Remember Them
From This Day Forward
Our Remembrance Program partners with members of our community to adopt each of the 366 panels every year to honor and remember their sacrifice.
Join us in our commitment to the 1,563 New Jerseyans remembered on the panels of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. For $1,000 you can adopt one of our 366 panels for the next year. By adopting a panel on the Memorial, you will find connections to the individuals whose names are engraved in the dark granite. Reflected behind the names are unique personalities, family memories, and communities deeply touched by their sacrifice.
By adopting a panel for the coming year, you are ensuring that their courage and sacrifices along with their stories are remembered.
Your support is critical to our continued success. Make a real, lasting impact in sustaining the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation. Your gift, along with those of so many others, will demonstrate our steadfast support of our Veterans, their families, and our commitment to remembering their legacies.
Please see the Frequently Asked Questions segment below for details on selecting a panel and more. For additional information, please contact our Director of Development, Jillian Decker, at jdecker@njvvmf.org.
Contributions may be made online using the button below, or mailed to: NJVVMF, Remembrance Program, 1 Memorial Lane, Holmdel, NJ 07733
Thank You to Our Remembrance Program Donors
January
January 28 – Thomas Dunphy, Group Donation
Unsponsored: January 1-27, 29-31
February
February 5 – Thomas Dunphy, Group Donation
February 13 – Martin Hanly, Group Donation
Unsponsored: February 1-4, 6-12, 14-29
March
March 3 – Wayne Smith,
Joseph Coll
March 20 – Terry Thompson, Group Donation
March 22 – Carol Ann Donahue, Group Donation
Unsponsored: March 1-2, 4-19, 21, 23-31
April
April 24 – Maj. Gen. Clark Martin,
Tom Churchelow, and
Anthony Terracciano
Unsponsored: April 1-23, 25-30
May
May 4 – Louis & Gus Vlahakes
May 19 – NJ LIUNA Eastern Region
May 23 – Carole Brown, Group Donation
Unsponsored: May 1-3, 5-18, 20-22, 24-31
June
June 9 – Spencer Wickham
June 18 – VFW Post 227 Rutherford
June 22 – Frank Dunn, Group Donation
June 27 – Richard Haydinger
Unsponsored: June 1-8, 10-17, 19-21, 23-26, 28-30
July
Unsponsored: July 1-31
August
August 19 – Joseph Kenny III, Group Donation
August 24 – Michael Napolitano, Group Donation
Unsponsored: August 1-18, 20-23, 25-31
September
September 3 – Frank Messineo, Group Donation
Unsponsored: September 1-2, 4-30
October
October 15 – NJDFCA
Unsponsored: October 1-14. 16-31
November
November 16 – Chuck & Dorothy Dauchert
November 30 – Peter Meloro, Group Donation
Unsponsored: November 1-15, 17-29
December
Unsponsored: December 1-31
Remembrance Program panel donors will be recognized in the following ways:
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Public acknowledgement (if desired) on all social media Remembrance posts;
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Acknowledgement on our Remembrance Program webpage;
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Acknowledgement on our donor webpage and in our Annual Report;
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Bronze Membership to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation;
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Printed biographies of those honored on their chosen panel;
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Invitation to and notice of all major NJVVMF events and ceremonies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Many of our sponsors have a personal connection to an individual on the wall and select the panel on which their name appears commemorating their date of casualty. Others may select a date that has a personal meaning, or bears the name of an individual with a connection such as their hometown. If you have any questions about selecting a panel, please reach out to our Director of Development, Jillian Decker, at jdecker@njvvmf.org – we will be more than happy to help you find a panel commemorating a Veteran who connects to you by hometown, home county, family name or birthday.
Yes! If you are interested in setting up a recurring contribution to adopt you panel for a period longer than one (1) year, please reach out to our Director of Development, Jillian Decker, at jdecker@njvvmf.org.
Yes! We understand that with so many brave individuals on our Memorial, certain dates may hold significance to more than one person. We encourage donors to support whichever panel resonates most with them, even if another donor has also contributed to that panel. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our Director of Development, Jillian Decker, at jdecker@njvvmf.org.
All contributions directed towards our Remembrance Program will be tracked and monitored by the Development staff. For every $1,000 benchmark, those donors will be recognized as sponsoring the adoption of an unclaimed panel for the coming year. All donations under $1,000 during the Annual Appeal period (November through January) will receive the photo and biography of a single individual honored on our Memorial to recognize their contribution to the Remembrance Program.
Yes! There are nine (9) blank panels on the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial. These panels are also available as part of the Remembrance Program in recognition that while they were “good” days with no casualties recorded for the state of New Jersey, we should still commemorate the lives lost from other states during the Vietnam War.