Robert Buccelato named Veteran of the Month for December in Augusta Vietnam veteran worked for local grocery store for four decades. Share AUGUSTA — A resident at Maine Veterans’ Homes — Augusta, Robert Buccelato has been named Veteran of the Month for December. New Hampshire native Buccelato was born in Hanover, and thinks fondly of his childhood growing up in Lebanon with his younger brother. Their father, a physician’s assistant, and their mother, a seamstress, provided a good life for them in the Granite State, according to a news release from the veterans’ home. Robert Buccelato Photo courtesy of Maine Veterans’ Homes – Augusta