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PRIVATE JOHN W. ROSEVELT,
32, of 1629 Broadway, in Camden NJ, died while serving in the United
States Army in Germany on January 22, 1945. He was a member of the 327th
Engineer Combat Battalion when he died, most likely in an explosion that
leveled a block of buildings at Gereonsweiler, Germany, killing an
estimated 15 members of B Company, and wounding about 30 more.
John Rosevelt was the son
of James E. and Edna Roosevelt. Born on May 2, 1913, his family was
living at 1704 Broadway at the time of the 1930 Census. They later moved
to 408 Webster street, a stones throw away. James Rosevelt worked as a hauling contractor.
John Rosevelt was the father of two daughters,
Mary, aged 9, and Maria, 8 years old at the time of his death. He had worked for the RTC
Shipbuilding Company in Camden. He was
survived by his parents, daughters, and three brothers; James, then 34, who was
serving in the Army Air Force in Miami FL, Theodore, 26, who was in the
Navy, and Joseph, 19, at home. There were also three sisters, Anna, 31,
Mary, 28, and Doris, 18 at the time of Private Rosevelt's death. After the war,
John Rosevelt was brought home, and he was buried alongside family
members at Evergreen Cemetery on Mount Ephraim Avenue in Camden NJ on April
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