JOHN F. DERBY AMERICAN LEGION POST 43
WALL OF HONOR
SOME SAID IT CAN NEVER BE DONE
THESE ARE WORDS THAT VETERANS FIND HARD TO BELIEVE
At the time of the unveiling of
the Wall of Honor, there were a total of Fifty-Seven Past Post Commanders, both
living and deceased .Two has been added since.
This includes our current Commander.
Photo’s were taken of all of
the living and engraved plaques with the names of the deceased. These photos
and plaques are placed chronologically.
Below each individual photo are the name and the years that indicate the
time that Commander served Post 43.
The photos are in color with a blue background and
displaying both the American flag and the American Legion flag.

LIVING COMMANDERS DECEASED COMMANDERS
DUANE “BUZZ” HILL JOSEPH LAVERY
2007 1957----------------1987
FRANK PAPISH WILLIAM DE VANEY
2005-2006 1981-1982-1983-1984
RONALD WATTELET FRANK RIFFLE
2001-2002-2003-2004-2005 1980
RAYMOND A. DE VOSS GUIDO TASSI
1994-1999-2000 1978
ROBERT C. GRIGLIONE ROBERT JOHNSON
1996--1998 1997
OWEN “COBB” O’HARA (DECEASED) JOSEPH FALLETTI
1993-1995 1975
NORMAN KRUSIC (DECEASED) CHARLES CICERO
1992 1974
GUS BOSETTI AUGUST PLOUVIER
1988-1989-1990-1991 1970
GEORGE H. CAMERON SERGIO TASSI
1969-1985-1986 1968
CHARLES QUENOY WILLIAM PINAMONTI
1976-1979 1964
FRANK PAGE F.E. WOLOWNIK
1972-1973 1958-1959
ROBERT CUSSIMANIO TEABLY BLUNK
1971 1956
FLOYD SIMON LOUIS RUDMAN
1967 1953-1954
WILLIAM D. NEARY (DECEASED) JOSEPH PUCCI
1966 1951-1961
BEN GRILZ GUIDO SACCANNE
1965 1950
ALFRED GINTER DOMINIC FANELLO
1963 1949
WALTER L. MARLIER ANDREW J. HADERLEIN
1962 1948
ALBERT L. SUSNIK JOSEPH CARUSO
1960 1947
EMILE STEFANONI (DECEASED) JOHN DRENICK
1955 1946
WILLIAM H. SHOCK JOHN C. FRISKEL
1952 1945
16--LIVING-----4 DECEASED SINCE CHARLES FEDELL
WALL OF HONOR WAS COMPLETED 1944
PAT KELLY
1943
JOE CORGIAT
1942
RALPH YOUVAN
1941
GASTON DRUART
1940
ANDRES YARTZ
1939
JOHN FUERTSCH
1937-1938
JAMES B. BRADLEY
1936
FLOYD CORDRAY
1935
BEN CASEY
1934
DOMINIC O’ DONNELL
1933
JOSEPH C. LAVERY
1932
EMIL FICHEL
1930-1931
FRANK MAUSER
1929
JOE OBERTO
1938
NAME (UNKNOWN)
1929
AUGUST KOTZMAN
1925-1926
NAME (UNKNOWN)
1919-1924