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LAUREL SPRINGS,
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Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost.
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LAUREL SPRINGS,
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LAUREL SPRINGS WAR MEMORIAL |
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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 is a very beautiful
little park, located at the intersection of Stone Road (Route 669) and
East Atlantic Avenue (Route 727) in Laurel Springs, jus a few short
blocks below the White Horse Pike (US Route 30). |
| LAUREL SPRINGS TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED | ||||
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| KOREA | WORLD WAR II | WORLD WAR I | WORLD WAR II | VIETNAM |
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| In Honor Of Those Who Gave Their All For The Cause Of Liberty, Justice, & Democracy In The Great War 1914- 1919 | |||||
| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| Howard W. Haines | NAVY | 9/24/1918 | |||
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DEDICATED BY THE CITIZENS OF LAUREL SPRINGS NJ JULY 4TH 1919 |
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| LAUREL
SPRINGS TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED |
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| RICHARD K. ALEXANDER | PVT | MARINES |
11TH MARINE REGIMENT 1ST MARINE DIVISION |
6/10/1920 | 9/1942 |
| ROBERT A. CALDWELL | PVT | ARMY |
350th Infantry Regiment 88th Infantry Division |
10/30/1910 | 7/1/1944 |
| WILLIAM WALLACE COTTER | LT | AIR FORCE | |||
| GEORGE F. FREDERICK | CAPT | AIR FORCE | HQ 5TH AIR FORCE | 1914 | 3/30/1944 |
| KENNETH L. MYERS | SGT | AIR FORCE | 1923 | 10/30/1943 | |
| WARREN W. SCHAEFFER | 1LT | ARMY |
BATTERY D 377TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION |
10/28/1919 | 6/6/1944 |
| LAUREL
SPRINGS LEST WE FORGET KOREA IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE IN PEACE |
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Unit | Born | Died |
| GEORGE LEO CRONAUER | PFC | MARINES | Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division | 9/27/1930 | 6/20/1952 |
| LAUREL
SPRINGS LEST WE FORGET VIETNAM IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO SERVED THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE IN PEACE |
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CLICK ON THE BLUE LINKS FOR MORE ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL |
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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. |
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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 Cemetery |
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| NAME | CEMETERY PLOT |
| ROBERT A. CALDWELL | I O 307 |
| WARREN W SCHAEFER | F 1584 |
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HOWARD W. HAINES, of Laurel Springs, died at Great Lakes Training Station Hospital, on September 24, 1918, from disease. He enlisted in the United States Navy a few months before and was a victim of pneumonia. He was the son of Daniel Haines, of Laurel Springs. RETURN |
