Mt. Washington (City of Pittsburgh)
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SSgt Joseph R. Ackerman
 World War II
United States Army

SP4 Albert Bianchini
 44th Medical Brigade - Vietnam War
United States Army

SSgt John W. Brady
 4th Bomb Squadron, 14th Bombardment - WWII
United States Army Air Forces

Cpl Thomas E. Brady
 619th Transportation Company - Guadalcanal, Pacific Theatre
United States Army

PFC Kenneth R. Brannigan
 39th Squadron, 6th Bombardment Group
United States Army

T/4 Albert J. Brusco
 9th Medical Unit, 9th Infantry Division - WWII
United States Army

Cpl Donald K. Clark
 Co D 32nd Inf Regt - Korea
United States Army

TSgt George A. Coccaro
 75th Signal Company (SP) - WWII
United States Army

SP4 Joseph F. Coccaro
 Vietnam - 1970 -1974
United States Army

PVT Edmund D. Cybulski
 3rd Infantry - WWII
United States Army

SP4 Edmund T. Cybulski
 48th Group, 446 Transportation Company - Vietnam War
United States Army

PFC Patrick J. Davis
 189th Field Artillery Battalion, 45th Infantry - WWII
United States Army

PFC Carmelo J. DiFiore
 WWII - HQ Btry, 18th AB Corps
United States Army

Cpl John B. Duffill
 4th Battalion 1322 Service Command - WWII
United States Army

E4 Albert R. Duffy
 Vietnam War
United States Army

SP3 Russell J. Flaherty
 Korean War
United States Army

 Stanley S. Gaston
 Vietnam - 2d Bn, 7th Cav, 1st Cav Div
United States Army

 Patsy Gianella
United States Army

Sgt Paul G. Gich
United States Army

Captain Henry J. Gitnik
 WWII - Philippine Liberation
United States Army

PFC Rodger P. Herbel
 USA SEP TRF PT (WOUSOT) FGGM MD FORSCOM - Vietnam
United States Army

Sgt William H. Kelly
 14th AA CMD Int Team Det - WWII
United States Army

PVT-2 William M. `Bill` Kennedy
 279th INF 3rd Armored DIV - Korean War Combat
United States Army

Cpl Anthony Liebro
 25th INF - Korean War
United States Army

TEC4 Edward Machajewski
 AAA Battalion - WWII
United States Army

Sgt E-5 James L. McGrath
 2/14 Infantry. 25th Infantry DIV - Vietnam War
United States Army

PFC Paul J. McGrath
United States Army

SGT Thomas P. McGrath
 Co.C. 16th Signal Battalion, 7th Army
United States Army

SP 4 Robert J. McKenna
 USAMPS - Vietnam War
United States Army

PVT Edward Moore
 USARV - Vietnam War
United States Army

PVT James Moore
 101st Airborne Division - The Cold War
United States Army

MSgt Frank Nolan
 World War II - Battle of the Bulge
United States Army

Sgt Paul O`Donnell
 300th AAF BU - WWII
United States Army Air Forces

SP4 Donald R. Rall
 1st Air Cav Div - Vietnam War
United States Army

PFC Charles G. Riley
 1097th TC - Vietnam War
United States Army

S/Sgt Raymond F. Rusnic
 436th Bomb Squadron - WWII
United States Army

TEC4 Albert Russo
 P-965 M.A.W.V (3rd Echelon) - WWII
United States Army

Tec 3 William J. Shields
 97th Signal Bn, 3rd Army - WWII
United States Army

SP4  David A Spinelli
United States Army

PFC Francis `Bud` Stang
 5th Army - World War II
United States Army

Sgt James T. Strutt
 82nd Airborne, 503rd Infantry - Vietnam War
United States Army

PFC Donald M. Tarr
 17th Field Artillery Battalion SVC Battery - Korean War
United States Army

Pvt Joseph J. Verzi
 18th Infantry Regiment - WWII
United States Army

SP4 Walter Walicki
 Vietnam War
United States Army

 Howard E. Ward
 World War II
United States Army

 Alan C. Young
 1st Cavalry Division - Vietnam War
United States Army


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BANNERS FOR MILITARY VETERANS
from Mount Washington
coming soon to
GRANDVIEW AVENUE
Andy Kearney, Chaplain for the VFW Post 5111, Mt. Washington with
Gordan Davidson, executive director of the Mt. Washington Community Development Corporation and
Tom Cusick, president of VFW Post 5111 during the Memorial Day Service
on Grandview Ave, Sunday May 29,2022.
Officials representing the city of Pittsburgh, a veterans organization and two civic groups used a Memorial Day service Sunday to usher in a display of banners — beginning in June — honoring those from Mount Washington who served in the military.

The banners with vets’ photos will hang from street poles along Grandview and Virginia avenues in Mount Washington in years to come between Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

Two members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5111 — chaplain Andy Kearney and president Tom Cusick — announced that after 20 years of efforts, veteran families in the neighborhood overlooking Downtown can celebrate that banners will wave above the city very soon.

“We will have banners going up on Mount Washington starting next month, just like you see in other suburbs,” Mr. Cusick said at the Memorial Day service at the war memorial outside the Duquesne Incline on Grandview Avenue in Mount Washington. He said making it happen wasn’t easy.

“Getting the paperwork through in the city of Pittsburgh was a little bit tougher than a borough,” Mr. Cusick said.

In addition to Post 5111, two members of the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation — executive director Gordon Davidson and Tom Tighe — were also involved in the banner project.

“Today, I am so excited to say we will finally have the banners with our veterans on Grandview Avenue, and I want to thank the MWCDC and the Neighbors on the Mount and MWCDC’s Tom Tighe who helped cut through all the red tape to make sure the veterans were honored,” Pittsburgh City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith said.

Regarding who will be displayed on the banners, Mr. Cusick said, “We will start with active members here and pictures of guys who have been working on this the past 20 years and have passed away while waiting, including veterans Al Brusco from the Brusco-Falvo Funeral Home, Al Young and Jimmy Nolan.”

Also going up will be four Mount Washington residents who were killed in action in the Vietnam War.

Jack Wagner, a former state auditor general and City Council president who was wounded in combat as a Marine, also served as a guest speaker at the ceremony.

Pointing to the obelisk that stands outside of the Duquesne Incline and is engraved with the names of service members, he highlighted those who had given their lives for their country.

“If it wasn’t for the people who put their life on the line for our country, we would not be here,” he said. “Look no further than Ukraine, where [an outside] dictator and an authoritarian government [want] to control the people, and that is what our veterans have fought against since the inception of this country.

“So when you are at a picnic, make a toast to those who have served our country — especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”

Post 5111 is currently raising funds for the banner installation, which Mr. Cusick said is costly.

“Being recognized is important, especially for the families of those who have passed,” he said.

Vietnam veterans from Post 5111 performed the gun salute for each name of service members who were killed in action. This was followed by the playing of taps to conclude the ceremony.


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PO3 Francis J. `Fran` Abate
 7th Fleet Pacific - WWII
United States Navy

BU3 Kenneth R. Brannigan
 103rd Naval Construction Battalion
United States Navy

S1 Francis J. Caparelli
 Armed Guard - WWII
United States Navy

GM3/c Henry C. Caparelli
 European/Pacific Theaters - WWII
United States Navy

ADC Brian A. Coccaro
 COMMACCL Wing NFLK
United States Navy

EM3 Leo L. Dilley
 World War II - Philippine Liberation
United States Navy

AOM 2 Joseph A. Dilley
 World War II
United States Navy

PO1 Russell Ebert
 USS LST-1041 - WWII
United States Navy

PHM2/c - Phm3/c Andrew and Katherine Gich
 4th Marines - 6th MarDiv
United States Navy

S1c Louis C Krauth
 WWII - Philippine Liberation
United States Navy

MM2 C. Hubert Metzler
 Seabees - WWII, Guam
United States Navy

PH1 Lawrence J. Schohn
 US Navy Training Station - WWII
United States Navy

COX William Stickman
 Pacific Fleet, USS New Jersey - WWII
United States Navy

S1c Rudolph Svrcek
 WWII - USAT Aconagua
United States Navy

 Joseph M. Tighe
 33rd Seabees - World War II
United States Navy




CPL Joseph R. Ackerman
 Vietnam
United States Marine Corps

PFC Daniel J. Birmingham
 3rd Marine DIV, 21st Marines - WWII
United States Marine Corps

Sgt Thomas L. Clibbens
 MAG 11 Bulk Fuelman - Vietnam
United States Marine Corps

Cpl Gerald D. Conley
 3rd Marine Division - Vietnam War
United States Marine Corps

Cpl Paul Cusick
 Vietnam War
United States Marine Corps

LCpl Thomas Cusick
 M-4-12 Artillery - Vietnam War
United States Marine Corps

CPL Thomas Cusick
 WWII
United States Marine Corps

PFC Edward W. Duffy
 2nd Bn - 10th Marines - 2nd Mar Div
United States Marine Corps

Sgt Richard Ebert
 1st Marine Airwing - Vietnam War
United States Marine Corps

1SG Walter M. Harris
 RETIRED USMC
United States Marine Corps

Cpl James W. Jones
 6th Marines, 2nd Tank Bn - Beirut Lebanon
United States Marine Corps

Cpl James G. Nolan
 World War II - Iwo Jima
United States Marine Corps

Sgt Paul Nolan
 World War II - Okinawa
United States Marine Corps




SMSgt Anthony J. Abate
 USAF, PA ANG - Global War on Terrorism
United States Air Force

Sgt Daniel P. Birmingham
 54th Weather Reconnaissance - Vietnam War
United States Air Force

Sgt Patrick Cusick
 2046th Comm Gp, Air Traffic Control - Vietnam Era
United States Air Force

Sgt Nicholas J. DiFiore
 Vietnam War
United States Air Force

Sgt Dennis J. Downey
 Vietnam War
United States Air Force

Sgt Robert J. George
 TAC - Korea (Pueblo Crisis - 1968)
United States Air Force

S/Sgt Robert C. Griffin
 Korean War
United States Air Force

MSgt Charles P. Koerber
 911-TAG - Vietnam War, Desert Shield/Storm
United States Air Force

SSgt Keith J. Kostosky
 Air Defense Command - Vietnam War
United States Air Force

SGT Joseph E. Milcarek
 SAC-HQ - Vietnam
United States Air Force

SSG Anne Pisano Massucci
 911 TAG
United States Air Force

Major John B Sullivan
 34 Tac Ftr Sq
United States Air Force



SPC E4 Stanley F. McCluske
 28th Infantry DIV, 107th Field Artillery
Army National Guard




SK2c John Hallahan
 North Atlantic Conflict
United States Coast Guard




 William C. Gaab
 WWII
Merchant Marines