Korean War Memorial honors Mainers lost in battle

So many times I’ve pointed out that the walkway of markers at the Maine Korean War Memorial in Bangor’s Mount Hope Cemetery honors veterans from several wars.

That’s true, but this week we really need to focus on those who served in the Korean War, for which a truce was signed 50 years ago on July 27.

The names of 245 Mainers killed in the Korean War have been carved into the memorial’s black granite monument, built in 1995 in an effort led by Burton-Goode-Sargent Chapter 1, Maine Korean War Veterans. The location, just off Mount Hope Avenue, was donated for the state memorial by Mount Hope Cemetery.

Those listed on the memorial are fathers, husbands, brothers, sons and friends of many of us.

My husband and sons, with their Franco-American ancestry, would be distant cousins of Master Sgt. Romeo Castonguay, one of the Mainers killed in the war. More than 15 years ago, I helped a correspondent who was looking for information on Castonguay.

Since then, I’ve interviewed many war veterans, including members of Burton-Goode-Sargent Chapter, who never gave up on their dream of honoring those with whom they served.

Do visit the memorial, sit quietly or walk around the monument. The memorial comprises vital records – in more ways than one.

Better yet, attend the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the armistice at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 27, at Mount Hope Cemetery.

For information on the Maine Korean War Memorial, including a view of the monument, go to the Web site, www.koreanwar.org/html/memorials/mainemem.htm.

For listings of those killed in the Korean War, alphabetically or by state, check the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Web site at www.archives.gov. Click on “Site Index,” then on “Military Records,” then “Korean Conflict,” then “State-level Casualty Lists.”

For information on the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library, go to www.theforgottenvictory.org. Click on “Resources” to access the DMZ Honor Roll, listing those killed in the years since the truce. The site also has a “Links of Interest” page.

The eighth annual Linscott Family Picnic will be held Sunday, Aug. 10, at Lake St. George State Park on Route 3 in Liberty. The state park has an entrance fee of $2.50. Bring a picnic lunch. The rain location is 208 Lakeview Drive, Route 202, in South China.

For information, contact Jeff Linscott at 208 Lakeview Drive, South China, ME 04358-5628; 445-3970; jlinscott@pivot.net; or www.pivot.net/~jlinscott/home.htm

Linscott is publisher of family newsletter The Linscott Herald, and is researching Downer, Elder William Hatch, Linscott and Whitcomb families, and all descendants.

The 79th annual Parkman Family Reunion, for descendants of Gideon and Mary (Vining) Parkman of Abington, Mass., and Skowhegan, will begin with social hour at 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, at the American Legion Hall on Elm Street in Newport. Activities will include a potluck lunch and an auction. For information, contact Ardell J. Parkman Lynds at 685-3721 or dell@gwi.net.

The topic at the Mid-Coast Genealogy Group at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at the LDS Church on Old County Road in Rockport, will be “Genealogy Resources at Bangor Public Library and the University of Maine Fogler Library.” Hope to see you there.

3230. CRAIG-MCGLINCHEY-HILL. Samuel McGlinchey or McGlinchy, b. July 1859, Canada, to Canadian-born parents, listed in censuses of Milford for 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. Samuel’s wife, Martha or Mattie, was b. Oct. 1861. Census lists their children: Stewart L., b. Dec. 1886; Sadie M., Dec. 1888; Cora C., April 1890; George W., April 1892. I’m looking for Samuel, b. about 1859, son of William Patrick and Sarah (Craig) McGlinchey. His sister was my great-great-grandmother, Effie Sarah (McLinchey) Hill. Is this the same Samuel? Joanne Hill, 231 High Park Ave. No. 3, Toronto, ON M6P 2S5 Canada.

3231. ALLEN-HERSEY. Need help on family of Sarah Jane Allen, who md. Luther Hersey in 1825 in Guilford. Believe she was b. about 1801 in Wells. Elaine Goode, 309 Ohio St., Bangor, ME 04401; Mag1938@aol.com.

Send genealogy queries to Family Ties, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 04402; or send e-mail to familyti@bangordailynews.net.