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GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J.
WAR MEMORIAL

DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP

       Located on Chews Landing Road in Gloucester Township, this monument bears the names of Gloucester Township residents lost in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. It must be noted that there are a dew errors on the monument, which will be corrected in the table below.  Similar errors have turned up on other monuments, and can be attributed to the fact that the monuments are erected years after the events commemorated, and the surviving families are no longer around to ensure correct spelling and accurate details.

       If you have information or pictures which you would like to see included on this website, please contact me by e-mail.
                                        Phil Cohen  
                                        phil552@reagan.com

 
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IN MEMORY OF GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP VETERANS KILLED OR MISSING IN ACTION 
WORLD WAR II
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
ANTHONY P. CALABRESE 2LT AIR FORCE 730th Bomber Squadron
452nd Bombardment Group (H) 		  10/26/1944
BERNARD H. GALBRAITH PFC MARINES     2/19/1945
ANDREW S. EUBANKS S1C NAVY

USS BUCK DD-420

   10/9/1943
WILLIAM McKEON PVT ARMY 31st Signal Construction Bn   11/27/1943
LEROY PIERCE SSGT ARMY

10th Armored Infantry Battalion
4th Armored Division

   12/24/1945
JAMES C. MacINTYRE F1C NAVY USS SHARK II   10/24/1944
MARION L. NUTTER ARM3C NAVY     5/25/1945
LAURENT CHOIMER PFC ARMY 134th Infantry Regiment
35th Infantry Division 		  10/7/1944
NORRIS C. SHARP EM3C NAVY USS SKILL AM-115   9/25/1943
HARRY W. TRACE F1C NAVY USS BISMARCK SEA   2/21/1945
ALBERT MERTON HOVEY BM2C NAVY USS MADDOX DD-622   7/10/1943
WILLIAM BOUNDAR PFC ARMY 121st Infantry Regiment
8th Infantry Division 		  4/3/1945
JOHN R. CAUM TSGT AIR FORCE     5/8/1944
WILLIAM N. HAINES PVT ARMY 141st Infantry Regiment
36th Infantry Division 		8/1/1912 1/21/1945
EDWARD C. MURRAY PFC ARMY 151st Infantry Regiment
38th Infantry Division 		  4/16/1945
JOHN H. BANGERT FC1C NAVY USS ARIZONA   12/7/1941
KOREA
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
EDWARD SCHMITT 1LT ARMY 9th Infantry Regiment
2nd Infantry Division 		1925 9/3/1950
RALPH H. SCHOOLEY MSGT ARMY 8th Infantry Regiment
1st Infantry Division		 1932 11/2/1950
VIETNAM
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died
ROBERT J. LAZARO 2LT ARMY A Company,
1/35th Infantry,
3rd Brigade,
4th Inf Division		 3/29/1947 10/9/1967
EUGENE J HILL, JR. PFC ARMY      
WALTER E DEMSEY JR. SP4 ARMY      
VICTOR DiCAVALUCCI 2LT ARMY      
JOHN S. CARTWRIGHT PFC ARMY      
ANGELO GIACOBBE PFC ARMY      
RONALD D. HECK SP5 ARMY      
DOUGLAS M. SOROKA LCPL MARINES      
LAWRENCE F. LUBONSKI PFC ARMY      

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 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

     

CAMDEN COUNTY NJ
  MONUMENTS & WAR MEMORIALS

       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

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