HADDONFIELD, N.J.
  WAR MEMORIAL

HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED IN WWII, KOREA, & VIETNAM

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325th Glider Infantry Regiment
82nd Airborne Division

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HMTS Rohna

       One man memorialized here, Harry V. Taylor, 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, William McKeon of Blackwood, 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. 

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ HMTS ROHNA MEMORIAL

The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association

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Beverly National Cemetery

     CHESTER L. BENNETT, Private, of 34 Kresson road, Haddonfield, was killed in action July 19, 1918 at Chateau Thierry at the beginning of the allies' major offensive after having participated in the battle of Cantigny. Machine gun bullets through the abdomen caused his death. He was the son of Mrs. Hattie E. Bennett and enlisted in the regular Army January 17, 1917, before America entered the Great War. He was sent to Eagle pass TX, being attached to the 30th Infantry. He was later transferred to the Machine Gun Company of the 16th Infantry.     RETURN

         EDGAR BURTON LLOYD, Lieutenant, of Haddonfield, was killed in an aeroplane accident at Gerstner Field, Lake Charles LA, on January 17, 1918. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on April 12, 1917 in Philadelphia PA, and was sent to Lake Charles, where he became a member of Reconnaissance Company. 1st Aviation Squadron, United States Marine Corps. He was the son of Mrs. George Milpaugh, Tracy Apartments, Philadelphia PA, and made his home with his grandfather, Samuel C. Paris of Haddonfield. He was 21 years old.             RETURN

        NORMAN NICHOLSON, Private, of 45 West End Avenue, Haddonfield, died from pleural pneumonia at Fort Dix on October 4, 1918. He was called to the colors on May 27, 1918, at the age of 29 years and was attached to the 153rd Depot Brigade. Owing to his impaired health he was assigned to the camp post office as a clerk, and when the Spanish influenza epidemic broke out he was stricken and pneumonia quickly developed. He was the son of Mrs. Anna E. Nicholson of Haddonfield.                                                                                                                    RETURN

       WALTER TUCKER, Private, of Haddonfield, was killed in action September 20, 1918 near Belfort, France, in the Alsace sector. he was a member of Company G, 114th Infantry, and left Camden with the 3rd Regiment, New Jersey national Guard, on July 25, 1917 for Camp Edge, and later was sent with his regiment to Camp McClellan, Anniston AL for several months training before going overseas.                                                                                                    RETURN