Sayville War Memorial

The Sayville War Memorial honors men and women from Sayville who gave their lives in military service across several wars. Its main monument was presented to the Village of Sayville by Edward Smith and Jewett Holt Smith in memory of their brother, 1st Lieut. Irving Elward Smith of the Air Service, U.S. Army, Escadrille C. 4G., Commanding 1st Detachment Combat Observers, born in New York City on November 7, 1881, with his death at Tours, France, on November 2, 1918. It also remembers Sergt. Frederick Wever of Company D, 302nd Engineers, A.E.F., born in Sayville, N.Y., on September 28, 1892, who died on the Vesle River in France on August 28, 1918; Pvt. Charles Edward Johnson of Battery D, 308th Field Artillery, born in Sayville, N.Y., on February 8, 1896, who died of wounds received in action near Grand Pre on October 25, 1918 and was buried in Langon, Province Ardennes, France; Corp. Louis Alfred Rifflard of Company M, 307th Infantry, A.E.F., born in New York City on April 26, 1894, who was wounded at Grand Pre on October 13, 1918, died on October 23, 1918, and was buried in American Cemetery, St. Menehould, Marne, France; and Pvt. Joseph Aloysus Phillips of Company E, 316th Infantry, 79th Division, born in Providence, R.I., on April 10, 1887, who was killed in action in France on September 29, 1918 and was buried in Commune of Cierges Cemetery, Meuse, France. Additional panels honor Robert M. Ritter, USA, in Korea, 1950 - 1953; those from Sayville who died while serving during World War II, including Saul Bernstein, Donald R. Campbell, John S. Coakley, Charles E. Diuguid, Jr., Florence B. Evans, Howard H. Gamble, Robert J. Holland, William W. Isaacson, Boyd A. Kime, Paul Kwaak, Emil V. Landgren, Maynard F. Lednum, Charles W. Mantha, Raymond W. Moore, Joseph L. Pagels, Gilbert Whitehouse, Merrill D. Wish, and Carl A Johnson, who died at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941; and those honored for Vietnam service between 1964 - 1975: James P. McGrath, Lewis B. Gaiser, G. Daniel Miller, W. Spencer Lund, John M. Gibbons, and Merrill H. Masin.

Sayville, New York · United States