Freedom is not free. Sometimes, it comes at a very high cost. 

STRATFORD, N.J.
 WAR MEMORIAL
       Sitting opposite the Stratford Borough Police Department at the intersection of Union Avenue and E. Laurel Road (County Road 673), just south of the White Horse Pike (US Route 30), in Stratford NJ, this monument honors those who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. There is another monument in town, on the grounds of the former Stratford VFW Post # 7365, which honors their deceased members, a few blocks east on Laurel Road.  

       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

STRATFORD NJ WAR MEMORIAL
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Lest We Forget They Gave Their All
Name Rank Branch Unit Born Died

WORLD WAR II
William M. Grant CPL ARMY 157th Infantry Regiment
45th Infantry Division 		10/23/1915 4/16/145
Charles DeHaven Powell, Jr. PVT ARMY 31st Infantry Regiment   6.23.1942
William W. Priest SGT AIR FORCE

491st Bomber Squadron, 
341st Bomber Group, Medium

   5/13/1944
William H. Sharp PVT ARMY      

VIETNAM
Robert John Wade SSGT Marines Co A 1st Bn, 9th Marine Regiment
 3rd Marine Division		 5/3/1939 2/25/1967

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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.

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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Beverly National Cemetary
NAME CEMETARY PLOT
William M. Grant F O 1766E