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Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
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LINDENWOLD,
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LINDENWOLD WAR MEMORIAL |
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This memorial is located in Lindenwold Park. The monument was built under the direction of Camden County American Legion 2003-2004 County Commander Raymond Goss, with the help of the Mayor and the Borough of Lindenwold, and many other people of good will. If you have any information or pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please contact me by e-mail. Documenting
the fate of World War II casualties was especially difficult. If you are
aware of any Camden County residents who died as Japanese or German
prisoners, or who are still missing in action from World War II or
Korea, please contact me. |
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Camden Courier-Post - June 2004 |
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Tribute to POWs, Missing Memorial
dedicated in Lindenwold Karl Sherrer huddled inside a bamboo tiger cage Sunday, the personification of a prisoner of war. The message of the Army veteran's "imprisonment" was that POWs and soldiers missing in action should never be forgotten, even years or decades after the wars in which they fought came to an end. Dressed in a tattered uniform and made up to look the part, Sherrer's 'captivity underscored a ceremony Sunday dedicating the Camden County POW/MIA Memorial. Though the Gloucester City man was never actually a prisoner of war, he had a close connection to some who were — members of a team on which he served were among the first Americans to be captured in Laos leading up to the Vietnam War. "I got out six months before they were captured," said Sherrer, 64. The block and granite memorial was unveiled during a noon ceremony in Lindenwold Park off United States Avenue. The memorial — which benefited from donated labor, stone and other materials — bears the names of 58 soldiers from Camden County who were held captive or remained missing after World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars. The wall is both a tribute to those who were left behind and a reminder that no American should ever be again, said Raymond Goss, a Korean War veteran and Camden County commander the American Legion. "If this country is going to send our young men and women overseas to fight a war, we want them all back," said Goss, 70. "No one gets left behind." |
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The
Camden County POW/MIA Memorial To
learn about each individual listed here,
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| Word War I | |||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit |
| BENJAMIN J. SANDLOW | ARMY | ||
| SAMUEL W. WILBRAHAM | ARMY | ||
| Word War II | |||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit |
| CHARLES M. ADAMS | AAF | ||
| NORMAN E. ALBINSON | AAF | ||
| WILLIAM E. ARON | AAF | ||
| ROBERT G. BOGAN | ARMY | ||
| WILLIAM H. BOVELL JR. | ARMY | ||
| JAMES W. BRAMEN | ARMY | ||
| EDWARD P. CAREY | ARMY | ||
| FREDERICK G. CORBETT | ARMY | ||
| WILLIAM CUMMINGS | ARMY | ||
| ANDREW DANCOE | ARMY | ||
| CALVIN L DAVIS | ARMY | ||
| EDWARD K. DAVIS | ARMY | ||
| BENJAMIN DYL | ARMY | ||
| WILBERT EPLEY | ARMY | ||
| CHARLES J. FAY | ARMY | ||
| EDWARD L. GOLDEN | ARMY | ||
| SAMUEL E. GOLDY | ARMY | ||
| WALTER J. HAINES | ARMY | ||
| PAUL F. HECK | ARMY | ||
| LESLIE A. HOLTZAPFEL | ARMY | ||
| SOLOMON A. KANTOR | ARMY | ||
| FRANCIS J. KNOX | AAF | ||
| JOHN A. LOFLAND | AAF | ||
| WILLIAM R. MCKEE | ARMY | ||
| JOHN S. MACLAUGHLIN JR. | USMC | ||
| WILLIAM J. MONTAGUE | AAF | ||
| CHARLES R. MORRISSEY | |||
| CHARLES D. POWELL | ARMY | ||
| WILLIAM T. SAUNDERS | ARMY | ||
| GEORGE W. SCHLAM | ARMY | ||
| FRANCIS E. SENSEMAN | ARMY | ||
| GEORGE C. SHERMAN | ARMY | ||
| LEON SKABICKI | ARMY | ||
| HARRY L. STRAUB | |||
| BRUNO S. ULAK | ARMY | ||
| ROBERT E. WATKINS | USMC | ||
| WILLIAM C. WIELAND | ARMY | ||
| DAVID A. YOUNG. | ARMY | ||
| KOREA | |||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit |
| WILLIAM L. CLIFTON | |||
| ROBERT H. COPE | |||
| LEO N. DI CICCO | |||
| JOHN B. EVERING | |||
| JAY W. FRISBEY | |||
| ADRIAN A. HACKNEY | |||
| RAYMOND W. HAMILTON | |||
| HOWARD R. HARBRIDGE | |||
| CALVIN H. KITZMILLER | |||
| JAY MANN | |||
| WARREN E. O'BRIEN | |||
| RALPH H. SCHOOLEY | |||
| GEORGE G. SHECKLEN | |||
| FRANK J. STEVENSON | |||
| JOHN R. SWEENEY | |||
| JOSEPH F. TONER | |||
| VIETNAM | |||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit |
| RONALD L. BOND | |||
| JAMES E. KENNEDY. | |||
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UNDER
CONSTRUCTION |
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One of Lindenwold's young men, Merl H. Reagle, 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, William McKeon of Blackwood, 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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MSNBC
Coverage - Tom Brokaw |
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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, August 1, 2004 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 |
