Merchantville WW2 WAR MEMORIAL

WELLWOOD MEMORIAL PARK THIS PARK IS DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF THE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT AND LOYAL DEVOTION OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED THE UNITED STATES IN ALL WARS

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	WELLWOOD MEMORIAL PARK This park is just a few blocks east of Route 130 on Maple Avenue in Merchantville NJ. There is also a WWI monument there and a stone dedicated to two members of The Sons And Daughters Of The Pilgrims who were serving in armed forces during WWII.

Word War II
These Made The Supreme Sacrifice That Liberty May Live
Name	Rank	Branch	Unit	Born	Died
Clifford W. Aldrich	PFC	ARMY	386th Infantry Regiment 97th Infantry Division	1926	4/10/1945
Frank Edward Atkins, Jr.	CPT	ARMY	US Army Corps of Engineers	1897	4/5/1944
Charles A. Barnes III	PVT	USMC	5th Marine Division	4/16/1926	3/15/1945
David E. Burch David N. Birch	PFC	AAF	553rd Two-Engine Flying Training Squadron	7/21/1903	12/26/1946
Elwood G. Cashman	SSGT	ARMY	55th Infantry Battalion 11th Armored Division	1922	5/4/1945
Paul McGrath Conant	CPL	AAF	441st Bomber Squadron 320th Bomber Group, Medium	1923	12/23/1944
John W. Danser	2LT	AAF	3rd Bomber Training Squadron	1919	4/2/1944
Dowling B. Deacon	2LT	ARMY	143rd Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Division	1916	10/17/1943
Mark K. Lewis	MAJ	AAF		1902	12/9/1941
William F. McLain	SGT	AAF	342nd Bomber Squadron 97th Bomb Group	1920	1944
Orville H. Showers	PFC	USMC	3rd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment 4th Marine Division	10/19/1923	7/25/1944
John Trumpy Strandwitz	2LT	USMC	1st Special Weapons Battalion 1st Marine Division	4/23/1918	8/8/1942
Phillip Coates Walton	2LT	ARMY	Company B 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion	11/28/1910	6/6/44

Word War I
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT AND LOYAL DEVOTION OF THE MEN OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE GREAT WAR 1917 1918
Name	Rank	Branch	Unit	Born	Died
HENRY J. BOWES	LT	NAVY	Submarine Chaser 209		8/27/1918
JACOB FELDMAN	1LT	ARMY	110th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Division		9/6/1918
FREDERICK W. GRIGG	CPL	ARMY	113rd Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division		10/12/1918
WILLIAM A. WINNER	CPL	ARMY	417th Motorized Supply Train		11/27/1918

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.

THE ROHNA DISASTER
CAMDEN COUNTY INTERNET WAR MEMORIAL

The Rohna Survivors Memorial Association

MSNBC Coverage - Tom Brokaw
Read the article or see the video

Beverly National Cemetery
NAME	CEMETERY PLOT
Charles A. Barnes III	E O 2103

*Camden Courier-Post May 27, 1950**

FREDERICK W. GRIGG POST 68 AMERICAN LEGION WEB SITE


Merchantville NJ World War I War Memorial - Click on the photos for an enlarged view

55th Infantry Battalion 11th Armored Division

441st Bomber Squadron 320th Bomber Group, Medium

143rd Infantry Regiment 36th Infantry Division

55th Infantry Battalion
11th Armored Division

441st Bomber Squadron
320th Bomber Group, Medium

143rd Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division