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BLACKWOOD,
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BROOKLAWN HONORS ITS CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES |
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Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
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BLACKWOOD,
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BROOKLAWN HONORS ITS CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES |
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Located on the corner of the Black Horse Pike (Route 168) and Church Street (County Road 534), this monument is located in one of the oldest cemeteries in Camden County, and is dedicated to the men and women of Blackwood and vicinity who served their country in World War II. Four men are recognized here as being lost while in the nation's service. This monument was erected in 1947. |
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If you have information or
pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please
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| Time Will Not Deny The Glory Of Their Deeds | |||||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| Bernard H. Galbraith | PFC | MARINES | 12/1/1923 | 2/19/1945 | |
| William McKeon | PVT | ARMY |
31st Signal Construction Battalion |
11/27/1943 | |
| Leroy Pierce | SSGT | ARMY | 10th
Armored Infantry Battalion 4th Armored Division |
12/24/1944 | |
| Robert Wolfe | RDM3 | NAVY | 3/7/1943 | ||
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CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL |
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BLACKWOOD NJ WORLD WAR II WAR MEMORIAL |
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Click on the links on order to read the names on this monument. |
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Column 1, Upper |
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One man who is memorialized here, Walter McKeon of Blackwood, along with six men from Camden NJ, Frank Ballerino, Michael Carr, Michael Yachus, Stephen V. Koscianski, Lewis Riondino, and Joseph H. Johnson died together when the troop transport HMTS Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank of the coast of North Africa. In addition, five other Camden County men, 19 year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, Merle Reagle of Lindenwold, Carl Johanson and Jacob Kessler Jenkins of Pennsauken, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville also were lost that day. In total, 1,015 men were lost, but the story was never told to the families or the general public for over 57 years due to wartime censorship. |
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Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes. |
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GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL |
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of this date, February 6, 2002 I have not erected a guest-book. Please
e-mail all comments to phil552@reagan.com.
If you would like your comment published in the upcoming guest-book,
please let me know.- Phil Cohen, Camden NJ |
