{"id":116478,"date":"2026-01-29T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116478\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:45:08","slug":"new-york-state-police-request-help-to-identify-memorial-plaque-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116478\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Police Request Help to Identify Memorial Plaque | Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"New York Police Request Help to Identify Memorial Plaque\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"660\" height=\"418\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/697b920a18920.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"127\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>VERONA, N.Y. &#8212; A bronze memorial plaque was found along Rt. 365 and turned in to New York State Police.<\/p>\n<p>A citizen discovered the heavy plaque in the Town of Verona and brought it to troopers on Oct. 13, 2025, after trying to research its ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The plaque reads:<\/p>\n<p>In Memory of Harold B. Cole<\/p>\n<p>Born April 29, 1916<\/p>\n<p>Died serving his country June 8, 1943<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresented by his comrades\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Troopers believe the plaque likely came from a monument, memorial site or similar permanent display because of its weight and construction.<\/p>\n<p>No information has been found about how the plaque ended up in Oneida County.<\/p>\n<p>NYSP are asking anyone who recognizes the plaque or knows where it may have come from to call 315-366-6000 and reference case number NY2501025152.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VERONA, N.Y. &#8212; A bronze memorial plaque was found along Rt. 365 and turned in to New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51516,9,11,10,49,51,50,8938,12055,45715],"class_list":["post-116478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-memorial-plaque","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-state-police","tag-troopers","tag-verona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}