faria - Vietnam - USMC
  • Frank Flagg - Vietnam - USMC
  • Robert Flaherty - WWII - USA
  • Leslie Forrester - WWII - USA
  • Lawrence Foster - WWI - USA
  • Lawrence Foster - WWII - USN
  • Bennet Fuller - WWII - USAAC (United States Army Air Corps)
  • Francis Gorman - WWII - USA
  • Albert Gould - WWII
  • Mark Grigsby - Vietnam - USA
  • Jerome Hanley - Afghanistan - USMC
  • George Hanson - WWII - USA
  • Warren Hindenlang - WWII - USN
  • Clifford Holmes - WWII - USAF
  • Joseph Holt - WWII - USMC
  • George Kelso - WWII - USA
  • Gerard Kennedy - WWII - USA
  • Gerard Kinsman - Vietnam - USA
  • Richard Lamson - WWII - USA
  • Leo Landry - Vietnam - USMC
  • Hugh MacAuley - WWII - USA
  • Ernest MacBurnie - WWII
  • James Mahoney - WWII - USA
  • Raymond Malley - WWII - USAAC
  • James Mann - WWII - USA
  • Allen Martin - WWII - USMC
  • Roy Martin - WWII
  • Richard Mason - WWII
  • Paul McAuliffe - WWII - USA
  • Hugh McCauly - WWII
  • James McDavitt - WWII - USA
  • James McNabb - WWII - USA
  • Michael Medvaskas - WWII - USAAC
  • Ronald Meisner - Korea - USMC
  • Philip Merriam - Korea - USN
  • Gerald Metcalf - Vietnam - USA
  • Erwin Morse - WWII
  • James Muir - WWII
  • Dominic Narciso - WWII - USA
  • Harvey Nesbitt - WWII
  • Edward O'Malley - Vietnam - USMC
  • Thomas O'Malley - Vietnam
  • Edward Parker - WWI - USA
  • George Payson - WWI - USA
  • Donald Riley - Afghanistan - USMC
  • Donald Roberts - WWII - USA
  • David Robison - WWII
  • Glen Sallie - WWII - USA
  • Louis Seiden - WWII
  • Ralph Smith - WWII - USA
  • Milton Snow - Korea, Vietnam - USA
  • Chesbrooke Stoughton - Korea - USA
  • Ronald Svitak
  • Daniel Sylvester - WWII - USN
  • Paul Thompson - WWII - USMC
  • Floyd Tibbits - WWII - USN
  • Thomas Trabucco - Vietnam - USA
  • Everett Tripp - WWI - USA
  • Arthur White - WWII
  • Donald White - WWII
  • Everett White - WWII
  • Nelson Young - Korea - USA
  • Theodore Young - WWII - USAF
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Submit a recipient's name and information to Hall Of Honor via Enrollment Form (PDF)

Other Wars

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Military Monuments, Memorials, Veterans, and more in Foxborough 02035

Civil War Information

Military Monuments, Memorials, Veterans, and more in Foxborough 02035

Revolutionary War Pensioners

1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services; Typed and Reformatted By: Kathy Leigh, January 16, 2001

Name Age HH Town County
Ezra Carpenter 88   Foxborough Norfolk
Oliver Comee 83   Foxborough Norfolk
Jesse Hartshorn 78   Foxborough Norfolk
Cornelius Morse 83   Foxborough Norfolk
Daniel Sallvy 73   Foxborough Norfolk
Benjamin Wilbur 82   Foxborough Norfolk


Revolutionary War

  • Invalids & Pensioners Massachusetts Rolls, 1813 & 1818
  • Massachusetts Pensioners Of Revolutionary War Struck Off The Roll February 25, 1836
  • Massachusetts Revolutionary War Soldiers 1775-1783
  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  • Search Daughters Of American Revolution database
  • Search Sons Of American Revolution database

    • Revolutionary War

    REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - Source: PUTNAM'S Monthly Historical Magazine, various issues. Updated 2/11/04

    Revolutionary War Soldiers From Foxborough

    1890 list from a book by R Carpenter
    • Uriah Atherton
    • Eleazer Belcher
    • Benjamin Billings
    • Beriah Billings
    • Elijah Billings
    • Jacob Billings
    • Jonathan Billings
    • Samuel Billings
    • Timothy Billings
    • William Billings
    • Jonathan Billings, 2d
    • Josiah Blanchard
    • Amos Boyden
    • Jeremiah Boyden
    • Seth Boyden
    • William Bradshaw
    • David Capen
    • Ezra Carpenter
    • John Carpenter
    • Nehemiah Carpenter, Jr
    • Joseph Carroll, Jr.
    • Thomas Clapp
    • Timothy Clapp
    • Elkanah Clark
    • JJohn Comey
    • Oliver Comee / Comey
    • Spencer Comey
    • William Comey
    • Dominic Danance
    • John Everett
    • Josiah Farrington
    • Ebenezer Forest
    • Samuel Forest
    • David Forrest
    • Jabez Grover
    • Elias Guild
    • Nathaniel Guild, Jr
    • Fisher Hartshorn
    • Jeremiah Hartshorn
    • Jesse Hartshorn
    • Silas Hartshorn
    • Thomas Hartshorn
    • Ebenezer Hill
    • Benjamin Hodges
    • Zadoc Howe
    • John Mason
    • Amos Morse
    • Asa Morse
    • Asa Morse, 2d
    • Cornelius Morse
    • Daniel Morse
    • Elijah Morse
    • Elisha Morse
    • Ezra Morse
    • Levi  Morse
    • Samuel Morse
    • Stephen Morse
    • Timothy Morse
    • Jacob Paine
    • James Paine
    • John Paine
    • David Patten
    • Oliver Pettee
    • Abijah Pratt
    • David Pratt
    • Isaac Pratt
    • Joseph Pratt
    • Josiah Pratt
    • Levi Pratt
    • Eleazer Robbins
    • Josiah Robbins
    • Daniel Sally
    • John Smith
    • John Sumner
    • William Sumner
    • Elisha Tilson
    • John Wight
    • Lemuel Wight
    • Job Willis
    • Daniel Wood

    Peacetime

    Leo Metrano, peactime
    Paul Callahan, peacetime
    Lawrence Luck, peactime
    Bruno Giannelli, peacetime

    Vietnam War Information

    Vietnam Memorial

    Lance Cpls. Joseph F. Cook, Vietnam
    Bridget Connolly, Vietnam
    Robert Greene, Vietnam
    Stephen Riley, Vietnam
    Russell Garland, Vietnam
    Paul Finnegan Vietnam
    Thomas Kane, Vietnam.
    William McNamara, Vietnam
    Hugh Kerrigan Jr., Vietnam
    William Hawkes, Vietnam
    William Fuller Jr., Vietnam
    Gerald North, Vietnam
    Robert Booth, Vietnam
    Lawrence Romanus, Vietnam

    Korean War Information

    Paul Marcotte, Korea
    Walter Laskey, Korea
    John Rounds, Korea
    James Whalen Jr., Korea

    Lebanon Grenada Panama Persian Gulf Memorial

    Gulf War II Information

    Gulf War I Information

    Lebanon Information

    Panama Invasion Information

    Vietnam Information

    • Terry L. Baldwin
      Arthur L. Brown, Sr.
      Joseph F. Cook
      Robert L. Curry
      Mark W. Grigsby
      William R. Groce
      Gerald F. Kinsman
      Gerald E. Metcalf

    Cuban Missile Crisis/Cold War

    Korean War Information

    • Eric W. Anderson

    World War II Information

    • Harley W. Alden
      Joseph F. Cook
      Phillip O. Davis
      Leslie D. Forrester
      Warren A. Hindenlang
      Clifford R. Holmes
      James Mann
      Richard W. Mason
      Michael J. Medvaskas, Jr.
      Dominic Narcisco
      Harvey L. Nesbit
      Victor E. Ouimet
      Donald B. Roberts
      Glen S. Sallie
      Theodore F. Young

    World War I Information

    World War I Memorial

    • Chauncy Dyer
      Lawrence W. Foster
      Meda Morse
      Frank Sutherland
      Frank Welsh

    Spanish-American War (1898)*

    • Charles Everdean: Assigned to the Constellation; discharge ordered March 6, 1899.*
    • Fred W. Fletcher: Served on Wabash and Southery.*
    • George Hearn: Served on Gibalter and Buffalo.*
    • Thomas J. Kelly: Served on The Calumet.*
    • Joseph Kirby: Served on the Dallas and Gersham.*
    • Charles A. Krebs: First Mass. Light Infantry.*
    • Dr. Frank G. Lillyman: Served overseas.*
    • Fred Meekins: .*
    • Roy T. Wells: Co. D, First Rgt. Mass.*
    • Walter Scott West: "Spanish-American War Medal of Honor Recipient for action on board the USS Marblehead at Cienfuegos, Cuba on May 11, 1898." He is buried in Lot 723 at Rock Hill Cemetery in Foxborough.*

    Civil War (1861 - 1865)

    Mexican War (1845 - 1847)

    The Republic of Texas (1835 - 1846)

    War of 1812 (1812 - 1819)

    Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783)

    Indian Wars (1700 - 1800's)

    King George's War (1744 - 1748)

    Queen Anne's War (1702 - 1713)

    King William's War (1689 - 1697)

    Conflicts/Wars

    Foxborough's Soldiers And Sailors - Some Family Memories And Information From Around Town


    Foxborough's History And Historical Sites


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