History

Honored Veterans

Oak Hill Park was developed as housing for veterans coming home from World War II. Two hundred sixty-one servicemen from Newton did not return from the war, and the names of 33 were randomly chosen for the names of the streets.

  • Joseph T. Antonellis (1916-1944), killed in action in England. Corporal, US Army Chemical Warfare

  • George L. Avery (1925-1945), killed in action over Mindoro, the Philippines. He was in the Army

  • Peter A. Bontempo (1922-1945), killed in action in Italy. He was an Army private.

  • Albert T. Caldon (1918-1944), killed in action in Saar, Germany He was an Army corporal

  • William F. Callahan Jr. (1920-1942), killed in action in Italy. He was a 2nd lieutenant in the Army’s 10th Mountain Division

  • John. L. Caulfield (1917-1944), killed in action in France. He was a 1st lieutenant in the Army.

  • Paul R. Cavanaugh (1921-1944), killed in action over Cherbourg, France

  • Sarkis Chinian (1924-1945), killed in action on Iwo Jima. He was a Marine Corps private

  • Harvey J. Cibel (1918-1943), reported missing over Tunisia. He was a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Air Force.

  • Russell C. Colella (1913-1944), killed in action in Germany. He was in the Army.

  • Wilfred B. Considine (1920-1944), reported missin in a raid over France. He was a technical sergeant in the Army.

  • Lawrence Early (1896-1944), died in Naples, Italy. He was an Army captain.

  • Francis A. Fredette (1906-1944), died in Naples, Italy. He was in the Navy.

  • Robert M. Hanson (1922-1944), reported missing in action. He was a 1st lieutenant in the Marine Corps aviation unit credited with downing 25 Japanese planes. He won the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously.

  • John S. Hay (1921-1943), died over Germany in a B-17. He was in the Army Air Force.

  • Dr. Mainolph Valen Kappius (1899-1945), reported missing. He was a commander and flight surgeon in the Marine Corps assigned to the USS Kadashian Bay.

  • H. Russell Keller Jr. (1916-1945), killed ina ction over Kyushu. He was a lieutenant in the Navy’s aviation unit.

  • William J. Kerr (1921-1942), reported missing near Java. He was an electrician’s mate in the Navy.

  • Francis P. McCarthy (1917-1942), reported missing. He was a captain in the Marine Corps’s aviation unit. He received the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

  • William E. Nightingale (1924-1945), killed in a bombing raid over Dessau, Germany. He was a flight officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

  • Frederick P. O’Connell (1921-1944), killed in action on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. He was a corporal.

  • John J. O’Rourke (1908-1942), reported missing on Corregidor, the Philippines. He was an Army private.

  • William H. Osborne (1913-1945), died in a Japanese prison camp. He was a sergeant in the Army Air Force.

  • Robert Shumaker (1924-1944), died off Oahu, Hawaii. He was an ensign in the Navy’s aviation unit, and a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

  • George B. Shute (1923-1945), died in Guam. He was an Army private.

  • William A. Spiers (1924-1944). He was a Marine Corps private.

  • Robert F. Stein (1920-1944), died over Cherbourg, France.

  • Frederick H. Timson Jr. (1906-1945), died at Camp O’Donnell, a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. He was an Army Air Force private.

  • Nicholas Tocci (1920-1945), died in Belgium. He was an Army private.

  • Hugh Van Roosen (1922-1943), reported missing aboard the USS Submarine Triton in the South Pacific. He was a graduate of the Naval Academy, a Navy lieutenant, junior grade, and a recipient of the Purple Heart and the Navy Cross

  • Paul H. Van Wart (1922-1945), reported missing over Sincheng, China. He was an Army Air Force sergeant, assigned to a B-25.

  • George E. Walsh (1906-1945), killed in action in Germany. He was an Army private.

  • Frank W. Young Jr. (1912-1944), killed in action in France. He was an Army sergeant.

Information sourced from a 2001 issue of the Newton Tab