CHERRY HILL, N.J.
WAR MEMORIAL

PATRIOTIC SACRIFICE FOREVER REMEMBERED 

           Located adjacent to the Cherry Hill Municipal Building on Mercer avenue, between Chapel Avenue and Route 70 in Cherry Hill NJ. Cherry Hill was known as Delaware Township prior to 1961, and this is reflected in the inscription on the original World War II monument. Addition were made late in the 20th century to memorialize those who served in the Korean War , and the five Cherry Hill residents who died during the Vietnam War. 

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                                        Phil Cohen  
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THESE GAVE THEIR ALL 

Listed are the names of local men and women who served in the Armed Forces during World War II. The CENTER panel lists Delaware Township's (Cherry Hill) WWII dead, including the Merchant Marine. Click on pictures for enhanced views. Click here for a picture of names that were blocked out on the far right photo.

Company I
398th Infantry Regiment
100th Infantry Division

John P. Enright, Jr.

151st Infantry Regiment
38th Infantry Division

25th Marine Regiment
4th Marine Division

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There are four men named on the World War II War Memorial in what is now Cherry Hill NJ whom to date I have been unable to document at all. Three, Joseph Ankonski, John Cuiglet and O. Sprigs, remain complete mysteries. I have found no documentation regarding them at all.

Jack Dickson, depicted at left, was mentioned in the Camden Courier-Post of February 19, 1943. as serving overseas. He was said to be the son of Mrs. Jack Horner, of 121 Kenilworth Avenue. A Technician 5th Class Jacob Dickson, Serial #32156762, was listed as missing in action while serving with the 565th Signal Air Warning Battalion on June 11, 1945. While it is known that Technician 5th Class Dickson was inducted into the Army from Camden County, it is not known for certain if he is the Jack Dixon referred to on the monument. I believe this is highly probable, however. 

HONOR ROLL VIETNAM 1961-1975

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AUDUBON HIGH SCHOOL MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL

USS BENFOLD (DDG 65)

HMTS Rohna

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,  six other Camden County men, Jacob Kessler Jenkins and Carl Johanson of Pennsauken, 19 year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville and  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
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