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Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
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CAMDEN,
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Situated on Yorkship Square in the historic Fairview Village section of Camden NJ, this monument was raised by a neighborhood organization known as the United Memorial Association of Fairview. A Bronze plaque was latter added to memorialize two fallen heroes of the Korean War, and on e from Vietnam. |
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If you have information or
pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please
contact me by e-mail. |
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This neighborhood was built around the time of World War I to house workers for the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, a major employer in the region and a vital part of America's defense industry. For more about Fairview Village, visit the website A PLACE CALLED YORKSHIP. This neighborhood lies partially in what was Camden's 8th Ward. Some of the men memorialized here are also have their names engraved on the 8th Ward World War II War Memorial located on the grounds of American Legion Post 274 at Broadway (Rte 551) & Jefferson Street in Camden, at the upper left-hand corner of this map. |
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| They Served So That We Might Live In Freedom | |||||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| WORLD WAR II | |||||
| Charles A. Brunk | PVT | ARMY | 7/23/1943 | ||
| Alfred Denny Crox | PFC | ARMY |
351st Infantry
Regiment 88th Infantry Division |
9/15/1920 | 6/8/1944 |
| William Henry Crox | SGT | ARMY |
306th Infantry
Regiment 77th Infantry Division |
9/15/1920 | 6/6/1945 |
| Stanley W. Danenhower | PVT | ARMY | 115th
Infantry Regiment 29th Infantry Division |
2/26/12 | 8/28/44 |
| Martin Di Carlantonio | PVT | ARMY |
30th Infantry
Regiment 3rd Infantry Division |
2/20/1944 | |
| Arthur R. Dougherty | EM1C | NAVY | 5/11/1945 | ||
| William W. J. Gradwell, Jr. | PVT | ARMY | Signal Corps | 12/19/1919 | 7/13/1943 |
| Andrew B. Jakway, Jr. | S2C | NAVY |
USS BARTON DD-599 |
11/14/1943 | |
| Joseph H. Johnson | PFC | ARMY | 31st Signal Construction Bn | 11/27/1943 | |
| Francis X McGraw | PFC | ARMY |
26th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division |
4/29/1918 | 11/19/1944 |
| Joseph A. Narducci | S1C | NAVY | USS Ticonderoga CV-14 | 4/20/1925 | 1/21/1945 |
| Charles T. O'Neil | PVT | ARMY | 350th
Infantry Regiment 88th Infantry Division |
7/19/1944 | |
| Arthur Carl Roscoe | CWT | NAVY | USS St. Augustine | 1892 | 1/6/1944 |
| TSGT | ARMY | ||||
| Stanley R. Sheldon | SGT | ARMY | |||
| Charles M. Smith | PVT | ARMY | 26th
Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division |
11/9/1944 | |
| Carlton Harris Strang Jr. | AB | MM | MS ATLANTIC SUN | 1907 | 2/17/1943 |
| John L. Sullivan | PVT | ARMY | 1917 | 3/28/1943 | |
| Walter C. Todd | PVT | AIR FORCE | 1910 | 11/19/1944 | |
| Charles H. Willard | PFC | ARMY | 30th
Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division |
3/5/1944 | |
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KOREAN WAR |
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| Raymond Hamilton | PFC | ARMY | 8th
Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division |
1932 | 5/31/1951 |
| Kenneth Ormand Evans | PFC | MARINES | 1st
Battalion, 1st Marines 1st Marine Division |
9/5/1930 | 10/27/1950 |
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VIETNAM |
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| Lawrence J. Virgilio | CPL | MARINES | 4/16/1942 | 7/24/1967 | |
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| ERECTED BY THE UNITED MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRVIEW | ||||
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| Camden Courier-Post * November 6, 1943 | ||
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One man listed on this memorial, Joseph H. Johnson died when the troop transport HMTS Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank of the coast of North Africa. Five other men from South Camden, Frank Ballerino, Michael Carr, Stephen V. Koscianski, Lewis Riondino, & Michael Yachus also were lost that day, along with six other Camden County men, 19 year-old Harry V. Taylor Jr. of Haddonfield, William McKeon of Blackwood, Merl Reagle of Lindenwold, Carl Johanson and Joseph K. Jenkins of Pennsauken, and Elmer F. Day of Merchantville. In addition, eight other South Jersey men were killed. 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, February 6, 2002 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 |
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Beverly National Cemetary |
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| NAME | CEMETARY PLOT |
| Alfred D. Crox | D O 1045B |
| William H. Crox | D O 1046B |
| Stanley H. Danenhower | F O 1569A |
| William J. Gradwell, Jr. | F O 1708 |
