Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
This monument is located at historic Knight Park, in Collingswood NJ. CLICK HERE for a map and more information about Knight Park. |
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COLLINGSWOOD |
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Situated near one corner of Collingswood NJ's historic Knight Park, this
monument in inscribed with the names of 50 men and 1 woman who gave
their lives in the service of our nation during World War II.
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pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please
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They Gave Their Lives in World War II | |||||
Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
Charles M. Adams | 1LT | AAF |
1328th Air Force Base Unit |
9/17/1944 | |
Herbert R. Beebe | 2LT | AAF | 8/23/1944 | ||
Burton A. Bingham | SGT | ARMY | 237th Engineer Combat Bn. | 6/10/1944 | |
Christopher M. Buchler | PVT | ARMY | Battery
D 112th Field Artillery Regiment |
1921 | 10/6/1944 |
Clarence C. Carson, Jr. | PFC | USMC | Naval Ammunition Depot | 8/24/1927 | 2/8/1946 |
Thomas C. Clark | PFC | ARMY | 1945 | ||
Robert J. Clarke, Jr. | SSGT | ARMY | 5/2/1945 | ||
Robert J. Cosgrove | CPL | AAF |
321st Squadron
|
11/10/1945 | |
Edward F. Drew, Jr. | 1LT | ARMY | 4/9/1918 | 1/13/1945 | |
Benjamin W. Dyl | TSGT | ARMY |
47th Infantry
Regiment
|
1916 | 2/5/1945 |
Alan B. Eadline | PVT | ARMY |
182nd
Infantry
Regiment
|
2/28/1945 | |
Lloyd L. Eadline | 2LT | AAF |
83rd Fighter
Squadron
|
2/24/1945 | |
Robert Frazee | PVT | USMC | 6/14/1942 | ||
William Bernard Fulmer |
2LT |
ARMY | 6/6/1919 | 7/6/1944 | |
2LT | AAF |
570th Bomber
Squadron
|
7/21/1923 | 7/7/1944 | |
Daniel P. Glenn | PVT | ARMY | 1918 | 12/8/1944 | |
Edward Joseph Higgins | PFC | ARMY | 9th Infantry Division | 3/2/1945 | |
Janice E. Hirst | 2LT | ARMY | 8/15/1946 | ||
Joseph Parker Hittorff, Jr. | ENS | NAVY | USS OKLAHOMA | 12/2/1916 |
12/7/1941 |
Beaumont R. Hunter | PFC | ARMY | 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment 17th Airborne Division |
4/3/1945 | |
Andrew Blair Jakway, Jr. |
S2C |
NAVY | USS BARTON | 11/15/1924 | 11/14/1943 |
Albert Janov | PVT | ARMY | 9/10/1944 | ||
Wilbur C. Keckhut | FC1C | NAVY | USS INGRAHAM DD-694 | 1/17/1920 | 5/5/11945 |
Harry E. King | PVT | ARMY | 108th
Field Artillery Bn. 28th Infantry Division |
1923 | 8/2/1944 |
Robert C. Lane | PVT | ARMY | 1/23/1919 | 4/30/1943 | |
William B. Lickfield | SGT | ARMY | 119th
Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Division |
7/17/1944 | |
William J. McAvoy | 1LT | ARMY | 84th
Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Infantry Division |
3/30/1943 | |
Walter H. Marshall | CPL | AAF | 32nd
Photographic Squadron 5th Reconnaissance Group |
3/15/1921 | 4/20/1944 |
William B. Mason | LT CMNDR |
NAVY | USS
CAPELIN SS-289 |
8/23/1915 | 12/1/1943 |
John S. MacLaughlin, Jr. |
LTC |
USMC | 1/26/45 | ||
John J. McKelvey | PFC | ARMY | Company
H 165th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Division |
4/22/1920 | 7/22/1944 |
Albert F. Miller | EM2C | NAVY | |||
John W. Myrtetus | 1LT | AAF | 612th
Bomber Squadron 401st Bomber Group |
7/25/1918 | 6/25/1944 |
Robert E. Price | SGT | ARMY | Company
I 3rd Battalion 358th Infantry Regiment 90th Infantry Division |
2/22/1945 | |
Robert J. Pierce | CPL | ARMY | 8/6/1944 | ||
Robert F. Regnier | 2LT | ARMY | 830th
Bomb Squadron 485th Bomb Group(H) |
1/20/1945 | |
Edward H. Ringgold, III | SGT | ARMY | 25th
Bombardment Squadron 40th Bombardment Group, (VH) |
6/1944 | |
William K. Roper | PVT | ARMY | 30th
Infantry Regiment 3rd Infantry Division |
1/9/1918 | 2/10/1944 |
Stanley L. Rosen | 2LT | AAF | |||
William J. Shallcross | SSGT | AAF | 444th Bomber Group | 5/27/1923 | 8/2/1944 |
James Shimel | PFC | ARMY | 23rd
Infantry Regiment 2nd Infantry Division |
9/2/1944 | |
Walter Hamilton Simon | S1C | NAVY | USS ARIZONA | 7/18/1918 | 12/7/1941 |
William Solomon | HA1C | NAVY | 3/12/1910 | 4/29/1944 | |
Bruce O. Somers |
TSGT |
ARMY | |||
William Lewis Thomas | S2C | NAVY | USS HANCOCK CV-19 | 4/7/1945 | |
Albert Thompson | SSGT | ARMY | 290th
Infantry Regiment 75th Infantry Division |
1/17/1944 | |
Wallace G. Wickes | SGT | AAF | 5/21/1943 | ||
William N. Wolfert, Jr. | TSGT | ARMY | 39th
Infantry
Regiment 9th Infantry Division |
8/20/1914 | 7/19/1944 |
William J. Wilner Jr. | PFC | ARMY | 22nd
Infantry
Regiment 4th Infantry Division |
2/16/1922 | 11/30/1944 |
David Young | PVT | ARMY | 1920 | 3/12/1945 | |
Walter Wilbraham | PVT |
ARMY |
Co. G, 10th Coast Artillery | 1/16/1942 |
CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL |
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 K. 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. |
MSNBC
Coverage - Tom Brokaw |
Click links to visit web-pages on these memorials, and to visit "virtual memorials" to Camden County's fallen heroes. |
GUEST BOOK & E-MAIL |
As
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 |
Beverly National Cemetary |
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NAME | CEMETARY PLOT |
Edward F. Drew, Jr. | A O 10 |
John J. McKelvey | F 1754 F |
William K. Roper | D RES941-942 |
William Solomon | f 18011 |