Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty (1861 - 1903) was a hero of the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. A Long Island City native, he returned home after the war and worked for the Barber Asphalt Company. He died of malaria in Trinidad in 1903.
"NHS funds restoration of Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty monument in LIC," Newtown Historical Society - Queens County, NY, accessed January 29, 2023, https://www.newtownhistorical.org/