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Honorees for
New York
| Name | Hometown | Branch | Rank | Yrs. | Contributor |
| Martin Baur | Brooklyn | Navy, WWII | 3 | Ed Baur | |
| Natalino C. Matt | Niagara Falls | USMC | Corporal | 5 | Roger and Karen Matt |
| Our son, when after two years leaving the Marines, returned immediately when contacted on a presidential voluntary recall. Our pride in him and all the others is shown in all we do and especially what they do. | |||||
| Michael S. Sheen | Lindley | Marine | LCpl. | 3 | Las Vegas League |
| Michael took time to volunteer for the U.S. Marine Corps to protect our freedom by serving his country. He is a friendly, compassionate, caring person that will help anyone. He often has fellow Marines over to his home where he and his wife will offer food and friendship. His fellow Marines look up to him, and his superiors respect him. | |||||
| Donald Gilbert Cook | Brooklyn | Marine | Colonel | Astoria Federal Mixed Bowling League | |
| On 31 December 1964, then Capt. Donald G. Cook was an advisor to the 4th Battalion, Vietnamese Marine Corps station at Binh Gia, South Vietnam. Capt. Cook and the Vietnamese unit he was advising were engaged in a fierce firefight with Viet Cong (VC) guerillas on a small, but steep jungle covered mountain. During the battle, Capt. Cook was wounded in the leg and captured.
Capt. Cook was being one hundred percent uncooperative with the Viet Cong. He refused to write anything since his capture, even his name. In his view, writing violated the Code of Conduct. Donald Cook paid dearly for his commitment to adhere totally to the Code of Conduct. He received less food than the others and spent more time in solitary confinement. After a forced march, the other POWs believed even the VC came to admire him, subsequently, they seemed to accord him more respect and better treatment. Donald Cook died on 8 December 1967, probably from malaria seizure while in captivity. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his devotion to other POWs, Duty-Honor-Country and the Code of Conduct. On 3 May 1997, a newly commissioned guided missile destroyer was christened the USS Donald G. Cook, DDG-75, in his honor. |
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| Joseph A. Schmardel | Staten Island | Navy | POI/E6 | 24 | Shirley O. Schmardel |
| Served 20 years on submarines. | |||||
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