Erected in honor of these men and women of Saranac Lake and vicinity who served their country in the World War, 1917 - 1918 
Onlookers at the Berkeley Hotel crowd the reviewing stand across the square at a rainy-day parade welcoming home Saranac Lake's veterans of World War I. This unlabeled photo is from a commercial album assembled by photographer William Kollecker. Shooting local events, Kollecker would develop and print his film overnight, and by the next day, customers could order copy prints by number. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 21, 2011. 
Walter Weir unveils the Memorial, 1923. The Ames Cottage stands behind. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 5, 2005 
Memorial of the Great War, 1923. Adirondack Daily Enterprise, August 28, 2004 
Giles Bombard's position is marked 
Howard V. Littell's position is marked 
Sam Edelberg is at far right, front row
The names of area veterans of World War I, known at the time as the Great War, are inscribed on a plaque, donated by Mrs. C.M. Palmer located at the triangle between River Street and Church Street in Saranac Lake, New York. The plaque reads
Erected in honor
of these men and women of
Saranac Lake and Vicinity
who served their country in the
1917 - World War - 1918
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Those names followed by a * were killed in the war.
Note: Names underlined with a dashed line like this have not had articles written about them. If you have information to contribute, please use the comments box at the bottom of the page.
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Edward N. Packard, Jr.
Copied, October 15, 1990, by Edna C. Finn, Historian, Town of Harrietstown, Saranac Lake, New York.
Service Roll of Honor — World War I — Town of Brighton
| Name | Entered | Age | Branch | Organ | Discharged |
| Frank Blanchard | 5/27/1918 | 25 | Machine Gun | 2nd Anti Air. M.G. Bat. | 3/7/1919 |
| Harrison Benware | 5/27/1918 | 29 | Machine Gun | 2nd Anti Air. M.G. Bat. | 2/10/1919 |
| John H. Blanchard | 7/21/1918 | 21 | Infantry | Co. C, 348 Inf., 87th Div_ | 3/20/1919 |
| John V. Bryant | 12/12/1917 | 31 | Air Service | 349 Aero Sq. | 12/23/1918 |
| Percy D. Bryant | 12/12/1917 | 23 | Air Service | 221 and 141 Aero Sqs. | 7/9/1919 |
| Frederick W. Barnes | 25 | Navy | |||
| George Halsey Brulliea | 3/12/1918 | 23 | Air Serviee | Texas | 6/20/1919 |
| Arthur J. Downs | 5/27/1918 | 26 | Signal Corps | 826 Field Sig. Bat. | 7/3/1919 |
| Richard J. Longtin | 5/27/1918 | 30 | Infantry | Co. B, 2nd Pioneer Inf. | 7/9/1919 |
| Clarence H. Lyman | 1/3/1918 | 24 | Quartermaster | Quartermaster at Large | 7/3/1919 |
| Herbert F. Lyons | 26 | Infantry | Supply Co., 2nd Pioneer Inf., 207th M.P. Co. | 1/7/1919 | |
| Charles I. Leavitt | 5/27/1918 | 29 | Med. Corps | 37 Ambul. Corp., 6 San Tr. | |
| Gladys MacArthur | 1/1918 | 30 | Y.M.C.A. | 8/1919 | |
| Randolph S. Martin | 2/8/1919 | 22 | Air Service | 14th Balloon Co. | 4/23/1919 |
| King S. McDermid | 1/3/1918 | 23 | Mortor Trans. Corp. | Co. A, 8 Reg. Div., Mort. Sup. Tra. | 2/8/1919 |
| Archibald K. MacDonald | 5/27/1918 | 32 | Infantry | 6/10/1919 | |
| Oscar J. Otis | 7/13/1918 | 20 | Motor Trans. Corp. | 707 Motor Trans. Co. | 6/B/1919 |
| Howard Otis | 8/15/1918 | 21 | Engineers | Co. H, 2nd Eng. Regt. | 12/18/1918 |
| Roy A. Otis | 5/10/1918 | 27 | Machine Gun | Co. B, 146 Mach. Gun. Bat., 5th Div. | Died 12/2/1918 of wounds r'c'd in action |
| Archie B. Ormsby | 10/23/1918 | 23 | Infantry | 12/27/1918 | |
| Bernard L. Paye | 8/30/1918 | 30 | Army Serv. Corp. | 2nd Co. | 2/18/1919 |
| Thomas F. Riley | 5/29/1917 | 24 | Artillery | 6th Reg., Coast Artillery Corps., Battery II | 1/22/1919 |
| Edward H. Russell | 8/26/1918 | 30 | Machine Gun | 57th Mach. Gun Bat., 19th Div. | 2/1/1919 |
| Jerry E. Sawyer | 8/7/1918 | 23 | Artillery | Co. B, 12th Ammunition Tran. | 2/7/1919 |
| Frank H. Sawyer | 8/14/1917 | 23 | Engineers | Co. A, 10th Eng. Forestry, AEF | 2/13/1919 |
| Harry L. Strack | 7/21/1918 | 21 | Infantry | Co. I, 59th Pioneer Inf. | 7/8/1919 |
| Christopher A. Smsey | 10/5/1917 | 30 | Air Service | 149th Aero Pursuit Sq. | 3/19/191b |
| George S. Tebo | 11/4/1909 | 28 | Infantry | Headquarters Co., 50th Inf. | 1/27/1919 |
| Lillian Oliver Ziegler | 10/24/1918 | 30 | Res. Nurse Corp. | U.S. Army Hosp. No. 41 | 4/13/1919 |
| Spencer J. Rork | 9/9/1918 | 21 | Artillery | Battery A, 13th Reg. F.A.R.D. | 1/2/1919 |
| Harry A. Paye | 10/5/1917 | 27 | Infantry | 1st Co., 151 Depot Brigade | 11/3/1917 |
| Harold J. Newell | 7/1/1918 | 22 | Signal Corp. | Co. C, 5th Train. Bat. | 1/23/1919 |
| Benjamin A. Muncil | N.Y. Wagoner Army | ||||
| Madison Muncil | Pvt., Co. A, 12 Ammo Tr. N. Y. | ||||
| Joseph J. Tucker | Pvt., Co. A, 2nd Anti Aircraft |
From The Brighton Story
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- 1Adirondack Daily Enterprise obituary
- 2According to Pine Ridge Cemetery grave marker
- 3According to Pine Ridge Cemetery grave marker.
- 4According to Pine Ridge Cemetery grave marker
